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Rubicon Riders

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Location
  
Montreal, Quebec

Founded
  
April 2011

Rubicon Riders

Home water
  
Olympic Basin, Parc Jean-Drapeau

Affiliations
  
Montreal Dragon Boat Racing Club (MDBRC), Dragon Boat Canada (DBC)

Website
  
www.Rubicon-Riders.com (in process)

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).

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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.

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)
  • Canadian National Competition 2011

  • Overall result: 3rd place in the U23 category
  • 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 build from members of different teams whose age is or under 23 years old. Rubicon Riders recruits paddlers under 23 from all teams without discrimination.

    References

    Rubicon Riders Wikipedia