Where have all the New Zealand players gone ???

[Juno]

Has any body heard how the teams are going over in Japan, results from the Awara International? Are they still alive?

[Jac]

I have had one email from Freya... but it didn't say anything other than its about 35 degrees and rolling doesn't cool them down as the water is warm... they all got sunburnt! But no talk about games etc....

[becks.c]

Hello,　we　ａｒｅ　ａｌｉｖｅ！

Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｔｉｍｅ　ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎｏｎthe　internet　s ince　arriving　in　Ｊａｐａｎ．

Ｗｅ　ｈａｖｅ　had　some　good　training．　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｕｒｔ　at　Awara 　is　awsome．

Ｐｌａｙｅｄ　USA　ｍｅｎ　ａｎｄLost　one，won　ｏｎｅ．ｔｈｅ　ｈｅａｔ　has　be en　incredible！　today　isＧＢ　andＡＵＳ　ｆｉｒｓｔｄａｙ　ｔｒａｉｎｉｎｇ ，　We　are　hoping　for　some　games　priortothe　AWARA　ｃｏ ｍｐ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ．

Ｓｏｒｒｙｆｏｒ　notｍｕｃｈ　ｎｅｗｓ，　ｌｍｔｄ　ｔｉｍｅ　ａｎｄ　ｃｒａｚｙ　ｋｅｙｂｏａｒ ｄ．

We　ａｒｅ　ｓｔａｙｉｎｇ　ｉｎ　a　very　rural　part　ofＪａｐａｎ．

A　ｂｉｇthank　youｔｏ　ａｌｌ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｏｓｅ　ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ　ｏｆｕｓａｎｄ　ｗｉｓ ｈｉｎｇ　ｕｓｗｅｌｌ．

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Ｌｙｎｎ　Ｉ　ｈｏｐｅｔｈｉｎｇｓ　are　good　with　youin　ＣＣＨＣＨ．　It　wa s　really　nice　to　see　ｙｏｕ，ｓｏｒｒｙ　Ｗｅ　ｄｉｄｎ］ｔ　ｈａｖｅ　ｍｏｒｅ 　ｔｉｍｅ．

Ｊａｃ＾　Ｉａｍｔｒｙｉｎｇ　to　pm　you　ｎｏｗ．

ｌｏｖｅBecks

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NZMen　ｐｌａｙ　ＡＵＳ　ｔｈｉｓ　ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎ，　ｉｎａ　friendly　ｍａｔｃｈ ．


Has any body heard how the teams are going over in Japan, results from the Awara International? Are they still alive?

[becks.c]

Hi everyone!! we are still alive, and sorry about no communication but as becks said we are staying in the middle of nowhere and there are definetly no internet cafes there! but we are all good and having an awesome time. the games so far have just been friendly games, and we:ve been doing lots of training, we:ve been out on the lake twice a day and finally feel like can handle the heat, this weekend we have a little tournament, the girls play GB and Australia on saturday and not sure after that, then on Monday we travel　myoshi
hope everyone is good back home, well let you knwo how we go!

Rach

Hi　everyone

It is so good to finally get to a computer! It's another scorcher today but we are getting used to it. Luckily we play a water sport! We are good and haven't had any serious injuries so far. A few upset tummies and conjunctivitis is all we've had (touch wood).

Today the girls have a rest day today and have gone to Fukui on the train. It's about a 45min ride. We have just visited some castle ruins and had fancy sushi for lunch. I even went as far as trying fish egg sushi. Probably not the best food to eat before a big game!

Tomorrow we are having a friendly game against GB which will be good. This week we have just been playing　the US and Canadian mens and womens teams. I might add that our womens team beat the US senior mens team and the Canadian U21 mens team.

The boys have been playing the Canadian and US mens teams too along with the Japanese U21 teams. They are playing the Aus mens team this afternoon so we are heading back soon to give them a bit of support.

Hopefully we can get on the internet in Miyoshi so we can let you all know how the weekend went.

See ya
Ali

[Alan]

Great that someone has finally found a computer in Japan and has finally posted some news good on you Becks.
We back in NZ are always looking for news on how you are all going.
Hope all is well and a big good luck to you all.
I know you can do well

[vish]

Thanks for all the news and well done! Keep working hard, and I really hope that you get some fantastic results at the World Champs. My thoughts and best wishes are with you.