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| Location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| Location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| Founded = April 2011
| Founded = April 2011
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| Motto = Heil Hitler
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| HomeWater = Olympic Basin, [[Parc Jean-Drapeau]]
| HomeWater = Olympic Basin, [[Parc Jean-Drapeau]]

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Rubicon Riders
File:RubiconRiders.jpg
MottoHeil Hitler
LocationMontreal, Quebec
Home waterOlympic Basin, Parc Jean-Drapeau
FoundedApril 2011
AffiliationsMontreal Dragon Boat Racing Club (MDBRC), Dragon Boat Canada (DBC)
Websitewww.Rubicon-Riders.com (in process)
Distinctions
Bronze Metal Winner U18-23, Dragon Boat Canada National Competition, Welland, Ontario

Rubicon Riders Dragon Boat Racing Team (MDBRC) is based in Montreal on the famous Olympic Basin located in Parc Jean-Drapeau. The RR was founded in 2011 as a competitive U23 team, the first and only of 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. During the Roman republic, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north and Italy to the south. Governors of Roman provinces were appointed promagistrates with imperium (roughly, "right to command") in their province(s).

Exercising imperium when forbidden by the law was a capital offence, punishable by death. If a general entered Italy whilst exercising command of an army, both the general and his soldiers became outlaws and were automatically condemned to death.

In 49 BC, supposedly on January 10 of the Roman calendar, C. Julius Caesar led one legion, the Legio XIII Gemina, south over the Rubicon from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy. In doing so, he (deliberately) broke the law on imperium. Caesar uttered the famous phrase Alea iacta est ("the die has been cast").

The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" has survived to refer to any individual or group committing itself irrevocably to a risky or revolutionary course of action, similar to the modern phrase "passing the point of no return".[1]

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

[2]

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

[3]

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

[4]

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 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.

2011-2012 Season: First Season

Manager Coach Captain Steer | Drummer
Name Team
Hassan Chahrour Raging Beast
Gaétan Gagnon Verdun Adrenaline
Name Team
Gaétan Gagnon (Head) Verdun Adrenaline
Janic Goyette (Assistant) Adrenaline Women
Name Team
Hassan Chahrour Raging Beast
Name Team
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

Manager Coach Captain Steer | Drummer
Name Team
Hassan Chahrour Raging Beast
Gaétan Gagnon Verdun Adrenaline
Name Team
Gaétan Gagnon Verdun Adrenaline
Name Team
Hassan Chahrour Raging Beast
Name Team
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
  1. ^ WikiPedia, Inc. "Rubicon". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ H2O, Open. "Results" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Lachine, KO. "Results" (PDF).
  4. ^ Canadian, National. "Results" (PDF).