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page 10 markham festival 87 second annual event triathlon set to take off sunday by nancy hoskin after an extremely successful event last year for athletes and sponsors markhams second annual triathlon will take place on sunday june 21 in conjunction with the markham village fes tival ron houowell former owner of bikers on main street decided to branch into the management end of running triathlon races full- time last year along with his partner gary joseph who has vast experience as a triathlete and organizer of such races mr houowell is now managing a threerace series the series taking place in mar kham peterborough and toron to will be run on june 21 july 19 and august 30 respectively were eventually hoping maybe next year that well be able to send a qualifier to either the nice world championships or the hawaiian iron man competi tion both are the worlds top triathlons mr houowell said with this hope comes the task of making sure course layouts are accepted along with making sure that canadian athletes can meet the time requirements to compete in the higher profile races in conjunction with these three ron holloyvell triathlon manager ontario competitions mr hol- lowells company is staging the first international triathlon of greece to be held in athens greece on october 4 i knew that managing races could be a fuutime career mr holloweu said races are being professionally managed with safety becoming the prime con cern for athletes competing mr houowell explained that managing triathlon races in canada is quite a challenge finding sponsors is difficult compared to the us or europe he said were living in a con- tdimqje interiors markham village festival specials saturday and sunday only framed prints 30 off stock wallpaper 00 sr joinssunday tamb00 contest monwed 96 thurs 99 fri sat 96 sun 124 1 06 main st n markham 471 4494 servative society most people arent willing to venture into something new weve got the egg and the chicken theory working against us right now until the sport becomes more popular here triathlons were first recog nized in 1978 the first ever held in hawaii attracted 15 athletes last year over 600000 men and women participated in national competitions according to mr houowell the number of triath- letes taking to the courses in 1987 will reach the miuion mark as festival saturday created a logistics problem with last years triathlon it was decided to move the event to sunday this year vehicular traffic along the route and crowd control on main street posed the worst problems with all vehicles eliminated on sunday crowds down and ven dors off the street mr houowell feels that his problems will be solved and that more people will probably travel into town to see a race held on a sunday with this years race mr hol loweu would like to see a local focus he would like to see more amateur athletes involved in the sports this years route has been dras tically revised from last years race which will now begin at lake wilcox the course is more challeng ing overall last year it was flat and downhill with sundays course being hilly said mr hol loweu weve also straightened out the run the markham triathlon will begin at 10 am at lake wilcox after their swim the competitors will bike from the lake to the mar kham arena at highway 7 and 48 and will then run a course near old markham village it is estimated that the first winner will cross the finish line on main street at approximately 1145 am late entrants interested in competing in the markham triathlon can call ron houowell at 2997685 for further informa tion bandy yuite 30 off summer sale now on featuring imported fashions is now open in unionville at 139 main street in the unionville planing mill 4798344 sat 930 530 from spicy cool cotton coordinates sun 12 530 mon fri 10 6 pool specials automatic cleaners 54500 8 kg chlorine tablets 7900 8 kg bromine tablets 9400 t 1 6 x 32 solar blankets 8995 p00lside bar with stools 1 9900 serving cart 12900 floating lights 995 markham pools hwy 48 va mile n of 16th ave 2948420 bub crabm pocua express co the party shoppe festival specials dollar table lots of bargains contest guess how many balloons are in our jar win a free balloonagram if youre right free giant helium balloon if you bring this ad to our store see you at the festival 112 main st n markham 2942300