[These back-isues have only had minimal re-formatting to be put on the Web. Their original and true glory cannot be recreated on-line.] The Faulty Flipper – Kirklees Masters Newsletter Edition 2 [Dec 1990]
Where are you going?
There are many good reasons for swimming; they vary from recovery from ill health by gentle exercise, to training for competition. Do you know where all this deep /shallow /deep /pant pant /shallow/deep /shallow end stuff is leading (apart from back to the deep end)? Do you just enjoy the pain? As our squad grows the room available for different classes of swimmers will be reduced. The style of training will help all energetic swimmers, but is designed to train you for competitive sprinting. We are here to compete in Masters swimming events.
If you haven’t entered a meet yet it seems a daunting and unenticing prospect. I never expected to enjoy it, or to feel so competitive. Competing is the best way of measuring your progress, and most of all of inspiring you to try harder.
Jim says he wouldn’t enter you in a race where you would be embarrassed. I say you might also take along an extra dark and large pair of goggles, a pink swim hat, and if swimming ‘fly’, a pair of armbands just in case. The simple truth is however that the way in which these events are organised leaves little possibility of you being too embarrassed. Each race matches swimmers with a similar time. Some of the competitors are of a very high standard, and others are, well, shall we just say others. It is no secret that in the three races in which I acquired a silver medal, I also came last!
Swimmers Complaints 2 Tendonitis
Tendonitis is that sore feeling in the back of your arms. It makes it difficult to raise your arms. Yes, this is the one where it is uncomfortable to put your shirt on. Some say it is caused by swimming too much. Jim, who knows about these things, says this is nonsense and that it probably comes from sleeping too much, and that the cure is, you guessed it, ‘a bit of hard work’
The prevalence of this disease among the squad can be seen by how, at each and every opportunity, people fail to put their hands up to volunteer to demonstrate back stroke tumble turns, butterfly or indeed for anything. You can almost see the anguish on the faces of all those who wanted ever so much to come forward, but couldn’t quite lift an arm.
Volunteers wanted
That, as they say, means you. Wanted, someone to help carry this burden, doing some writing. Someone to collate times for our group. We need a volunteer to co-ordinate travel to the various meets.
Kirklees Swim
On Sunday 11 November, the Masters took a small part in the BOK distance swim (four times round the ring road). Part of the proceeds went to Martin House (a charity close to your editor’s heart). The task was to chase each other for an hour.
Simon managed 136 lengths of the large pool (2m 1013y); David 122(2m 546y); Trevor and Angus 120 (2m 480y) John did 156 lengths in the small pool (2m 380yds) Carol 109 (2m 109y), Trish, Pat, Angela 97
The younger swimmers in A B and even C squad managed further in distance, but we probably won on the total volume of water displaced, and made for less wear and tear on the lane ropes!
Nationals
Simon and Trish were brave enough to venture out all the way to Cardiff. Simon took home a Bronze in the 100m Free (59.65s), a silver with the Camp Hill (who they?) Mob Free team, a silver in the 50m Free (26.22) and a gold with the same mob in the Medley team event.
Trish got a silver, but how is not yet known!.
CALENDAR
November 1990
3 Leeds Marathon (5000m) David – 1hr 22m 40s, John 1h 31m,Tony Thewlis 1h 27m
10 Chester Results: Medley Relay 120+:- Simon, Angus, Trevor and Kevan 5x50y 1:54.52. 50y Back:- Trevor 33.20s; David 39.47s. 100y Free:- Trevor 58.97. 200y Free:- David 2:30.94. 100y Breast:- Kevan 1:14.38; David 1:29.55. 100y IM:- Kevan 1:08.76; David 1:18.02s. 50y Fly:- Trevor 28.65; Kevan 30.04;David 34.33
24 Richmond 3 County Match between Yorkshire, Lancashire and Northumberland and Durham. Simon Garside 200m Free 2:11.62 (1st; 50m Breast 32.93 (1st); 50m Free 25.75!! (1st); 50m Back 30.94s (1st); Wendy Offord 100m Back 1:28.92 (2nd); 50m Back39.80 (1st); Trish Mellor 100m Back 1:24.77 (3rd); 50m Back38.87 (2nd); 100m Breast 1:36.54 (2nd); Carol Todd 100m Breast1:33.70 (3rd); Kevan Brown 100m Breast 1:21.28 (2nd); DavidSwarbrick 200m Free 2:43.31 (3rd);
December 1990
9 Sunday Milton Keynes25 Christmas, Jim says you can have a day off.
January 1991
1 Like a horse, you are now one year older as a swimmer. Who is going up in age groups? David S (to D) Noreen (to D) Yvonne?16 Closing date for Sunderland18-20 Swiss Cottage Masters meet. 36.66 pool. Sounds good, but along way away.25 Closing Date for Liverpool Distance meet
February 1991
16 Liverpool – Open Distance Meet 200m to 1500m. This must be the one for all the tri-athletes to have a bash at.23 Sunderland Masters Sprint meet. All 50m races.
