The Coaches have revised the selection process for competitive events, including the upcoming Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival.

In previous races, the main criteria for being on the event roster were not based entirely on paddler skills. It was basically the first 25-35 to sign up on the list. This is not how Houston Heat will create the rosters for every event - particularly the competitive events. We do wish that everyone could paddle in every race. However, Long Beach is one of the bigger and more competitive dragon boating events in the US, and there is room for only 25 paddlers on each boat. We’ll want to seat our best available paddlers for each race. These paddlers will be chosen from the pool of participating HH members in Long Beach.

Read more about the new selection process