Just a week ago it was confirmed that marathon will be the newest sport in the Ontario Summer Games to be held July 19-21 near Kitchener-Waterloo, an hour west of Toronto.

Participation is limited to athletes 22 and younger. Participation is limited to 24 athletes, so we anticipate that there will be competition for the spots.

It's the first time marathon has participated in these Games since 1983!

The young paddlers here are generally recruited from XC ski clubs. The upper body strength from paddling makes them climb hills better. The experience here is that it takes two to three years of work to get these groups of kids up and going. Congratulations are due to Iain Craig for a lot of the work on this. Iain is Ontario's rep to the MRC.

Don Stoneman
Chair
MRC