Boating for Brains

11/01/2023

Son of Mathew who participated in the boating for brains challenge, Flynn will be completing an Ironman 70.3 to raise money for The Royal Children’s Hospital to go towards epilepsy research. Flynn had surgery in 2017 and has been seizure free ever since. He is doing his part to help raise money for such an important fund. Currently sitting at $2,580 with the goal of getting too $5,000.

Please donate below

For those of you who don't know my story I grew up with epilepsy and in 2017 I had major brain surgery to identify and terminate the epilepsy. The Royal Children Hospital save kids lives each day and

01/05/2021

The band is back together! This time as part of a 36 hour paddle, raising much needed funds for little Oli who is currently fighting Neuroblastoma and needs more successful future treatment options.

To donate:
1) To support Oli & his family to seek less toxic treatment for Neuroblastoma - http://ow.ly/eIyl30rxeTB
2) Towards the Royal Children’s Hospital to find a cure for Neuroblastoma - http://ow.ly/naE530rxeU6

28/11/2020

So, SO wonderful to see everyone - including three of the miracle children - for the second year reunion.
Trained for 10 months, paddled for 5 days straight, friends forever.

07/11/2019

This time last year we’d just broken the Guinness World Record for the longest journey by dragon boat, raising $270k along the way for vital neurology services at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

And today we learn we made it into the Guiness World Record 2020 edition!

No doubt a few of these under the Christmas trees this year for Peter Christen Robert Christen Steve Kimm Andrew McPhee Alison Horne Ryan Barrett Jack Ho Alastair McIntosh Samir Waters Lisa Chan David Abel Eliza Campbell Maria Alma Ocampo Farhan Mahmud Benjamin Jeffery Alex Evans Mathew Wood

06/02/2019

IT’S OFFICIAL!! Guinness World Records has just confirmed we’re the new record holders for the longest journey by dragon boat! 563.889 kilometres on the mighty Murray river.

Thank you to all our supporters who helped raise an incredible $260,000 for vital Neurology services The Royal Children's Hospital, and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Melbourne along the way.

With special thanks to our corporate sponsors and major donors:
John Hill & Co | Barminco | Siemens Healthineers | Cousteau Fiji Resort | Rotary International | QMS Media | Brighton Grammar School | Omegapharm |Lakes Digital Services | The Headley Trust | Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-journey-by-dragon-boat

Peter Christen Robert Christen Steve Kimm Andrew McPhee Alison Horne Ryan Barrett Jack Ho Alastair McIntosh Samir Waters Lisa Chan David Abel Maria Alma Ocampo

08/12/2018

A very special reunion tonight for the entire crew, but most importantly we got to hand over a $250k cheque to the The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

15/11/2018

A great follow up article in the Yarrawonga Chronicle which even mentions our crew rescuing a dog! On day 2 our sweep David heard a dog barking near the bank and saw this fella with his nose and eyes above the water caught under tree roots. Campers nearby had heard him barking all night but couldn’t determine where it was coming from. Our support boat went back and got him out, and took him to an emergency vet. He was in shock and had early stages of hypothermia, but was all ok after some much needed medical attention, and his microchip ensured he was reunited with his owners. A very happy outcome and made our day!
http://www.yarrawongachronicle.com.au//2018/11/13/319992/boating-for-brains-triumph?amp=1

14/11/2018

Thank you The Weekly Times, we’re in the paper again!

10/11/2018

The fundraising continues! Thank you to the traders of Hamilton Street, Mont Albert who have come together to support Boating for Brains today and next weekend running two raffles and donation tins. And thanks to David Winter of Bread Street for his ongoing generous support of B4B and The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne neurology.