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KatieBun
10-03-2004, 10:27 AM
Who's going? I need to be prepared! ;)
chris_lamb
10-03-2004, 12:17 PM
Who's going? I need to be prepared! ;)

I am :D
KatieBun
10-03-2004, 12:27 PM
I am :D
Very funny, Chris! Getting in the pool this time then? :D
chris_lamb
10-03-2004, 12:33 PM
Very funny, Chris! Getting in the pool this time then? :D

Not unless I fall in by mistake!
GettingFaster
10-03-2004, 01:25 PM
Who's going? I need to be prepared! ;)
Prepared, how? Is your hipflask empty already? Of course, you need to book the curry house for afterwards! Or maybe you need to get your knitting needles out to quickly run up another set of knitted bathers? Or does it take a while to get the bathing machine from your place to the Aquadrome?

I'm going, and I'm proud to announce that ruthcp will be competing in her first ever Masters meet. Small beginnings (only one race of one length) but who knows where she'll end up?
(Yeah, I know the answer - at the other end of the pool!) :D
Kaci
10-03-2004, 01:26 PM
Don't take this the wrong way GF but you do get around a bit. You seem to be at all the competitions....
GettingFaster
10-03-2004, 01:31 PM
Don't take this the wrong way GF but you do get around a bit. You seem to be at all the competitions....
...even the kids' ones! Yeah, I know. It's all in pursuit of that elusive "not last" I've been after for a while. And looking at KatieBun's time, I might possibly even achieve it on the 50 back! :p
KatieBun
10-03-2004, 02:50 PM
Prepared, how? Is your hipflask empty already? Of course, you need to book the curry house for afterwards! Or maybe you need to get your knitting needles out to quickly run up another set of knitted bathers? Or does it take a while to get the bathing machine from your place to the Aquadrome?

I'm going, and I'm proud to announce that ruthcp will be competing in her first ever Masters meet. Small beginnings (only one race of one length) but who knows where she'll end up?
(Yeah, I know the answer - at the other end of the pool!) :D
See GF, I'm not the only one who thinks you're putting yourself about a bit! For your information, me dear, my new knitted one piece is MUCH better than a fastskin. I tried throwing one in the pool, as they claimed it was really fast, but it just filled up with water and sank. What's the point of that? :angel: :angel:
KatieBun
10-03-2004, 02:51 PM
...even the kids' ones! Yeah, I know. It's all in pursuit of that elusive "not last" I've been after for a while. And looking at KatieBun's time, I might possibly even achieve it on the 50 back! :p
I had a cup of tea before I turned. :p
londoner62
10-03-2004, 08:14 PM
I'm going, and I'm proud to announce that ruthcp will be competing in her first ever Masters meet. Small beginnings (only one race of one length) but who knows where she'll end up?


WAY TO GO ruthcp; Is this your warm up for the Long Course Champs a month later?
swimmer
10-03-2004, 10:43 PM
GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!!! GF you can do it!!! good luck ruthcp :):):):):) good luck katiebun (i still dont know who you are :s!!)
KatieBun
10-03-2004, 10:51 PM
GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!!! GF you can do it!!! good luck ruthcp :):):):):) good luck katiebun (i still dont know who you are :s!!)
Thank you swimmer. I'm sure our paths will cross one day!
Ivor
17-03-2004, 12:14 PM
Yep - I and the rest of the Beavers are going.

Everyone knows that 25m free is the only true test of swimming talent and I have a title to defend.

(I want my record back too)

See you there . . . .
geochuck
18-03-2004, 02:55 AM
Ivor 25 meters, that is a dive and may be 10 strokes.

George Park at www.swimdownhill.com
ruthcp
18-03-2004, 07:19 AM
Ivor 25 meters, that is a dive and may be 10 strokes.

Yep!!!!!! ;)
GettingFaster
21-03-2004, 11:43 AM
Ooops! Got up late this morning, following breakfast in bed (pancakes with chocolate spread, cream and ice-cream, prepared by littlest off-spring) and forgot what time I was supposed to be there. :sleeping:

Just packing my bag to limp off to the afternoon session and probably an ear-bashing from KatieBun.:speechles
Bazza
21-03-2004, 12:39 PM
Ivor 25 meters, that is a dive and may be 10 strokes.

I would hope it is more than 10 strokes, unless we're talking breaststroke or butterfly!
geochuck
21-03-2004, 02:36 PM
Bazza with a push off for 25 meteres I take 13 strokes tomorrow I'll count from a dive and let you know..

George Park www.swimdownhill.com
londoner62
21-03-2004, 06:14 PM
Results and times eagerly awaited............
KatieBun
21-03-2004, 06:30 PM
What an excellent day. Huge vote of thanks to Chris, Sue, Mike and all officials.Once again, a brilliantly run, smooth and friendly meet. Times will go up on our website, www.bdasc.org by the end of the evening, (Mike being his usual super-efficient self.)
Well, GF, you didn't get quite the earbashing you expected. At least you were a good girl and turned up for this afternoon! I hope you and Ruth enjoy your wooden spoon. ;) ;) :angel:
GettingFaster
21-03-2004, 06:42 PM
Very nice wooden spoon KB, but quite disgusted with your 50 back - where did you get that FIVE SECOND PB from then, eh?

