Founded 1999 by Patrick Kotwall (MBA, BSc, BAofE), a Coach from Hong Kong who came to Australia to further his studies. Patrick also served as the Queensland State Team Coach, President of the Queensland Coaches Committee, also sat on the board of Badminton Australia during the time. He also helped develop the sport at many schools in Queensland, from Brisbane all the way up to Townsville, and ran the state teams training program with Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Lisa Campbell.

Patrick is good friends with Mr Yang Yang, holder of 31 World Championship titles. Patrick helped Yang set up his own brand from the very start, launching at the All England Championships. Patrick other good friends include former world champions Susi Susanti, Yulianti Sentosa, Minarti Tinarti, Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky. Many Dragon Club members were fortunate enough to play with some of these Olympians when Patrick brought them to Brisbane at the Sydney Olympics. The junior squads also attended a number of the Olympic teams training sessions including Germany and Holland.

At its peak, the Dragon Club had over 500 active members and played at four venues, five days a week. Special thanks must be given to Judy Chan, who without her help, the club would not have functioned anywhere as easy. Remembered the days when we had 70+ players turning up at social sessions, even the computer program needed human assistance for games organisations. Thanks also Geoff Xu, Johnny Gian, Raymond Chan and Wesley Yu who all had great contributions to the club. Other than Patrick, the club also had the privilege of many other top coaches, including the father and coach of former Junior World Champion Sze Yu, Mr Sze Ning On. Unfortunately, Mr Sze passed away last year. RIP Mr Sze. We will always remember your teaching. Other coaches include coaches from Hong Kong and China, also our local heros - Australia National and State Champions Ben Lee and Jack Wu. Coaches Mr Edmund Lai (teacher at Clairvaux McKillop College) and Dr Wong On also coached at the Dragon Club for many years.