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JUNE 2005 WhyNot.MAGAZINE JUNE 18, 2005 Chantal Petitclerc, Ernst vanDyk, 2005 Women’s 2005 Men’s Open Division Winner Open Division Winner JUNE 2005 WhyNot. Magazine THE ROLLING RAMPAGE ISSUE June, 2005 Published by the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons, 731 Runnymede Road, Toronto, Ontario, M6N 3V7 MAGAZINE Telephone (416) 760-7351 Fax (416) 760-9405 E-Mail: [email protected] www.cfpdp.com WhyNot. Publisher: Vim Kochhar Editors: Lawrence Allen and Bill McOuat IN THIS ISSUE Publication Manager: Dorothy Price Publication Coordinator: Joan Champ Design & Production: The Richmond Studio Sales: Envision Inc. MESSAGES Printing: Thompson Printing, Paris, Ontario Greetings from the Rolling Rampage 3 For information about advertising rates, please contact our Advertising Sales representatives: Co-Chairs and race founder Envision Inc., Telephone (416) 259-5677. The reproduction of articles from WhyNot. Magazine, with the exception of copyright BRING ON THE WORLD material, is welcome provided the source is 4 The third annual Rolling Rampage acknowledged. Additional copies of WhyNot. Magazine are available from the Publisher at a plays host to some of the planet’s finest athletes cost of $2.50 each plus shipping and handling. COVER: Photographs by Devon Dunbar. DEMOCRACY IN MOTION The field in wheelchair road racing is wide open 8 Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons The Canadian Foundation for Physically TAKING IT TO THE STREETS Disabled Persons, a charitable organization 9 The world’s elite wheelers blow away a lot of old ideas founded in 1985, assists people with physi- cal disabilities to live fuller lives. Its mission is to create awareness in the public, business communities and government of the abilities of persons with disabilities and their needs in the areas of housing, employment, educa- tion, accessibility, sports and recreation and research. In the past twenty years, the Foundation has raised substantial funds, 2005 ROLLING RAMPAGE COMMITTEE which it has distributed to a wide variety of Vim Kochhar Robin Mednick Richard E. Rotman organizations and events. These include the Chair, CFPDP Sr. Associate, Media Co-ordinator Terry Fox Hall of Fame, the Eternal Flame of Cdn. Urban Institute Hope, the Rotary Cheshire Home, the Brian MacPherson Robyn Parashyniak Director General, Janice Martin Athlete &Volunteer Co-ordinator Canadian Helen Keller Centre, the annual Canadian Paralympic Committee Disability Program, U of T Great Valentine Gala (in cooperation with Debbie Wright the Rotary Club of Toronto-Don Valley), the Beverly Ivany Debbie Low Independent Living Educator, Executive Director, Bellwoods King Clancy Awards, the Corporate Awards, Past President Rotary Club, Toronto Don Valley Paralympics Ont. the WhyNot Marathon, the first Canadian Steven Dezso Marathon for the Paralympics and Jeff Pawel Zbieranowski Michael Clarke Rotaract, Toronto Don Valley 1K Relay Co-ordinator Chair 10K Road Race Adams’ CN Tower climb. 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Where about the value or validity of para- for Physically Disabled Persons we else could we see our outstanding lympic sports in the minds of have always been great believers paralympic athletes from Canada Canadians, those objections have in the power of sport to heal and and other nations racing flat-out long since been laid to rest. This inspire. For many people with around Queen’s Park, and feel the nation has been blessed to produce disabilities sports and other rush of air as they blew past to the some of the greatest paralympic recreational opportunities can be finish line. And then there were athletes in the world and modern a lifeline and the CFPDP has the numbers of children, young day champions like Chantal contributed substantially to people, and families going around Petitclerc and Jeff Adams are programs targeting their sometimes the track, following the spirit of an garnering a level of public recogni- very specific requirements. Like excellence in sport and also learn- tion and appreciation their the rest of the population, a ing that success and progress is predecessors could only dream significant percentage of people possible every day in every life, no of. With the advent of Toronto’s with disabilities are actively matter how young or old. It is a Rolling Rampage, Canadians can involved in sports and, inevitably, great feeling! Also there was a very finally watch these incredible a special few exceed beyond all nor- real sense of common cause among