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Submitted by Louise Granaham...

Argentina En Rosa

Octubre 2024Durante el mes de octubre, mes de concientización para la detección temprana del cáncer de mama, Argentina se pintó de Rosa.Fueron muchas las actividades realizadas en todo el país,llevando testimonios, actividades deportivas y charlas de concientización.Nos ha llenado de emoción, poder participar también en dos Festivales de Bote Dragón internacionales, poniendo en el podio la camiseta Argentina con el logo que representa a ARGENTINA EN ROSA.Delegaciones de las ciudades d...

Pink Champagne

Submitted by Amanda Hemsworth from Pink Champagne BCS Dragon Boat team ...

Club Crew World Championships

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

News From Spain

Submitted by Anna Fumarola on behalf of Spanish teams...

President's Report

Submitted by Meri Gibson...

Out Of The Boat

Tuesday evening, November 3rd marked the occasion of the first U.S. breast cancer paddling community zoom presentation known as “Out of the Boat”, with the first topic of discussion being team fundraising strategies. The program was successfully attended by 51 breast cancer team representatives from all four regions of the United States. Annette Johnson, IBCPC Board member and Western/Pacific states regional representative and Elizabeth Anderson, IBCPC Midwestern states regional representati...

Knot A Breast

Submitted by Milka Vujnovic, Knot A Breast, Hamilton, Ontario Canada...

News From Germany - Ravenna

Submitted by Christina...

Interview with Mark O'Connor

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

China (IDBF) World Cup

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

Ireland News

Lagan Dragonsby Karen DouganThe Lagan Dragons' Annual Halloween Fundraiser: A "Spooktacular" Night in Support of Breast Cancer AwarenessOn October 26, nearly 100 enthusiastic supporters gathered at Shaftesbury Bowling Club in Belfast for the Lagan Dragons' annual Halloween fundraising event. Guests arrived in creative and spooky costumes, ready to enjoy a night filled with lively dancing, fun games, and activities for both children and adults.This year’s Halloween celebration was nothing short...

News From Argentina

Submitted by Lia Del PradoRemeras Rosas La Plata - @remerasrosasokBs As- Argentina...

Breasts Ahoy Update

Breasts Ahoy Dragon Boat Team from Saint John, N.B. Canada held their annual Burger and Beverage/Auction this month at East Coast Pub Grill. The team agrees they have The Best Cheeseburger in the City. They have been Supporters of the team for the past 9 years. We had a great evening with lots of laughs from everyone who came to support the team by purchasing meal tickets, 50/50 tickets and especially those who donated items for our auction. Frankie our Auctioneer had another fun evening. Th...

Cancervive

Here's a link to an article about Cancervive from Wellington, recent Club Crew World Championship winners. >>> READ HERE...

2nd Dragon Boat Festival Chile

Submitted by Paula Farias...

United Ladies In France

Submitted by Denise Ma, DA Western Region, Dragons Abreast Australia...

Paddlers Abreast Canada

Under the umbrella of Paddlers Abreast Canada, members of three Canadian teams came together and entered this festival as a composite team. Members of the crew came from Chest Mates (Kingston), Chemo Savvy (Winnipeg) and Paddlers Abreast (Vancouver). The event was hosted by the Latino America en Rosa breast cancer dragon boat network. Canadian paddlers assisted at a day long workshop for new paddlers, helping with technique development and safety training. The training day was followed by a two...

Bahamas 2024

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

Go Europe in Annecy

Go Europe, the European composite team, travelled to Annecy in October to take part at their annual festival.The team was represented by 5 different countries; unfortunately due to illness we only had 13 in the boat. The theme for the event was Movies, so we thought Mama Mia and Abba would be the perfect costumes for us, who would off thought that 13 Abba dressed paddlers would win the 1000m race, celebrated on stage singing to Dancing Queen. The next day in our Go Europe uniforms we also won th...

IBCPC Outreach Clinics Program

Submitted by Lucia De Ranieri, Vicepresident of IBCPC...

IBCPC Outreach Croatia

Submitted by Dubravka Karlovic-Babic on behalf of Dragonboat Klub Zadar...

News From Germany - Berlin

Submitted by Christina...

10 Times Ruegen!

Submitted by Bianca from Rebell Dragons (Witten) & Pink Power Koblenz...

IBCPC Festivals

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...