Great Big C

04/15/2026

Hey everyone ❤️
If you know Scott from the barbershop here in Carleton Place💈, you know how great of a guy he is. He’s always been there for others, and now he could really use our support.
Scott is currently going through chemo and hasn’t been able to work much while fighting stage 4 cancer. So we put together a cooler raffle to help him out and give him one less thing to worry about during all of this.
🎟️ Tickets:
• 1 for $20
• 3 for $50
📅 Draw date: May 1st
💸 To buy tickets, send an e-transfer to:
[email protected]
If you can’t buy, even sharing this post would mean a lot 🙏 Let’s show Scott some love and support!

04/08/2026

Kicking off another amazing season! The teams you don’t want to qualify for. If you know of someone going through or has survived cancer pass the word along to them. Please help us recruit by sharing 😊

11/30/2025

Last day of Movember 🎉 If you’re able, please consider making a donation, every bit makes a difference in helping men’s health 💜👇

https://movember.com/m/michaelsulyha

10/04/2025

Members of our Dragon Boat Festival Committee met today to present the Lanark County Interval House with a donation of our proceeds in the amount of of $7000.00! Once again, thank you to everyone who participated in this year's festival to help make this donation happen.
We hope to see you all in 2026!

09/07/2025

Our two crews had an amazing day both on and off the water at yesterday’s Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival! Hard fought races and camaraderie earned gold and the respect and support of crowds of cheering supporters. ❤️

09/06/2025

CARLETON PLACE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Saturday September 6

8:00 am - Captain's meeting
8:45 am - racing begins
10:30 am - our both teams get called to marshalling
10:45 am - our first 400m race (race #9)
11:00 am - Flowers on the Water ceremony / Break
12:30 pm - Great Big C to marshalling
12:45 pm - Great Big C 200m race (race #14)
12:45 pm - We Beat U to marshalling
1:00 pm - We Beat U 200m race (race #15)
3:15 - 4:00 pm - Final 400m race depending on results
4:45 pm - medal ceremony in club

09/03/2025

Come and see us at Carleton Place this Saturday, Sept 6th. ☀️

Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival 06 September 2025

The Great Big C team did well again during the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival in July this year, with sponsorship support from PCS Ottawa. This men’s team and Michael Sulyha’s newest mixed cancer survivors’ team, We Beat U, are now preparing to race in the Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival, on Saturday September 6, 2025 at Riverside Park. There will be the usual qualifying races of 400M and 200M and all teams get a final 400M race. And there will be another Flowers on the Water Ceremony involving the Great Big C, We Beat U and possibly two teams of breast cancer survivors.

Please consider coming out to support the Great Big C and We Beat U teams. Details at https://cpdbfestival.ca/

08/20/2025

Next up for Great Big C and We Beat U is the Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday September 6 😁 Come cheer us on 🎉

07/16/2025

Registration is open for the very first Canadian Cancer Survivor Network's golf tournament!
You can find out more information, check out their supporters and register here: https://survivornet.ca/2025-golf-tournament/
Who doesn't love golfing for a good cause?

06/23/2025

What an incredible weekend of racing and celebrating as both of our cancer survivor teams represented the true spirit of teamwork.

With so many memories from this year’s Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival here is a quick recap 🙂

Photos to be posted soon!

Great Big C

Friday
#1 Open team in fundraising with $9,937.28 and 5th overall fundraising team
🥈 2nd place SILVER in the Open Charity Challenge

Saturday
🥇 1st place GOLD in the All Cancer Paddlers Cup and new team record in the 500m
Participated in the Breast Cancer & All Cancer Paddlers Flower Ceremony

Sunday
🥉 3rd place BRONZE in the 500m Open A Division Final

We Beat U

Saturday
Raced first 500m races as a team
2nd place in the All Cancer Paddlers Cup
Participated in the Breast Cancer & All Cancer Paddlers Flower Ceremony
Qualified for Sunday I Division Finals

Sunday
🥉 3rd place BRONZE in the 500m Mixed I Division Final