Ok, the athletes are starting to settle in to their new accommodations in South Florida, where the Canadian team holds it's "Florida Project" high performance training camp for the first few months of the calendar year.

Among the tournaments that our athletes are getting prepared for are:

Jan. 13-15 - 2006 Knock 'n Roll, a 6-team national tournament in Jupiter, FL (Most of the Canadians are playing for the South Florida Rattlers, which is 2/3rds Canuck, and coached by our High Performance Coordinator, Marco Dispaltro)

Among the opposing teams we will meet (and their latest USQRA club rankings) are:
#1 Lakeshore, #4 Hoveround, #5 Denver, #12 Tampa, & #14 Great Lakes Storm

Canadian national team program members (and their homes/home clubs) in this tournament are:

1.5 - SCHMÜTZ, Erika (Whitby, ON, Toronto Barking Spiders)
1.5 - SIMARD, Patrice (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
2.0 - LUANGKHAMDENG, Say (Surrey, BC, BC Bandits)
2.0 - LIZOTTE, Raymond (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
3.0 - CHAN, Ian (Richmond, BC, BC Bandits)
3.0 - LAVOIE, Fabien (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)

3.0 - WHITEHEAD, Mike (Bradenton, FL / Windsor, ON, London Annihilators, playing for Dave Willsie's former team, the Hoveround Gunners)


Jan. 20-22 - 2006 Coloplast International, an 8-team international event in Tampa, FL

Participating canadians from our national team program include:

0.5 - PARADIS, Daniel (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
1.0 - BACON, Mike (Saskatoon, SK, Sasksquash)
1.0 - HIRSCHFIELD, Trevor (Parksville, BC, BC Bandits)
1.0 - PUBLICOVER, Gordon (Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Spokebusters)
1.5 - SCHMÜTZ, Erika (Whitby, ON, Toronto Barking Spiders)
1.5 - SIMARD, Patrice (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
2.0 - LAROCQUE, Martin (Embrun, ON, Ottawa Stingers)
2.0 - LUANGKHAMDENG, Say (Surrey, BC, BC Bandits)
2.0 - ROBINSON, Trevor (Winnipeg, MB, Team Manitoba)
2.0 - WILLSIE, David © (London, ON, London Annihilators)
3.0 - CHAN, Ian (Richmond, BC, BC Bandits)
3.0 - LAVOIE, Fabien (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
3.0 - NORDING, Dale (Edmonton, AB, Alberta Steel Wheels)

3.0 - WHITEHEAD, Mike (Bradenton, FL / Windsor, ON, London Annihilators, playing for the Hoveround Gunners)

Teams that we will be facing include:
(#1-World) NZL, (#4-World) GBR, (#2-in-USA) Texas, (#3-in-USA) Phoenix, (#4-in-USA) Hoveround, (#12-in-USA) Tampa, & (#9-in-USA) Magee Eagles.

Jan 27-29 - 2006 Demolition Derby, an 8-team international tournament in Birmingham, AL

In this international tournament, we have:

0.5 - PARADIS, Daniel (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
1.0 - BACON, Mike (Saskatoon, SK, Sasksquash)
1.0 - PUBLICOVER, Gordon (Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Spokebusters)
1.5 - SCHMÜTZ, Erika (Whitby, ON, Toronto Barking Spiders)
1.5 - SIMARD, Patrice (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
2.0 - LAROCQUE, Martin (Embrun, ON, Ottawa Stingers)
2.0 - LUANGKHAMDENG, Say (Surrey, BC, BC Bandits)
2.0 - ROBINSON, Trevor (Winnipeg, MB, Team Manitoba)
2.0 - WILLSIE, David © (London, ON, London Annihilators)
3.0 - CHAN, Ian (Richmond, BC, BC Bandits)
3.0 - LAVOIE, Fabien (Québec, QC, Québec Impact)
3.0 - WHITEHEAD, Mike (Bradenton, FL / Windsor, ON, London Annihilators)

Some of the same teams will be back, but others we'll be meeting for the first time this season, including:
(#1-World) NZL, (#4-World) GBR, (#1-in-USA) Lakeshore, (#2-in-USA) Texas, (#3-in-USA) Phoenix, (#5-in-USA) Denver, (#10-in-USA) Kentucky TNT

Complete rosters and schedules for all three tournaments appear on the links above.