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IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival, 2026

News and events / 24th September 2026

IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival, 2026 Event overview: Name: 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival (International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission) Dates: August 24-30th, 2026 Location: Aix-les-Bains (on the shores of Lac du Bourget) with training events in Annecy, France Purpose: A non-competitive, participatory gathering celebrating rehabilitation, strength, and solidarity for breast cancer survivor paddling teams from

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Big Paddle Clean-up

News and events / 9th July 2026

Big Paddle Clean-up During this month’s Pink Paddle, our amazing ladies took to the water with an extra mision: to help keep our waterways clean. Armed with litter pickers and bags, they collected rubbish from the water as they paddled, doing their bit to protect the environment we all love. Every piece of litter removed

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The 50th Vogalonga

News and events / 5th June 2026

50th Vogalonga, Venice, Sunday 24th May, 2026 The Vogalonga is a 30km (18.6 mile) non-competitive marathon created as a protest against motorised boat wash and pollution. This 50th year celebration saw nearly 2,000 boats and over 8,000 participants, including Pool of Life. It was an early start but we were all eager to load our

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A selection of events from 2026

News and events / 30th May 2026

A selection of events from 2026 Pool of Life take part in many other events besides our training sessions and Pink Paddles. Here’s a selection of events that have happened so far this year. Deysbrook Tesco kindly let us have a tombola stall in their store. This helped us to raise funds and awareness of

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Christmas Paddle, 2025

News and events / 28th December 2025

Christmas paddle, 21st December, 2025 Pool of Life took two boats into the Albert Dock this year to celebrate Christmas. Mrs Claus helmed Hope. Hope also had a little drummer elf. Chief Elf helmed Faith. Naught Elf had got down from the shelf to meet us there. He’d heard so many good things about us.

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Pool of Life’s 21st Anniversary Celebration

News and events / 26th October 2025

21st Anniversary Gala Pool of Life, the first ever Breast Cancer Survivors team in the UK, were celebrating 21 years of strength, resilience and camaraderie. Our dragon boat teams stands as a powerful testament to the unwavering spirit of those who have faced the battle against cancer. Over the years, we have paddled together, not

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River of Light, 2025

News and events / 26th October 2025

River of Light, 2025 October is breast cancer awareness month and also when the River of Light illuminations come to Liverpool. The Pool of Life ladies were out on the water to celebrate with help from Russ and Ant (Amathus members), who helmed for us.

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Dragonboat, Pool of Life at Windermere, 2025

Windermere Weekend, September 2025

News and events / 30th September 2025

Windermere weekend, September 2025 Our annual weekend in Windermere was held later than usual this year but Pool of Life would not be beaten by cooler weather. Saturday, September 27th saw us braving the water at Fell Foot. On Saturday, 28th September the morning mist gave us a stunning setting for a lovely paddle on

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