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Mondays are Back

Monday night Dragon Boat training sessions are back!!! starting 6 July arrive 5.30pm for 6.00pm on the water. :) Read more...

Outrigging come and try Saturday 20th June

There will be a BRD Outrigging come-and-try on Saturday 20 June. When? 5:45am for 6:15am on the water Where? On the Brisbane River at Colmslie Recreational Reserve, Col Gardner Drive, Morningside How long? Sessions usually last for 60 to 75 minutes More details? See Outrigger Introductory Sessions on the About us menu above. Registration is essential: Please email Norbert by Frida... Read more...

New BRD Building on Site at Comslie

Almost completed the latest addition to the BRD asset register is the installation of a portable building to store equipment, hold training sessions, briefings and generally meet before and after training. Some additional trade work is required including painting before it is commissioned. Read more...

BRD Gold Medal Winners at National DB Championships Perth 2015

Another Nationals campaign has been fought hard with some exciting performances and results achieved both at club and State v State level. BRD is returning home with 19 medals overall......6 Gold, 6 Silver and 7 Bronze. Once again BRD proved very strong in the Masters categories, but performed admirably against much younger competition in the Premier Division. For all those new members experie... Read more...

Queensland State DB Championships 2015

Another year of State Titles done and dusted. A great weekend for BRD teams so congratulations for a tremendous effort from all. Whether you won a lot of medals or not, the part that each individual plays is vital for the overall success of the club. For that I thank each and every one of you. Overall for the 20's competition the paddlers have achieved 6 x Gold, 11 x Silver and 4 x Bronze medal... Read more...

BRD Ranked 3rd in World after Italy

Brisbane River Dragons ranked 3rd in the World for all classes - Small Boat and ranked 8th over all for all classes both Standard and Small boats at the recent 9th Club Crew World Dragon Boat Championships held in Ravenna, ITALY. This was the biggest Championship ever with 5400 participants. Well done BRD what a huge achievement. Read more...

Manly Regatta 2014

Brisbane River Dragons managed to scoop Gold in all categories in the 2000 metre races at the Manly dragon boat regatta held at Lake Kawana on 23 November. In addition to the Gold’s in the 2000 metre races BRD also won Gold in the Open 500 metre and Silver in the Women and Mixed 500 metre categories. Extremely hot weather and a strong head wind during the day ensured tough race conditions.... Read more...

Australian Masters Champions 2014

BRD claimed the Australian Masters Dragon Boat Title for the 2nd consecutive year, to add to our Australian Club Champions titles from previous years. BRD had a very successful AusChamps (Nationals) 2014 campaign. In a rebuilding year, not too much was expected as we took to the water against over eighty (80) other clubs from around Australia. But expectations grew as BRD performed strongly in... Read more...

New Events Online

Please check out the events calendar to see a whole bunch of new events, both dragon boat and outrigger (OC6) that have been added to the website - make sure you scroll through the months and see what's coming up. Events up to Nationals next year (end of April, 2014) have been added. Registration is open for events up to the end of October, 2013, and we encourage you to register NOW to enable yo... Read more...

BRD Special General Meeting

NOTICE OF MEETINGS BRD DRAGON BOAT AND OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB INC This Notice of Meeting is to advise of two forthcoming meetings for the whole BRD membership. Your attendance is strongly encouraged to help determine the future direction of the Club. The Management Committees of BRD Dragon Boat and Outrigger Canoe Club Inc and BRD Outrigger Canoe Club Inc have been working very hard this ... Read more...