Dynamic survivors of the evening were Ben, Alex, Ian and Toby.
Static victims were Lucia, Lawrence and Mark. I won't go into details, but Lucia went home, and Mark and Lawrence sulked in the corner for an hour.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Thursday 10th January 2008
Thanks everyone who came along last night for the delayed Xmas beer and pizza evening. Apologies to those of you I didn't get to talk to.
Well done to Ben, for claiming the inaugural 'Noble Prize'. This will be an annual award from now on, to someone within our group who has made achievements not only for themselves, but for others.
In Ben's case, he works tirelessly behind the scenes for both the BFA and Deeper Blue, not to mention his help and advice to all of us over the last couple of years. On top of that, he has managed to earn himself 3 national records. We'll miss him and Penny when they head back home this summer.
Thursday 3rd January 2008
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Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday 27th December 2007
Argue with your relatives, force down another turkey sandwich, watch another rerun of 'Only Fools and Horses'....but don't turn up at the pool.
Thursday 20th December 2007
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Thursday 13th December 2007
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday 6th December 2007
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Thursday 29th November 2007
Welcome back to Dave King tonight, after several years absence! And a stonking PB static to boot - 6m50s, which I believe is a new PB. Nothing like making a re-appearance in style!
Tonight was also the night to present the UK Women's Championship award to Liv Philip. Well done Liv, and well-deserved.
Joining Liv and Dave in the static world of dreaminess, were Lucia and Mark. In the Dynamic world of speeding hairclips, were George, Ben, Keith, Gary and Ian.
Tonight was also the night to present the UK Women's Championship award to Liv Philip. Well done Liv, and well-deserved.
Joining Liv and Dave in the static world of dreaminess, were Lucia and Mark. In the Dynamic world of speeding hairclips, were George, Ben, Keith, Gary and Ian.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Thursday 22nd November 2007
Full House! Dynamicating apneists: Ian, George, Keith, Gary, Anna; Staticnant were Georgie, Tim, Lucia, Ben, Laura and Mark.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday 15th November 2007
Welcome tonight to George II, and welcome back triple German record holder and bronze champion Anna!
Joining Anna in our ( busy ) dynamic lane, were Georgie, George, Ian, and Gary.
In the quieter shallows for statics were Lucia, Toby, Ben and Mark
Joining Anna in our ( busy ) dynamic lane, were Georgie, George, Ian, and Gary.
In the quieter shallows for statics were Lucia, Toby, Ben and Mark
Monday, October 29, 2007
Richmond Freedivers Christmas Outing
Shaddup, I know it's not Father Christmas....
Here's the plan - instead of staring at hairclips and other unmentionables on the pool bottom, we go out for a beer and a pizza...somewhere in Richmond, on a Thursday night.
If you're a regular ( or even an irregular, but ideally not a complete stranger ) then go to this link and tick off the dates you can make:
http://www.doodle.ch/gyczy3h6d4wm3mar
Now, you may be wondering what has happened to November. I'm afraid this is still serious training season for one or two of our crowd, and we can't afford to give up a pool session until December. So it may well be that it will be a January date ( which is nice because it means we have something to look forward to in the new year ).
I doubt we'll get a full green column, but highest hit date wins.
....and please, don't post a comment to say when you can make it, that's what the doodle poll is for. I suppose the monkey will have something to say, no doubt.
Here's the plan - instead of staring at hairclips and other unmentionables on the pool bottom, we go out for a beer and a pizza...somewhere in Richmond, on a Thursday night.
If you're a regular ( or even an irregular, but ideally not a complete stranger ) then go to this link and tick off the dates you can make:
http://www.doodle.ch/gyczy3h6d4wm3mar
Now, you may be wondering what has happened to November. I'm afraid this is still serious training season for one or two of our crowd, and we can't afford to give up a pool session until December. So it may well be that it will be a January date ( which is nice because it means we have something to look forward to in the new year ).
I doubt we'll get a full green column, but highest hit date wins.
