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Boat Rescue
This morning was all about getting our two boats back safely and inspecting any damage.We just wanted to say a big thank you to a number of organisations and people who helped us do this over the last two days.They areNational Coastwatch Institution ,Hengistbury Head...
Castel Gandolfo
Pink Champagne have just returned from Italy having been to a festival event organised by 'The Pink Butterfly' team. It was held on Lake Albano near to Castel Gandolfo.Our first race had a poor start from us as we were paddling backwards at the start line to try and...
Barcelona 2023
In May 2023 the team travelled to Barcelona to take part in the 4th International Dragon Boat Festival. It was our third visit to this festival, which is held on the Olympic canal that was built for the 1992 Olympics. We entered two boats into the event, and competed...
Dragon Boating on Snow
Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team, are based at Hengistbury Head, Dorset. Normally they paddle their dragon boats from their base and along the River Stour at Christchurch or out towards Mudeford Spit. But they have just returned from Le Grand...
British Dragon Boat Association National Finals 2022
Pink Champagne Dragon Boat team entered the BCD national Championships, held at Holme Pierre Pont, Nottingham, in early October 2022. This year we were the only breast cancer survivors team entered, and there was no specific category for that. Our first race on the...
Training Weekend at Beaulieu
Pink Champagne attended a very useful two day training session at Beaulieu , where we were coached by GB coach Tim Smith. It was very useful for long standing members as well as the new members we have . We now need to build on these two days and put what we have...
The Marathon Paddle
On 14th May 2022 the team took on a Marathon paddle of 26.2 miles to coincide with the well known Moon walk which took place in London on the same day.
New Members Wanted
BDA National Championships
Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat team travelled to Holme Pier Point in Nottingham, the National Water Sports Centre for the UK. It was the first time we had attended the British Dragonboat Association National Championships, and it was great to have...
Fund Raising Festival September 2019
Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat team have just had another very successful fund raising festival. A great deal of planning and hard work by the team went into putting on the event, and it was lead brilliantly by Diana and her husband Bernard. We had...
Weymouth
A splendid day was had by all in Weymouth. The sun was shining and the sea was flat calm....couldn't have been better conditions. The number of teams entered was disappointing for the organisers but all in all it was a great days paddling. The racing was exciting to...
European Club Crew Championships
In case you haven't heard a team of 12 have been in Seville for 5 days attending The EDDF European Club Championships. This is an event that you can't just enter, the British Dragon-boat Association have to approve your interest to participate, it was a honour that...
