Pin Trading Madness!

Pin trading has taken over the Games...the girls didn't really care about pins before they arrived but some of them have caught the fever.  At the 2001 Games the Master Blogger was nicknamed "Pin Nerd"...and I guess I still am the Pin Nerd.

When pin trading it is essential to have your eye on the prize and not to settle for anything less.  We're not into pins to make friends, we need those elusive pins!  It is acceptable, however, to giveaway pins to volunteers who go that extra mile or to little kids who want one.

I expect the pin trading to heat up as we approach our departure on Saturday...there has been talk of some 21 year old athletes trading pins for a kiss on the cheek, and even trading pins for entire team uniforms.  We'll see what comes of this madness!

All of the different sport pins.

The 5-piece Nunavut Narwhal...pretty much impossible.  Master Blogger has managed to get the whole set as of Friday morning though!

These are the top 3 pins...I'd rank the husky as 1st, buffalo as 2nd and blue jay as 3rd.

Master Blogger's collection...all provinces accounted for with at least one 2013 Canada Games specific pin from each.  Boring flags don't count!

Thursday Morning Yoga

Team Toba's resident Yogi, Coach Niki, led a morning yoga session for the girls in the quad today.  Good thing for their hot yoga training in the weeks leading up to the game...not sure where the headstands were though?

Canada Games Info

I know that for many of you, the Canada Games are barely on the radar right now...we're in the tail end of winter, spring break hasn't even happened yet, then there's final exams, grad, club ball...the list goes on and on and on...

Make sure you take a look at the Canada Games website, it has some great information on the Games and is a great resource to get you motivated and thinking about your goal at the end of this long winter...making Team Toba!

http://www.jeuxducanada2013.ca/en

Only 165 days, 20 hours & 34 minutes until we're marching into the stadium for the Opening Ceremonies!

Flash Mob!

As part of an educational program for the Canada Games, a flashmob has been created with special choreography to the official theme song. We have been asked as athletes and coaches to learn these dance steps which can be found at www.sherbrooke2013.ca/en/video . They are hoping to increase the excitement around the games by challenging each province to film themselves doing the dance and to upload it to www.facebooke.com/sherbrooke2013 .

Just imagine everyone doing this flashmob at Opening and Closing Ceremonies!!  I bet coach Wayne is pumped!

If you've never seen a flash mob before, or have no idea what it is...check out this video.