Our long flight arrived yesterday on a plane that was cheek to jowl with passengers. Apparently Wednesday was the day that 50% of the athletes were to arrive. Our small gang of 5 squash Nomads from Jericho are just a handful compared to the entourages involved with the soccer and softball teams that are streaming through Aussie customs.
This is day two now and we are finding that we will likely need a good four days to clear the haze of travel from our systems. We did get to visit the competition site and book a court to start working out the bugs...WOW...so this is what it's like to swing a racquet through the blur of 15 time zones. Our first matchs are on Saturday which means we've got three days to pull it together. The facility in Thornleigh is 30 minutes outside of Sydney and is basically a big, unadorned box. 3 sides are lined with 3 squash courts on each...movable bleacher seating all around....the fourth side is the admin area and pro shop...very austere in terms of club amenties...no steam, no sauna, no lockers, simple change room, , no gym for warming up...one treadmill in the centre area is all they have... Working out the travel bugs on the court continues today.
Source: Jay Lundy
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