Fabulous Food at Severino's - Non c'è problema!

• Pizza? - tick


• Pasta? - tick


• Salads? - tick


• Sorbet and gelato? - tick


• Italian coffee? - tick

Severino's is the ideal place for quality Italian dining in Fremantle. The food is traditional Italian cooked to perfection in the family kitchen and delivered unobtrusively to the table. For $30 a head, this has to be the best value in town for top cuisine.

Thanks to Hilary for organising the function. All 14 of us enjoyed the evening!

Random breath testing on High Street on the way home? - tick

New Pool, New Caps, New Attitude !

Well what a beautiful day it was, bright and sunny. Picked up fellow Redfins Malira and Hilary and we were off to Craigie Leisure Centre for what was shaping up to be a great day of swimming. Well the swimming was great and the pool was lovely,however, for all concerned it was somewhat "bittersweet".

Cue the music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz48hdB_g2s

If ever there was a time to pull out THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY it is today.....So grab whatever makes you feel good, sit back and relax because here it comes - and it's gonna be a long one !

THE GOOD

• The pool - outdoor and only a couple of years old. New starting blocks and plenty of shade for spectators
• The swimming. Let's get to it - 13 Mighty Redfins attended today's gala. Awesome.
  
• Tammy's 200IM was a great swim - well paced and even better was she only had to call me once for directions ...love your work Tam.
• Nadine SLASHED 10 secs off her 200 Free time...going from 3.15 to an awesome 3.05 today. Her first 100 looked great, unfortunately mother nature called your correspondent rather urgently so i missed the last 100. However, judging from her post race nap Nadine gave it everything.
• Pauline swam in her first gala for the club. Overcoming a dodgy shoulder her 100 breast looked oh so elegant.
  
• Barbara continues to swim very well despite telling herself that she is getting old(er). An excellent 200 free
• Who says swimming is a non-contact sport. Malira unfortunately injured her groin whilst warming up and was unable to swim in her pet event the 100 breast. Great swims in a couple of 50's indicated that her times are indeed coming down.....even better news was that it only hurt to close her legs....
• GP is preparing nicely for nationals. His 100 Breast was great and he looked very sharp in his 50 free.
• Hilary enjoyed the day away from 4 eating machines and was very happy with her excellent 50 Free...nothing wrong with my stop watch either young lady !
• New member Nola competed in the 50 back, breast and free and after completing a boot camp session earlier in the day is hopefully sleeping soundly...Well done Nola.
• Another new member Simon competed for the first time as well today. His 200 Free was well paced and 13 secs under his entry time. Simon was also going to swim in the relays but was denied the chance (more on this later).
• Emma swam a great 100 breast and only took 4 breaths (allegedly) in her 50 Free. A special mention must go to her husband Jon. When i told him how great he was supporting his wife by attending all the galas...Jon smiled and said "Better than being stuck at home with whinging teenagers!". Thanks for the glimpse into my future Jon.
• Mark D managed to get through today without wanting to belt someone (i think). Oh he also managed a lazy 28 for his 50 fly and 27 for 50 Free.
  
• Jason "The comeback Kid" Davey cranked out an awesome 32 for his 50 back and I think (although the results are not up yet) just pipped brother Mark in the 50 free....Its ok everyone i LET him win !

THE BAD

• Cancelled relays....yes you read that right....due to technical and poor administration the carnival was running so late that they iced the relays.
  
• Your correspondent's goggles filling up COMPLETELY with water at the start of the 200 free...if you have never tried swearing underwater i can highly recommend it. It's almost as good as inhaling helium and then talking with a high pitched voice.
• The carnival running VERY late and oh hang on did i already mention that?

THE UGLY

• Folks we have a new winner today and i am basing this on the premise that it COULD have turned very ugly indeed. In their haste to get the 50 free finished by 12.30pm, the officials were simply calling everyone's name, marking them off and handing them their allocated lane tag. After calling for quiet a number of times the clearly frustrated and frazzled officials tried to get things going and call the next name only for someone to call out "BINGO".
  

There was much laughter and the culprit quickly realised his error after the daggers that were stared at him by the officials and slunk off behind me. Just as well, otherwise one Jason Davey might not have made it home today !

No results posted as yet. Will update once they appear (could be a while folks).

So again as mentioned at the start the Red Fins all swam very well and everyone's times are improving. It's great to see so much enthusiasm both in and OUT of the pool !

Yours in Sucrose
Damo

Welcome Barbecue: Monday 15 March

A balmy evening ... relaxed atmosphere ... another barbecue ...



After a solid training session in the pool, appetites were primed to enjoy the offerings of our Welcome Barbecue. Kevin has certainly got his cooking down to a fine art and food was ready as everyone stepped out of the showers.

This function was planned to welcome new members to the club for 2011 as well as those members returning to the new year. Karen welcomed everyone to the function and congratulated those people who swam in Sunday's Coogee Jetty to Jetty Swim, indicating that we are ALL champions in the water.

Just as the conditions seemed near perfect in the courtyard, a sudden gust of wind that tossed all of the serviettes up into the air and onto the ground gave a timely indication that it was probably time to pack up.

A leisurely meal and a quick pack up meant that we were all out of the Leisureplex before 9pm.

Thanks to Hilary for organising the event.

RIVERTON REDFINS READY TO GO

CUE THE MUSIC EVERYONE !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ifJPqB218

Well this is the best kind of blog - THE UNEXPECTED BLOG

8 mighty Redfins turned up for the swim in the Coogee Jetty to Jetty Swim. The sun was shining, the water was lovely and there were no stingers !

Damo, Mark D, Nadine, GP, Barb, Hils, Tara and Simon all donned a cap for a good cause. Unfortunately Shane was a no show as after his last effort in this swim, a GRUELLING 750m swim he has retired with the title. Some swam the 1500m and some swam the 750m. It did not matter. Everyone had a go and i think they were pleasantly suprised with their efforts !

One thing that sent a wave of suspicion through the team was during the pre-race briefing when the assembled swimmers were told that fins were not allowed to be worn during the swim.

This prompted intense speculation that a certain ex-president had tried to persuade MSWA that everyone should wear fins....i am happy to report that even though there is the allegation of bribery, that nothing was uncovered during the investigation, swiftly conducted by your correspondant.

Results can be found here

http://www.cockburnmasters.org.au/previousresults.php?cID=64

Yours in very expensive BANANAS.
Damo