History

1.Year of Inception: 2005

2. Full name of Club: Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat & Outrigger Canoe Club Inc.

3. Names of those that started the Club: Deb Matthews, 

4. Clubs Location: Sportsmans Pde Bokarina 4575 Sunshine Coast Queensland 

Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat & Outrigger Canoe Club History

In 2005 The Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club was incorporated

The club started out as a Breast Cancer Survivor club, with one of its founding members being Deb Matthews.

“Pricilla Queen of the Lake” was the name of the boat that was used for training and was stored on the sands of Lake Kawana just south of the now Community Centre (this boat was donated to a youth group and is now located at Lake Cressbrook youth camp near Toowoomba)

The 2006-2007 season, saw the club developing into a Sports Club, supporting Breast Cancer Survivors. At this time a grant was successful and two Champion Boats as well as a boat trailer were purchased by the club, with this additional equipment, a change to the storage of the boats came and up until “The Shed” was erected in 2009 the boats & trailer were stored on what was then “Stockland’s Land”

Over the years the club has been very successful with obtaining grants for additional equipment

Deb Matthews (one of the founding members) has been a stalwart of the club obtaining her coaching accreditation and leading the club to many successful international / national / state and local competitions since 2009

The club has recognised Roger Benton, John Matthews, Deb Matthew and Sue Bray for their ongoing services to the club with Life Memberships

Club Championships Results

2009 National Championships Kawana

Gold 2k U/18 Open 20’s

Silver 200M U/18 Open 20’s

Gold 200M U/18 Mixed 20’s

Silver 500MU/18 Mixed 20’s

2011 National Championships Canberra

Silver Snr A Women’s 10’s

2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games

Our first successful Pan Pacs event 6 Gold and 4 Silver

2013  Hong Kong International Regatta 

 Entered two events and brought home a Silver and a Bronze from this International Championship

2014 State Championships

Every crew entered medalled 5 Gold, 4 Silver & 2 Bronze

2014 National Championships Kawana

Our  club qualified for CCWC in  4 categories and took 3 Oceania Titles

Gold 200m Snr B Mixed 10’s

Gold 200m Snr A Open 10’s

Gold 500m Snr A Open 10’s

Gold 200m Premier Open 10’s

Gold 500m Snr A Mixed 10’s

Gold 500m Premier Open 10’s

Silver 500m Premier Mixed 20’s

Bronze 200m Snr C Mixed 10’s

2014 Pan Pacific Masters Games

Saw the club enter into the Outrigger competition in 2 categories and medalling in both 1 Gold and a Silver our Dragon Boating campaign with once again medalling in every event entered 5 Gold and 3 Silver

2015 State Championships

Best yet with 10 Gold, 3 Silver and 7 Bronze as well as taking home the covertered State Club Trophy

2016 State Championships

2 Gold, 3 Silver & 3 Bronze

2016 Pan Pacific Masters Games

1 Gold, 3 Silver & 2 Bronze in Dragon Boating and competing again in the Outrigger Events with a haul of 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze

2017 State Championships

1Gold, 3 Silver and 5 Bronze

2018 State Championships

4 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze

2018 National Championships Kawana

Saw the club qualify for the CCWC 2020 in the Premier 10’s Mixed crew

1 Gold, 3 Silver & 1 Bronze

2018 Pan Pacific Masters Games

Dragon Boating clean sweep in the 40+ Snr A Category 7 Gold medals

2018 our club diversified and was incorporated as the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat & Outrigger Canoe Club… May 2018 saw our club affiliated with AOCRA and we now beat to the tune of the Dragon Boat Drum as well as the Roar of the Ocean

2019 State Championships

3 Gold, 6 Silver & 3 Bronze

2019 National Championships Canberra 

Silver 2k Premier Mixed 10’s

Silver 2k Snr A Mixed 10’s

Bronze 2k Premier Open 10’s

Silver 500m Snr A Mixed 10’s

Gold 200m Premier Mixed 10’s

Bronze 200m Snr A Mixed 10’s

Bronze 200m Snr B Women’s 10’s

2020 will see the club’s Dragon Boat members completing at State Championships Lake Kawana, National Championships Penrith NSW then head off to the CCWC in France with the two crews that have qualified our Premier Mixed 10’s and Snr A Mixed 10’s. Our Outrigger Canoe members will be competing at the National Sprint Titles in February Lake Kawana, National Marathon Titles in June, then in November two weekends of both Dragon Boat and Outrigger Canoe in the Pan Pacs Masters games