Having perhaps conquered boy-flu, young Master Deeley had to settle for fourth place in his heat of Saturday's winter series which was won by Robin Hunter. Young Deeley just squeezed past Ana Mavra in the 'race within the race' over 50metres in waters of 10 Celsius. Perhaps by Christmas, Ana's consistent form will see her overtake Master Deeley in the rankings?
Robin celebrated his heat win by wearing Haydn's wetsuit on Monday (today) . Haydn who won last year's winter series finished seventh in his heat. On a side note Haydn has misplaced his Union Jack flipflops. Let's hope they reappear in the changing rooms. Haydn's heat was undoubtedly won by race handicapper Mark Fabik. Ab Fab indeed.
Ming Walker won his heat and Colin Hill, fresh from his 2km warm-up, placed in the pack.
I (John Tierney) won my heat ahead of Kristy and speedy Sakura, surely a mistake?
Jeremy Cavanagh pipped Geoff and Matt Ranson in his heat. Will Ferguson and Patrick Osborne were the winners of the other two heats.
A fine turn-out with over 60 swimmers getting on the boards for the heats. We also had a welcome visitor from Jersey, John Maxey, an Olympic Games oarsman in Seoul 1988.
And finally, many swimmers enjoyed the party night for superheros. Batgirl writes as follows:
Congratulations to the Joker for winning the 'Most Creative Costume' prize followed by the runner up prize going to Vader - we loved the flower pot idea! Good work.
I've also been informed that Cat Woman (in PVC) achieved one of the best Wii swimming game scores.
Funnily enough, she's not even an open water swimmer! It must be Shivers' good influence ;).
A big thank you for all the extra help supplied by some of the Just Swim It relay team - Cassie, Camilla, Keith and Barnaby (who sadly couldn't attend but kindly supplied the music). It's very much appreciated.
Also just to let you know, two items were left behind on Saturday eve - a black scarf and a banner that reads 'Trainee Superhero'. Please let me know who these items belong to and I'll pop them in the post.
Wishing you all an adventure filled week and I look forward to seeing you all again soon for some icy winter swimming.
Batgirl x