Not only does Pemberton have an amazing, championship winning dragon boat program, offered through the Pemberton Canoe Association, they can now add outrigger racing to the mix.

At the recent 2012 Canadian National Outrigger Team time trials held in Burnaby, 18 youth and 9 adults from Pemberton qualified and were selected to compete on Canada’s National Outrigger team. The team are currently attending the 15^th World Va’a (Outrigger) Sprint Championships in Calgary, Alberta from August 7-15, 2012.

Check out the website for up to date information on standing, live video streaming of races and the history of outrigger racing: http://www.vaaworldsprints2012.com/

Exciting results from Pemberton crews already!:

Aleea Dahinden gets Bronze in J 19 V1 final

Hugh Fisher gets Gold in Sr Masters Men V1 final

Canadian Junior Girls J19 finished 5th in the finals.

Go Teams Go!