Posts by Dominic Tan

With breast cancer the most common cancer diagnosed in Fiji, some of our members and Board jumped at the opportunity to volunteer in a dragon boating outreach program, which saw boats, equipment and training provided to local breast cancer survivors. Professor Don McKenzie, the founder of dragon boating for breast cancer recovery joined The International Breast Cancer Paddlers’…

We are so proud of Dragons Abreast Brisbane – Team Missabittatitti‘s indomitable Janelle Pritchard, whose amazing voluntary efforts were recognised as she was awarded the Redland City Council’s Australia Day Senior citizen of the Year, for all of her work with DAA and other charities. As Mayor Karen Williams who presented Janelle with her award stated, without volunteers with passion…

Dragons Abreast Penrith has really shown the true spirit of Christmas by collecting the contents and packing up 56 pamper for the Ladies of the Land to the Local Land Services offices in Penrith. The boxes are on the way to Moss Vale on Friday to be distributed to very deserving bush sisters this Christmas.

Dragons Abreast Brisbane recognised the outstanding contribution of Janelle Gamble to both their group and to BCS paddling in Australia and across the globe by presenting her with the very first DAB life membership. Janelle’s  contribution has been so significant that we all BCS paddlers in Australia walk in the foot prints or ripples that she forged…

Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin was host to Dragons Abreast Canberra’s 20th birthday dragon boat regatta and celebrations on the weekend of 9 and 10 November 2019. The weekend festivities, with the corporate and social regatta as the centrepiece, was a super success thanks to the enthusiastic participants, and the brilliant organisation and passion of Dragons…

Our DAA members are a talented mob, none moreso than Linda, the artiste extraordinaire behind Pinkoala. Linda has produced Pinkoala pins – Pinkoala is the bear you wear to show you care – losing her fluffy ears to chemotherapy won’t dampen her pinkoala spirit. She dons her gum leaf cap and fluffy blossoms and lives her best life.…