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Burtoncity Daze Dazzle

There were friends, neighbors, campers and lots of sunshine and volunteers making the 6th annual Burton Beach Daze a great success.
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Clockwise from top: The winners of the triathlon race event that involved a short and a long course. The food was fabulous including a roasted pig

Burton was a great place to be last weekend. There were athletes, friends, neighbors, campers and lots of sunshine and volunteers making the 6th annual Burton Beach Daze a great success.

The horseshoe tournament kicked off the weekend on Friday night. Ten teams of two squared off at the horseshoe pits with plenty of trash talk and cheering spectators. The big prize at stake was the coveted trophy, humble though it may be, which was cobbled together from three trophies purchased at Value Village six years ago. It has become the Stanley Cup of Burton. After the pit dust settled on Saturday evening, Rocky Parton and Curtis Pawley emerged as the winners.

This year the triathlon race events were aided and added to by Kootenay Sufferfest volunteers, which is the organizing body for running and biking races in our area. 19 fit participants kayaked, canoed, ran and biked their way to glory and personal pride in three events. The long course consisted of a 1 km kayak race, a gruelling 18 km ride up plenty of hills and down the Burton Creek haul road, then a 5 km run. The winners were: Men’s, Gold, Carl Jacks, Silver, Sean Breathnach, Bronze, Mike Wrede. Women’s division winners: Gold, Crystal Cross. Silver, Inga Ivany. Bronze, Kata Polano.

Elias Lampimaki is a nine year old athlete to watch. After completing the long race, he will no doubt be making a name for himself and the Kootenays in years to come.

The short course triathlon consisted of a 1 km canoe, a 6.5 km bike and a 2.5 km run. The team relay gold went to “The Meat Birds”, Brent Wanstall, Leigha Anderson and Murray Anderson. Silver was awarded to “The Lindsay Experience,” Lindsay Knapton, Alice Watson and Joanne Alaric. Bronze to “The Lauging Monkeys” Maija and Silas Lampimaki. The individual short course Gold Women’s, was won by Barbara Ross, and Men’s Gold went to Alan Ross.

The weekend is not just about races. There’s something for everyone: Bocce, Badminton, Croquet and the Ladder Game. Burton is always about good food too. There were great Burton Burgers and a beer garden Friday and Saturday. Full breakfasts including “Egg McBurtons” were provided by the Brunch Bunch that make fantastic brunches on the last Sunday of every month year round in the Burton Hall.

A little rain and some wind was the temporary lead-in to the big dinner on Saturday night but the tents and gazebo sheltered everyone nicely. The sun came back out just in time for the feast: a whole roast pig — yes, with an apple in its mouth, salads, potatoes and cake, carried out in a procession by the costumed Nakusp Medieval Society. (The Nakusp Medieval Days will be taking place August 1-2). After dinner The “Deep Fried String Band” of locals and Nakuspies entertained with covers of the Eagles, The Band and many great oldies in the big beautiful gazebo.

Thanks to all the volunteers that worked really hard and special thanks to Linda and Brian Harrop who coordinated the whole thing. See you next year!

 

Submitted by Suzanne Story