Travis Cross Emails from Beijing, Tom McEvay and Tom Weegar phone from China- 8:10 this morning on the PEAK!

What a small world we live in today! I woke up this morning to see an email from Travis Cross in the inbox.

Things got even better shortly after 6am local time as while in the control room at 93.3 THE PEAK FM I was thrilled to answer our hot line to hear the familiar voice of Tom McEvay all the way from China!

Tom McEvay, Alberni Wrestling Director and VAST Adult Education Centre Principal (a.k.a Tom#1) and Tom Weegar, North Island College Port Alberni Campus Principal (a.k.a Tom #2) are part of the 60 plus strong contingent touring China to see the sights and engage in some international friendly wrestling matches in advance of Travis Cross wrestling. Tom#1 and Tom#2 have agreed to phone me at THE PEAK to give me some updates for everyone here locally as to what the crew is up to over there.

Catch that first update just after the 8:00am NEWS SPORTS AND WEATHER today on THE PEAK.

Don't worry, if you miss it I will update this blog posting after 8 o'clock so you can listen to it here online so be sure to check back!

image: TravisCross.ca

Here's the email update from Travis:

Nine days to competition. I feel very happy with how I feel. I have been lucky in that the jet leg didnt affect me that much.

The opening ceremonies were phenomenal. The best moment was walking into the stadium as our whole team sang O Canada and everyone cheered when they announced Canada. It was a proud moment. When they lit the torch it really sunk in that I was living my dream.

We moved to the Canadian International School in Beijing. It is about 15mins from the Athletes Village. It is a great setup and it is just Canada's wrestling team staying there. It has been a good place to focus on our training without any distraction. I am back in the village right now for a few hours with a few of our training partners Nick 74kg, Lama (coach), and my man Ivan. They were able to come in for the day with a guest pass and check it out.

The group of 64 from Port Alberni arrived in Shanghai a few days ago. I spoke to them and they had a good trip and are all very excited.

I am keeping it low key so I haven't checked out any other events but I have the opportunity to see some if I want.

Thank you for all the messages, I wish everyone all the best.
Travis

That's it for this morning. More BIG NEWS LATER!

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Hammer