Archive for 2018

Did you attend the 2018 Dragons Abreast Festival – Community and Corporate Challenge? We are seeking your feedback on what we did right, what could be improved and any ideas you have to make next year’s festival even bigger and better. It won’t take long and we really value your feedback –  please take a…

Dragon Abreast Sydney took out first place for the highest fundraising crew at Saturday’s Festival with over $6,500 raised! Second place went to their northern counterparts DA Townsville with $5,000 and the Fu Fighters came in a close third on $4,807! These amazing efforts allow Dragons Abreast Australia to continue to provide the physical, social…

In an a amazing effort, Carolyn Cowle of Sydney, is this year’s highest individual festival fundraiser, with more than $4,000 raised for DAA. Second place went to Kathleen Alati-It who raised more than $1,000 and Dr. Deborah Cheung raised $953, but has surpassed that to $1,203 now. Incredible and much appreciated efforts by these individual fundraisers!

Check out some of the great photos that have captured the fun, colour and friendship at the DAA Corporate and community Regatta! Thank you to our fabulous photographer Tom Bungbrakearti!

Nothing will be as good as actually being there, but this is a great overview of the incredible 2018 International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission Participatory Festival held in Florence in the last week. Click here to watch the video.

The IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival is held every four years under the auspices of the International Breast Cancer Paddler’s Commission. The Festival is an international non-competitive participatory event targeting Breast Cancer Survivors teams who engage in Dragon Boat activities as post-operative rehabilitation. For the first time since its institution in 2005, the IBCPC FESTIVAL took place in Continental Europe: in…