Clayton Gerein left us on Friday, January 22 2010 after a short yet courageous battle with cancer.
Our thoughts are with his family, wife Ruth, children Jasmine and Zoe, as well to all those many faces around the world that Clayton called his “Friend.”

As many of you are aware, The Torch relay making its way to Vancouver for the 2010 Paralympics and Olympics made its stop in Regina. Clayton was chosen as one of the Torch Bearers for a portion of the Regina relay. In true Clayton form, there was no way a hospital bed, let alone cancer, was going to stop him from fulfilling what he deemed a privilege and honourable task. This, my friends, was the true spirit of Clayton Gerein.

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The video below demonstrates a fairly easy way of building a pair of solid gloves from start to finish using a method developed by Jeff Adams a few years ago.

http://www.vimeo.com/7438129

The Illinois Para-Backhand was developed primarily to reduce the injury rate that resulted from the stress placed on wrists, elbows, and tendons when using other techniques. At the same time, it was developed to increase contact adhesion and stability.

The technique is broken down into five phases. In each phase, the hand interfaces with the hand ring at a different location. For instructional purposes, the hand ring will be discussed as if it is a clock face. The right hand ring is viewed as a standard clock face, and the left hand ring is viewed as a clock face’s reflection. The hand is closed in a relaxed fist with the thumb pressed into the side of the index finger during each of the phases. The videos below demonstrate the stroke, and descriptions of each of the five stroke phases follow.

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'08 SERIES STANDINGS

Name	Nation	Points
Chantal Peticlerc	CAN	7,876.4
Diane Roy	CAN	7,812.5
Edith Hunkeler	SUI	7,792.9
Sandra Graf	SUI	7,783.9
Shelly Woods	CAN	7,741.2

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