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ii Dragon boats invade Scugog for annual cancer fundraiser Palmer Park took on a carnival atmosphere on June 16, as thousands of people gathered at the lakefront to participate and enjoy the annual Dragon Flies Dragon Boat Festival. This is the eighth year for this popular fundraising event, staged to increase breast cancer awareness and provide support for breast cancer survivors. This year 56 teams from as far away as North Bay, Hamilton and Toronto competed for gold, silver and bronze medals. Sixteen teams, more than 25 per cent of the total entries, originated from Scugog Township. Following the opening ceremony at 8:00 a.m., more than 1,000 pad- dlers dipped their paddles into the weed infested lake, racing in the 400 metre and 250 metre sprint qualify- ing heats. This was followed by the medal division races. Among the winning teams was “The Cuddly Bunny” who were pre- sented the gold medal for ‘C’ Class and also won ‘Best Dressed’. Scugog Sistoars/ Womens Hockey League Team was the top fundrais- ing team raising over $16,000. Further results were not available in time for this issue of Focus. 50 FOCUS - JULY 2012 07. JULY FOCUS 64 pages.indd 50 12-06-25 11:26 AM