Thursday 18 December 2014

St Nicholas Christmas Gala

Big Dan
on his way to clean sweep of  Beeches titles
 
 4 of Ricks channel and 2swim4life team swimmers (Charlie , Stuart , Ross , Paul )    
 joined our whole of our  Perry Beeches SSS SC team matesTo take part in the annual  St Nicks Christmas Gala...swimmers from 6 to 46 took part in the Sunday afternoon  event..50m in every stroke plus 100IM are the events..
it was  a great fun event , lovely the to see the young and old swimmers Cheering each other on ..many of the masters had their own children swimming  in the same event..something that does not happen very often  at all . 
the trophies
for the beeches swimmers
aged 6 to 13       
final heat of the mens  100m IM 
some of the highlight were the squad swimmers taking on the old
masters crew to see who would earn bragging rights for the next twelve months 
Dan storming  out in front
big Stuart chasing
   
50m freestyle
1 Daniel     (89)     24.87
2 Jamie      (97)     26.47
  3 CHARLIE (82)    27.86
big Stu..
did all 5 races..
50m butterfly 33.35
50m breaststroke 36.44
100m IM 1:14.14
50m backstroke 36.63
50m freestyle 28.15
50m breaststroke
1 Daniel  (89)         31.50
2 Jovan   (96)         36.43
3 Ross     (78)          36.44
50m backstroke
1 Daniel  (89)  31.37
2 Jamie  (97)  31.87
3 Paul    (68)  31.90
 100m IM
1 Daniel     (89)     1:03.00
2 CHARLIE (82)    1:11.25
3 Jamie      (97)    1:11.56
50m butterfly
1 Daniel  (89)           27.57
2 Paul  (68)               28.83
3 Andrew (96)        30.5

Friday 5 December 2014

Etwall Eagles Masters Event 2014

Ricks return to the pool...!
5 of Ricks 2016 double channel team joined up with
our Beeches Masters team mates to have a bash at the fabulous
 Etwall Eagles Masters championship..

Steve,Paul,Ange,charlie,Andrew 
coaches Mandy and Helen     
http://www.etwalleagles.co.uk/


Big Ricks Swim team had the pleasure of swimming at

The Etwall Eagles 10th Anniversary Masters Meet last weekend.
its one the best British Swimming Masters meets you can do ,
its a great fun event . fanatically  well run  ..
this video is off the charity 10×25 relay ..
were 110 swimmers from all the teams taking part
( were drawn at random at the start of the day to make up the teams ) . The relay, along with a massage service ( yes we did say massage service ) on the day raised over £300 for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
top effort to Kenilworth Masters Swimming Club for being top club
big charlie lead of the block in
the  100m backstroke final.. 
alice
alice
Ross 
Ange
Alice & Claire 
Steve & Mandy
Paul & Charlie 
Claire
(lane 1)
Claire 
100m Breaststroke 
Paul
(lane 1)
paul..
50m backstroke 
Charlie
(lane 2)
charlie 
50m freestyle  
Andrew
(lane 6)
Steve
lane  2
Steve
lane2
Steve storming the  
50m freestyle 
andrew
lane 3
ange
lane 6
ange
Ange
thrashing the guys in
the 100m IM 
Paul & charlie
lane 3 & 4
Ana & Ange 

8th out of 49 teams
not bad for only 6  swimmers 

full report to come..;-))

Wednesday 12 November 2014

SurvivaLifeguard Adventure Series: No. 3

The SurvivaLifeguard Ideal" 
is the ability to perform rescue or utility functions in harsh conditions. Based upon the concept of a rescuer’s journey to get help, the SLCSC Adventure Series provides friendly competition & purposeful exercise in & around the water during the winter months.

Time for Another lovely Sunday morning of outdoor sport , .
it was Beautiful sunny and if slightly  chilly morning at the lake today..
with a the air temp of around 2 degrees ,
and the water temp around 8 or 9 degrees ..
it would be the  first real cold water dip of the winter
The SurvivaLifeguard Adventure Series Sunday morning gang
(pictured LtoR Rachel, Colin, Dan, Jeremy, Craig, Deb, Anji, Louise, Basher & Sarah)

Dan. loves it when he gets a new a victim 
 to do the Swan Pool winter  100 seconds arm test

We had the pleasure of welcoming a Swan Pool Virgin  today..    
Channel and open water Swimming legend   Swimmer Mark Preston
Mark..had to do the mandatory Swan Pool winter  100 seconds arm test
the big man did it with some humour.!!
he was in pain really..lol 
100 seconds in 8 degree water , easy for a channel legend   


 winter training gear at the swan
 lets swim
come on...8 degrees is not cold .!!!
 Big Russ


Once the swim is finished ,  
is time to Bike , Run , Kayak , Canoe , Knee-board, Row ,
 Bike-carry , Bike-run , and more.......! 
Just another normal fun Sunday morning
 of sport at Swan Pool 

Anji & Deb 
 Dan is  off..!!
race between Sarah and Paul 
now Sarah is in the boat 
hugs all round 
The 90 minutes  is over 
time to pack up
dan and deb 
colin , anji and craig 
Tim & Sarah.
Rachel..
come on then...did i win 
Results:

Tri MultiBonus   WalkSwimRunCyclePushCarryRowPaddle
Craig Angell24.533.52124512.5412
Rachel Harris20240110450400
Basher Bates23.523.50114080.5000
Tim Jones23230124610000
Sarah Exon1720018080030
DanEarthquake517612020420
Colin Vance416610030060
Anji Page1212026220000
Louise Morris10.510.5012232.5000
Deb Warr79024010002
Mark Preston77016000000
Russ Bowen77012400000


After 3 events:

Multievent
total
Craig Angell
60
Basher Bates
52
DanEarthquake
48
Rachel Harris
44
Colin Vance
41
Ray Brookes
36
Sue Brookes
34
Anji Page
33
Sarah Exon
32
Deb Warr
26
Tim Jones
26
Louise Morris
24
Richard Davies
20
Tom Cartmel
19
Russ Bowen
18
Phil Whitehead
15
Ellen Williams
13
Mark Preston
10
Mark Preston
9
Lee Reynolds
7
JefferyDelaRaga
6
Kay Fisher
5

Triathlontotal
Craig Angel59
Basher Bates57
Rachel Harris46
Anji Page37
Ray Brookes37
Sarah Exon33
Deb Warr31
Colin Vance31
Tim Jones29
Louise Morris29
DanEarthquake29
Sue Brookes29
Russ Bowen23
Richard Davies22
Phil Whitehead17
Tom Cartmel15
Ellen Williams14
Mark Preston12
JefferyDelaRaga7
Lee Reynolds7
Kay Fisher5

for more information about
The SurvivaLifeguard Adventure Series

and all things swan , then check out Dan earthquake`s 
Coldwater Culture Blog
http://coldwaterculture.blogspot.co.uk/ 
( big thank you to Dan and Lou for some of toady's  pictures)