Designed for paddlers looking to elevate their training and racing skills alongside like-minded teammates
Year-round programming includes team dragon boat practices; individual gym and erg training are expected during the summer months, and group gym and outrigger training are scheduled in the winter.
Led by coaches Marcus and Jessica Krieger, the team’s goal is to compete in the top division at all local festivals and participate in at least one off-island race during the summer. The program includes mandatory team training, gym and erg components, with regular fitness testing to track and support paddler progression.
This is an FGPC-sponsored dragon boat team. As such, the club will reward attendance in the program with individual discounts on enrolments in the following season based on a sliding scale of perfect attendance to 85-percent attendance at practices and races.
For those interested there will be a mandatory information session on 12 February at 5:30pm.
Coaches: Marcus Krieger & Jessica Krieger
Price: TBD
Practices: (Wednesday, April 2 – Wednesday, August 27, 2025)
Team Training (2x weekly):
- Wednesdays 5:30pm – 7:00pm
- Saturdays 9:30am – 11:00am
Individual Training (3x weekly):
- 2x gym training
- 1x paddle erg / oc1 / cardio training
CORE RACES (local race registration included in paddler fees):
- FGPC Super Sprints (May 24, 2025)
- Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival (July 12-13, 2025)
- Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival (August 23-24, 2025)
- Off-island options:
- Vessi (May 31, 2025)
- Concord Pacific (June 20-22, 2025)
- Penticton (September 6-7, 2025)
Fitness testing (dates TBA, approx. every 2 months)
- max air squats (2′ timed)
- 200m paddle erg test
- 500m paddle erg test
- max pushups (2′ timed)
- max pullups (2′ timed; resistance bands can be used as necessary)