Firstly, I will try to do justice to those team bloggers that have come before me.

There are just a few days to go before the team travels to Brisbane, with most of the team meeting at Vancouver airport on the afternoon of the 3rd of October. The team will then travel to Auckland, New Zealand, which is a 14 hour overnight flight, and then the following morning fly to Brisbane, arriving on the October 5th.

The 3rd of October just happens to be my birthday, so lucky me, I get to celebrate with the team on the flight. I believe that Tony and Faisal also have birthdays whilst we are in Australia. If anyone knows of other team members with a particular event to celebrate it might be nice to announce it here.

Over the last 3 years there has been a steady stream of technical bulletins for the WLRC training group, and subsequently additional Captain's Logs for the team members that Dave, Bob, Laurie and Justin have distributed. All with the intent to educate, inspire and encourage team members to elevate their skills, their level of fitness, and the upgrading of their equipment to enable the team to perform at a more consistent and technically precise level. I know that Bob and Dave have invested a great deal of resources over multiple years in identifying and selecting the team bullet and barrel combination. Also spending many hours/days/weeks of tedious paperwork to ensure the team has a relatively stress free preparation for Australia. I'm sure we are all very grateful for those efforts on our behalf, even when it probably felt like "herding cats" at times!!!

From the relatively few years that I have been in the TR game, I have already seen a shift away from individual training, and more emphasis placed on circle training. This has given rise to some great opportunities to sit in the coaches chair. For those that are a little timid of stepping up and sitting in said chair, I found from my experience there is nothing to loose and all to gain. There are not too many chances where you can just concentrate on your wind reading skills, whilst expending another team members lovingly made hand loads.

Where possible I will update the blog with the Canadian teams collective experiences, based on the travel to and from the WLRC, the competitions themselves, and the day to day melodramas that take place whenever a team this size gets together. I'll also try and grab the best pictures I can from all the team members, so those following the blog can share the experience.