'Frustration' was the 'F' word of choice for the Canadians in Christchurch today. 
That, and finding words that rhyme with 'SNAFU', or reciting Murphy's Laws by heart.  Here are a few basic ones which I'm sure were thrown out by our Canucks in Kiwiland:

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
   
2. Everything takes longer than you think.
   
3. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
   
4. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.  Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
   
5. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
   

With that as a lead-in piece, I'll sign off now, and give you Cathy's latest Christchurch Chronicle, and leave with with this thought about today's time change: Daylight savings time — why are they saving it and where do they keep it?

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Hello Canada,

Well, it's been a hectic couple of days.  A few organizational problems are creating havoc with the team schedule.  Transportation difficulties were the order of the day, as EVERYTHING was delayed, including transport to classification for nine of our fourteen Canadian athletes.

In addition to that, Canada Rugby will be absent from the Opening Ceremonies tomorrow, which will be a big disappointment for our Flag Bearer, Mr. Allan Semeniuk of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  Initially, the organizing committee here had booked a 10:00am to 2:00pm training time for Canada tomorrow.  The only problem with that is that the Opening Ceremonies are scheduled from 10:45am to 12:00pm tomorrow.  A bit of a glitch organizationally, I'd say.  We HAD found a solution when we had requested a change in training times with South Africa, which their Team Manager approved earlier today.  Later tonight, however, South Africa discovered a scheduling conflict which "nixed the switch."  With only four hours training scheduled for tomorrow and two on Tuesday, clearly training has to be the priority.

So, Canada will be represented by our Powerlifter, Sally Thomas, and Canadian Fencer
Sylvie Morel.  Coaches Donald Royer and Carlo Grillo will join our athletes.

Meetings started today with the IWRF Executive Committee.  Joining the EC for a brief discussion today were Phil Craven, President of the IPC, Paul DePace, President of the ISMWSF, and Maura Strange, Executive Director of the ISMWSF.

Meetings continue tomorrow with the IWRF Annual General Assembly.

That's all today from WWG 2003!