This is a nice competition level for us going into the tournaments. Our spread time is right at where we want it, under 60 seconds.

We were up to our eyeballs in competition, ... They actually improved over the last time they ran and I was really pleased with that. The kids competed a lot better. They got out and got after it. Had they been a hundred percent physically we would have seen a much better result.

I think it's a possibility, a real possibility that this time the Conservatives will win. I really believe it. I'm certainly not going to predict a majority government, but anything can happen in an election.

You've given us the time to get this turned around and get the volumes back up, and we deeply appreciate it,

It took us a long time to get in a drought and it won't take one overnight event to get us out.

Our store visits suggested that the company's various fascias were discounting earlier and more heavily than the competition and that is rarely a good sign at this time of year.