Rubicon Riders Dragon Boat Racing Team (MDBRC) is based in Montreal on the Olympic Basin located in Parc Jean-Drapeau. The RR was founded in 2011 as a competitive U23 team, the first its kind in Quebec. The boat is composed with a mixture of paddlers from Raging Beast (16), Autoboat Beast(3), Kamikaze(1), Boat Rockers (2) and Montreal Mix(2).

On May 25, 2011, the Rubicon Riders raced for the first time as a team in H2O Open, Montreal. On July 3, the crew clinched 3rd place (18-23 category) in DBC National Competition, Welland, Ontario and has officially qualified for the IDBF Hong Kong Club Crew Championship 2012!!!

History

Founded in April 2011 with the merge of different paddlers aged from 18 to 23.

The name Rubicon Riders originated from the idiom "Crossing the Rubicon" which means to pass a point of no return.

Competition Results

Rubicon Riders is a competitive team that participates in numerous competition year round around the Greater Montreal Region and Ontario.

H2O Open 2011

Time Place
1000m 4:55:80 4th
500m 2:19:21 4th
200m 0:56:72 4th

[1]

Lachine KnockOut 2011

  • Qualifying 200m - Heat 1: Finished with a time of 00:51,05
  • Semi-Final 3 - 200m: Finished with a time of 00:52,85
  • Going into the Knockout against 3 other teams (MGDM2, Barbares and Paddle Demons)
Time Place
200m 0:51,18 3rd
200m 0:50,92 2nd
200m 0:51,68 2nd

[2]

Canadian National Competition 2011

  • Overall result: 3rd place in the U23 category
Date Time Place
500m July 1 2:10.09 2nd
2000m July 1 9:54.74 5th
500m July 2 2:16,00 4th
200m July 3 0:49,73 3rd
200m July 3 0:50,12 2nd

[3]

Achievements

2011 - 2012 season

  • Bronze Medal Winner in Canadian National Championship, U23, Welland, Ontario

2012 - 2013 season

  • 1st Runner up in 2012 Club Crew World Championship, U23 Mixed 500m, Hong Kong, China
  • 1st Runner up in 2012 Club Crew World Championship, U23 Mixed 200m, Hong Kong, China
  • 2nd Runner up in 2012 Club Crew World Championship, U23 Open 500m, Hong Kong, China
  • 2nd Runner up in 2012 Club Crew World Championship, U23 Open 200m, Hong Kong, China

Members

Rubicon Riders are built from members of different teams whose age is or under 23 years old. Rubicon Riders recruits paddlers under 23 from all teams without discrimination.

2011-2012 Season: First Season

ManagerCoachCaptainSteer | Drummer
NameTeam
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
Gaétan GagnonVerdun Adrenaline
NameTeam
Gaétan Gagnon (Head)Verdun Adrenaline
Janic Goyette (Assistant)Adrenaline Women
NameTeam
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
NameTeam
Victor TrinhAutoBoat Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh TranRaging Beast
Paddlers
NameTeam
Mietka BlémurRaging Beast
Henry Michel CantaveAutoBoat Beast
Martin CaronMontreal Mix
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
Michael Waltz ClervalRaging Beast
Anna CzesakAutoBoat Beast
Tiffany FoungRaging Beast
Anita HsiehRaging Beast
Albert LauMontreal Mix
Daniel LeRaging Beast
Henry LiuRaging Beast
Jia Lun LiuRaging Beast
Nilanka MendisRaging Beast
Willy NgoRaging Beast
Remy SavardKamikaze
Kin Fay ShekRaging Beast
Vanessa ThermogèneRaging Beast
Isabelle TranRaging Beast
Stephanie TranRaging Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh TranRaging Beast
Nataly TrangPhoenix Warriors / Let's Sink Together
Viviane TrinhBoat Rockers
Pu XuRaging Beast

2012-2013 Season: Second Season

ManagerCoachCaptainSteer | Drummer
NameTeam
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
Gaétan GagnonVerdun Adrenaline
NameTeam
Gaétan GagnonVerdun Adrenaline
NameTeam
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
NameTeam
Victor TrinhAutoBoat Beast
Calisa TaRaging Beast
Paddlers
NameTeam
Mietka BlémurRaging Beast
Daniel BruceRaging Beast
Henry Michel CantaveAutoBoat Beast
Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast
Norris Chan--
Michael Waltz ClervalRaging Beast
Anna CzesakAutoBoat Beast
Matthew DeanRaging Beast
Vincent Fong-MagnanFonds de Cales
Tiffany FoungRaging Beast
Anita HsiehRaging Beast
Janice LaiRaging Beast
Albert Lau--
Daniel LeRaging Beast
Henry LiuRaging Beast
Jia Lun LiuRaging Beast
Nilanka MendisRaging Beast
Willy NgoRaging Beast
Kin Fay ShekRaging Beast
Vanessa ThermogèneRaging Beast
Daniel TaRaging Beast
Fred TranRaging Beast
Isabelle TranRaging Beast
Stephanie TranRaging Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh TranRaging Beast
Danny Duarte VasquezRaging Beast
Pu XuRaging Beast
Qiwen ZhangRaging Beast

References

  1. ↑ H2O, Open. "Results" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Lachine, KO. "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26.
  3. ↑ Canadian, National. "Results" (PDF).
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