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EVENTS

Upcoming Events

24-30 August 2026: IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival

IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival
Aix-les-Bains, 73100 Aix-les-Bains, France
The 2026 IBCPC Festival will take place on the shores of Lac du Bourget, France’s largest natural glacial lake.

NEWS

Vienna Pink Dragons

December 1st 2025Submitted by Svenja Franke-Bruhn. Founding President Vienna Pink Dragons and IBCPC Country Liaison Austria. When I arrived in Vienna in 2014 with the idea of founding a breast cancerRead more

West Island Dragons

December 1st 2025This month, the West Island Dragons hosted our 5th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Vendor Fair, and what a success it was! A huge thank you goes out to our teammate and EC Sponsorship Director, AngelaRead more

Survivors in Sync

December 1st 2025Submitted by: JoAnn Moore, IBCPC Southeast USA Representative. The USA team Survivors in Sync from Sarasota Florida took GOLD in the Club Crew National Championships this October. They will now mRead more

Survivors Abreast Peterborough

December 1st 2025On October 21st, 2025, Survivors Abreast Peterborough and the Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival planning committee were recognized by the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation (PRHCF)Read more

Sunshine Coast Dragons Abreast

December 1st 2025This year marked a special milestone for Sunshine Coast Dragons Abreast in Queensland Australia - 20 years of paddling with heart, friendship, and purpose. To celebrate two decades of paddling,Read more

Editor's Report

December 1st 2025Submitted by Louise Granahan. Yesterday, I took part in a ritual performed by Canadians from coast to coast. I switched over my clothes. Summer clothes went into storage in the basement, and Read more

Congratulations

December 1st 2025Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC Global President. The board of IBCPC wishes to congratulate IDBF President Claudio Schermi on his election to the board of AIMS. This is a four year term and weRead more

Continents Collaborating

December 1st 2025Submitted by JoAnn Moore, IBCPC Southeast USA Representative. We caught a rare glimpse of three of our IBCPC Representatives, JoAnn Moore of North America, Wendy Grose of Northern Europe, andRead more

Countries Going to IBCPC France 2026

December 1st 2025Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC Global President. Some of you have been asking which countries and the names of teams that are attending the festival in 2026. As some teams are still reshufflingRead more

Amazing Donation for Metastatic Research

December 1st 2025Respectfully shared by Meri Gibson. As we know many of our cohort of breast cancer survivor paddlers become metastatic and we agree with the comments from Elaine Saverin that they are often leftRead more

Doha Wireless Warriors

December 1st 2025The Doha Wireless Warriors started 12 years ago in Doha, Qatar after its founder, Sandee Thompson, was recovering from a bilateral mastectomy for a recurrence of breast cancer. What started as a onceRead more

Dragons Abreast Australia

December 1st 2025Submitted by Sharon Cooper, Board Member, Dragons Abreast Australia (DAA). The pink paddles were out in full force at the Australian Masters Games in Canberra from 18th – 20th October 2025, wRead more

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The IBCPC is an international organisation whose mandate is to encourage the establishment of breast cancer dragon boat teams, within the framework of participation and inclusiveness.

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