....and please, don't post a comment to say when you can make it, that's what the doodle poll is for. I suppose the monkey will have something to say, no doubt.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday 8th November 2007
Welcome back from Egypt Liv and George! Static stalwarts tonight - Liv, Lucia, Ben and Toby. Dynamic denizens - George, Gary and Mark.
Not a monkey to be seen anywhere.
Not a monkey to be seen anywhere.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday 1st November 2007
Static quattro tonight were Lucia, Toby, Ben & Mark. The triple dynamicists were Gary, Keith and Ian.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday 25th October 2007
Welcome tonight to Gary Brown, and well done with your debut static PB! Well done also to Toby who made a PB in Static as well. Mark and Lucia buddying respectively.
Quite a busy dynamic lane, with Ben, Ian, Gary, Keith and Alex all jostling for position. Alex now holds the UK record for variable volume inside his wetsuit. I don't know exactly what was in there, but there was a lot of it. If I'd had one on me, I'd have awarded him a yellow card....
Quite a busy dynamic lane, with Ben, Ian, Gary, Keith and Alex all jostling for position. Alex now holds the UK record for variable volume inside his wetsuit. I don't know exactly what was in there, but there was a lot of it. If I'd had one on me, I'd have awarded him a yellow card....
Friday, October 05, 2007
Thursday 18th October 2007
Welcome to Keith O'Sullivan, for his first night at Richmond Freediving. Joining Benny and Gary for some dynamic training, and prior to that Lucia and Toby for static.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday 11th October 2007
The Dynamic Duo tonight were Ben-man and Gary-obbin.
Static cats - Lucia, Toby, Ant & Dec ( the latter two cleverly disguised as Mark & Liv ). Ant won this week, btw.
Good Luck to Liv at Triple Depth next week!!
Static cats - Lucia, Toby, Ant & Dec ( the latter two cleverly disguised as Mark & Liv ). Ant won this week, btw.
Good Luck to Liv at Triple Depth next week!!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thursday 4th October 2007
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday 27th September 2007
Gorgeous George, Ardent Alex, Irridescent Ian and Belting Benny were the fabulous four flexing their dynamic muscles last night. ( Good to see Alex now has the sense to not bind his legs together in one of those monofin contraptions. )
Luscious Liv and Marauding Mark managed some degree of static training, inbetween gassing.
Luscious Liv and Marauding Mark managed some degree of static training, inbetween gassing.
Thursday 20th September 2007
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Thursday 13th September 2007
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Thursday 6th September 2007
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thursday 30th August 2007
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Friday, August 10, 2007
Thursday 23rd August 2007
Thanks to Stevie Hardman for travelling up from Brighton to chat to us and see what we do. Welcome back Richard, after your brief interlude.
The 3 staticeers tonight were Lucia, Mark and Richard. Obviously absence makes the apnea grow longer, as Richard made a PB.
The four gibbons in the Dynamic lane were Gary, Toby, Alex and Andrew.
The 3 staticeers tonight were Lucia, Mark and Richard. Obviously absence makes the apnea grow longer, as Richard made a PB.
The four gibbons in the Dynamic lane were Gary, Toby, Alex and Andrew.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Thursday 16th August 2007
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Thursday 9th August 2007
Lucia and Mark went absolutely King-Kong with statics, while chimpanzeeing up and down dynamic lane one were Liv, Ben, Alex, Toby, Gary and Ian.
See - I'm fine with all this monkey business. But it will stop soon, won't it? Surely??
See - I'm fine with all this monkey business. But it will stop soon, won't it? Surely??
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday 2nd August 2007
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday 26th July 2007
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Friday, July 06, 2007
Thursday 19th July 2007
Swinging tree to tree in the dynamic lane were Livvy, Ben, Toby, Gary and James; the chimp's static tea party consisting of Lucia and Mark. If you can't beat the monkeys, join them. ( Political correctness necessitated avoidance of the term 'spank'. )
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday 12th July 2007
STAying in tonight were Livvy, Anna, Ben and Mark; DYNing out were Lucia, Toby, Ian and Alex.
