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Welcome to Official page for Guelph/Cambridge ON & area Breast Cancer Survivor/Supporter Dragon Boat team paddling@Puslinch,ON.
Administered by Breaststrokes support services executive board. We represent all members of our not for profit organization. Our team consists of energetic, motivated, forward thinking women who have all experienced breast cancer first-hand. We paddle to support each other and to stay strong. The Breaststrokes Dragon Boat Team formed in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1998. From early days using broomsticks to paddle in a (dry) church basement, the team now has our own dragon boat moored on local lakes. The Breaststrokes team works hard to promote awareness of health, life and laughter after breast cancer. We celebrate life through the pursuit of fitness and wellness, mutual support, community philanthropy, and competition in Dragon Boat Festival races. We believe any person with breast cancer who wishes to dragon boat paddle should have that opportunity, because together, we are all winners! Our goal is to honour the memory of those who have died of breast cancer and spread a message of hope to all people living life after a breast cancer diagnosis.
09/29/2026
🎗️🌸 This is always an emotional yet beautiful event that celebrates survivors supporters and remembers those we’ve lost. Stop by and see us at our tent and learn more about our 🐲 , what benefits there is through fitness, where and when we practice and all other interesting questions you may have.
☀️See you there friends ☀️
Save The Date!!
2026's Run Date is Sunday October 4th!
This year was our first year at University of Guelph and we loved it so in 2026.. same location with some new tricks up our sleeves!
Mark it in your calendars.. think of the fundraisers you want to do as a team and stay posted for fun updates on all our socials!
🐲🇫🇷🌸A SUMMER TO REMEMBER🎗️💪👏❤️
🇨🇦 14 Breastrokers + loving Supporters traveled across the ocean in a welcoming of open arms with Dragons Abreast Australia 🇦🇺
The beauty & history of this country is surely something our eyes & hearts will ALWAYS remember. A trip of a lifetime. The event IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival 2026, the largest in its history put us to the test amidst the heat of the French sun ☀️ but we persevered. We walked, sang & waved our flags in the parade representing our homelands, ate all of the most incredible food, the pastries 🥐 , the ice cream 🍦 , shopped for souvenir jewellery crafted by local artisans 🛍️ & festival swag, but most of all we PADDLED HARD 🚣♀️ in the naturally forged glacier lake Aix-les-Bains & the bones we came home with a MEDAL around our neck🏅
🙌 We could not be more proud of the courage, strength 👊 and honour of our teammates. NEW FRIENDS MADE FROM NEAR & FAR + a photo album that is reminiscence of what postcards are made of. We are blessed
We are still in awe of how all this came together with so much hard work by all & the 500+ volunteers. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts 💕 until next time we will reflect & keep training for ourselves, our health, for community outreach & education, for our families & for those we have lost to . May .
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09/25/2026
Wow that’s some serious planning. Just awesome!! 👏
For those of you that may not have seen the hand out from the closing ceremony in France , here is the IBCPC Strategic Events through to 2038.
08/29/2026
🐲🇫🇷🎗️💪🏆🎉❤️🇨🇦 🇦🇺
🙌 LET THE GAMES BEGIN 🙌
The storms have passed from yesterday….RACE DAY 1 is today!!
08/29/2026 along with an emotional & touching flower 🌸 ceremony. The reason we are all here. United as breast buddies 🎗️
BREASTSTROKES paddle sisters can be found kicking some Dragon 🐉 a** with the composite teams
dragonsabreastaustralia
🐲 Team Thrive
🐲 Team Connect
🐲 Team Inspiration
🐲 Team Hope
🐲 Team Unity
Here's the link to watch the events in France:
https://live,ibcpcfrance2026,com/
🐲🏆💪🎗️❤️🇨🇦🇦🇺🇫🇷🥇☀️
🐲🏆💪🎗️❤️🇨🇦🇦🇺🇫🇷🥇☀️
🐲As we head into our last week of summer here in before joining our international sisters at the 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France 🇫🇷
This festival will welcome 4500 🎗️participants paddling 🚣 together in unison, strength and commaraderie. 14 of our Breaststrokes team members are teaming up with Dragons Abreast Australia 🇦🇺 welcoming us as their own paddle sisters.
All the practicing, fundraising& emotions will come to fruition as we set our paddles in Aix-les-Bains Lac du Bourget
An unforgettable dream trip come true. Forever grateful to our sponsors & each & every person who helped us get here 🙏❤️✨
Guelph Pickleball
Cambridge Bingo & Gaming Centre
Maple Leaf Self Storage
McClintock's Water Ski School & Pro Shop
We are always looking for breast cancer survivor members to join our team & sponsors. Check out or website for more details www.breaststrokes.ca
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08/16/2026
🐲👩Some of us are already on route and the rest will be soon. 14 of our dragon ladies will have the honour of experiencing this monumental event!! 🎉🙌❤️☀️💪🏆
It all began in 2011 with one woman, Geneviève Garreau, and a bold ambition: to create France's 2nd BCS team in Annecy (Les Drôles de Rames)
15 years later, her dream welcomes 4,500 paddlers from around the world. 🌸 🐉
In 10 days, the IBCPC France 2026 Festival opens its doors in Aix-les-Bains!
Thanks Geneviève😉
08/11/2026
🐲 Find a Charitable Bingo & Gaming centre near you because when you play, local charities win! 🏅 ❤️
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08/08/2026
🐲 Today is the the day!! 🐲
🏆 Our first event of the season as a 🏆
❤️ 🎗️Breaststrokes is Proudly participating in this event today!!
🙌 LETS BRING HOME SOME HARDWARE TO GUELPH/CAMBRIDGE TODAY LADIES!! 💪
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As we prepare for race day tomorrow, we'd like to extend our sincere thanks to Pittock Conservation Area - UTRCA and the City of Woodstock, Ontario for their continued support of the Woodstock Pharmasave Dragon Boat Festival.
Their partnership helps provide the beautiful setting that makes this event such a memorable day for racers, volunteers, and spectators alike.
👨👩👧👦 Looking for something to do this Saturday? Bring the whole family out to Pittock Conservation Area and enjoy:
🚣 Exciting dragon boat racing throughout the day
🍔 Great food vendors
🛍️ Local marketplace vendors
🎟️ Rotary Club 50/50 Draw
🎉 Admission is free for spectators!
Whether you're cheering on a team or simply looking for a fun way to spend the day outdoors, we hope you'll join us!
08/05/2026
✍️ Checklists
👜 Luggage
🐲 Intense Practices
💥Excitment through the roof!!
👩 14 members with 1 common goal 👉have fun & build 🌏 global 🌷friendships
Aix-les-Bains is preparing to welcome you like never before. 🐲🚣♀️
The whole city has been decorated with the colours of the IBCPC France 2026 festival! 🥰🤩
International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission Aix les Bains Riviera des Alpes Ville d'Aix-les-Bains
07/18/2026
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🇫🇷 3️⃣6️⃣ DAYS!! 🐲🎗️☀️🚣♂️
We are beyond excited & maybe have some nerves as we prepare in training for 14 of our SURVIVOR Paddle sisters accompanied with their dear supporters who are making the trek to France 🇫🇷 where they will be participating in the 2026 IBCPC PARTICIPATORY DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL!!
These ladies have committed, preserved, fundraised & saved their way to get their seat in a boat alongside our sisters 👯♀️ dragonsabreastaustralia
🤞Good Luck ladies!! Abreast Australiaboating
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