# Rubicon Riders

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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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

| Manager | Coach | Captain | Steer | 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 :
| 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 |
| NameTeam Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast Gaétan GagnonVerdun Adrenaline | NameTeam Gaétan GagnonVerdun Adrenaline | NameTeam Hassan ChahrourRaging Beast | NameTeam Victor TrinhAutoBoat Beast Calisa TaRaging 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 |