Well done to Livvy and Ben for their successes in Maribor!
Well done to Livvy and Ben for their successes in Maribor!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Thursday 5th July 2007
Just 3 apneists and Laura in lane 2 watching over our dynamic pursuits. Persy, Lucia and Mark, with Lucia making an excellent PB ( fins-on ).
Friday, June 15, 2007
Thursday 28th June 2007
The four static-teers tonight were George, Lucia, Livvy and Ben. The four dynamic-teers being Toby, Gary, Ian and Mark.
Benny performed a stonking static tonight - I don't normally go into numbers, but when the number 6 is passed, it has to be worthy of a mention. A notable PB indeed.
Good Luck to our warriors Ben and Livvy as they head off into the wilds of Maribor, to fight for the name of Richmond. Or to compete in pool disciplines at the World Championships - it's one or t'other.
Benny performed a stonking static tonight - I don't normally go into numbers, but when the number 6 is passed, it has to be worthy of a mention. A notable PB indeed.
Good Luck to our warriors Ben and Livvy as they head off into the wilds of Maribor, to fight for the name of Richmond. Or to compete in pool disciplines at the World Championships - it's one or t'other.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Thursday 21st June 2007
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Friday, June 01, 2007
Thursday 14th June 2007
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday 7th June 2007
In static station we had George, Anna, Dave and Tim. No finning, two finning and one finning were Benny, Alex, Andrew and Mark. Even Stevens.
Very well done to George, who pulled a good advance out of the bag and made a PB.
Very well done to George, who pulled a good advance out of the bag and made a PB.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Thursday 31st May 2007
Good attendance tonight, with Lucia, Ian, Toby, Gary, Benny and Matt all squeezing into Lane 1 for dynamic. Meanwhile, Anna, Livvy, George, Orchid Dave and Mark went static in the shallows.
Big welcome to George, and good to see Dave back from his travels. Great performances all round from the static contingent. Sorry to hear Livvy's multiple woes....can't believe the last one - booked for using a mobile phone in a parked car just because the engine was running! I reckon we ought to start a campaign for her, for that one!! Big thumbs down to the Met for that - how about you guys go out and sort out some of the capital's gun crime, and stop harrassing the innocent???
Big welcome to George, and good to see Dave back from his travels. Great performances all round from the static contingent. Sorry to hear Livvy's multiple woes....can't believe the last one - booked for using a mobile phone in a parked car just because the engine was running! I reckon we ought to start a campaign for her, for that one!! Big thumbs down to the Met for that - how about you guys go out and sort out some of the capital's gun crime, and stop harrassing the innocent???
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Thursday 24th May 2007
The dynamic team tonight were Matt, Toby, James, and Andrew. Ben and Mark contented themselves with a spot of light static ( challenging weekend ahead ). Matt made a very impressive DNF Personal Best.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Thursday 17th May 2007
Tonight's gang of four were Anna, Toby, Ian and Mark, all making use of our dynamic facility. Big welcome to Anna, who made her debut tonight. Anna is an AIDA ***-going-on-****, so brings in some welcome experience to the group.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thursday 10th May 2007
The Famous Five Go Mad In Dynamic Lane One. Another classic Apnea Bite-on adventure, featuring Gary, Ian, Toby, Alex and Mark. Watch them swim up and down, float, sink, and even listen to Toby's underwater mp3 player. And they didn't even tell their parents!!
Friday, April 13, 2007
Thursday 3rd May 2007
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Thursday 26th April 2007
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Thursday 19th April 2007
Anyone wishing to come along, please book by posting a comment. Choose which discipline you want to train in ( either static apnea or dynamic apnea ), and state which you will be doing. Before you post, check to see if there are more than five others doing the same discipline – if so, then please either choose the other discipline if possible, or book for the next week if it is showing. ( This means the maximum is 6 per discipline! )
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday 12th April 2007
Dynamic tonight: Lucia, Matt, James, Andrew, and Gary. Static: Livvy, Ben, Theo, Sarah, Toby and Mark. Well done to Theo for a new 'wet' PB, and for proving my point that a little bit of tiredness often makes for a good static.
