[JugglingReferee]

...final weekend is this weekend.

In fact, the gold medal game is starting as I type.

If you can believe it, the Carlton Ravens (from Ottawa) are 5-time repeat national champions. For the past 24 years, the final weeked has been held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This year, the final weekend is being played in Ottawa, the venue not far at all from Carlton University.

The semi-finals saw Acadia University (AUS finalists) defeat the dynasty Ravens in the second semi, in double overtime! Late it 2OT, an unfortunate situation happened. A shot taken near the end of the shot clock's count did not hit the rim. It was the minor officials that had to tell the on-court officials of such. The basket scored after the rebound was waived off, and the foul on this shot was not recorded either. Good job on the table crew!

In ironic fashion, Acadia (80 minutes from Halifax) had to travel to Ottawa (Carlton's home city) to have a good chance to win the national title. The other team is St.Catharine's, Ontario's Brock Badgers. The joke about Brock is that "if you can walk and talk, you can get into Brock."

Congrats to the officials Mike Thomson, Cam Moskal, and Pierre Marion for the assignment. The first two are international-carded FIBA officials, Mike with Olympic experience and Cam with Commonwealth Games experience. Pierre is a national evaluator. I've been to 2 national camps with Pierre as an evaluator and he is second to none. Also at the camp with me was Cam and it was plainly obvious that he's in a league of his own while at the camp.