All 20 of the players in our Canadian national team program are currently in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, at the 12th edition of the Demolition Derby.

This year at the Derby, there are 6 strong club teams from the US, and 6 international teams, including full squads from both New Zealand and Germany. Both GB and Canada have opted to run with two teams. Canada has theirs listed as Canada-1 and Canada-2, while GB's equivalents are the Lions and the Bulldogs.

Much as they have for the past two weeks, we'll have live coverage from this event, starting tomorrow, when www.xable.com starts to offer live feeds from their web site.

You can review many of the teams that will be at the Derby by checking some of the games from the Knock & Roll and the Coloplast International, which were both held in Florida earlier this month. The Knock & Roll was an international / Division-1 tournament while this year's edition of the Coloplast International was geared towards Division-2 teams from the US.

You'll note when you check out the games that some of the colour commentary was made by our own Marco Dispaltro and David Willsie, which makes the games extra-worthy of being watched back home. It's also interesting to hear what the other coaches and players had to say about the games, so set yourself back and check out the games at your convenience. Sign up for an account on xable.com while you're at it, and leave your own impressions of the games on their impressive site!

Check out this link starting on Saturday to see which games they will be showcasing.

2008 Demolition Derby - team rosters:

1st seed - Canada I
Coach: Benoit Labrecque
Support Staff: Marco Dispaltro, Bob Hirschfield, Nancy Botting

Player / Class / Number
Daniel Paradis  0.5  1
Trevor Hirschfield   1.0   10
Jason Crone    1.5    12
Patrice Simard    1.5    15
Say Luangkhamdeng    2.0    2
David Willsie    2.0    14
Ian Chan    3.0    6
Fabien Lavoie    3.0    11
Mike Whitehead    3.0    8
Garett Hickling    3.5    5


2nd seed - New Zealand
Coach: Grant Sharman
Support Staff: Cathy Tinker, Debra Mitchell, Paul Jackson, Jason Healy, Malcolm Humm

Player / Class / Number
Adam Wakeford    1.0    14
Jai Waite    1.0    5
Dave Klinkhamer    1.5    11
Sholto Taylor    2.0    4
Gerry Tinker 2.0 6
Tim Johnson 2.0 7
Curtis Palmer 2.5 2
Dan Buckingham 3.0 13


3rd seed - Lakeshore Demolition
Coach: Kevin Orr
Support Staff: Gary Pate, George Weimer

Player / Class / Number
Tom Vinzant    0.5    13
Eddie Crouch    0.5    2
Tommy Sullivan    1.0    8
Bob Lujano    2.0    7
Aimee Bruder    2.0F    20
Jason Foster    2.0    1
Bryan Kirkland    2.0    44
Willard Brooks    2.5    50
Chris Rathje    3.0    42
Delvin McMillian    3.0    55
Joel Wilmoth    3.5    27


4th seed - Texas Stampede
Coach: James Gumbert
Support Staff: Kirt Hibbitts, Leah Steibing

Player / Class / Number
Chase Bearden    0.5    16
Norm Lyduch    1.0    1
Scott Hogsett    1.0    8
Michael Fries    1.0    4
Jace Beck    2.0    22
Austin Cogar    2.0    15
Jesse Honl    2.5    32
Mark Zupan    3.0    3
Shinichi Shimakawa    3.0    10


5th seed - Portland Pounders
Coach: Ed Suhr
Support Staff: Gordy Johnson, Kelly Schwan

Player / Class / Number
Kip Johnson    0.5    12
Max Woodbury    1.0    1
Dave Kammeyer    1.0    17
Seth McBride    2.0    15
Will Groulx    2.0    10
Chance Sumner    3.0    7
Lynn Nelson    3.0    3


6th seed - British Lions
Coaches: Joe Soares, Tom O’Connor
Support Staff: Jeanette Jones, Ann Burns, Barry Mason, Tim Ryan, Claire Stirling

Player / Class / Number
Richard Davies    0.5
Paul Shaw    1.0    5
Steve Palmer    1.5    3
Jason Roberts    1.5    7
Tony Stackhouse    2.0    4
Troye Collins    2.5    8
Ross Morrison    2.5    6
Mandip Sehmi    2.5    12


7th seed - Germany
Coaches: Pierre Sahm, Bert Metzger
Support Staff: Marcus Buhr, Torsten Lisy, Marcus Feustel, Tobias Dahlke, Antje Schaumlöffel

Player / Class / Number
Peter Schreiner    0.5    5
Wolfgang Schmitt    0.5    12
Dirk Wieschendorf    1.0    7
Christian Götze    1.0    15
André Leonhard    2.0    2
Nacer Menezla    2.0    13
Christoph Werner    2.0    1
Jörg Holzem    2.5    14
Salih Köseoglu    2.5    10
Wolfgang Mayer    2.5    4
Oliver Picht    3.0    8
Maik Baumann    3.0    11


8th seed - University of Arizona
Coaches: Bryan Barten, Kyle Fecteau

Player / Class / Number
Gabe Nyrkkanen    0.5    26
Jeromy Brown    1.0    33
Chad Cohn    1.0    12
Derrick Helton    2.0    13
Aaron Roux    2.5    32
Steven Rosier    2.5    34
Jeff Odem    3.0    36


9th seed - British Bulldogs
Coaches: Joe Soares, Tom O’Connor
Support Staff: Jeanette Jones, Ann Burns, Barry Mason, Tim Ryan, Claire Stirling

Player / Class / Number
Johnny Coggan    0.5    2
Bulbul Hussain    1.0
Josie Pearson    1.5
Andy Barrow    2.0    10
Justin Frishberg    2.0    9
Alan Ash    2.5    1
Chris Ellis    3.0    11


10th seed - Sharp Edge
Coach: Troy McGuirk
Support Staff: Kim Martini

Player / Class / Number
Paul Richardson    0.5    1
Sean Brady    0.5    2
Bob Martinson    1.5    5
Andy Cohn    2.0    17
Dan McCauley    2.0    6
Albert Moscona    2.5    4
Delmon Dunston    2.5    10
Greg Hasterok    3.0    3
Zach Tapec    3.0    13


11th seed - Canada II
Coach: Adam Frost
Support Staff: Marco Dispaltro, Bill Funk, Ryan Doyle

Player / Class / Number
Jared Funk    0.5    13
Martin Mainguy    0.5    2
Mike Bacon    1.0    9
Erika Schmütz    1.5    4
Martin Larocque    2.0    7
Allan Chartrand    2.0    10
Travis Murao    2.0    12
Sébastien Cloutier    3.0    1
Dale Nording    3.0    8


12th seed - Sweden
Coach: Richard Andersson
Support Staff: Mona Rissmar, Yerri Lindell, David Törehed

Player / Class / Number
Andreas Lundgren    0.5    1
Mikael Vahlberg    0.5    3
Magnus Krossén    1.0    4
Alfredo Alvarez    1.5    11
Stefan Jansson    1.5    9
Per-Arne Kulle    2.0    10
Andreas Collin    2.5    15
Mikael Vidlundh    2.5    12
Loa Rissmar    3.0    13
Joakim Svedlund    3.0    6
Mikael Norlin    3.5    8
Tobias Sandberg    3.5    14