Thank you everyone for joining me in a mark of respect to Loic. I know some of you didn't know him, but he was worthy of a minute of our time.
Thank you everyone for joining me in a mark of respect to Loic. I know some of you didn't know him, but he was worthy of a minute of our time.
** News Bulletin **
Well, it's not really news, but something I just wanted to convey to 'The reglars'. As some of you know, we have been encountering the odd Scuba diver in what we have been viewing as 'our' dynamic lane. Not really what we want out of our weekly hour, so I have discussed this with Frank.
The current deal is this: the farside lane is for our usage, with the top metre being exclusive to freediving. In addition we can use a portion of the shallow end for static, as long as we keep as close to the lane divider as possible. As far as the deep end within the single lane is concerned, this is for shared use between Scuba and freedivers, with Scuba divers not allowed into the top metre.
You may feel this is a change to our previous arrangement; you may feel this is not fair. All I can say is that a) we are paying guests of the Scuba group and are obliged to abide by their rules, and b) I can think of far worse arrangements where we lose either our lane or session altogether!
Can I ask everyone to respect these arrangements, and be tolerant of any 'breaches' by the Scuba divers. If you notice Scuba divers that are persistently blocking our lane, please just signal ( politely ) for them to move. If they don't then please feel free to remind them of our arrangement once they are out of the water ( or ask me to ). If there is any animosity involved ( and please, please, make sure it is not on our part ), then let me know and I will report them to Frank.
Our last session did not involve any incidents, so it looks as if the past offenders from the Scuba group have been advised of the arrangement.
I'd prefer if we don't post any anti-Scuba messages on the blog. I'm not criticising anyone for previous comments, as I know how frustrating it has been over the last fortnight or so. But lets try and work alongside them from now on.
Almost finished, but just one other change of plan - we will meet downstairs in the cafeteria area from now on - apparently we have been welcomed back there, and are no longer considered a danger to the furniture!
Have a good Easter, everyone.
The current deal is this: the farside lane is for our usage, with the top metre being exclusive to freediving. In addition we can use a portion of the shallow end for static, as long as we keep as close to the lane divider as possible. As far as the deep end within the single lane is concerned, this is for shared use between Scuba and freedivers, with Scuba divers not allowed into the top metre.
You may feel this is a change to our previous arrangement; you may feel this is not fair. All I can say is that a) we are paying guests of the Scuba group and are obliged to abide by their rules, and b) I can think of far worse arrangements where we lose either our lane or session altogether!
Can I ask everyone to respect these arrangements, and be tolerant of any 'breaches' by the Scuba divers. If you notice Scuba divers that are persistently blocking our lane, please just signal ( politely ) for them to move. If they don't then please feel free to remind them of our arrangement once they are out of the water ( or ask me to ). If there is any animosity involved ( and please, please, make sure it is not on our part ), then let me know and I will report them to Frank.
Our last session did not involve any incidents, so it looks as if the past offenders from the Scuba group have been advised of the arrangement.
I'd prefer if we don't post any anti-Scuba messages on the blog. I'm not criticising anyone for previous comments, as I know how frustrating it has been over the last fortnight or so. But lets try and work alongside them from now on.
Almost finished, but just one other change of plan - we will meet downstairs in the cafeteria area from now on - apparently we have been welcomed back there, and are no longer considered a danger to the furniture!
