The Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Race Series

The Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Race Series incorporates all of our Dragon Boat Festivals. It includes:

• FGPC Super Sprints – 1 day 200M event (Victoria) – Saturday May 24, 2025
• Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival – 2 day 500 M event with all-access Guts-&-Glory (Nanaimo) – July 12 and 13, 2025
• Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival – 2 day 500M event with a “pentathlon” format: a cumulative weekend of racing: 500m, 200m, 100m, our famous flag relay, and a show-stopper guts and glory followed by a final 500 for the top 3 finishing women’s and mixed teams (Victoria) – August 23 and 24, 2025

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Location:  Fairway Gorge Paddling Club, 2940 Jutland Road, Victoria BC.

Fairway Gorge Super Sprints is the first FGPC Festival of the season, and is always a great way to begin a year of Dragon Boat Racing.  Quick and crazy, these 200M sprints give you a chance to showcase all the work you’ve put into training early in the year.

• Registration Fees:
  • Early Bird (until April 15, 2025) is $900 including GST
    Regular (after April 15, 2025) is $1100 including GST
• Click here for 2024 results.

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Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada – Nanaimo Harbour, Maffeo Sutton Park

This weekend of 500 M racing and all-access Guts-and-Glory (all teams can participate) includes Women’s and Mixed categories. Everyone is guaranteed 4 races, weather permitting.

Registration Fees:

• Early Bird (until April 15, 2025): $1500 including GST
• Early Bird (until April 15, 2025) for Breast Cancer Survivor crews: $1125 including GST
• Regular (after April 15, 2025): $1800 including GST
• Regular (after April 15, 2025) for Breast Cancer Survivor crews: $1350 including GST
• Click here for 2024 results

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Location: Fairway Gorge Paddling Club, 2940 Jutland Road, Victoria BC

• A “pentathlon” format: a cumulative weekend of racing: 500m, 200m, 100m, our famous flag relay, and a show-stopper guts and glory followed by a final 500 for the top 3 finishing women’s and mixed teams.
• Enhanced festival amenities including paddlers’ village with Canadian Springs water on tap and plenty of parking and washroom facilities

• Registration Fees:
  • Early Bird (up to April 15): $1500 including GST
  • Regular (after April 15): $1800 including GST