Big News! My mom, who spends some of her spare time down in False Creek training with the "Grand Dragons" Dragon Boat team, has just found out that her team has been chosen to carry the Olympic torch on it's relay across Canada leading up to the games. The Grand Dragons are a team of crazy grandmas and grandpas (you have to be at least 55 years old to be on her team) who are fiercely in shape and as competitive as my mom and have won gold medals all over the world. My mom's favourite part is when she is lined up for a race with other boats from big companies like Telus and IBM, who enter an unpracticed team of cocky men dripping with muscles rippling through their arms and legs looking on at the gray-haired boat next to them thinking they'll be easy to beat. Within a few strokes her boat sails past them effortlessly to beat them by two or three boat lengths. To be good at dragon boating it takes skill and technique not just muscles and youthful presumption!
A Little Lesson:Congratulations mom we'll be there to watch you with bells on!
Congratulations Mom. Hopefully you'll bring good luck to our Canadian athletes.
ReplyDeleteYeah Sister Matkin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! Another check in your long list of achievements! How far do you get to carry it?
ReplyDeleteYes indeed you are right there is something splendid about watching skill trump brute strength. I am very proud of mom - she has been an athelete (highland dancing etc.) all her life.
ReplyDeleteWhere and when? Can we go cheer her on?
ReplyDeleteYay for grey!
yeah!!! I am so jealous and excited and envious - that you all even get to be in the city with all the excitement!!!! We missed it all in SLC, now in Vancouver, La hosted in 84 I doubt they will be back here + this city is so big - I doubt we would actually feel the excitement unless it was right here in Santa Clarita!
ReplyDeleteWay to go Sister Matkin!!
Way to go Cherie.....congratulations....
ReplyDeleteHey! I applied to be torch carrier as well. Nobody called me!?
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