PDBC Senior A

PDBC Senior A competitive athletes currently train and compete with our Premier crews and will follow the same program and pricing.

The Senior A program is designed for competitive athletes between the ages of 40-49 years old.

In 2025, the SR A mixed small crew placed 3rd overall at Canadian Nationals held in Montreal. In 2024, we competed in the Club Crew World Championships held in Ravenna, Italy, where we earned 2 silver and a bronze in the small boat mixed division, and at the inaugural CanAmerican championships we proudly earned gold in the Senior A small boat division. Our goal continues to be the fastest Senior A Small Boat Mixed Crew in the world.

*Please note that this is a competitive program so athletes must be selected to compete with us.

2025/2026 Program Inclusions

All Senior A athletes will participate in the following programming:

Pool Paddling @ Afterburn Fitness Centre
PERG Paddling @ Alkame Paddle Zone
2 x PERG Testing @ Alkame Paddle Zone
Dragon Boat Practices @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
OC Coaching @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
2 x OC Time Trials @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
2 x Training Camps @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
Participation in 2 regattas

Detailed Training:

Winter:

Sunday Pool Paddling @ Afterburn Fitness Centre
November 2nd, 2025 - March 29th, 2026

Bi-Weekly, Sundays, 9:00 - 11:00am

Please note the following: November 16th, January 18th, February 15th and March 15th will include an 8:00am start for most athletes

PERG Training @ Paddle Zone
November 4th, 2025 - April 12th, 2026

Bi-Weekly Sundays, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Every Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm

No sessions on the following dates: Dec 22nd - Jan 2nd inclusive

PERG Testing @ Paddle Zone

Saturday, January 24th, 2026
Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Summer:

Dragon Boat Practices @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
May 6th - August 25th, 2026

Sundays, 9:00am - 10:15am (Gender Premier), 10:30am - 12:00pm (Premier Mixed), 12:00pm - 1:30pm (Senior A Mixed)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm - 8:30 pm

No practices May 17th or August 2nd, 2026

Outrigger coached practices
May 25th - August 4th, 2026

Mondays 4:30pm - 6:00pm OR Tuesdays 4:30pm - 6:00pm

No OC practices June 29th or 30th

Regattas

Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival - June 19th/20th
Hamilton Dragon Boat Festival - July 4th

(To be confirmed)

Fees:

Annual Membership: $2,500.00 (includes HST)

Payment can be made by cash, cheque, email money transfer or by credit card via PayPal. Please note that all PayPal payments incur an additional 2.9% convenience fee.

Does not include:

Jersey or equipment purchases
CanAm Championship fees (if applicable)
OC Club Membership (non-mandatory)
Alkame Paddle Zone Membership (non-mandatory)
CCWC fees (if applicable)

Registration

Accomplishments

Hana Nui:

2023 Toronto Island, second place finish in Open Standard and fifth place finish in Mixed Standard
2023 Canadian Nationals ranked 1st overall in the Premier Mixed small boat division and 4th overall in Premier Women's small boat.
Premier Mixed and Premier Men Small Boat Silver and Bronze medallists at CCWCs April 2016 in Adelaide, Australia

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