Pacific Reach as usual will be there as will a throw together team from the island which should be strong . DWW will be there as will Acme .Lots of paddlers from the top teams are jumping onto other teams so some teams that weren't as strong prior may be alot stronger in Kelowna .Also it appears River City Dragons out of Sask , are going and claim to be the fastest manitoba team ....... Guess they will get a taste of real competiton when they head to Kelowna .Too bad the big players won't all be there.I believe Gorging will be out of town back east racing..smart move on their part.....much better competition for the money back east ..good luck guys !
I don't think the comp A final will be as strong as years before .The festival is getting too expensive for what it is and teams are starting to turn away from it going elsewhere instead .Not really sure why this festival is around the same cost as Alcan as it really isn't on the same par .....
A much better race for the money is San Francisco in 2 weeks and heres a list of who's racing there
http://www.sfdragonboat.com/teams.shtml 
