Step 1: Registration & Team Fee Payment:
The Team Captain is the only team member that needs to register your team, by completing the Electronic Team Registration Form below.
2024 Electronic Team Registration Form
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 - credit or cheque.
- 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
Early Bird Pricing (Register and pay team fee between April 1 to April 30): $1000 registration team fee
Regular Season Pricing (Register and pay team fee between May 1 to July 31): $1200 registration team fee
Step 2: Build Your Team Roster & Complete Waivers:
It is the Team Captain's responsibility to create, maintain and submit the Team Roster no later than August 1 to the Event Office. Using the forms below, please print, complete and submit ONE Team Roster, along with the corresponding Participant Waivers for each paddler, drummer and steersperson on your team.
2024 Team Roster Form
2024 Participant Waiver Form
Roster Requirements:
- Festival day roster allows for up to 26 team members
- Minimum team roster on race day is 16 paddlers, and 1 drummer
- Teams registered for the festival must have a minimum 8 paddlers identifying as female
- Teams may provide own steersperson. Captains please indicate on Team Registration Form
- 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 17th (first race called by 7:15am)
- 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 can 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!
The Team Captain or Co-Captain is encouraged to attend the Team Captain's Meeting on August 12th as an opportunity to ask questions and meet fellow Captains participating in this year's event. 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. Additionally, the Team Captain or Co-Captain is to attend the Captain's Meeting with Alkame at 7:00am to clarify rules and regulations as well as an opportunity to ask race course questions prior to the first heat.
Each team will have one 10x10 space to set-up. 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.
