The day started with rain, heavy at times, but shortly after breakfast the rain let off and by 11 the sun was out. We had to go to the competition area to get the team stamped that weighed in on Wednesday night. After the stamping we watched the morning competitions of the men's 720kg for a while and then started our warm-up by jogging around the track close to a soccer field. At 2 p.m. our competition started and to our surprise there were only 5 teams in each of the 8 groups. The previous day the competitions went on too long and the decission was made by the organizers to reduce the number of theam in a group. Instead of 4 groups of 10 teams they decided to go to 8 groups of 5. We splitt ends with the first team (Heure) from Holland, lost the next two pulls against Lakehill from Ireland and Engelberg from Switzerland. The next and last pull was against a Swedish team and we won both ends. This put us in third place in our group and we did not advance to the finals. Engelberg went on to finish in first place and Lakehill finished in second overall.
At 9 p.m. the briefing for the Saturday and Sunday competitons was on the agenda. we received our draw sheets and the following teams will be in our group on Sunday;England, Wales, Lithuania, Ukraine, Ireland, Scotland, Israel and South Africa - 9 teams in total.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
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5 comments:
Hi guys Eric called me and told me how your first day of pulling went. Tough group. I then read your blurb on the computer. I have faith that it was a tough warm up day with good results to follow. Use the Leaf on your back and all that you have worked for to fuel the blue machine. Wish Julia and Ginger and all the girls the best of luck from Blaine,Braden and Remira.
Signed, Bwana
P.S. Red goes good with Gold.
Great Effort Team.
Success Sunday !!!!!!
Family
Wow, things sound great. The Ryckman's and the 7/8's from Stephen are thinking of you. Good luck and bring home a medal. Everyone is cheering for you.
All the best, Kim, Mike, Becca, Kyle, Grandma Joyce & Barb, Papa and Penny.
Go gettem guys, ya its tough but you guys are tougher by along shot, i can fly over if ya want me just got to finish up my beer.
Sunday is your day, were watching and cheering... feel the metal around your neck, sleep well.
DnA
Good Luck guys! We are all cheering for you. I am sure Sunday will be a great day for all of you. We wish you the best of luck tomorrow.
Mark, Lori, Brett & Brady LaPorte
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