What a great experience!

Just wanted to add a little update about our play today. We matched up well versus Netherlands this morning, however they were able to do just that little bit more to finish with the win. These last 2 weeks have been the most outstanding experience for our team, and we feel we have learned and improved so much heading into our National Team Tryouts on the Dec. 4th weekend. We learned what we need to take home and improve upon in the off-season with Coach Cam and that already we can go point-for-point with some of the top teams in the world. Most importantly though, we really enjoyed our experience and the time spent together on the other side of the world.

On a funny note, Ross (Liz's dad) was asked to judge a moustache contest on centre court at the tournament because the contestants felt that his moustache was stellar, so he had a right to judge others. A bunch of the male players decided a couple of weeks ago to start growing moustaches, and decided to do so as part of the 'Movember' moustache campaign to benefit prostate cancer. The official judging was held on centre court, and Ross was the star of the show, selecting a player from Great Britain with the help of the other judge who represented the title sponsor (swatch). Many photos were snapped of Ross as the judge, and we're pretty sure he might just end up on the front page of the FIVB website.

Ross with the winners of the moustache contest and the other judge from Swatch.

Here's a couple of more photos:

Fellow Canadian Ray, Susan, Liz and I after our win vs. Norway

Us with a vacationing couple in Sanya - they all wear those silly outfits!!

Kara jump serving vs. Norway

Our winning score vs. Norway (they didn't add the final point)

Superfan Ross in the Canada shirt given to him by Canadian Rich Van Huizen