After running all the way
from Kelowna, one would
have thought that Al Howie
would be ready to hang up
his running shoes and stop
when he gets to the North
Shore.

But for the ultramarathon
runner, his scheduled
stopover in North Van-
couver Wednesday-—will just
be a brief break in a run that

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In a unique addition to the
B.C. Summer Games, Howie
is running 540 miles in 10
days bearing a message from
the site of last year’s games,
Kelowna, to the opening
ceremonies of this year’s
games on the Island.

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this feat as he is the world
record holder in consecutive
running. °

He will also be remem-
bered as the man who ran
139 miles earlier this year in
the 24-hour relay event at
Swangard Stadium.

Pledges from Howie's run
will benefit the Kinsmen
Rehabilitation Foundation,
which aids the disabled
throughout the province.

Gearing up for Games

The scenic Comox Valley
will provide a_ colorful
backdrop this weekend for
Canada’s largest annual
sporting event, the B.C.
Summer Games.

The fourth edition of this
annual event will see 3,321

athletes—the largest con-
tingent in the Games’
history—compete in 33

events spread over four days
of excitement from August
27 to August 30.

This year marks the first
time the provincial event has
been held on Vancouver
Island—and also the first
ume more than one com-
munity has taken on the
difficult task of organizing a
sports gathering that in
terms of numbers competing
is larger than either the
Canada Games or the
Commonwealth Games.

The city of Courtenay, the
town of Comox and the
village of Cumberland—plus
surrounding electoral areas
and Canadian Forces Base
Comoxz—have joined forces
and come up with several
thousand volunteers to make
sure the 1981 games will be
the best yet for competitors
and spectators.

One of the main goals of

tne B.C. Summer Games is
“to stimulate enthusiasm and
participation in amateur
sports in order to achieve a

higher level of physical
fitness throughout the
province.”

Secondary to that goal, it
could have been added that
the games spark a _ con-
siderable amount of par-
ticipation and enthusiasm in
the communities that stage
them.

“Total Community Par-
ticipation” has been the
motto of the Comox Valley
games and of its mascot
“Cappy TCP” played by
Courtenay resident and well-
known actor Sid Williams.

Ten volunteer directors,
elected a year ago, have
been organizing thousands
of volunteers to provide
security and medical ser-
vices, accomodation, food,
opening ceremonies,
transportation, publicity and
a host of other services, both

large and small.

The Comox Valley games
will present a_ serjes of
“firsts”, apart from its

Vancouver Island location
and the number of com-
munities involved.

These will be the first B.C.

Summer Games to have its
own official theme song—
Join the Games—vritten by
Valley musician Edwin
Grieve and chosen over 18
other entries in a contest
held earlier this year.

Another first will be the
running of the Terry Fox
Memorial 1,500 metre
wheelchair race. Disabled
sports are being highlighted
at the game; because 1981 is
the Year of the Disabled in
B.C.

The Terry Fox race will be
open to both men and
women wheelchair athletes
who will be racing the metric
mile for a special trophy, as
well as medals. That event is
scheduled for Saturday,
August 29, about 3:10 p.m.
on the games track.

That track is also another
first, at least for the Valley,
which unti! now has had no
proper venue to stage track
and fieid events. The new
eight-lane = rubberized-surf-
ace track is “state of the art”
and should provide a first-
class venue for races.

After 4,000 athletes and
guests enjoy a special
barbecue, they'll begin
joining up in groups for the
march-in onto the field.

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And in. conjunction with
this, the 3rd Annual Aerial
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following the camp.

The intensive one week
camp, September | to 5, will
feature coaching by Peter
Judge, ranked number two
in the world this year, and
Masahito Tsunoki, ranked
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Training facilities will
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The aerial competition
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