BREAKING NEWS – 2023 Team Registration is now open!
The Arizona Dragon Boat Association would like to extend a warm welcome to teams from all over the world to our 17th Annual Dragon Boat Festival to be held March 25 & 26, 2023 on our beautiful Tempe Town Lake! We offer 10 Divisions: Mixed | Women | Open | Collegiate | Corporate | Masters | BCS | Adaptive or Disabled Athletes | Youth | High School. Additionally, we also offer our “Guts & Glory” and “Knock Out” races, with limited availability. Proceeds for the “Guts & Glory” and “Knock Out” races go to support the AZ Disabled Sports organization.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM
DON’T MISS OUT ON THE EARLY BIRD RATES!
Early Bird Rates have now been extended to February 17th!
All divisions may be limited based on schedule availability.
If you wish to enter multiple teams in the same division, please make a separate entry. Please ensure that team names are different, to allow the schedule to distinguish between each team.
All divisions require a minimum of 16 and may have up to a maximum of 20 paddlers.
All races are 500 meters unless otherwise stated
2023 Registration Fees:
Notes:
Paddlers must be at least 14 years old to race, with the exception of the Youth Division (8 – 14 years old), Junior Division (< 18 yrs old), and High School (no age restrictions). Mixed teams must have a minimum of 8 male and 8 female paddlers (other 4 can be either). Women’s teams must be female and have a minimum of 16 paddlers, however there are no gender requirements for steersperson or drummer. Open teams must have a minimum of 16 paddlers. Collegiate, Corporate and Masters must have a minimum of 16 paddlers, 8 of which must be female. BCS teams must have a minimum of 16 paddlers, all of which must be breast cancer survivors or female cancer survivors. There is no BCS requirement for the steersperson or drummer. Youth and High School Divisions have no gender restrictions but must have a minimum of 16 paddlers. We allow a maximum roster of 25 team members and therefore, will only be providing 25 medals per winning team.
Complete Race Rules
Out-of-town team practices will be on Friday, March 24th. We will require all teams to sign waiver forms and deliver them to the practice coordinator(s). All team(s) must comply to all of the Tempe Town Lake’s rules at the practices, the practice coordinator will review this information with your steers.
For any questions on team information, please contact Ash Lagazo (out-of-state) or Michele Laye (in-state/corporate) at festivalteams@azdba.org
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