It's waaaaay too dark for 7am, but that's how it goes in these early days of Daylight Savings Time here in Canada.  Outside, it is All Black, which leads me to think of the 'Wheel Blacks' who are on course to collide with our Canucks in Christchurch in just a few short days. 

If I can just get my fingers working again after competing in another rain-soaked tournament yesterday, I'll get around to posting Cathy Cadieux's latest report from the field.  I had a decent result, so I suppose that playing in a tropical depression actually was good for something after all!

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Hello Players, Fans, Friends and Family,

It was a good day for Canada's team.  Although we missed the opening ceremonies, we had a great four-hour practice that really got the team off to a good start.  We have another two-hour practice tomorrow (a light practice) before we begin competition at 10:00am on Wednesday morning.

Cathy was able to kick off practice with the team before setting up for the IWRF Annual Assembly which included our hardworking IWRF Executive Committee members Judy, Eron, Tony and Cathy, along with Marco and CWSA President, Donald Royer.  While long, the IWRF meeting was very productive.

While laborious, we repeated the same kind of process here that we did in Canada, in terms of investing a significant amount of time debating the rules changes proposed here.  While not all changes reflected Canada's opinion, the debate was very positive.

The best news, although the Kiwis and Aussies say we'll live to regret it, is NO changes to the rod/tubing size for bumpers.  Our friends from "down under" tell us that they're spending a fortune on blown tires, as a result of the narrow tube size.  We'll see how it goes.

We'll have more news on the rules amendments when we return to Canada, so stay tuned to the web site for updates.

I'll be sending scores, news and quotes from your players, to Don at the office,
everyday.  He's doing a GREAT job of fast postings to the site to keep you informed.  Thanks Don.

More tomorrow Canada!