With spring like weather just around the corner this seems like a perfect opportunity to offer a wrap up for the 2nd Annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival.
Here’s a look at the 2nd Annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival: By the Numbers!
100 |
Teams participated. 40 more than the 60 that participated in the inaugural edition. |
10 |
Minutes for registration to sell out. |
-5.5 |
Average temperature high (in Celsius) for the two days of the festival, creating perfect conditions for paddlers to prove their true dominance of the frozen waters of Dow’s Lake. |
2 |
Minutes on average to apply ‘Ice Dragon Scales’, courtesy of The Colourful Chameleon, also the number of Princesses which graced the event with their presence. |
1 |
Second difference in separating the Mix Finals second place team; Bytown ODM Senior B Mixed (44.89), and the champion boat; terrylonghorn.com (43.89). Check out the rest of the race results here. |
50 |
Centimetre thick ice made up the race course. |
11 |
Levels are what the amps were turned up to while 7 artists (Birds of Bellwoods, Kalle Mattson, The Lionyls, Twin Flames, Amos The Transparent, Rory Taillon, and Julian Taylor) took the stage for the festival’s newly debuted concert series. |
20 |
Thousand dollars raised by the Shiver N Giver fundraising campaign for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundations charitable efforts. |
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Thank yous, we here at the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival have for everyone that helped make this event a success and pave the way for the 3rd annual Tim Horton’s Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival on February 8th and 9th 2019. |
Thank you all for another great festival and we look forward to seeing all of you next year!