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3ksss3aesglseklsabsttmmtmamit xv al economist suntribune- ofukiiv thursday aug 102000 jsvsftintvwasi 1 stouffville resident to take part in european dragon boat festival in malmo sweden by mike hayakawa- sports editor dragon boat racing does not exactly have a huge following in stouffville but for randy brown its a recre- ational activity he would travel a long way to be apart of and to prove his point the 28- yearold stouffville resident jetted across the atlantic ocean to malrhb sweden along with the rest of a canadian contingent diat will take to the water in the european dragon boat festival employed by the bank of nova scotia wherehes been in their real estate department for the last 10 years brown notes that close to 600 tejamsare expected to be on hand for the 10day event which began monday 7 brown acknowledged his involvement with the canadian team came about throughbeing at the right time at the right place apaddler with the scotiabank spitfires corporate team brown met some friends that were mem- bers with a bank of montreal mens enuyat a recent race in montreal- it was there where browns friends randy brown stouffville man 6egan racing just three years ago as a way to stay fit and relieve stress v introduced him to some fellow teammates that were members of the canadian teamthat would be going to sweden they came to bat forlrne brown saidof his friends wi3vthe bankof montreal teamwho helped him get oh the canadian team the rest as they say is history as brown became their newestmem ber and only had a couple of prac tices with the team before they departed overseas introduced to dragon boat rac ing three years ago through some friends in toronto brown acknowl edged that henever had any prior knowledge of rowing a boat or pad dling a kayak or canoe in a sport which employs 20 dragon boat racing is a recreational activity that employs 20 paddlers a caters to men and women and is gaming popularity around the world in places including the toronto islands as shown in this photograph r paddlers a drummer and steers- man per vessel brown said he enjoys dragon boat racing for the pleasureit provides 1 its good exercise andits a fun tiling to dotheres something tran- qiiil about it its a stress reliever said brown prior to his- departure for sweden when hes competing with his scotiabank mixed corporate entry brown said the team practices three times a week for a onehour period when hes not paddling with that team brown can be found on the tsunami community team in toronto which works out at die mouth of the humber river canadian team practices were conducted twice a week at humberside itsa sport thatsgrpwihg across ontario and arouridttie world he pointed out onceyoure uvit and find out how big it is its a huge commitment- brown notes theres a variety of categories which dragon boat teams can enter including mixed teams mens teams corporate teams and community teams most races he said are -500- metre events when brown paddles with the national team though they will be entered in the mens national event and- will take part an the 250m sprint 500m v and 5000m dnimmer and steersman the event ontafioevents aire staged at various endurance race competing overseas for the first time brown is excited with the prospects of seeing what other teams from other countries have to offer if the canadian team hopes to be competitive brown notes a combination of factors must fall into place among those he revealed are technique and fitness and to have the best paddlers regardless of what happens browns priority will be to ensure that it remains a fun activity i do it mostly for the entertain ment and for the challenge iiiiis york region tour community career choice serving tort region through the erqbanner the liberal the economist sun the tribune careers careers ik careers ikl careers u1 careers office help sales help agents sales help agents 1 sales help j agents ceo chief librarian king township public library requires a ceo chief 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