Among the many Canadian National Team athletes in South Florida for training and/or some vacation prior to the double-decker World Class Tournament Tour (or the "Gator 'n Grits Tour" if you're so inclined) are 3-time World Championships MVP Garett Hickling (3.5), and perennial tournament allstar Daniel Paradis (0.5).  Garett and Daniel ran in to some other wheelchair rugby athletes the other day, who actually aren't here for the Coloplast International tournament in Tampa, but rather for some extensive training in sunny Florida.

The group they met were from Sweden, and comprised of wheelchair athletes from a number of different sports.  The Swedish rugby guys hadn't seen the sport at a high level, and their tournament experience was limited to a European 2.0 tournament that was held last season.  Much to the surprise of the Canadians, none of the Swedes brought their sport chairs along for their Florida training, but the Canucks were willing to let them use their chairs, and Daniel's 0.5 chair (made by Stéphan Charbonneau of St. Jérôme, QC) was especially well received by the Swedes, who were quite happy to scrimmage with the experienced Canadians who were down in Florida for our own training project.