Newman Churchlands BACC Carnival - REPORT

Ladies and Gentleman,



The day dawned bright and clear as i checked my mobile there was a message from Shane "McElroy" Wallace saying that he had to trim his nose hairs and would unfortunately not make the carnival. I contemplated this message and concluded that there would be a fair amount of nasal hair to remove so the job could take some time, also having reefed out a few hairs of my own, thus bringing tears to my eyes reasoned that a more measured approach would be the way to go.

So a quick kiss for the all the family (even the dog!) and before i knew it i was pulling into the car park at Newman College, all ready to go !

There was some excellent swimming by all the team so because i am a lazy typist and love bullet points here is the GOOD, BAD and UGLY

GOOD

• Having 10 Mighty Redbacks turn up and compete
• Finishing 6th in Overall point score. Top 5 places were filled by MUCH bigger clubs.
• Our whole women's team - Leanne, Lea, Hilliary, Barbara and Malira all swum VERY well
• Steve-O on time and on budget !
• GP cranking out 3 swims in row on what I would call a "Solid Preparation"
• Rob "YingFa" Weir surviving the 100m Fly with a 1.15 very snazzy
• Pauly who i entered for 60 secs in 50 free...made me look like an idiot and cranked out 40.39 top shelf !
• All results can be found here - http://www.mastersswimmingwa.asn.au/events-pool.htm

BAD

• Rob competing in the 100 Breast - Tch Tch
• Malira and her relationship with Wild Turkey - Tch Tch
• Shane and his nose hair problem - Tch Tch
• Lea and her chocolate obsession - Tch Tch (a bit harsh maybe !)
• My 100 Fly turn - Tch Tch
• Pauly's choice of footwear - Tch Tch
• The starting blocks - Tch Tch
• Me not packing any food - Tch Tch

UGLY

• For the first time in AGES we have a standout winner of this award....I could build the suspense with a long winded story, however, let me tell everybody that Rob now has a new nickname Rob "Premature" Weir. This is what happens when you false start in a relay and the whole team gets DQ !!! There was ONE saving grace. Pauly and I went straight for the BBQ and missed the rush. Sooooo THANK YOU ROB !

Right the next BACC is at Melville on the 5th April - More details to follow VERY shortly