Our second game of this year's NAC was against the Brits, who once again, showcased new players on the international scene. It wasn't our best effort, and we went to down to the Brits by a two-goal margin, 36-38. The final game in the regular round was against the Americans, who at least we know well, as their line-ups have not changed as often as have those of the Brits.

I'm hoping to receive some game commentary later on, but for the moment the final results will have to suffice, and the 2000 Paralympic champions flexed their muscles on the way to a solid 33-27 win over the 2002 World Champs.

This set up two cross-over games, with #1 USA taking on #4 Canada, and #2 Great Britain against #3 Germany. The seeds held, but the margin of victory in the 2nd USA-CAN battle narrowed to 4 goals, 39-35, which coincidently enough, was the same score that the Americans beat the Brits in their opening game of the North American Cup.

Team Canada was determined to beat the Germans in their final game of the tournament, and avenged themselves upon them, winning the 3rd place game 35-41, while the Americans took out the Brits 41-34.

Consider all of these games as learning experiences, since the same teams will meet in a few days on the Canadian west coast, along with the Belgians, who are ranked 5th in the world, and a Canadian development team. This time, the results will count towards the seeding at the Athens Paralympic Games this September.

The Canada Cup features a full international panel of classifiers, offering teams a rare chance to get their players one step closer to PPS, or Permanent Paralympic Status, which is something that all players aspire to become.

The guys from EAT Films are going to be in Vancouver, and hopefully they will be able to get more good material towards the film that they are producing, which focuses on our sport and the Canadian Head Coach. Maybe they'll even be able to get another article in Maxim Magazine, such as their last submission, which came in after the Canadian upset at the World Championships in Sweden. Apparantly, they now have a distributor for the film, and it will be on the lineup at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.