March 1991
Stockport. Has the advantage of being closer than many other meets.29-31 Coventry 50m pool. Providing ‘goodie bags’ whatever they are. Still this sounds a nice way to get away from the family for Easter (0203 691088 for details)
April 1991
6 Closing date DarlingtonRichmond sprint meet
May 1991
11 Darlington – Nice pool well run meet. Afternoon start18/19 Yorkshire Championships. Your chance to peg a place in theYorkshire team (or to lose it). Simon says ‘Moooove it’ toget here. This is the big one.
June 1991
Leeds Open
July 1991
August 1991
September 1991
Midland Counties Championships4-8 European Masters at Cardiff. For those who not the meaning of hubris. North Eastern Counties championships at Newcastle?
October 1991
November 1991
Chester. Lets hope they have fewer swimmers and more loos. Nice because the 25 yards pool makes all the distances shorter. Some very good swimmers in startling counterpoint to the organisation.Leeds Marathon Swim
Backwash There have been complaints that this journal is written too much tongue in cheek. I am afraid I am stuck that way after trying to breath to the side on Fly. I chose the wrong side just as Simon glode past.
Right of Reply
Anyone aggrieved by this missive is invited to pen a reply which will be printed, minus any naughty bits, at a time convenient to the editor.
David Swarbrick 10 Halifax Road, Brighouse HD6 2AG; 0484 717380
This web-site, and its contents, are the work of David Swarbrick. I speak not on behalf of BOK, nor BOK Masters, indeed for anyone. All compliments and complaints to David Swarbrick. Contact David by e-mail at dswarb@gmail.com
Created: 20 October 2001 Update: 2 Nov 2001
[These back-isues have only had minimal re-formatting to be put on the Web. Their original and true glory cannot be recreated on-line.]
The Faulty Flipper – Kirklees Masters Newsletter
Edition 2 [Dec 1990]
Where are you going?
There are many good reasons for swimming; they vary from recovery from ill health by gentle exercise, to training for competition. Do you know where all this deep /shallow /deep /pant pant /shallow/deep /shallow end stuff is leading (apart from back to the deep end)? Do you just enjoy the pain? As our squad grows the room available for different classes of swimmers will be reduced. The style of training will help all energetic swimmers, but is designed to train you for competitive sprinting. We are here to compete in Masters swimming events.
If you haven’t entered a meet yet it seems a daunting and unenticing prospect. I never expected to enjoy it, or to feel so competitive. Competing is the best way of measuring your progress, and most of all of inspiring you to try harder.
Jim says he wouldn’t enter you in a race where you would be embarrassed. I say you might also take along an extra dark and large pair of goggles, a pink swim hat, and if swimming ‘fly’, a pair of armbands just in case. The simple truth is however that the way in which these events are organised leaves little possibility of you being too embarrassed. Each race matches swimmers with a similar time. Some of the competitors are of a very high standard, and others are, well, shall we just say others. It is no secret that in the three races in which I acquired a silver medal, I also came last!
Swimmers Complaints 2 Tendonitis
Tendonitis is that sore feeling in the back of your arms. It makes it difficult to raise your arms. Yes, this is the one where it is uncomfortable to put your shirt on. Some say it is caused by swimming too much. Jim, who knows about these things, says this is nonsense and that it probably comes from sleeping too much, and that the cure is, you guessed it, ‘a bit of hard work’
The prevalence of this disease among the squad can be seen by how, at each and every opportunity, people fail to put their hands up to volunteer to demonstrate back stroke tumble turns, butterfly or indeed for anything. You can almost see the anguish on the faces of all those who wanted ever so much to come forward, but couldn’t quite lift an arm.
Volunteers wanted
That, as they say, means you. Wanted, someone to help carry this burden, doing some writing. Someone to collate times for our group. We need a volunteer to co-ordinate travel to the various meets.
