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Grace went down to Run 4 The Roses with her Lion's Teammates over the weekend. First time her mother and I have sent her to one of these tournaments on her own. 13 hour car ride, nice hotel, early first game so they got themselves off to a bit of a rough start. Sounded like the team had fun although they did play some very tough competition and got blown out in 2 of their 5 games. All good, hopefully they come back hungry!

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