The Pink Dragon Boat Event
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. was proud to sponsor the first Central Florida Pink Dragon Boat Racing Team – Warriors On Water – at the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival, held annually at Walt Disney World Resort and hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports®. This years’ event was held on October 17, 2009 and attracted over 2,200 team participants and 30,000 spectators.
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The Teams
At this year's International Dragon Boat Festival, WPFT sponsored Warriors On Water, a Pink Dragon Boat team that formed to provide breast cancer survivors in Central
Florida the opportunity to experience all the benefits of Dragon Boating.
WPFT also organized corporate sponsors to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival and paddle in Dragon Boats to show their support for Women Playing For T.I.M.E. and M. D. Anderson Cancer Institute- Orlando. Great White North, the event host, provided all corporate sponsors with training, Dragon Boats and equipment.
For more information about how to participate, please contact Lynda
Canatay at 321-841-2272 or click here to request more information.
The Pink Dragon Boat Movement
Dragons are mythical legendary creatures
that represent the primal forces of nature and the universe, including power
and strength. They are associated with wisdom and longevity, and are
thought to possess some form of magic. Chinese dragons, specifically, are
benevolent. For many breast cancer survivors, Pink Dragon Boat
Racing has come to signify support for breast cancer awareness and to provide
hope for survivors that there is high quality of life after breast cancer.
The movement began in Canada in 1996, with a team under the
medical guidance of a sports medicine physician who found that paddling
not
only provides a thorough cardio routine, but is also a great exercise
for breast cancer patients. Additional studies have shown that
paddling
builds upper body strength, is beneficial to the recovery process, and
helps to
prevent lymphedema, a common side
effect of breast cancer treatment.
Pink Dragon Boat Racing has since become a prominent sport among breast
cancer survivors worldwide.
Pink
Dragon Boating is now recognized as a global sport and Pink Dragon Racing
Teams are organizing everywhere around the world. In Canada, for example, Canadians Abreast,
established in 2003, takes their message of hope to areas without breast cancer
survivor dragon boat teams. Their goal is to give hope and encouragement by
sharing stories of the physical, mental and spiritual strength and the benefits
of dragon boating.
Throughout
the United States,
Pink Dragon Boat Racing Teams are forming from Portland, OR,
and Princeton, NJ, to Pittsburgh, PA, and Atlanta, GA. There are presently
three racing teams located in Florida – Miami, Tampa, and
more recently, Central Florida.
Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon Boat Racing is rapidly becoming known as the “ultimate team sport” and the world's fastest-growing water sport. This 2,500-year old Chinese inspired sport involves 20 team members paddling in unison to a drummer’s beat in a long, narrow boat, decorated at the bow and stern with a dragon's head and tail.
Dragon Boat Racing is recognized for the camaraderie, strength and endurance fostered among the team participants. The races feature an exhilarating combination of competition in concert with entertainment that attracts a diverse group of people with a broad range of interests.
An established sport in Central Florida, one of the biggest Dragon Boat events is the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival, held annually at Walt Disney World Resort and hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports®. This year's event will be held on October 17, 2009, and will attract over 2,200 team participants and 30,000 spectators.
The organizer for the Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival is Great White North (GWN), a Canadian-based company. GWN is the driving force in developing the presence of Dragon Boat Racing at an elite and grass roots level in communities across Canada and the United States.
Results
Warriors on Water raced in multiple races and in their second and third race, beat several more experienced Pink Dragon Boat teams. Corporate teams - Supporters of TIME and Team Scortch - both won metals during the event.
Our Sponsors
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Canatay at 321-841-2272 or
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