athletes take on the world right mal hopes and expectations. Elite the growing number of devoted here in their own backyard and events like the Rolling Rampage fans, including people who are that has to spell great things for afford these exceptional people committed to the broader issues of the future of paralympic sport in the opportunity to pursue their disabled sport, and eager to pledge this country. legitimate aspirations and share time and resources for a shared The reach and impact of the their gift with the wider world. purpose that really matters. paralympic movement is growing I want to pay special tribute I want to commend Vim Kochhar because athletes with a disability to the Rolling Rampage’s official and the Canadian Foundation for have proven they are powerful, sponsors, Scotiabank, Pfizer and Physically Disabled Persons, the compelling competitors and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canadian Paralympic Committee marquee international events like whose faith and generosity have and the Rotary Club of Toronto-Don the Rolling Rampage will surely been so important to the growth Valley for three years of developing build on that success. I’d like to and success of this event. Corporate this great event, and the Hon- thank the Rampage’s generous and community support and ourable Alvin Curling, speaker of sponsors, volunteers and charitable involvement are essential to the the Legislative Assembly of Ontario partners along with everyone at the continued success of paralympic for hosting the celebration. Their Canadian Foundation for Physically sport and I commend our sponsors combined message of the joy and Disabled Persons, the Canadian for their visionary leadership and determination in the human effort Paralympic Committee and the commitment. to overcome adversity touches all Rotary Club of Toronto-Don Valley I also want to thank our Rolling of us. Warmest regards and I’ll see for taking up the paralympic dream Rampage partners, the Canadian you at the track next year! and helping to make it a reality. Paralympic Committee and the Thank you one and all. Rotary Club of Toronto-Don Valley The Honourable and all of the Rampage’s many par- Joyce Fairbairn The Honourable ticipating organizations for helping Senate of Canada Consiglio Di Nino us make this great undertaking a Rolling Rampage, Senate of Canada reality. Thank you one and all. Honorary Co-Chair Rolling Rampage, Honorary Co-Chair Vim Kochhar, President and CEO, Vimal Group of Companies Chairperson, Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons June 2005 WhyNot.3 BRING ON THE WORLD Toronto’s 3rd annual Rolling Rampage introduces sports fans across the country to some of the fastest wheelers on the planet t was much more than just an Italy’s Francesca Porcellato came third. in the inaugural Rampage and a disap- exhilarating day of world class Thomas Geierspichler, of Austria pointing fifth last year when he collided competition. With ten of the (24:44.5), also nailed down three-time with another racer in the back stretch of world’s finest athletes on hand to Rampage title status in the Men’s Quad the final lap. With the boisterous crowd compete for a share of one of the division after a nip and tuck seven lap bat- cheering his every stroke, Adams put on a I largest prize purses in wheelchair tle with Spain’s Santiago Sanz. furious finishing kick with 150 yards to go sports, Toronto’s third annual Rolling Saskatchewan’s Clayton Gerein finished a to break from the pack, only to see van Dyk Rampage served notice of its arrival as a strong third. – a five-time Boston Marathon champion – true international showcase of Paralympic In a Rampage first, junior division hon- take up the challenge, and edge him out in sport.Canada’s premier international 10K ours went to three women, Jessica Matassa a final push at the finish. wheelchair road race was let loose in (25:04.4), Shelly Woods of Great Britain, “It was a bit of a heartbreaker,” Adams downtown Toronto June 18, sounding the and Melanie Hawtin, respectively. (See told WhyNot after the race. “I knew coming opening salvo for two-and-a-half weeks of Democracy in Motion, page 7) into a downhill finish I had to have a bit of paralympic wheeling on the prestigious With 11 nations represented, this a gap, so I attacked coming off the turn America Series circuit, culminating July year’s race marked the most international and hit my sprint really, really well. But it 4th with the historic Peachtree Road Race Rampage to date. And organizers antici- just ended up being one of those days in Atlanta.