The Canadian Team has now settled in safely to the Athletes Village, after a trouble free flight. The only problem was one missing bag, which has since shown up. The team quite likes the look and feel of the Athletes Village, which is far superior to the Athens facility in 2004.

Most of our team members were already in China earlier this year, and at this point, they are just acclimatizing and “getting the lay of the land.” They are now wrapping up the details and making sure that they have everything that is needed to start our competition on the 12th.

The CPC is doing a great job and they’re doing everything they possibly can to support our team. We’re still missing some phones, but they’re working on it, along with our venue freezer and the egg crate foam mattresses for the players.

The players all worked on their chairs today with Stéphan 'Magic Hammer' Charbonneau, our Equipment Manager... Steph had a very busy day!

We still don't have the final rosters of all the teams, but our best guess as to the teams are outlined on our Paralympics Page. Of course, both Australia and Germany will have to drop one player from the posted lists (which are from their roster that competed at the 2008 Canada Cup), as their roster will only be 11 players.

The only teams to have 12 players will be ourselves, the Brits, and the Chinese, who all have female players on their rosters. Coincidentally enough, they are all 1.5 classified players (#4-CAN Erika Schmütz, #4-GBR Josie Pearson, and #5-CHN ZHANG, Wenli).

Starting on September 12th, we'll be playing one game a day for three days in our pool, which will see us playing Japan, China, and the United States. Every game is crucial, and will be played with a high degree of focus and respect, as our opponents will also be well-prepared. Crossover games will be played on the 4th day and finals on the 5th and final day, September 16th.

It's worth noting that there is a 12-hour time difference between Beijing and EST, and that they are AHEAD of us, so while it's around 1pm here in Ottawa on Tuesday, it's now around 1am on Wednesday morning in Beijing.

That's all for now - more coming tomorrow!