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Sep 302 min read
Club Crew World Championships - What an Experience!
by Debi Thoresen, Central Coast SurviveOars Paddler It all started in the summer of 2022 when our coach announced that we had been...
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Sandy Mitchell
Jul 231 min read
SurviveOars Crew to Compete at World Championships
A crew of 23 cancer survivors is training to compete at the International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championships in...
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Sandy Mitchell
Apr 82 min read
Robin O'Connor: Fighting Cancer with Dragon Power
Paddler Robin O'Connor paddled on ahead in July 2024 after a long battle with cancer. In April 2024, she wrote this article for the...
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Sandy Mitchell
Jan 222 min read
PADDLER SPOTLIGHT: KIT MITSUOKA
KIT MITSUOKA: From Therapy to Inspiration! Twenty years after her breast cancer diagnosis, Kit Mitsuoka is paddling strong, and inspiring...
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Sandy Mitchell
Dec 19, 20231 min read
STEERS SPOTLIGHT: GARY "MEZZ" MESSEROTES
I came to the SurviveOars team in 2022 to volunteer as a Steersperson, answering a request I saw on the Nextdoor app. As a retired...
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Sandy Mitchell
Oct 18, 20231 min read
PADDLER SPOTLIGHT: Missy Bullaro
October 19, 2023 In July 2008 I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the tender age of 43 and treatment lasted for almost a year. I was...
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Sandy Mitchell
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Anne Jansen
When we moved to the Central Coast, I definitely wanted to get on the water. I found CCDBA by googling ‘water sport in Morro Bay.’ I...
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Sandy Mitchell
Aug 29, 20231 min read
FOUR PADDLERS TO COMPETE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - AUGUST 2023
CCDBA is proud to announce that FOUR local dragon boat paddlers were selected for Team USA! Team USA will represent our nation at the...
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Sandy Mitchell
Aug 29, 20231 min read
SARASOTA, FLORIDA - JULY 2023
A team of male and female cancer survivors medaled in ALL THREE of their race divisions at the Club Crew National Championships in...
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