Pink Champagne travelled to London Royal Docks to compete in the BDA national league.There were 56 teams taking part. We started the day at 9am with a 1000 metre race  and what  a great race it was , Worcester overtook us just before the turn, a great  turn saw us...

On 15th June the team travelled to Liverpool's dock land to take part in two days of racing. Firstly we took part in 'Pool of Life's' Dragon and Flowers festival. There were over 60 breast cancer survivor paddlers taking part in this day and Pink Champagne won the...

Another amazing Pink Champagne trip to participate in the 45th Vogalonga in Venice. We had the opening ceremony on Friday, but due to a cruise ship crash and lots of legal stuff we were not allowed to enter the Grand Canal on Friday evening, we instead went up and...

Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team competed at the dragon boat racing event which was part of Sherborne Country Fair. It was held on Monday 27 May 2019 and there were 24 teams competing. We were the only breast cancer survivors team there. The...

Pink Champagne took a team of 10 to Barcelona in May 2019, to compete in the 2nd Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Festival. After a downpour of  rain on the Friday, the sun came out in time for a training session at the Olympic Lake. On the Saturday the team...

On Saturday 11th May 2019, Pink Champagne Breast cancer Survivors Dragon Boat team set off along the River Stour to paddle 27 miles. The team were fund raising to help with ongoing costs of such things as boat storage and maintenance and kit. Due to tides it was...

Our first BDA event of the year hosted by Worcester Dragon Boat Racing Club, an early start and a cold easterly wind blowing all day. We were honoured to be assigned a dragon boat provided by Worcester Dragons, named 'The Spirit of Helen', named after one of their...

July 2018 Pink Champagne BCS Dragon Boat team participated in the IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival in Florence, Italy. This is a shorter clip of some of the highlights of that event.  https://youtu.be/B9BKjR7Yhs0   A full length documentary by Peter John Cooper,  about the...

Mr Les Carvell of "Heaven Can Wait, I'm Busy" kindly donated £500 to Pink Champagne to start off his new campaign called "Get it  Checked."  He is spreading the message to the public at large, to get checked if there are concerns over mental or physical health and to...

Pink Champagne took part in the 2nd race of the Henley Winter Series, organised by Henley Dragons and held at their base on the banks of Henley on Thames. It was a perfect November day with blue skies and sunshine, and not to cold once we started racing. There were 16...

  In August 2018 we had a picnic for our supporters and friends to celebrate, Pink Champagne's 10th year anniversary. We also had a dotting of the eye ceremony for our 2 new boats. The ceremony also called 'Awakening the Dragon' or 'Dotting of the Eye'...

Pink Champagne hosted their Annual Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday 16th September 2018 at Hengistbury Head Outdoor Centre,  Bournemouth BH6 4EN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb74wxAN6PA&t=31s