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portedgardragons
Aug 31, 20191 min read
FUN DAYS at Bridge 8 - 22nd and 23rd September 2018. Please come along and find out about Port Edgar
We would love you to join us for a weekend of fun on and off the water on the 22nd and 23rd September 2018!! Try out canoeing or stand up...
Sally Haydock
Sep 8, 20181 min read
portedgardragons
Apr 29, 20180 min read
Port Edgar Dragon's Second Home!!
An exciting new chapter begins for the Port Edgar Dragons! We have relocated one of our boats to the Union Canal at Bridge 8 Hub!! The...
Sally Haydock
Apr 8, 20181 min read
Have you experienced Oncotype DX testing?
Have you experienced Oncotype DX testing? My name is Emily Ross, and I’m a researcher at the University of Edinburgh. I am exploring...
Emily Ross
Jun 12, 20171 min read
Dragons Capsize!
We all know that it COULD happen and we had a vague sort of plan about checking for our buddies and blowing a whistle but I don’t think...
Sally Haydock
May 10, 20173 min read
The fundraising for Florence gets started!
Port Edgar Dragons held a bake sale at Sky TV in Livingston and managed to raise an amazing £520 which will be generously matched by Sky...
Evelyn Fraser
Apr 16, 20171 min read
Training Techniques
The biggest challenge of dragon boating is managing synchrony. Since there is no gym exercise for building synchrony, teams that spend...
International Dragon Boat Fraternity
Mar 19, 20174 min read
Flower Ceremony 2017
The flower ceremony has become an important tradition in breast cancer survivor Dragon Boating. On our first paddle of the season, we...
Port Edgar Dragons
Mar 11, 20171 min read
Would you like to sponsor us?
Our intrepid Dragons, Sally, Melanie, Catherine, Claire and Helen, are taking part in the 2017 New Year's Day Loony Dook and plunging...
Port Edgar Dragons
Dec 4, 20161 min read
Can you help Edinburgh University?
Cancer and Society in the 21st Century You are being invited to take part in a research study that is exploring what the latest...
Emily Ross & Tineke Broer
Oct 9, 20165 min read
Canal, Coast and Country
An invitation came from Windermere Paddlers for Life 'join us for a paddle along the Lancaster Canal. That sounds nice I thought. On...
Sally Haydock
Jul 25, 20162 min read
Accommodation Options
Are you coming to Loch Ken, going to Windermere. Below are some accomodation options for you to look at. Alternatively, Booking,com...
PED
May 6, 20161 min read
Chinese International School Dragon Boat Club, Hong Kong
It is always wonderful to be joined by a dragon boater from another club but sadly, on this occasion, the Scottish weather was against us....
Melanie Maguire
Apr 30, 20161 min read
Awakening the Spirit of the Dragon
Each year we honour the ancient Chinese tradition of dragon boat racing with an Eye Dotting and Dragon Blessing Ceremony. We invite...
Port Edgar Dragons
Apr 9, 20161 min read
Introducing Dragons Abreast from Melbourne, Australia
Serendipity is the word that best describes the beginnings of what is now Dragons Abreast Melbourne. In 2001, a couple of months after...
Pamela Williams
Mar 3, 20162 min read
Introducing Simply the Breast from Marlborough, New Zealand
Kia Ora!! Our beginnings …. In 2007 we were lucky enough to be gifted a dragon boat to enable us to start our team. This boat was aptly...
Wendie Partner
Feb 11, 20163 min read
Introducing Dragons Abreast from Toronto, Canada
In 1997, our founder began encountering members of AIAB at breast cancer conferences and was struck by their enthusiasm for an unfamiliar...
Lori Preston-Memme
Feb 6, 20162 min read
Introducing the ESCA from Geneva, Switzerland
The ESCA Paddle for Cancer dragonboat festival is the annual cancer awareness raising and fundraising event organised by the English...
Patricia Allan
Jan 28, 20162 min read
Introducing the Pool of Life from Liverpool
StartFragmentPool of Life is a registered charity and was the first established dragon boat team for breast cancer survivors in the UK,...
Linda Smith
Jan 23, 20162 min read
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