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Great Big C Welcome to the page dedicated to Great Big C and We Beat U, Ottawa-based men's and mixed gender dragon boat teams whose members are all cancer survivors!

Come paddle with us or cheer us on!

Great Big C - 2026 Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival
09/22/2026

Great Big C - 2026 Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival

Proud to say all of our teammates earned gold medals at this year's Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival as winners of th...
09/22/2026

Proud to say all of our teammates earned gold medals at this year's Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival as winners of the Men's Cancer Cup and the Mixed Cancer Cup and We Beat U picked up bronze in their 400m Final!

The course is set, the weather looks perfect for racing and Great Big C and We Beat U are ready to compete on the beauti...
09/12/2026

The course is set, the weather looks perfect for racing and Great Big C and We Beat U are ready to compete on the beautiful Mississippi tomorrow, Saturday Sept 12 in Carleton Place! Good luck to all 35+ crews and welcome to our Town!

Meet the Busting Out Ottawa IBCPC 2026 France Team!The 2026 International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission Participato...
08/17/2026

Meet the Busting Out Ottawa IBCPC 2026 France Team!

The 2026 International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission Participatory Dragon Boat Festival will be taking place from the 24th to 30th of August, 2026 in Aix-les-Bains, France. With 4,500 participants from 25 countries it will be the largest IBCPC festival in history!

We are so proud of you all and will be cheering for Busting Out!!! 🩷

A HUGE thank you to the following groups, businesses and individuals for generously offering to help sponsor our All Can...
06/23/2026

A HUGE thank you to the following groups, businesses and individuals for generously offering to help sponsor our All Cancer Survivor dragon boat teams in 2026, Great Big C and We Beat U!

👏 Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa
👏 Acart Communications
👏 Nephin Bingley - Chartered Professional Accountants
👏 Kent Browne , Royal LePAGE Team Realty
👏 eQ Homes
👏 Brian Rochester, Royal LePAGE Team Realty

Your commitment to helping our teams allows us to train with amazing coaches and compete at the Ottawa and Carleton Place dragon boat festivals as well as sport team shirts! ❤️

Silver in the Open Charity Challenge Cup!Our crew have raised $15,810.60 so far this year for the charities supported by...
06/20/2026

Silver in the Open Charity Challenge Cup!
Our crew have raised $15,810.60 so far this year for the charities supported by the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival ❤️

06/19/2026

BOTH of our teams have earned a spot in tomorrow’s Charity Challenge Cup races! 🎉

7:40p GREAT BIG C - Open Charity Challenge
8:00p WE BEAT U - Mixed B Charity Challenge

Smiling faces at our last (beautiful) evening of practices before the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival this weekend 💪🏻🐲Come s...
06/18/2026

Smiling faces at our last (beautiful) evening of practices before the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival this weekend 💪🏻🐲

Come see our races:

- Friday June 19 at 8pm for the Charity Cup 🏆
- Sat June 20 at 11:20am for the All Cancer Paddlers race and flower ceremony 🌺
- Sat pm and Sunday: TBD, based on our first race 🎉

We snuck in a couple of great practices between rain showers today. Great Big C even got some sun! 🌧🌞🌧9 sleeps until the...
06/11/2026

We snuck in a couple of great practices between rain showers today. Great Big C even got some sun! 🌧🌞🌧

9 sleeps until the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival kick-off 💪🐲

Another great practice done! Getting ready ready to race 💪🏻Both teams are counting down to the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festiv...
06/04/2026

Another great practice done! Getting ready ready to race 💪🏻

Both teams are counting down to the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival.

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