Dragons was started by David and Peter Kelly in 1987. They entered one mens team in Division 2 of the Brisbane Metro League. In 1990 Dragons, Arrows, Griffith Uni, and Wests joined to form the Westside Rebels Volleyball Association. This didn't last long, as Dragons left Rebels and formed Dragons Volleyball Association in 1991. This was also the year of the first Flaming Chalice.
By 1992 the club was gaining strength, as they won two places at the Good Neighbour tournament (Women Div 3 gold, Men Div 2 bronze). The club was developing a strong social aspect as well. 1993 held the first of many 'Soccer and Softball Barbeques'. It was a big year with Dragons men dominating Metro Div2 winning every season, and being voted affiliate of the year by QVA. |
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Records from 1994 show Dragons and volleyball were extremely strong at the time, as Dragons ran its own Division 2 AND Division 3 competitions, attended and did well at World Masters games, Grafton (we were going right back then), Annual Tour, and Good Neighbour Games.
Records get sketchy after 1995 (also a good year). What we do know:
- Flaming Chalice got more and more popular, and is now the biggest club run tournament in Australia.
- For a while there we were regular participants in V-League, a series of regular tournaments around the state.
- We entered and had success in the PVL competition, while maintaining a presence in the Div 2 competition.
- The Grafton tournament remains popular even today.
- We entered into a partnership with Brisbane Boys College and have been active in coaching and training there since around 2000.
- In 2008 (or so), we started attending Toowoomba's Clash of the Titans. This is slowly gaining a good following.
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