Another Successful Club Picnic

How many swimmers does it take to change a light bulb? I have no idea but it takes roughly 8 to put up a sun shelter.

Yesterday we held our annual picnic and handicapped sea swim. Little Bucks was a good choice as we had perfect conditions for swimming with little wind and a bit of cloud covering.

As per usual there were 1km and 2km options and either wetsuit or non-wetsuit so there was plenty of choice.

Here are a few statistics for those that like that sort of thing:

• 7 swimmers swam the 1km race compared with 17 swimming the 2km race (24 total)
• 8 women/girls took part compared with 16 men/boys
• 3 children swam in the races
• 6 swimmers went non-wetsuit, 18 swimmers wore a wetsuit
• everyone had a great time

Thanks to absolutely everyone who made it happen. It is easy for us swimmers to just show up at the beach and it is all there and we swim, get out and grab a sausage. It is never that simple. There is always a lot of planning that needs to go into these things and people need to pull together and help on the day, spouses at times. Some members chose to be support on the water or cooks or fill other roles rather than swim. You may not get thanked personally but please know that we do all notice and really appreciate it.

First male home in the 1km was Martin Ellis.
First female home in the 1km was Angela Oliver.
First male home in the 2km was Lapo Nustrini.
First female home in the 2km was Deryn McGregor

Times were taken this year so below is a table with everyone's times.
 

Swimmer	Wetsuit	Go time	In time		Swim time
1 km
Angela Oliver	X	16:00	33:57	1st Female	17:57
Martin Ellis	X	16:00	35:16	1st Male	19:16
Ross Faulkner	X	16:00	35:35		19:35
Kendall Oliver	X	15:30	35:47		20:17
Yoko Otani	X	11:00	36:43		25:43
Kyle Hughes	X	13:30	37:41		24:11
Barry Davies	-	10:00	39:46		29:46
2 km
Lapo Nustrini	X	08:40	38:24	1st Male	29:44
Dave Walker	X	02:30	38:42		36:12
Mark Clavey	-	07:15	38:46		31:31
Tim Aitchison	X	07:15	38:48		31:33
Dave Donaldson	X	08:00	38:50		30:50
Ron Tomlinson	X	08:40	39:10		30:30
Deryn McGregor	-	05:30	39:21	1st Female	33:51
Mark Cowling	X	09:00	39:25		30:25
Ryan Oliver	X	07:40	40:10		32:30
Dawn Walker	-	06:30	40:13		33:43
Giles Walker	-	07:40	40:15		32:35
Avy Judleson	X	05:00	40:23		35:23
Liz Hayes	X	05:00	40:37		35:37
Mike Harrison	X	07:15	41:55		34:40
Sharon Hewettson	X	00:00	41:57		41:57
Stuart Bell	-	06:30	45:01		38:31
Dave Bradding	X	08:00	DNF

Race Night Results & Other Related Info

We had a very successful race night last Wednesday with a turnout of 20 swimmers having a crack at 15 events plus the relays (not 15 events each, that would be exhausting for anyone).

There were also 7 new records set so we are either getting faster, older, smarter or all of the above.

A couple of you have very young ages next to your results. This is not because we didn't have your birthdate and so just plonked any old age next to your name. No, no, no, it is because you look so fabulously young. Far too young to belong to a Masters club.

Jess Hughson was named Swimmer of the Month. Jess has done a fabulous job, training very hard and putting many hours into training up to swim Taupo's Epic 10km event which she did in the excellent time of 2 hours 49 minutes. Great work Jess, you can have a little rest now. Just a little one mind.

The wooden spoon was given to me (again!) for, well, being a dufus. It's a long story. I think it's about time someone else did something silly, it's me far too often.