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Woot!

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In breaking news, if you remember this young chap.... (Apparently he's even more eye-candyish now... could that even be possible?) Well in Paris over the weekend in open competition (aka the Paris Open), Men's 200 breast finals : 1 CALDER Craig Australie 2:13.28 - 30.52 (30.52) 1:04.02 (33.50) 1:38.33 (34.31) 2:13.28 (34.95) 2 DUBOSCQ Hugues France 2:13.52 +0.24 30.14 (30.14) 1:03.90 (33.76) 1:38.18 (34.28) 2:13.52 (35.34) 3 VERSFELD Neil Afrique du Sud 2:13.54 +0.01 30.24 (30.24) 1:04.62 (34.38) 1:39.02 (34.40) 2:13.54 (34.52) (from www.swimmingworldmagazine.com ) Woot! My own flesh and blood won an open comp at world level! It's not a world record and not even a PB but it is a gold medal! Someone related to me! What a chap :-) (I'll be back with a report on Black Sheep Gathering - don't expect a lot of pics from the gathering itself though cos I developed camnesia, LOL)

Swimming meet

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G'day all! Today I abandoned the lovely ladies of the San Jose SnB and trawled off with my darling husband to places far. Well, far if you have to take the bus and ride there. Must say we got a really good park, unlike most of the people there - they drove and the parking was a little limited. Why? Cos of this! Yep, that is my nephew swimming in his pet event. The 200m breaststroke. Is that exciting? A couple of pictures of a random swimmer in a yellow cap bobbing up and down. Almost as good as the gazillions of pics I took of whales years ago - they were tiny little specs in the photos. LOL He came second! There he is on the dias, on the left of the pic. It really is him! For his efforts, he got a beany whale (Which he gave to me) a medal (which he didn't give to me!!!) a fancy water bottle and a TEN DOLLAR gift voucher! Don't spend it all at once! LOL Craig and Nathan. (Would you buy a used car off the chap with the beard? Nathan was feeling a little sheepish ...