Step 1: Registration & Team Fee Payment:
Complete your Team Registration Form:
Click here to register your team.
Payment of team fee is required to secure your team's spot. A member of our event team will confirm this upon acceptance of your registration. To complete your registration, please arrange with event staff your preferred method of payment - E-Transfer, Cheque or Credit.
- E-Transfer Event Staff will provide direction
- Credit Card Payment: Call 705-728-1010 ext. 2212; please mention your team name upon payment.
- Cheque Payment: Cheques can be made payable to Barrie Public Library. Please include 'BDBF Registration - TEAM NAME' in the memo field.
Mail cheque to:
Barrie Public Library
c/o Dragon Boat Festival
60 Worsley Street
Barrie, ON L4M 1L6
Registration Fee:
*New for 2025!* Teams have the option to choose their payment preference!
Option A - Team fee of $1,000.00 plus donate an item (min. value of $100) for the Dragon Tales Silent Auction*. Auction item is due to the Library before June 30, 2025. Proceeds raised from the Dragon Tales Silent Auction benefit the advancement of public library services in our community.
OR
Option B - Team fee of $1,150.00
Each team participating in the Barrie Dragon Boat Festival is required to fundraise a minimum of $500 for their charity of choice. Please indicate which organization is your team raising funds for upon registering your team.
Step 2: Share e-Waiver link with teammates & Build Your Team Roster
New for 2025! - Upon full registration of each team, event organizers will share a customized link with each Team Captain that can be sent to their participants to complete their waiver online. The link is unique to each team.
The Team Roster will auto-populate as the waivers are completed by their participants. The Team Captain will have access to view in real time the status of their roster as waivers are completed. It is the Team Captain's responsibility to ensure all participants have completed their waiver and are visible on the roster before the submission deadline. Access to this link with expire after the deadline. ALL participants entering the dragon boat require waivers, including the paddlers, drummer and steersperson on your team.
Roster Requirements:
- Festival day roster allows for up to 30 crew members , for a total race compliment of 20 paddlers and 1 drummer in the race boat for each race.
- Minimum team roster on race day is 16 paddlers, and 1 drummer should the total race compliment not be met.
- All mixed teams registered for the festival must have a minimum of 10 paddlers identifying as female, plus a minimum of 1 paddler(s) who identify as male.
- Teams may provide own steersperson, however if event officials deem the steersperson to be unsuitable for the event, a steersperson will be provided for your team.
- Teams MUST identify one paddler as drummer for festival day.
All participants must:
- Be 14 years of age or older to participate
- Be available festival day: Saturday, August 16th (first race called by 7:00am)
- Be listed on the Team Roster with a completed waiver
- *Signature of parent/guardian required if under 18 years old
Step 3: Fundraise for Charity of Choice!
All teams participating in the Barrie Dragon Boat Festival must pledge to fundraise a minimum of $500 for the charity of their choice, in addition to paying a registration team fee. The total amount of funds raised by the team need to be reported to event staff upon check-in on event day.
Step 4: Arrange Summer Practice Sessions *Optional:
Optional Summer Practice season runs June – August *weather permitting. The Team Captain decides and communicates if and how many practices your team will have. Additional costs do apply. Please visit Summer Practice Season for more information.
Step 5: Prepare for Event Day!
One representative from the team (Team Captain or Co-Captain) is required to attend the Team Captain's Meeting which takes place in advance of the Festival. At this meeting, event officials will review the expectations for the day, discuss race format, clarify on water commands as well as an opportunity to ask questions.
Please take time to review the list of Awards, Challenge Cups & Community Awards as well as the Schedule of Events to see what is taking place throughout the event!
On Event Day, the Team Captain is responsible for checking in at the Registration Desk beginning at 6:30am.
Each team will have one 10x10 space to set-up. This is not provided, please arrange for your team tent!
This event does not have food vendors onsite. Please ensure your team plans accordingly to pack what they need for the day, including a refillable water bottle that can be used at our water refill station.
Have questions?
If you have any questions about the registration process or registering a team, please feel free to contact us at: dragonboat@barrielibrary.ca.
