Sydney rain forces changes in Cal, Hawaii training schedules
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Cal Bears players practice during a training session at a field in Sydney on Thursday. Cal will play Hawaii in the first college football game of the 2016 season at the College Football Sydney Cup on Saturday.
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors’ players Marcus Kemp, left, Steven Lakalaka and Makan Kema-Kaleiwahia, right, take advantage of the sites around Sydney to take photos at the Harbour Bridge on Tuesday, ahead of their opening college football game of the season against the California Golden Bears on Saturday.
SYDNEY » Heavy rainfall in Sydney over 12 hours into early Thursday morning forced changes to the practice schedules for California and Hawaii just two days away from their college football season-opener at the Olympic stadium.
Both teams were scheduled to hold open practice sessions at the stadium in western Sydney on Thursday, but falls of up 50 to 100 millimeters of rain (one to two inches) late Wednesday and overnight forced organizers to keep the players off the turf.
Hawaii was given a chance to practice at the University of New South Wales but because it was about an hour away toward the city and into busy traffic, decided to cancel their practice session and did a walk-through later in the day in preparation for Saturday’s game.
