Hello Team,

I wanted to share the message from Allan since not everyone has facebook.

Hey everyone! Just wanted to write you guys a message, and if some of the APCA Dragons don't have Facebook and you could pass this message along to those people, it would be really appreciated =).

When I coached for you guys the very first time, I was super nervous and anxious because I didn't know how everyone would react to a 21 year telling them what to do in terms of paddling. However, when I heard people liked it and when Thomas told me to do it again, I started to get excited. In those 8 weeks Curtis, Andy, Zina, Thomas, and I all pushed you guys despite that you were a festival team. I think deep down we could all sense you guys had that inner competitive side to you (and the tournament definitely proved that) and that you wanted to push a bit more. I honestly didn't know how everyone would do during the tournament...but the results were a bit shocking to me honestly. You took on and hung with year-round teams that train much more and you guys took 3rd in your division even with year-round teams as competition...and all with only 8 - 10 practices under your belts. I was, and still am so happy for you guys and extremely proud. You really shocked some people at the tournament and I had so, so, so much fun calling for your races. It was truly an honor and pleasure being your caller, and I hope all of you will now walk around with a bit more pride (along with that jersey! :P) and confidence, because it is absolutely clear that you earned it. Thank you so very much for letting me call for your races, and for embracing me as a fellow teammate.