Founded in 1999 by Patrick Kotwall (MBA, BSc, BAofE), a Coach from Hong Kong who came to Australia to further his studies. Patrick served as the Queensland State Team Coach, President of the Queensland Coaches Committee, also sat on the board of Badminton Australia. He also helped develop the sport of badminton 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 also good friends with Mr Yang Yang, holder of 31 World Championship titles. Patrick helped Yang Yang set up his new brand then. Patrick's other close 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.

At its peak, the Dragon Club had over 500 active members and played at four venues five days a week. Other than Patrick, the club also had the privilege of many other top coaches, including former World Junior Champion Sze Yu's father and coach, Mr Sze Ning On, also Australia National and State Champions Ben Lee and Jack Wu.