Monthly Archives: July 2010

Now that the team is back home and in Canada it would be the right time for a big public thank you for all involved. First, the families that raised the young women that represented Canada in Europe – thank … Continue reading →

There is an online article and photos about the event we played in this weekend if anyone is interested (http://www.dunaujvaros.com/index.php?p=galeria&g=748). The gallery is at the bottom of the page. All of the pictures here are from that article.

The Olympic Hopes Tournament is over and the girls all learned a great deal. Could we have won? Yes. Did we do enough to ensure that? No. Is the learning curve all “technical” or “tactical”? No again. It was the … Continue reading →

Today was a great lesson for the girls, playing a Hungarian team, in Hungary, with European referees. In that situation there are no gifts, everything must be earned and trying to understand why things are the way they are is … Continue reading →

The girls are tired and it seemed like the Czech team today was setting their weekend sights on playing well vs Canada. They tried hard to keep moving and that bothered us on defence with our energy level. We won … Continue reading →

This afternoon in Hungary the girls showed that they are the class of the field at this event. They opened the game against the Ukraine scoring early and often and finished with a 7-o lead. Everyone was playing well and … Continue reading →

We are into the home stretch of our European Tour this summer, the last event in Hungary. The field is not as strong as the one in Holland so expectations are higher for the girls. They are playing the Czech … Continue reading →

The day started with another interesting breakfast, meat being the core. The bus ride was an adventure as the main highway between Kecskemet and Dunaujvaros was closed as we got about 10 minutes into our journey. We ended up on … Continue reading →

The routine at the outdoor pool is a bit different than an indoor pool in Canada. Besides athletes having to activate; to wake up a tired, over-heated body, they need to apply generous amounts of sunscreen. This is because we … Continue reading →

This morning, before practice, the girls from both teams were allowed to use the park water slides. Why not, it looked fun. Here are a few shots of some Calgary girls as they exit the long, winding slide that you … Continue reading →