Registration day on Thursday at the Olympic Park brought into perspective the sheer size of the World Masters Games. Turns out there are 30,000 athletes competing. That's the exciting part...the number of people we've met from different parts of the world is amazing...competing in one or more of the 28 sports just for the fun and challenge of it.
However, the down side of that many people is the 3+ hrs we spent in a line up at the Olympic Stadium to get our official registration package...it was frustrating to say the least. Someone clearly didn't do the math properly around registration time and resources required for that many people. Saturday was the big day for each of us...our first matches and the Jericho Nomads were just 4 of probably 25 Canadians playing Squash. After a long day at courtside and in competition, we can proudly say we come out of Round 1 with three victories and one defeat.
The victors are Rashid, Stacy and Jay. Max went down in a closely fought battle. Our coach and startegist, Ian Humphries captured much of it on video and in photos. A bbq for all the competitors followed and we were back home by 9:30...some ready for bed, others ready for beer and wine. That's it for now.
Source: Jay Lundy
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