Skaha Hills adds name to Dragon Boat Festival sponsorship

PENTICTON – The Penticton Dragon Boat Festival is gearing up for the 2016 event, which is expected to attract more than 2,100 athletes.

During the second week of September, the 15 year old festival will play host to more than 2,100 athletes from Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest as they compete along the north shore of Skaha Lake.

Penticton Dragon Boat Festival President Launa Maundrell announced Tuesday, Jan. 5 Skaha Hills has now joined the festival’s sponsorship group.

Maundrell says she is thrilled to have Skaha Hills come on board as a supporting partner in the festival, noting the number of participants who come to Penticton to participate every year.

“It is very likely that some of them may be thinking about moving to Penticton or investing in a vacation home here. Skaha Hills is a great fit,” she says.

The Dragon Boat Festival also hosts the Okanagan Super Sprints on Skaha Lake during the Canada Day long weekend.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
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As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
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