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Emilie's Book

Submitted by Emilie Blond.On Sunday 20th April 2025, I have decided to officially publish my book entitled, “La Force du Dragon, Journal de Lady Emily,” which could be translated as “The Strength of the Dragon, Diary of Lady Emily”.In this 200 page book, I give a testimony of a part of my life, when breast cancer decided to come back at beginning of February 2024 until July 2024, just when my friends from Champ’ Dragon Ladies and I carried the Olympic flame.Throughout my story, I wante...

Blind Pink Paddler

With great pride, we would like to announce that our Rosas del Plata team has added the first blind paddler in the country, Mrs. Roxana Ianello.Roxana joined the team in September 2024 and since then, she has been actively involved in our paddling activities, also taking part in festivals and talks about the importance of awareness and early detection of breast cancer.This achievement demonstrates our commitment to inclusion, accessibility, and reflects our vision to create an environment where ...

News From Argentina

El Seleccionado Nacional de Remo en Bote Dragón de Categoría Cáncer de Mama seprepara en Almafuerte para el Mundial 2026 en Francia.Mujeres de distintas provincias del país entrenan, con fuerza y pasión, para representar a Argentina en el evento internacional que se realizará en Aix-les-Bains, del 24 al 30 de agosto en el imponente Lago Bourget, el más grande de Francia.El espíritu de superación, el trabajo en equipo y el amor por la vida, impulsan al Equipo Nacional de Remo en Bote Dra...

Editor's Report

Submitted by Louise Granahan.Well, as the Communications Director, I can’t begin to tell you how frustrating it has been not to be able to communicate via our Outlook accounts for 3 months! When a gremlin shut down our Outlook emails and our One Drive, we were forced to find other ways to communicate.During that time, IBCPC secretary, Ann Arndt, worked with a number of people including the amazing Jo Perry, former board member, who were able to work with an outside company to get us back onlin...

President's Report

Submitted by Meri Gibson. It is Easter weekend in New Zealand as I sit and write this update for you. It has been raining the whole weekend and the dragon boat season for us is now well and truly over. By the time this goes to print the Australian Dragon Boat Federation will have held their national championships over the last weekend in April. I am also starting to see comments coming through of people training now in the northern hemisphere. The lifecycle of the dragon continues across the glo...

Editor's Report

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10 Times Ruegen!

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

Knot A Breast

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

2nd Dragon Boat Festival Chile

Submitted by Paula Farias...

IBCPC Outreach Clinics Program

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

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...

IBCPC Festivals

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

Interview with Mark O'Connor

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

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...

Bahamas 2024

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

United Ladies In France

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

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...

News From Argentina

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

News From Germany - Ravenna

Submitted by Christina...

China (IDBF) World Cup

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

Club Crew World Championships

Submitted by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President...

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...

Pink Champagne

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

News From Germany - Berlin

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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...