Training Camp

The CFL's (Canadian Football League) is about to get underway and the teams are all having their training camps now. Our own team, the BC Lions, are training in Abbotsford once again this year. We hear they are moving on to Kamloops next year. They are training at the Mouat fields, just up the street from our house so I walked there on Saturday morning to take in the action. The first four days are 'rookie camp' so I did not see any familiar faces other than the coaches, but the action was interesting anyway. They were broken into their respective groups and each group was headed up by a coach and was going through practise drills. The huge linebackers were grunting and groaning as they pushed each other around. The offensive teams were practicing running and passing patterns. The kickers were punting and kicking and were the most impressive.
Lis will get to see more of these guys than I did. She is working part time at the facility where they are being billeted and fed. She will get to see how much a 'real man' can eat at one sitting. I am hoping that she will get friendly enough with some of the players to get me a few free tickets to a game, and if not that, at least an autograph or two. It is not often that we get so many celebrities in our town at one time.