Also very nice to meet Ivor Skrewkyk from Barnet (top club again) though you're going to have to do something about that beard, it soaked up so much of the pool there was hardly any water left for the rest of us to swim in!

Ditto for the thanks to the organisers - if I'd known you'd posted my morning card for me this morning I would have come along earlier. Ah well, on to September's Basingstoke meet and we'll see if Barnet can be knocked off their throne.

KB, care to share your story of near embarrassment before your backstroke race?
KatieBun
21-03-2004, 06:49 PM
KB, care to share your story of near embarrassment before your backstroke race?
OK,OK, I know you'll tell everyone if I don't. I walked out of the ladies with the loo roll tucked in my swimsuit. Luckily, I stopped to check my suit straps in the mirror, so I removed the offending article before I pulled an "Andrex Puppy" down the poolside. :p :p :p GF, I hate you, you're a bag! :banghead::settee: (hides head in mortification.)
GettingFaster
21-03-2004, 06:53 PM
Surely you wouldn't do THAT to a sweet, innocent puppy, KB?

(Now go in and edit your post before I get shot!)
chris_lamb
21-03-2004, 06:59 PM
What an excellent day. Huge vote of thanks to Chris, Sue, Mike and all officials.Once again, a brilliantly run, smooth and friendly meet. Times will go up on our website, www.bdasc.org by the end of the evening, (Mike being his usual super-efficient self.)

End of the evening? They were up before we left the pool :D

http://www.hcasa.org/bdasc/mast2004/results.htm
KatieBun
21-03-2004, 07:01 PM
Surely you wouldn't do THAT to a sweet, innocent puppy, KB?

(Now go in and edit your post before I get shot!)
Just cos you're rude! My post was totally innocent! :shocking:
KatieBun
21-03-2004, 07:02 PM
End of the evening? They were up before we left the pool :D

http://www.hcasa.org/bdasc/mast2004/results.htm
Well OK, Chris, I confess I'd left the home page open from this morning, so it didn't have a chance to refresh. (Time to scourge myself with an Andrex Puppy to atone for the misdeed!) :devil:
GettingFaster
21-03-2004, 07:03 PM
Just cos you're rude! My post was totally innocent! :shocking:
I know, but it was VERY funny! And for those of you who didn't catch what she first posted, I'm not telling. You'll just have to come onto the board a bit more often so you can catch the occasional 'Ooops'.
:D

And have you got a 'thing' about Andrex puppies then? You seem to be giving them a bit of a hard time today!
GettingFaster
21-03-2004, 07:20 PM
Any guesses who's car this is?
swimmer
21-03-2004, 07:59 PM
hehe! katiebun that's a really kool plate!!!!! :) haven't had a chance to look at the results yet but i'm sure you all did bril (5sec pb on a 50 katiebun -WOW! well done!:)) and.. do you actually get wooden spoons?????
KatieBun
22-03-2004, 08:28 AM
hehe! katiebun that's a really kool plate!!!!! :) haven't had a chance to look at the results yet but i'm sure you all did bril (5sec pb on a 50 katiebun -WOW! well done!:)) and.. do you actually get wooden spoons?????
The number plate was done for a bet, but I'm quite fond of it now! No, we don't get wooden spoons, but GF has given me an idea! :angel:
By the way, swimmer, many thanks for the appreciation of the 5 second PB, but it's still slow.....lots of work to do on that one. (It was my first competition backstroke tumbleturn. I actually slowed down because I was apprehensive!) :joker:
Ivor
22-03-2004, 10:02 AM
I and the rest of the Beavers were indeed there - and had the pleasure of meeting GF.

Barnet Copthall emerged victorious once again, which is just as well as our coach had accidentally left the trophy at home(!).

Next up Manchester . . . . .
chlorine_babe
22-03-2004, 10:36 AM
Congrats all who swam. I'm very impressed by the 5s PB you're not meant to mention the slowing down bit!! :angel:
KatieBun
31-03-2004, 04:40 PM
Any guesses who's car this is?
OK Mrs! If you want to be that picky about my hyphens in t'other thread, I'll pick you up on "who's" instead of whose! :p ;)....and here was I, thinking we're all allowed to be human!
GettingFaster
01-04-2004, 07:41 AM
Ok, ok I admit it. But it was after a bit of swimming and I'm lucky if I can remember my name let alone my grammar! :p

And I can't believe you spent the time trawling through my posts hunting for typos, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, you SAD woman, you! :shocking: :devil: :joker:
KatieBun
01-04-2004, 08:10 AM
Ok, ok I admit it. But it was after a bit of swimming and I'm lucky if I can remember my name let alone my grammar! :p

And I can't believe you spent the time trawling through my posts hunting for typos, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, you SAD woman, you! :shocking: :devil: :joker:
Tee Hee! Actually, I spotted it the day you posted it, you poor overworked thing, but, as I said, I thought we were allowed our little peccadillos! Pax! :devil: :angel: