It Time for Ricks to Pump It..!!
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| The Bullitt Marcus "Steve Mcqueen" Alsop.. ` Ha..Steve Mcqueen he wishes..;-) ` |
It’s been a good week for the team, all six of us have managed to get back into the swing of open water training with little or no trouble at all...which is surprising considering how shocking the weather has been in the UK this past week or so is no mean feat..!! really I should have said all seven of us , as last Sunday Ricks newest member Marcus “Sloppy slops” Alsop made his virgin appearance at the Swan., and as is this norm with Big Ricks swim team ...that any new virgin open water swimming that joins us, must 1st do the walk of courage in front of his team mates into the VERY cold water of The Swan.....!! , what makes it even more special and funny for his team mates, is that , not only is the water even colder than normal for this time of yr, but even better is that Young slops (Marcus) is a none believer... (Or he was) ...he believed Wet suit was best...!..
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| The Gimp and Big Edge.. Doug and Gary fighting over the who would check today's water temperature .! and then have the pleasure of telling Young Slops how cold it was..they are mean..;-)  Today`s Official water temp was a chilly 9 degree,s and as Doug said that,s just perfect for your first even swim without a suit Sloppy.!! off course he said it with a massive smile on his face.. |
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| The Bullitt meets Mr Swan Marcus gets to meet the King Of the Swan Mr Dan Earthquake.. Dan is explaining the safety rules of the swan to young Slops before his Virgin Dip, |
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| The Guns are Out...!! Marcus looking just a tiny bit nervous , its only cold water ..time to Man Up... |
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| The Birmingham Lifeguards The Swan Lifeguards have seen it all before..young fast pool swimmers who are Lions in a nice warm swimming pools but become mice when they swim at the Cold Swan..!! |
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| Big Edge is doing his final Check with The Coast Guard, Police, Ambulance , Fire Brigade Mrs edge to get his breakfast for after and finally he checks with Mrs Alsop....!! the Swim is On..... |
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| The Bullitt.. a job well done..Marcus did amazing for his first time, and it has to be said he was maybe the best of anyone on Big Ricks Team in getting in.,as you saw he did not mess around at all ... a couple of swings of the arms and off he went...he last 20 minutes plus and sure he got the swan shakes after ( who doesn`t from their 1st time in any open water let alone 9 degrees) but it was job well done ..Top Effort young man. |
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Big Ricks Swim Team are again proud to be continuing our support of two amazing charities .. Cancer Research UK and its Fight To Beat Breast Cancer and The British Heart Foundation in our `Swim For Life` Challenge in 2012.. A Double Crossing Of The English Channel ..if you wish to help us in the Fight to beat Breast Cancer and Heart Disease , then you can by clicking this link below..Thank you..B.R X http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/bigricks (Big Ricks `Swim For Life `Just Giving Fund Raising Link) |
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| Walsall Gala Baths 33.3m (main set is 4400m, total swam 5200) |
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| Erdington Pool 33 yrds |
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| Perry Beeches 25m Pool |
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| Handsworth 25m pool |
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| Perry Beeches 25m |
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| Erdington Pool 33 yards |
Big Ricks Pic Of The Week
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| And Finally Team Picture of Week... The Captain with his Dad Mr Cash Snr and Jnr... (Swan pool Wednesday night 25/4/12 ,Don`t worry about Rob`s face..it always looks like that ) |
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