Redcliffe Pink Snapdragons Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Club Inc.

🐉🩷 IT’S 1000M RACE DAY IN FRANCE! 🇫🇷🇦🇺

After Friday’s racing was cancelled due to the weather, our ladies are getting their chance to take on the 1000m one-turn time trial at IBCPC France 2026! 💪🐉

And for everyone following along from home, here are the Brisbane times to watch our Snappies:

🩷 7:48pm Brisbane time
Coastal Breast Friends — featuring our very own Lisa & Sonia

🩷 10:00pm Brisbane time
Coastal Breast Friends — featuring our very own Anne

🩷 8.48pm Brisbane time
Dragons Abreast Australia, Unity - featuring our very own Jhana and Michelle

A 1000m race with a turn is going to be one exciting challenge! 🔥 From all of us back home, GO Lisa, Sonia, Anne, Jhana and Michelle! We’ll be cheering you on from Australia. 🇦🇺🩷

PADDLE STRONG, LADIES! 🐉💪

Update on the Program for 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France.

🇦🇺🐉 THE SNAPPIES HAVE PROUDLY PARADED FOR AUSTRALIA! 🩷🇫🇷

What an incredible way to officially open the IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France!

The Parade of Nations was something truly special, breast cancer paddlers from around the world coming together on the shores of beautiful Lac du Bourget, proudly carrying their flags and representing their countries. 🌍🩷

And Australia certainly made its presence known! 🇦🇺 With Australia the third-largest nation represented at the festival, there was plenty of Aussie colour, noise and spirit , and our Redcliffe Pink Snapdragons Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Club Inc. were right there amongst it all! 🦘💙

The opening ceremony was spectacular. Twenty-six dragon boats lined up facing the beach, followed by the official welcome and speeches, before the beautiful tradition of the Awakening of the Dragon.

Then came the drum countdown, officially launching IBCPC France 2026! 🥁🐉✨

To see thousands of women gathered together from across the world, different countries, different languages, but connected by breast cancer and dragon boating, is pretty extraordinary. 🩷

For our Snappies who have spent two years preparing for this moment, standing there beneath the Australian flag must have felt very special indeed. 🇦🇺

The festival is officially OPEN… and now it’s time to paddle! 🐉💨

We are so incredibly proud of our ladies representing the Redcliffe Pink Snapdragons, our community and Australia on the international stage. 🩷🇦🇺🇫🇷

🇫🇷🐉 **LET’S CHEER ON OUR SNAPPIES IN FRANCE!** 🐉🇦🇺

We are incredibly proud to have five of our Snappies participating in the 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France in Aix-les-Bains, France!

💗 Coastal Breast BCS – Team 73
Lisa and Sonia Anger

💗 Coastal Breast Supporter – Team 6
Anne

💗 Dragons Abreast Australia Team Unity – Team 104**
Jhana and Michelle

The attached schedule includes their 500m and 200m race times, along with the Circle of Life, Parade of Nations and Opening Ceremony, Sandy Smith Global Finale Flowers Ceremony and Closing Ceremony.

All times shown are **Brisbane time (AEST)**.

📺 Watch the festival live:
https://live.ibcpcfrance2026.com

We’ll be cheering loudly from home! Wishing Lisa, Sonia, Anne, Jhana and Michelle an unforgettable festival filled with friendship, laughter and the wonderful spirit of breast cancer dragon boating.

**Let’s go, Snappies! Paddle strong and enjoy every moment!** 💗🐉

🩷 THE SNAPPIES HAVE ARRIVED IN AIX-LES-BAINS! 🇫🇷🐉

After two years of planning, fundraising, training and anticipation, all five of our Redcliffe Pink Snapdragons Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Club Inc. are now safely in Aix-les-Bains and the IBCPC 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France adventure is officially underway! 🩷

Our Lisa, Sonia and Anne have joined their Coastal Breast Friends teammates, and what a way to start! Their first training paddle on the spectacular Lac du Bourget, surrounded by mountains and breast cancer paddlers from all around the world, even turned into an unexpected mini race with crews from New Zealand and Canada! 😂🐉💨

Meanwhile, Michelle and Jhana have joined their Dragons Abreast Australia team and are settling into festival life, ready for an incredible week ahead. 🇦🇺

After travelling different paths through France and Switzerland, our five Snappies are finally together in Aix-les-Bains for the reason this whole adventure began. 💕

There is something incredibly special about seeing our little Redcliffe club represented on an international stage, five women, two teams, one Snappies family. 🩷

We are so proud of you ladies and cannot wait to follow along as the festival unfolds. Soak up every moment, paddle hard, laugh lots and make memories that will last a lifetime!

Aix-les-Bains… the Snappies have arrived! 🇦🇺🇫🇷🐉🩷

🇫🇷🇨🇭 Snappies European Adventures – Update #2! 💗🐉

While we’re counting down to the IBCPC 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France in Aix-les-Bains, our travelling Snappies are making the most of every moment in Europe! 🌍

Our Club President Lisa and husband Peter have now arrived safely in Paris 🇫🇷 and what better way to start than taking in the sights of this incredible city! 🗼☀️ Lisa is feeling very blessed to be heading towards her first international dragon boat festival in seven years of paddling, with a little European adventure either side!

Meanwhile, Anne, Jhana ( Jonesy) and Michelle have been exploring the spectacular Swiss Alps 🇨🇭, including an amazing day at Mount Pilatus. Gondolas and cable cars up the mountain, a German lunch, the appropriately named Dragon Hike 🐉, a cogwheel train back down and a relaxing cruise on Lake Lucerne what a day!

Apparently the 16°C weather felt more like 22°C, so those winter clothes they packed mostly came out for the photos! 😂

And another safe arrival! 💗 Sonia and her husband have touched down in Geneva, where they’ll enjoy a few days exploring before heading to Aix-les-Bains to join the others.

We absolutely LOVE seeing the photos and following along from home. 💕 Our ladies have worked so hard to get to this point, and now they’re making some pretty special memories along the way.

Keep the updates coming ladies… we’re loving travelling Europe with you from afar! 😂🌍

Next stop… getting our Snappies together in Aix-les-Bains! 🇫🇷💗🐉

🩷 Another wonderful local supporter! 🩷

We were delighted to present The OX Margate with a Certificate of Appreciation for their generous support of our recent Trivia Night fundraiser. 🐉

Our Trivia Night was all about helping our Snappies ladies on their way to France 🇫🇷 for the 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, France, and the support of local businesses like The OX helped make it such a successful night.

A huge thank you to The OX for getting behind our Club, our ladies and this incredible opportunity. We are so grateful to have such wonderful businesses within our community supporting us. 🩷

Community supporting community.
Connect. Move. Live. 🐉🩷

🥊🩷 PINK OCTOBER RAFFLE — TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 🩷🥊

Our Pink October Raffle is here, supporting the Redcliffe Pink Snapdragons Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Club Inc. and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 🎀🐉

And check out just ONE of the incredible prizes up for grabs…

🥊 A personally signed Mike Tyson boxing glove, beautifully framed and complete with a Certificate of Authenticity! 🥊

What an incredible piece of sporting memorabilia to win!

🎟️ 3 tickets for $5
🎟️ 7 tickets for $10
🎟️ 15 tickets for $20

Tickets can be purchased through our website at https://pinksnapdragons.com/raffle or simply scan the QR code on the flyer.

Every ticket purchased helps support our Club, our breast cancer survivors and the community we have built around them. 🩷

There are more amazing prizes to come, so keep watching our page! 👀🎁

Raising awareness. Supporting survivors. Building community.