I took a break from fundraising and thesis writing yesterday to head down to London for Canada Day. It was time to check back in with a large group of Canadians, have a Moosehead beer, and see a few hundred Canadian Flags. But perhaps more importantly, it was time to compete in their annual Trafalgar Cup road hockey tournament. It turned out to be more intense than I expected (and I have the bruises to show for it!). Or maybe I’m just worse at street hockey than I thought. My excuse: I grew up in North Vancouver, at the top of a very long hill (if one of us missed the ball, they’d be chasing is a long ways!). So all my street hockey skills were fostered on a 5 degree pitch. Trafalgar Square is flat. Yep, that’s my excuse…
In the end, our team lost (and yes, lost badly!) in the finals to a team from London. Of course, all the players from all teams were Canadian, fueled by the nearby Tim Horton’s. The only thing missing was a car to travel through the game every 10 minutes, requiring us to move the nets. There’s a good writeup of the day, including documentation of my team’s trouncing in the Globe and Mail.
As alluded to on the front page, the 3bucksforbrendan campaign got some good coverage today, with an article in the National Post. I felt bad: the reporter, a nice woman called Katie Rook, had to try to finish our interview yesterday over the noise of a Canada Day celebration in the background, as I tried to find a quiet spot to talk. I guess this is fitting: if my plan to raise $90,000 works (and it seems it will), it’ll be because more than a few Canadians are behind me.
It looks like more media attention is on the way. Thanks for the support, and stay tuned!
Brendan ‘third string street hockey player’ Baker
Loading ...
1 comment so far ↓
[...] Media fun As alluded to on the front page, the 3bucksforbrendan campaign got some good coverage today, with an article in the National Post. I felt bad: the reporter, a nice woman called Katie Rook, had to try to finish our interview yesterday … [...]
Leave a Comment