A big welcome to Persimone, Liv and Ben, and also my student Steve Tucker. Steve G busied himself with pool inductions for the newbies, while I did Steve T's AIDA instruction.
Irvine and Liv paired up for a mixed session, while Lars and Anne-Marie worked with their respective coaches in statics. This serious coaching stuff must pay dividends, as I gather they both came away with PB's.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
Thursday 28th July 2005
A quieter evening than anticipated, with Dynamic training the order of the evening. Paula and Nick paired up, with Paula doing a PB in DNF. Well done Paula! Mark busied himself with getting Nicky, Lisa and Nick through the final pool modules of their AIDA ** course. All did extremely well, especially with the rescue scenarios. As a reward, they now get to spend the weekend in a flooded quarry in Wales....
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Thursday 21st July 2005
A slight change of plan for tonight. I have only just found out that Steve G is planning on doing pool inductions for a group of five. Added to the three students I am instructing, this will make things a little congested in the shallow end. We will do our best to accommodate everyone, but it may make dynamic training a little difficult just for tonight.
Apologies in advance for this - I will make sure that we avoid double training sessions on the same night in future.
*** Latest News 14:50 21/07/2005 ***
Bombs have disrupted London's transport system again. I am currently confined to my place of work until further notice, and may not be able to make it to the pool tonight. However I shall be attempting to get there, and have checked with the swimming pool, who tell me that they expect to remain open this evening.
I suggest that you only attempt to come along tonight if you are prepared to take a chance with being able to dive or not.
Any of my students who are unable to attend will have their pool modules rescheduled for a later date. In a worst case, it will be acceptable to do your pool modules after your open water.
Apologies in advance for this - I will make sure that we avoid double training sessions on the same night in future.
*** Latest News 14:50 21/07/2005 ***
Bombs have disrupted London's transport system again. I am currently confined to my place of work until further notice, and may not be able to make it to the pool tonight. However I shall be attempting to get there, and have checked with the swimming pool, who tell me that they expect to remain open this evening.
I suggest that you only attempt to come along tonight if you are prepared to take a chance with being able to dive or not.
Any of my students who are unable to attend will have their pool modules rescheduled for a later date. In a worst case, it will be acceptable to do your pool modules after your open water.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Thursday 21st July 2005
Mark will be teaching students tonight, so if anyone can supervise, please mail him. Anyone wishing to come, please post a comment. Next newcomer induction evening planned for Thursday 4th August.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Thursday 14th July 2005
Whew, what a scorcher of a day, and what a pleasant way to cool down in the evening. Jonny and Nick combined a spot of statics with dynamics, Lars was on paparazzi duty with his snazzy new u/w camera, and Mark was back on statics again, spotted by Laura.
As well as seeing the Elk and snapping great Dane, we also saw Lars put in a static PB at the end of the session.
Last but not least, congratulations to Lars on his recent engagement, and Jonny on his recent marriage. And to Nick for not losing his locker key.
As well as seeing the Elk and snapping great Dane, we also saw Lars put in a static PB at the end of the session.
Last but not least, congratulations to Lars on his recent engagement, and Jonny on his recent marriage. And to Nick for not losing his locker key.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Thursday 7th July 2005
Because of today's disruption in central London, unfortunately tonight's training session will be cancelled.
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