Rubicon Riders

Canadian dragon boat racing team

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

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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

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

### H2O Open 2011

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| Time  | Place

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

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### Lachine KnockOut 2011

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* 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

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200m  | 0:51,18  | 3rd
200m  | 0:50,92  | 2nd
200m  | 0:51,68  | 2nd

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### Canadian National Competition 2011

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* Overall result: 3rd place in the U23 category

| Date  | Time  | Place

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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

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## Achievements

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### 2011 - 2012 season

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

### 2012 - 2013 season

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* 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

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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

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Manager | Coach | Captain | Steer | Drummer

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| Name | Team

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Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
Gaétan Gagnon | Verdun Adrenaline
| Name | Team

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Gaétan Gagnon (Head) | Verdun Adrenaline
Janic Goyette (Assistant) | Adrenaline Women
| Name | Team

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Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
| Name | Team

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Victor Trinh | AutoBoat Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh Tran | Raging Beast
Paddlers

| Name | Team

|

Mietka Blémur | Raging Beast
Henry Michel Cantave | AutoBoat Beast
Martin Caron | Montreal Mix
Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
Michael Waltz Clerval | Raging Beast
Anna Czesak | AutoBoat Beast
Tiffany Foung | Raging Beast
Anita Hsieh | Raging Beast
Albert Lau | Montreal Mix
Daniel Le | Raging Beast
Henry Liu | Raging Beast
Jia Lun Liu | Raging Beast
Nilanka Mendis | Raging Beast
Willy Ngo | Raging Beast
Remy Savard | Kamikaze
Kin Fay Shek | Raging Beast
Vanessa Thermogène | Raging Beast
Isabelle Tran | Raging Beast
Stephanie Tran | Raging Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh Tran | Raging Beast
Nataly Trang | Phoenix Warriors / Let's Sink Together
Viviane Trinh | Boat Rockers
Pu Xu | Raging Beast

### 2012-2013 Season: Second Season

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Manager | Coach | Captain | Steer | Drummer

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| Name | Team

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Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
Gaétan Gagnon | Verdun Adrenaline
| Name | Team

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Gaétan Gagnon | Verdun Adrenaline
| Name | Team

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Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
| Name | Team

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Victor Trinh | AutoBoat Beast
Calisa Ta | Raging Beast
Paddlers

| Name | Team

|

Mietka Blémur | Raging Beast
Daniel Bruce | Raging Beast
Henry Michel Cantave | AutoBoat Beast
Hassan Chahrour | Raging Beast
Norris Chan | \--
Michael Waltz Clerval | Raging Beast
Anna Czesak | AutoBoat Beast
Matthew Dean | Raging Beast
Vincent Fong-Magnan | Fonds de Cales
Tiffany Foung | Raging Beast
Anita Hsieh | Raging Beast
Janice Lai | Raging Beast
Albert Lau | \--
Daniel Le | Raging Beast
Henry Liu | Raging Beast
Jia Lun Liu | Raging Beast
Nilanka Mendis | Raging Beast
Willy Ngo | Raging Beast
Kin Fay Shek | Raging Beast
Vanessa Thermogène | Raging Beast
Daniel Ta | Raging Beast
Fred Tran | Raging Beast
Isabelle Tran | Raging Beast
Stephanie Tran | Raging Beast
Stephanie Tram Anh Tran | Raging Beast
Danny Duarte Vasquez | Raging Beast
Pu Xu | Raging Beast
Qiwen Zhang | Raging Beast

## References

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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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