It took 64 hours, but they're here and they're ready to take on the country.

Prince Edward Island's table tennis and squash teams were the last athletes and coaches to arrive for the second week of Canada Winter Games competition late Sunday night.

They made it after spending 64 hours in transit, Team P.E.I. spokesman Brian Hawrylak said in an interview this morning.

'The delay certainly didn't dampen their spirits,' Hawrylak said of the 19 athletes and coaches who made the lengthy trek from the other side of Canada.

The teams left P.E.I. at 8 a.m. (Eastern time) Friday. They flew to Halifax, where they were stranded Friday night thanks to a storm on the East Coast that had also deluged Quebec.

Unable to get a flight out on Saturday, they finally took to the air early Sunday morning.

They made it as far as Toronto, where they were again delayed by a couple of hours thanks to a flat tire on an aircraft, Hawrylak explained.

Arriving in Vancouver, they were able to get on board a cargo plane that was also carrying some other people to the territory.

In the Yukon, the delay meant rejigging some of the squash and table tennis schedules for the P.E.I. athletes.

While the team was tired coming in, Hawrylak said, they were all ready for competition to begin this morning.

Games manager Chris Morrissey said late this morning the changes to the schedule were made to help P.E.I. athletes get used to the time zone difference of four hours before heading into competition.

Having the athletes come earlier than they have before to the Games was part of the strategy to deal with any late arrivals, he said.

'The schedules are tight,' Morrisey said, adding contingency plans were in place to deal with the winter transportation issue.

With the changes, the schedule will be back on track by tomorrow, he said.

There were also some delays for teams from Newfoundland and New Brunswick thanks to the furious snowstorm in the East, with them arriving late Saturday night rather than overnight Friday.

Meanwhile, as Week Two athletes were trying to get to Whitehorse, Week One athletes also had to deal with a brief delay getting out.

Weather issues created a delay for some flights coming in over the weekend, which in turn meant a delay when they were leaving, Morrissey said.

For some the delay was between two and three hours.

For Whitehorse International Airport staff, the turnaround ran smoothly, said airport manager John Rogers.

'It went very, very well,' he said.

Extra staff and additional shifts were set up to accommodate the flights coming in. With the runways bare and dry until the overnight snowfall, there were no problems with planes coming in, Rogers said.

With all the athletes now in town, Week Two of the Games has begun.

'We're looking forward to a great Week Two competition,' Morrissey said.