Team Canada's co-captain Dave Willsie will be appearing in Ottawa on Friday, December 2nd, from 09:00 - 14:00 at the 4th annual Ottawa United Nations' Internatonal Day of Disabled Persons Event at the Westin Hotel.

The lunch time speakers will be broadcasted over a live web cast starting at 12:30 EST, which will be archived on the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centre's web site.

The Hon. Ken Dryden is an invited speaker, along with representative and their messages from various political parties.

Copies of the Murderball DVD will also be available for sale from the organizers.

For more information on this upcoming event, and to register for free, contact marketing@cailc.ca

Here are a couple of interesting articles for your wheelchair rugby reading pleasure:

- China Tournament and Clinic - from the new New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby web site - by Eron Main and Phil Washbourne

I especially got a kick out of how they sound the end of a quarter... The authors point out some of the unique opportunities and difficulties facing the development of the Chinese team.

- GB game report from the top-6 Euro Series, held prior to the 2005 European Championships

- GB game report from the European Zone final, GBR vs. GER

Canadian athletes have been busy with their club teams lately, with National Squad member Dale Nording earning MVP honours at the Milwaukee tournament, and National Team member Erika Schmütz taking the best 1.5 award. Alberta Steel Wheels 0.5, BJ Engerdahl, earned a place on the Tournament AllStar Team as well.

Results - 3rd Annual Iron Horse Rumble (Milwaukee, WI)

1) Edmonton
2) St. Louis
3) Atlanta
4) Milwaukee
5) Minnesota
6) Indianapolis

Dave Willsie and the London Annihilators fought from a surprisingly low seeding (7th) and climbed up to 3rd spot at the 16th Annual Best of the West tournament in San Diego. Ian Chan was playing with the combined San Diego Team, OG, which comprises of former members of the now-defunct San Diego Bushwhackers, and Plan B.

Results - 16th Annual Best of the West

1) Phoenix Heat
2) Denver Harlequins
3) London Annihilators
4) Portland Pounders
5) OG (Ian Chan, Eddie Alexander, Paul Richardson, Gerry Adalpe, ...)
6) California Quake
7) Sharp
8) Northridge Knights

David Willsie will be appearing in Ottawa in early December at an envet, where he will be signing copies of the Murderball DVD, which you can also pre-order from the CWSA for low prices, well in advance of the holiday season.



Our order form, (English / French) for the movies, as well as rugby balls and some remaining clothing stock, features an excellent bulk-purchase price for the movie. You can pre-order and pay for them so that they arrive on your doorstep on the offical release date of November 29th. Check it out!