Stratford Rotary Dragon Boat Festival: September 19, 2026
Our second venture into the dragon boating festival world took place on September 19, 2026. 27 members of Bernie’s Boat participated in the Stratford Rotary Dragon Boat Festival.
It was once again a fun day of competition and camaraderie, and an incredible display of GUTS!! We participated in three 500m races and the 100m final, as well as the always powerful flower ceremony one, which recognizes not only breast cancer survivors but those who have succumbed to the disease as well.
We really stepped up our performances this year, shaving 6 seconds off our 2025 500m time, qualifying for the 100m final and finishing 3rd overall in the 500m final, 2 tenths out of 2nd, and 4th in the 100m final, with 2nd, 3rd and 4th place all finishing within 2/10ths of a second of one another.
Our dragon needed a longer snout!!