Hamilton dragon boat team wins international regatta

A Hamilton dragon boat team was victorious in an international competition, coming first out of over 100 teams from around the world.

Knot A Breast, a club with about 70 Hamilton area paddlers, sent a team to compete at the International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission's races in Sarasota, Florida. The team entered the Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, held once every four years, as defending champions after winning the last edition in Peterborough.

Despite a nail-biting finish, the Hamilton team came out on top in the Division A final, beating out 50 other teams from Canada, as well as scores more from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Italy and more.

An image from the IBCPC's Participatory Dragon Boat Festival shows an aerial view of the event's carnation ceremony. (IBCPC)

The sport of dragon boating has been embraced by the breast cancer community since 2001, when Canadian sports medicine specialist Don McKenzie started a team for survivors of the disease.

Now, many regattas feature carnation ceremonies where the paddlers bring their boats together and toss flowers — usually pink ones — into the boats to remember others who have passed.

An amazing image from the Sarasota competition shows the Knot A Breast team, fourth from the right, joining the ceremony as thousands line the shore.

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