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TRAINING IN OAKVILLE & AN INVITATION 13th January 2010

Diana Matheson Guest Journal:

I am back home at my parents' place in Oakville, Ontario, right now. After a great Christmas holiday with the whole family, they have each now headed back to their respective homes and returned to work. However, it was great to have everyone in one place while it lasted.

I am keeping busy training on my own, in the gym, on the bike, at the field and even outside. The off-season is a great time to really work on fitness, especially those areas of strength and quickness. I can even work on things with the ball that I don't always have time for during a hectic season.

The Oakville Soccer Club has a great indoor facility that I am fortunate to be able to use. The Club lets me use the gym for a few afternoons a week to get in some good training. Also, they have a pick-up soccer game twice a week which is fun. Robyn Gayle is now home in Ontario as well, so she has started coming to the field with me.

It is rare that I am in Oakville for very long during the year, so it has also been really good to go out to visit some soccer youth teams in the area. This is a practice that I know many of the National Team players enjoy doing, and we don't get the chance to do it often.

Unfortunately, some teams that might be interested in having us out for a session just don't know we are here, or else don't know how to reach us. I am going to be at home for a while longer, so if your team is interested in having me come out to a practice, please get in touch with me. If you are in Oakville, you can just contact the Oakville Soccer Club, and ask them to telephone me. If you are somewhere else in the area you can reach me by sending an e-mail to Rhian's website, and I will return your call and do my best to come!

I should mention too, that as usual if there are teams or clubs in the Montreal area, Rhian would be pleased to come out. Just e-mail her at this website.