22 - Sunday, December 13, 1987 - North Shore News

Local plastie

duck race

to raise Rotary funds

THE WATERS of North Van-
couver’s Capilano River could be
filled with as many as 25,000
yellow ducks in an unusual Rotary
Club fundraising event next year.

Plastic ducks — sponsored for
$5 each — will be released Feb. 14,
1988, from the Fullerton Avenue
bridge and fight their way to tidal
water and t’> finish line, winning
sponsors one of the prizes from a
new car to dinner for two.

“It’s just going to be a riot,”
explained North Vancouver Rotary
Club member Andy Turner, one of
the event organizers. **! bet we'll
have 10,000 to 15,000 people along
the river (watching), but we don’t
know how big it’ll be.”’

Originating in Alberta, the race
is a first for British Columbia, and
the Rotary Club is expecting to
faise about $60,000 from the
25,000-duck race.

In test runs recently, the ducks
took as little as 11 minutes and as
much as 30 misutes to cover the
two-kilometre course from the
bridge to tide water.

For organizers, the biggest
challenge is going to be recapturing
the little devils, which are inclined
to get caught in rocks and other
obstacles.

“Can you imagine the logistics
of catching 25,000 ducks before
they hit English Bay?’? Turner
asked. ‘‘We’re going to be using
an oi! boom.”

Entries are now being accepted
for The- Great Capilano River
Duck Race, and sponsors should
get entries in soon as there are only
25,000 ducks available.

Enclosed with today’s North

Maxwell wins two

WEST VANCOUVER masters
runner Kim Maxwell raced to vic-
tory twice in the World Veteran's
Track and Field Championship in
Melbourne, Australia, recently.

The 5i-year-old Norwesters
Track and Field Club member
placed second in. the 800 metres at
2:36.64 and third in the 1,500
metres at 5:27.31.

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Shore News 1s an entry form for
the race, and entries must be mail-
ed in by Feb. 5, 1988. Forms will
also be available at Dick Irwin
Chevrolet, which donated the prize
car, and other North Shore loca-
tions.

The top 20 ducks from the
Capilano River race will be entered
in the Wortd Championship Duck
Race in Red Deer, Alta., slated for
Labour Day next year.

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