. June 2015 .
Hello again!
Time for another recap of the last month. June seemed to fly by!
We might be a little light on the detail this month. The copy writer left the country. The assistant editor went on strike. Half of the cast went west and so we had to make some of it up!
We might be a little light on the detail this month. The copy writer left the country. The assistant editor went on strike. Half of the cast went west and so we had to make some of it up!
Lots of swimming. Some visitors. Some beach time. Some rain! In fact quite a lot of rain! Some Gaelic Football. Some Touch. That's pretty much it!
Rain
We had a fairly concentrated band of weather near the start of the month. Torrential rain for the best part of a week. Being a flat island, there isn't too many options to get rid of the water, so it just hangs about. The mosquitoes love that!
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| The lake to the left is actually the Cricket field and beyond that is the Runway for the airport. |
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| One of the local shopping malls |
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| Rugby was cancelled! |
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| The Pineapples didn't need any more water! |
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| Even the swim meet got affected by the weather. |
Swimming
The weather affected a couple of sessions and they had to be moved or re-arranged, which resulted in some tired swimmers on some days. But all of the races were completed in the end.
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| Sam takes her coach's pre-race motivation speech very seriously. |
It was a pretty full-on meet with racing on Thursday night, Friday Night, Saturday morning (and afternoon because of the rain) and then Sunday morning.
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| Jake makes a splash |
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| Sam 'n Ella get ready to race |
Both kids put some pretty good times in with a few PB's here and there.
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| An almost synchronised IM by Sam n Ella. |
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| Big finish! |
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| Michelle spent a session or two as the official starter and also Stroke and Turn Judge. |
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| Post-swim de-brief. |
Not to be outdone, Michelle swam in the Masters Swim meet. The numbers were down a bit this time, which meant for a quick meet!
While staying on the swim theme, it was time for the annual One Mile Sea swim. Our friends Tonya, Russ and Skyler came down from Vancouver for a holiday, and also to do the swim.
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| All numbered up and ready to go! |
The day was a little overcast, which was nice for a change! The sea had been a little rough building up to the event as well but on the day it was reasonably calm.
There were about 950 swimmers entered.
Sam was the first out of us to finish in 23 minutes. Jake in 24 minutes, Michelle 26 minutes and Dave powering hope in an impressive (for him!) 40 minutes.
The race is known for its huge prize list, with one in five entrants getting a prize in the random draw. Both Tonya and Michelle did well in the draw this year - Tonya winning return Flights to Toronto, and Michelle winning return flights to Washington! Woohoo! There might be some discussion over who gets to use them...
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| The Beer-garitas are always good for a post swim reviver... Russ and Dave clocked in some pretty good times for those. |
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| Tonya and Russ enjoying the day! |
The next day it was off to the beach, for a change.
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| Sam and Skyler |
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| The usual suspects were in attendance |
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| Smith's Cove - it was a little rough! |
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| Oooops! |
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| Sky and Jake take a leap of faith |
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| Jake, just chilling after a busy weekend! |
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| Sam, Sami and Sky |
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| Father's Day gift basket...that's the story! |
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| Summer Touch has started again. Started off with a 'Super Saturday' and man was it roasting! |
Summer Touch has three of the family in three different teams this year. Michelle is in her work team. Dave is playing for another team of newbies - it's the only way he can look have decent these days, and Jake is in a team made up entirely of kids. All of them 15 and under I think. They've won all of their games so far. Dave's team displays a similar consistency, having lost all of their games... Michelle's team has had a mixed bag, but will do alright.
As the Touch was starting, the Gaelic Football season was drawing to a close. Michelle's team managed to win the league a few weeks back. Now it was finals day. Could they do the double?
They nearly didn't make the final at all. The White team were determined to upset the League Champs, and with just over a minute to go, it was all tied up.
Michelle took a pass near centre field and let rip with a kick. For once, it went straight and true, and over the bar to give the Blues a one point lead. They managed to hold on and take out the win, and move on to the final later in the day.
The final was another close-fought affair but the Blues were victorious. They'd got the double.
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| Hmmm...where's the trophy? |
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| Time for a couple of quiet ones.... |
That's it for June!
So, next month we have:Jake and Michelle head to Florida for some swimming and some post-swimming R & R
Dave goes to the Annual Rugby Dinner with special guest Colin Charvis
Sam goes on a boat trip
Dave does some Beach Touch
Sam goes to Clearwater for a Swim Meet
Jake goes to Georgia for a swim meet
There might be a few other things in there too....
