Rubicon Riders


Rubicon Riders Dragon Boat Racing Team 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, Autoboat Beast, Kamikaze, Boat Rockers and Montreal Mix.
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 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

Canadian National Competition 2011

  • Overall result: 3rd place in the U23 category

Achievements

2011 - 2012 season

2012 - 2013 season

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

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2012-2013 Season: Second Season

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