Club Member Rows for Cancer

Posted by Wayne Harper

on Oct 02, 2011

On Saturday, August 20, 2011, Club member Pam Bowman took part in the newly organized Miramichi Dragon Boat Festival organized by the Rotary Club of Chatham.

Pam paddles with two teams - Southeast New Brunswick's Breast Cancer Survivor Dragonboat Team -- an all female team which she also coaches: and Dragonbeasts Gold -- a mixed male/female team from Dartmouth. Pam comutes weekly for their practice sessions. At the Chatham event, the Dragonbeasts had the fastest time of the day (40.33 seconds) and came second overall, losing in the final by an almost unmeasurable 3 hundredths of a second.

At the following Thursday's meeting, Pam announced that she has been cancer free for 15 years and cancer drug free. During this journey, she has been part of two cancer test groups which provides vital research for future cancer treatments.

Here Pam show off the medal she received.