Saturday, August 30 - Dragon Dream Team Hosts Breast Cancer Survivor Summit
August 23rd, 2008
The Dragon Dream Team invites you to attend its first Breast Cancer Survivor Summit - Unleashing the Power of the Dragon - on Saturday, August 30, 10:00 a.m. at Craftsmen Park Boat House, 4450 Rex Lake Road, Akron, Ohio (at Rex Lake, Portage Lakes).
The goal of the Summit is to share our experience with dragon boating with other breast cancer survivors. We also welcome new members to join Ohio’s first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team.
We will have several speakers at the summit, followed by a dragon boat demonstration and rides. The speakers will include Jessica Mader, R.N., our founding president; Douglas Wagner, M.D. from Akron Plastic Surgeons, our founding sponsor; Michael Dunphy, M.D., from Akron Plastic Surgeons; and Elizabeth Heinicke from the American Cancer Society. Karen Kilroy, Dragon Dream Team coach, will present her DVD about the Dragon Dream Team’s first season, and several Dragon Dream Team members will discuss their experiences on the team.
The program will last approximately 2 hours.
Akron is Site of Ohio’s First Dragon Boat Camp
January 21st, 2008
ALKAME Coaching Services of Ontario, in cooperation with Great White North Communications, Inc. Canada, has chosen Akron as the site of itsSpring, 2008 Dragon Boat Training Camp.The Camp will be held at CraftsmenPark on Portage Lakes, during the weekend of May 16-18, 2008.Although the Camp will be attracting experienced Dragon Boat team members from Canada and the United States, the training camp will be designed to fully immerse paddlers of allages and abilities into the sport of Dragon Boating.It can also be a great team-building experience for corporate and school groups.
Dragon Boat racing is a 2,000 year old sport that originated in China.Similar to sculling, it is one of the fastest growing water sports in the world.The 40 foot longcanoe-like boat has a colorful dragon head and tail and is propelled by 20 paddlers sitting two abreast, a drummer to sound the beat and a steersperson.
ALKAME director, Scott Murray first visited Akron in 2007 to coach the DragonDream Team, a group of Akron area breast cancer survivors.Rex Lake at Craftsmen Park is home base for the Dream Team and its distinctive pink and white Dragon Boat.Coach Murray was so impressed with the expanse and beauty of Portage Lakes and the facilities at the Park, that he soon began plans to make it the site of his all-inclusive training camp.
The weekend includes paddling equipment, lodging accommodations and all meals at Craftsmen Park. The Dragon Boat camp also includes a social/orientation, multiple water and land training sessions, team building activities, gala dinner banquet/celebration, closing ceremonies and regatta. Lodging is optional for local area participants.
Check out the October 2007 Akron Life & Leisure page 46 for the article “Hope Floats” to read about Dragon Queen Jessica Mader and the birth of the Dragon Dream Team.
Dragon Dream Team Video By Karen Kilroy
October 2nd, 2007
Coach Karen Kilroy has immortalized the Dragon Dream Team with her impressive movie short, which captures the heart and soul of the inspiration paddling gives its participants.For google version click here
Dragon Dream Team Wins One and Takes Third Overall.
