As the team got settled into their new hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, some people were still feeling elated. Stevie Dunn got classed down by the international panel, and is now classed as a 3.0 player for international competition. There are still some variations in the classification systems used by the IWRF and the USQRA, so Stevie will continue to be a 3.5 player in the USQRA for the Casco Bay Navigators, for whom he is a regular player.

The good people at Eagle Sports Chairs were able to make the necessary modifications to seven of our chairs, and they now meet the latest clarification of the bumper rules. As I write this, Cathy is driving out to their factory, located just outside of Atlanta, to pick up our modified chairs. Many thanks to Barry Ewing for the speed at which he was able to do this work for us!

Tonight, the team will be reviewing a great deal of videotapes in preparation for their next games against Lakeshore, Texas, and the Australians. Over the next few days we have a few practices scheduled, courtesy of our gracious host, Fred Thomas. The first game for our players will be Friday at 2:00, followed by a second game at 6:30. All games are to be held at the Montgomery Therapeutic Recreation Center.

The schedule for the Mini-International Tournament looks like this:

Friday Afternoon @ MTRC:

2:00pm Game 1 Australia vs. Canada
3:30pm Game 2 Team Texas vs. Lakeshore Demolition
5:00pm Game 3 Australia vs. Team Texas
6:30pm Game 4 Lakeshore Demolition vs. Canada

Saturday Morning @ MTRC:

11:30am Game 5 Australia vs. Lakeshore Demolition
1:00pm Game 6 Canada vs. Team Texas
2:30pm Game 7 1st in pool play vs. 4th
4:00pm Game 8 2nd in pool play vs. 3rd

The tournament will then move to Birmingham for the final two games:

Sunday Morning @ Lakeshore Foundation:

TBA Game 9 3rd/4th place game (Losers of games 7 & 8)
TBA Game 10 Championship (Winners of games 7 & 8)

~That is all~