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!
Friday, June 29, 2007
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
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, June 01, 2007
Thursday 14th June 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, 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
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.
Thursday 26th 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! )
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.
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! )
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, 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!
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