Phoenix Warriors (Montreal Chan Dragon Boat Sports Club)

Club History

In 1996, the Montreal Chan Dragon Boat Sports Club was founded and organized by Jimmy Chan. At that time, he joined forces with the Gee How Tong and Chan Wings Chun Tong Associations, and became an independent men's team called Dragon Knights in late 90's. Dragon Knights (men's team) Our men's team, Dragon Knights has been around ever since dragon boating was introduced in Montreal. The name of this team comes from a great historical mysterious legend of thousands of years: Long ago, a knight was sent to conquer a powerful dragon. After defeating the dragon, the knight became its master, ...

Join Us

We are currently recruiting male and female paddlers. Paddling experience is not necessary. Requirements: An ideal team member should have the following qualities: Strong work ethic; must be willing to train hard, learn from constructive criticism Commitment; must be able to attend all practices and competitions Team player We generally look for people who are in shape, and who have a solid base of strength and fitness. We also recruit non-fit people, as long as they are willing to train hard; not only during team practices, but in the gym as well. To join us, you may send an email to Captain Jimmy Chan at contact@chandragonboat.com.

Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat racing is a water sport involving a 40 feet long boat, a drummer, a steersperson and 20 paddlers. The drummer (in the front of the boat) sets the pace and making sure that all 20 paddlers in the boat are moving in a synchronized manner. The steersperson (at the back of the boat) calls all the shots and is in charge of navigating the boat, making sure the boat stays in its assigned lane, and steering the boat in different directions when needed. Attached to the end and front of the boat, is a dragon's head and tail, while ...

May 20
15

COVID-19 Relief and Memorial Cup 2020 In Planning

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the dragon boat season has been cancelled this year, so our team Phoenix Warriors will not be practicing or training together until further notice due to social distancing measures. However, we are all still training hard individually at our homes so we will be ready for the next season!

Our captain Jimmy Chan had been in touch with owners of 22Dragons Matt Robert and Matthew Smith as well as the owners of H2OPlayground Pierre-Olivier Girard regarding a special event (tribute to our Montreal Chan Dragon Boat Sports Club and the Montreal Dragon Boat Associations to celebrate their 25th year anniversary) to add to the next Montreal Challenge, along with a Cultural Dragon Boat Festival this summer in July. However, now that the dragon boat season has been postponed until further notice, Jimmy’s plans will have to wait–However, Jimmy is taking this time to further develop his plans for the next dragon boat event!

Jimmy has been doing volunteer work for more than 30 years as a humanitarian. Throughout the past 2 months of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jimmy stepped up and supported the front line workers by donating food, masks and other supplies to thank them for taking care of our community and saving lives.

Jimmy has visions to propose to the City of Montreal. He is now in process of planning out a special dragon boat competition to honor the victims of COVID-19 who have passed away. This special dragon boat event is also to honor all the front line workers who have been working so hard throughout the crisis to make sure we all stay safe.

Jimmy’s dragon boat competition will have 2 cups:
1. COVID-19 Memorial Cup 2020
2. COVID-19 Honorable Heroes Cup 2020

More info to come after the meetings!

Be kind and be safe everyone!

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Aug 19
14

Montreal Challenge 2019

Race Results:

1st Place – 2000m Community Mixed Final B

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Jul 19
1

La Presse Chinoise – Jimmy’s 2019 Achievements In The Canada Day Parade And Dragon Boat Racing

La Presse Chinoise covered Jimmy’s achievements in the Canada Day parade, drumming celebration and dragon boat racing in 2019!

In the past 39 years, as the president of the Chinese community’s two Chan Associations, President/Sifu Jimmy Chan has been leading his Chinese community and organizing his groups to participate in the Canada Day parade every year. In fact, he was the very first Chinese person in Montreal to organize a group from his community to take part in the parade 39 years ago and he continues to show his proud Canadian dedication every year. Jimmy is also the president of the Montreal Canada Day Drumming Celebration drumming team, and organized a large group of drummers to get together and drum together on Canada Day.

On that same year, Jimmy had lead his his dragon boat team Phoenix Warriors to the annual dragon boat challenge, where they won 1st place Gold at the Montreal Challenge 2000m race. President/Sifu Jimmy Chan is also one of the two dragon boat founders in Montreal, introducing the sport and culture of dragon boat racing to Montreal/Quebec. In fact, Jimmy built the very first dragon boat team in Montreal and the Chinese community called Dragon Knights since 1996. His second team, Phoenix Warriors was formed in 2003.