Kirklees Swim
On Sunday 11 November, the Masters took a small part in the BOK distance swim (four times round the ring road). Part of the proceeds went to Martin House (a charity close to your editor’s heart). The task was to chase each other for an hour.
Simon managed 136 lengths of the large pool (2m 1013y); David 122(2m 546y); Trevor and Angus 120 (2m 480y) John did 156 lengths in the small pool (2m 380yds) Carol 109 (2m 109y), Trish, Pat, Angela 97
The younger swimmers in A B and even C squad managed further in distance, but we probably won on the total volume of water displaced, and made for less wear and tear on the lane ropes!
Nationals
Simon and Trish were brave enough to venture out all the way to Cardiff. Simon took home a Bronze in the 100m Free (59.65s), a silver with the Camp Hill (who they?) Mob Free team, a silver in the 50m Free (26.22) and a gold with the same mob in the Medley team event.
Trish got a silver, but how is not yet known!.
CALENDAR
November 1990
3 Leeds Marathon (5000m) David – 1hr 22m 40s, John 1h 31m,Tony Thewlis 1h 27m
10 Chester Results: Medley Relay 120+:- Simon, Angus, Trevor and Kevan 5x50y 1:54.52. 50y Back:- Trevor 33.20s; David 39.47s. 100y Free:- Trevor 58.97. 200y Free:- David 2:30.94. 100y Breast:- Kevan 1:14.38; David 1:29.55. 100y IM:- Kevan 1:08.76; David 1:18.02s. 50y Fly:- Trevor 28.65; Kevan 30.04;David 34.33
24 Richmond 3 County Match between Yorkshire, Lancashire and Northumberland and Durham. Simon Garside 200m Free 2:11.62 (1st; 50m Breast 32.93 (1st); 50m Free 25.75!! (1st); 50m Back 30.94s (1st); Wendy Offord 100m Back 1:28.92 (2nd); 50m Back39.80 (1st); Trish Mellor 100m Back 1:24.77 (3rd); 50m Back38.87 (2nd); 100m Breast 1:36.54 (2nd); Carol Todd 100m Breast1:33.70 (3rd); Kevan Brown 100m Breast 1:21.28 (2nd); DavidSwarbrick 200m Free 2:43.31 (3rd);
December 1990
9 Sunday Milton Keynes
25 Christmas, Jim says you can have a day off.
January 1991
1 Like a horse, you are now one year older as a swimmer. Who is going up in age groups? David S (to D) Noreen (to D) Yvonne?
16 Closing date for Sunderland
18-20 Swiss Cottage Masters meet. 36.66 pool. Sounds good, but along way away.
25 Closing Date for Liverpool Distance meet
February 1991
16 Liverpool – Open Distance Meet 200m to 1500m. This must be the one for all the tri-athletes to have a bash at.
23 Sunderland Masters Sprint meet. All 50m races.
March 1991
Stockport. Has the advantage of being closer than many other meets.
29-31 Coventry 50m pool. Providing ‘goodie bags’ whatever they are. Still this sounds a nice way to get away from the family for Easter (0203 691088 for details)
April 1991
6 Closing date Darlington
Richmond sprint meet
May 1991
11 Darlington – Nice pool well run meet. Afternoon start
18/19 Yorkshire Championships. Your chance to peg a place in theYorkshire team (or to lose it). Simon says ‘Moooove it’ toget here. This is the big one.
June 1991
Leeds Open
July 1991
August 1991
September 1991
Midland Counties Championships
4-8 European Masters at Cardiff. For those who not the meaning of hubris. North Eastern Counties championships at Newcastle?
October 1991
November 1991
Chester. Lets hope they have fewer swimmers and more loos. Nice because the 25 yards pool makes all the distances shorter. Some very good swimmers in startling counterpoint to the organisation.
Leeds Marathon Swim
Backwash
There have been complaints that this journal is written too much tongue in cheek. I am afraid I am stuck that way after trying to breath to the side on Fly. I chose the wrong side just as Simon glode past.
Right of Reply
Anyone aggrieved by this missive is invited to pen a reply which will be printed, minus any naughty bits, at a time convenient to the editor.
David Swarbrick 10 Halifax Road, Brighouse HD6 2AG; 0484 717380
This web-site, and its contents, are the work of David Swarbrick. I speak not on behalf of BOK, nor BOK Masters, indeed for anyone. All compliments and complaints to David Swarbrick. Contact David by e-mail at dswarb@gmail.com
Created: 20 October 2001
Update: 2 Nov 2001
