Phil M and Karl

It was another day in Slovenia; hot, sunny and nothing to do if we are not paddling. This morning we got ourselves out of bed and went down for stretching at 7.00. Following stretching was breakfast, another exciting one with the same boring stuff. Most of us wish we had our mothers here to make us the awesome food we love. At 9am we headed for the river and got ready for the morning session. We had full length runs and looked at the course for 2 hours before hitting the water. Our hopes are hard to keep high when you see 6 foot 4 kayak paddlers built like bricks performing like they are 25, but we are keeping our heads up and are ready to do best. Official scrutineering of equipment was at 12:00 noon for the Aussie team, most boats passed with a few requiring additional weight to bring them up to regulation racing weight. After the session we returned to the DOM for lunch, later in the afternoon half the team went for a swim at the local Kayak club.

Some of us had some work to do on our boats to get them ready for the race. This was a good thing because it took up some of the day which we would have just sat around and watched TV.

Dinner was next with the entire team going to a pizza joint except for poor Roz who got take away soup and noodles as she has been sick most of the day. She was stuck back home chatting up the French and playing cards with them. (and trying to make them sick so we can win) YES!

Johno spotted a hot chick on arriving home after tea and immediately started trying to impress her. His attempts are still in progress so we'll update you on that later. Now it is bed time. We have to be ready for an early training session in the morning. Hope everyone is well back in AUS.

Cheers

Phil & Karl

From the Manager:

Tomorrow brings a number of the formalities of the championships. Boat scrutineering will be finalized with the last of our boats being presented for checking. The course will be set in the afternoon for the Qualifications with demonstration runs and course approval taking place at 3pm.

All athletes will receive their official accreditation tomorrow; the official opening ceremony will take place tomorrow evening at 8pm at the city Town Hall.