IBCPC DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL – FIRENZE

The IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival is held every four years under the auspices of the International Breast Cancer Paddler’s Commission. The Festival is an international non-competitive participatory event targeting Breast Cancer Survivors teams who engage in Dragon Boat activities as post-operative rehabilitation. Born from the idea of a Canadian sports medicine physician, Doctor Don McKenzie about twenty years ago, Dragon Boat paddling has become a rehabilitation therapy for tens of thousands of men and women worldwide, who have undergone surgery.

For the first time since its institution in 2005, the IBCPC FESTIVAL will be held in Europe – in Italy!! The Florence 2018 Festival will involve 129 teams from 17 countries , and for the very first time ALL the continents are represented.

Organised and promoted by FIRENZE IN ROSA Onlus as the official Organising Committee, the Florence Festival will be a sporting event but above all a social occasion in which Florence will welcome from 4,000 to 5,000 people from all over the world. The participants are mainly women between the ages of 20 and 80, who will meet to take part in the exciting Dragon Boat races, paddling together on the Arno. They will also be accompanied by their friends and family, their faithful and enthusiastic supporters.

Don’t miss out on being part of this great event and participating in the three days of intense program activity: demonstrations, workshops and social events aimed at awareness and dialogue within the large international community of “Breast Cancer Survivors”, in addition to the dragon boat races we all eagerly look forward to!