Archive of year 2000 articles

 

Rats take the Gold in Edmonton!

 

Rats Women kick some XY chromosome butts!

 

Newspaper articles on the Edmonton Festival

Habib: Paddler of the Week

 

Schedule 2000

 

Kelowna: here we come

 

 

RATS OVERRUN EDMONTON FESTIVAL! 

Like swarms of unstoppable rodents, the EDBRC River Rats dominated the Edmonton DB Festival. These blue-skinned critters squirmed their way into every nook and cranny on the festival site, and then scurried away with 2 gold medals and one silver medal!

After the smoke cleared, the final tally was:

River Rats 1: Fastest Team Overall, gold medal

River Rats Too: Aurora B Division, silver medal

Muskrats Womens Team: Borealis C Division, gold medal

 

MUSKRAT WOMEN KICK THE MENS BUTTS!

Special congratulations to our all-women paddlers, the EDBRC “Muskrats”, who beat multiple co-ed teams to take the Borealis C division gold.  

"We're not getting beat by no girlies” 

-a quickly-humbled male
paddler.

"Wow... those girls are babes!"

-an amorous fireman in the beer tent

"Holy #%$&@! Those chicks are good!"

-a spectator beside the finish line

"Holy SH*T!  They won!"

-another  spectator beside the finish line

 

RATS TOO CREW SHOWS THEIR STROKES

The “River Rats Too” paddling team managed a silver medal in their Aurora B Division, losing by ¼ boat length to the ve