The Avalon Dragons are sending a team to Aix-les-Bains at the heart of the French Alps for the 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival . What an experience this will be! It takes place from the 24th to the 30th of August. With our own Paddle in Paradise Festival taking place on July 18th, this promises to be an intense training season and we are up to the challenge!

January brings blustery days and cold temperatures but it also allows time to reflect on the previous year and plan for the upcoming paddling season. The annual Planning Day brought the Avalon Dragons together for a day of focused discussions, inspirational moments, warmth and camaraderie, with a fabulous pot luck lunch to boot! Goals were established for training and the excitement could be felt for the start of paddling in May. 2026 is especially exciting with the team's re

The Avalon Dragons are trading our life jackets for ugly Christmas sweaters and our paddles for candy canes! We might be off the water for the winter but our spirits are riding high. Wishing all our friends, families and supporters a Very Merry Christmas. Thank you for being the rhythm in our drum this year! Stay warm, stay safe and keep paddling forward! See you in 2026!

Some of our amazing members volunteered at the Canadian Cancer Society's Festival of Trees. This is a wonderful event and we are so happy to have been a part of this magical night!

On Nov. 29th a group of Avalon Dragons visited Ronald McDonald House again to bake some treats for the families. It was a wonderful evening for a good cause.

The Avalon Dragons recently volunteered at Ronald McDonald House providing breakfast for families. Nourishment for the soul!

Once again, members of the Avalon Dragons have given the gift of life through blood donation. And their smiles show how happy they were to do it!

The paddling season may be over but that doesn't mean an end to activities for our team. Today a group of the Avalon Dragons participated...

Our fabulous 2025 paddling season has come to a close. That means cleaning our boats and putting them away - lots of great memories made...

It's a September tradition - a morning of races with the Avalon Dragons and the Rock Island Dragons. Each boat holds members of both...

Are you a breast cancer survivor? Want to try dragon boat paddling with us? No experience necessary. Just bring your spirit and sense...

Once again, the Avalon Dragons have amazing support from Banished Brewing. They will be selling "Paddles Up" which is a tart, vibrant...

Once again the Avalon Dragons had the good fortune to have Tim Schaus come to NL to share his tremendous wealth of knowledge on dragon...

Once again, members of the Avalon Dragons have given the gift of life through blood donation. And their smiles show how happy they were...

Our Vice-chair, Jodie Rice and Chair of the Festival and Travel Committee, Alice Mannion sat down with Laurabel at the Rogers TV studio...

The Avalon Dragons donated $5000 to the Canadian Cancer Society which will go directly to helping purchase wigs and prostheses for breast...

Spring for the Avalon Dragons means freeing the dragon boats from the containers! All hands were on deck to get the boats ready for the...

It was such an honour to be invited to the Relay for Life at Memorial University's Field House on March 22nd. The student organizers did...

On March 15th, the Avalon Dragons had a blast with instructor Cathy from Sisters in Fitness , dancing to retro songs like YMCA and...

Our very own Bruce Whitelaw, Head Coach, is a 2024 MUNPA (Memorial University Pensioners Association) Tribute Award Recipient. Here is...