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sconti boy hits big time The population is a mere 65.No caf.No gas
station.No school.Not even a post office in canadian water polo goalkeeper robin
randall's hometown of drinkwater, sask.It was a big deal recently when the
streets were given names. "I'm not sure why we need street signs we don't have
any lights,"Said randall. One of randall's friends proudly got a new t shirt
printed the other day with the slogan,"Drinkwater:Home of the largest percentage
of olympians per capita in the world. " Randall is a key member of canada's
olympic water polo team, a plucky squad of underdogs who earned a berth in the
beijing games when they knocked off heavily favoured romania in their home pool
in oradea at a qualifier last march. The farming community where he grew up is
about 16 kilometres away from roleau, where the hit tv series corner gas was
filmed.It's a 15 minute drive to moose jaw and about 40 minutes to regina. He
had six other kids in his graduating class.The one year his school had a
basketball team coached by his mom they rustled up only one game, an exhibition
against girls from the same school. "If you want to know what drinkwater's like,
it's kind of like corner gas, except there's less amenities, if you can imagine
such a thing,"Said randall. Self deprecation aside, randall couldn't be prouder
of his hometown.Whenever a media guide for a world championship or pan am games
is prepared, there's a tendency for people to want to write that he's from
regina. "I go, 'no, no, no, i'm from drinkwater, '"Said randall. "Everybody
goes, drinkwater, what is that?' and I hear all the jokes.'You guys drink a lot
of water, ha, ha, ha.' What are you going to do, right?From a province called
saskatchewan even and there's such places as elbow and eybrow and climax and
moose jaw. "I can't thank growing up in drinkwater enough actually.I'm really
quite proud to be from there.I always have been.It's a fantastic place to grow
up.If i had a choice about where my kids grew up when and if i have kids i would
pick growing up in a small town for sure.It's certainly wholesome and teaches
you a lot of great values, patience and all that. " Drinkwater mayor steve
gilroy is quick to assure that the town is equally proud of its native son and
confirms the population is indeed just 65. "Sixty four when robin's playing
water polo,"Said gilroy. "It's a small community and we've never really had
anything like this happen to us.Nothing even close.His parents are not ones to
brag.We wish him luck and hope he can bring home a gold medal so we can all see
what it looks like. " Not much chance of that.It would be incredible if the
canadian men's water polo team achieves their goal of a top eight finish.
Qualifying for the olympics for the first time since 1984 was an amazing feat in
itself, something that randall feared would never happen.The second oldest
player on the team at 28, he said it was an incredible feeling watching the last
seconds tick off in romania as they clinched their berth for beijing. "It was
probably the single most incredible and rewarding moment of my life,"He said. "I
looked at my longtime friend who's our captain, Thomas Marks, andHe ralph lauren
online said to me something that I think will probably stick with me for
the rest of my life.He said, 'I just feel so justified.'" That really hit home
for randall, who like most of his teammates has made so many sacrifices.These
days, he's sleeping on a futon in the basement of a calgary home ralph lauren uomo
frangiventi he's renting with seven teammates during their pre olympic
camp. "I don't have a car,"Said randall, who played semi pro this past season in
sydney, australia. "I don't even have any keys.I have a computer that's in
sydney but i don't have a monitor for it.I have three bags of clothes,
basically.That's pretty much all i have. "That's all because i just love it, i
can't get enough of it.Anywhere there's water polo going on, i want to.Be a part
of it. " Lack of material possessions aside, randall can't believe his good
fortune.Following on the heels of olympic qualification, he has just achieved
one of his other dreams, accepting an offer last week to play professionally in
europe with a team in madrid next season. "Those things seemed like they were
half dream and half not sure it's going to happen kind of thing, very ethereal
you might say, more wishes than options. " Like all of the current players,
randall credits head coach dragan jovanovic once a star goalkeeper for the
former yugoslavia for the team's success.He said he's made huge strides in
improving his game since the hard driving jovanovic assumed the reins. Randall
had walked away from the team after a dispute with one of jovanovic's
predecessors and ended up teaching english in south korea.The world student
games were held there during this period and randall took a six hour bus ride to
see his old teammates play. "As ralph lauren uomo giu
gilet soon as i walked into the pool, i smelt the chlorine in the air
and i thought to my self, 'oh geez, this isn't over.I better figure out a way to
back into this.'" It's been quite a journey for the lad from drinkwater.He has a
great appreciation for the places he's been, noting that many buddies he grew up
with haven't had the chance to travel further than calgary. "And.Here i am, i've
gone to 30 countries,"Said randall. "People say,'you've been all over the
place.Kuwait.Seoul.Beijing.Sydney.If you could go anywhere, what's the first
place you would go?' I constantly say,'Drinkwater.'.Given a choice, i would take
a week in drinkwater over a week in puerta vallarta. "
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