Come cheer on JETAA’s Dragonboat team The Fighting Carps this Sunday, August 16th at Sunnyside Beach.
The Carps have been practicing hard every Wednesday and are finally going to put their skills to use in their first race of the season. Watch JETAA Toronto take victory in the 250m dash against 14 other teams in the first-ever Sunnyside Dragonboat festival.
Date: Sunday, August, 16th
Time: 10am-3:30pm
Location: Sunnyside Paddling Club, 1755 Lakeshore Blvd, Toronto (south of High Park)
No RSVP required, just show up with high spirits and a lunch.
The festival will start off with a practice run around 10am. The Carps will be meeting and hanging out just west of the Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion and Pizza Pizza fast food shop.
At 11am come listen to motivational Olympic athlete, Cheryl Pounder. This will be followed by lunch, which is bring your own Bento. However, food items to share with the team are greatly appreciated.
At 1:15pm, The Carps will join Heat 2 in the preliminary race, which will place us in tiers for the next round.
Help support the team by coming out to Sunnyside Beach and don’t forget to bring your genkiness!