Have a good Easter, everyone.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Thursday 29th March 2007
The Dynamic crew tonight were Lucia, Andrew, Ian and Mark; with Toby and Annie shoring up for statics. Well done to Andrew for his new PB.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Thursday 22nd March 2007
Just Sarah and Toby on static tonight, with James, Gary, Benny, Andrew and Mark doing battle with the SCUBA ( Still Can't Use Brain At-all ) lane invaders. I think we won in the end, but I broke a fingernail.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Thursday 15th March 2007
Statics outwon dynamic in the popularity stakes tonight. Livvy, Sara, Annie and Mark partaking there, with a PB for Sara, I believe (?). Old aqua aintences Benny and Laura Storm took the low and high roads respectively, in old lane DYN.
As for James, Gary and Andrew - don't know where you all snuck off to, but hope you enjoyed yourselves!
As for James, Gary and Andrew - don't know where you all snuck off to, but hope you enjoyed yourselves!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Thursday 1st March 2006
In Lane one, a full complement consisting of Persey, Matt, Andrew, Theo, Gary and Ian ( complete with shiny new Mustangs, the lucky man! ); while the static quattro were Sarah, Toby, Benny B and Mark. ( Benny B and Mark divided their time whimpering about their poor performances, and waxing lyrical about bygone days of 31 degree static pools. )
As for Andrew he made a finless PB. The spare tyre must be paying dividends?
As for Andrew he made a finless PB. The spare tyre must be paying dividends?
Friday, February 09, 2007
Thursday 22nd February 2007
Static stalwarts tonight were Lucia, Sarah, Livvy, Benny, Gary and Toby. Dynamic denizens were Persy, Andrew, Alex and Mark. Well done to Sarah for a new PB, and to Lucia for surviving my attack on her oesophagus ( Livvy and I were trying to patch her up with black tape where....it's all too complex to explain.)
Friday, February 02, 2007
Thursday 15th February 2007
Anyone wishing to come along, please book by posting a comment. Choose which discipline you want to train in ( either static apnea or dynamic apnea ), and state which you will be doing. Before you post, check to see if there are more than five others doing the same discipline – if so, then please either choose the other discipline if possible, or book for the next week if it is showing. ( This means the maximum is 6 per discipline! )
Please do not book more than a week in advance unless you have been unable to book for the current week, due to full subscriptions. Anyone not understanding the above, or having trouble with postings, please mail Mark H.
Attendees must be paid-up members of The British Freediving Association, and must either have completed a freediving pool induction or have the appropriate qualifications for the disciplines they are training in.
Please do not book more than a week in advance unless you have been unable to book for the current week, due to full subscriptions. Anyone not understanding the above, or having trouble with postings, please mail Mark H.
Attendees must be paid-up members of The British Freediving Association, and must either have completed a freediving pool induction or have the appropriate qualifications for the disciplines they are training in.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday 8th February 2007
Good to see lots of us were enthusiastic about the Big Chill! Seemed to pay dividends for James, who PB'ed in static afterward. I'll run a repeat session in a couple of weeks or so.
Otherwise another even split in the disciplines, with Ben, Ian, Gary and Andrew in Dynamic lane one; and Liv, Mark, James and Toby with heads down in the shallows.
Otherwise another even split in the disciplines, with Ben, Ian, Gary and Andrew in Dynamic lane one; and Liv, Mark, James and Toby with heads down in the shallows.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Thursday 1st February 2007
Even split tonight, with Sarah, Mark, Toby and Gary doing the static thang, and Sebastien, Andrew, Benny and James daring demonic dynamic. Well done Toby - another PB - and further into the 5-6 club.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Thursday 25th January 2007
Welcome tonight to our new inductees, Sarah Lambert and Ian Campbell. Nearly another newcomer turned up, but this turned out to be Alex with a head of hair ( new and slightly confusing for me! ). He, Andrew and James patrolled lane 1 ( yes, we had an extra lane! ). Meanwhile Toby and Gary floated the night away together in a bout of statics.
Thursday 18th January 2007
Welcome tonight for Penny, Annie, Tamsin, Myles, Nicholas, Andrew and Gareth. Big thanks to Livvy and JM for the assistance - and well done everyone for getting here with the adverse weather conditions!
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