Remembering Meryl.

Meryl joined Paddlers in the early days and was our first pink glam drummer. At our first exciting regatta , on a duck pond in Lytham, she gave it her all, donning pink marigolds, pink feather boa and pink pom poms on her head, she drummed us over the line in style. She always had a smile and plenty of energy for life.She ... More

Remembering Suzanne, a wonderful friend and team mate.

Many paddlers gathered to remember Suzanne who paddled with us from the first days of Paddlers for Life in 2008 until she moved to the United States with her family in 2011. Suzanne was always smiling, enthusiastic and ready to participate to the full in everything she did and her family all came along for the ride. Full ... More
Getting used to the Florence climate.Getting used to the Florence climate.

Off to Florence to participate in an international participatory festival.

Paddlers for Life breast cancer survivors and some supporters are off to Florence. They are participating in an international paddling festival, under the IBCPC, and organised by the Florence organising committee. They will participate in races with other BCS teams from across the world. This team has paddlers from ... More
Florence team of Paddlers for Life and Worcester Busters.

Florence Festival in Italy

The International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission are an umbrella organisation for breast cancer dragon boat paddling internationally. The IBCPC find a group of paddlers willing to organise an international paddling festival every four years and in 2018 it was in Florence, Italy on the Arno river. It is a chance for ... More

Preparing for Florence, hats and sashes.

In the afternoon we made our straw boaters and sashes ready for the Florence parade. Again it was a real team effort from all learning new skills and the pictures truly show that at the Pink Parade we PFL Windermere will stand out from the crowd. Well done crew and what a great day had by all.   &nbsp... More

Paddling session to prepare for Florence.

We had a good turnout with John and Helen at the helm. It was a great morning paddle with two boats out and two new paddlers too. A fantastic team effort from the Florence crew practising race starts, lengthening the stroke........trying to take 2 inches off the back of the stroke and put it on the front really helped ... More

Health and Well-being Event, Kendal.

Mags and June promoted the activities of Paddlers for Life at a MacMillan Cancer health and wellbeing event in Kendal. More

Coaching session with Keni.

Two crews were taken through their paces training for a visit of some paddlers to an International Festival in Florence. As always Keni gave excellent advice to develop paddling technique and motivated paddlers to achieve their best. Some hard  paddling training but a lot of fun.   More

On a beautiful day, a special Flower Ceremony.

Family and friends of Sue, a founder member of the team, came to join current and past members of Paddlers for Life and other visitors who gathered to remember a much loved and inspirational member of the team. We are used to flower ceremonies when we remember the lives of those much loved people who can no longer paddle ... More

Evening paddle training preparing for Florence.

We had a fantastic paddle last night with a full boat and our goddess Roz at the helm. Apart from a couple of boats and paddle boarders we had the lake to ourselves. The weather was warm and sunny with a slight breeze and the water level was low. The crew were made up of survivors and supporters The Florence Crew in race ... More