I .... being of sound mind and body

The club's lovers of a bracing winter dip were not phased by the presence of ice on the surface of Tooting Lido this weekend.  To quote the Yorkshire Rippler ".. we swam at the other end, we're not daft!"

Killer 2015 - New TV friendly format

One life killer as usual but an unusual precision saw pretty much everyone go from the shooting line to the goal to the side of the pool in one single swim. The man from the North kept his cool(and his shoulder) and won his 4th title of the season.

In our own Avondale Killer Ryder cup , Europe now lead the Rest of the World by 73 points to 50.

  

Table:

Greg (SA)             22
Dave (The North) 13
Andy (SA)            13
Rob T. (Sco)         11
Focco (NL)           10
Lyall (SA)              9
Pete (UK)               6
Emile (NL)             6     
Steve (UK)             6
Jo!?!? (UK)            4  
Marteen (NL)         4
Allan (UK)             3
Francesco (IT)        3
Lele (IT)                 3
Brad (US)               3
Angus (SA)            1
Dave (Sco)             1
Nigel (UK)             1
Rene' (US)              1
Richard (UK)         1
Thorpedo (SA) 1
Rob D (UK)           1
                  

The roll of honour so far:

 Date     Winner            -          2nd

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  Jan 08  Lyall - Nigel

  Jan 15        Steve / Andy (draw 2 points each)

  Jan 22  Focco - Maarten

  Jan 29  Emile - Dave from the North

  Feb 05  Big Greg - Andy

  Feb 12  Focco - Lyall

  Feb 19  Dave from the North - Big Greg
  Feb 26  Dave from the North - Big Greg
  Mar 05  Lyall - Thorpedo 
  Mar 12  Big Greg - Brad
  Mar 26  Scottish Rob -           ??
  Apr 02  Big Greg - Andy
  Apr 09  Emile - Big Greg
  Apr 16  Big Greg - Brad  
  Apr 23  Andy - Focco
  Apr 30  Big Greg - Scottish Rob
  May  7  Focco - Emile
  May 14  Allan  - Big Greg
  May 21  Francesco - Emile
  May 28  Jo - Steve
  June 11  Andy - Lyall
 June 18  Marteen - Brad
 June 25  Scottish Rob - English Rob
 July 2    Dave from the North - Rene'
 July 9    Scottish Rob - Lyall
 July 23  Titanium Pete - Scottish Rob
 July 30  Lele - Jo
 Aug 6    Andy - Scottish Dave
 Aug 13  Titanium Pete - Big Greg
 Aug 20  Steve - The real Angus
 Aug 27  Dave from the North - Richard

Killer 2014

Killer 2014

27th Mar - Do you remember what you did the night John Lennon got shot? Here's another day to remember...27th of March 2014 , the night Jo won Killer!

Thur 27th Mar Winner Jo , runner up Pink Parkin
Thur 20th Mar Winner Alex , runner up Sean
Thur 13th Mar Winner Mark , runner up Steve
Thur 6th Mar Winner Steve , runner up Lele
Thur 27th Feb Winner Lele , runner up Emile
Thur 13th Feb Winner Mark , runenr up Greg
Thur 6th Feb Winner Tim , runner up Alex
Thur 30th Jan Winner Mark , runner up Lele
Thur 23rd Jan Winner Sean , runner up Brad
Thur 16th Jan Winner Nick M. , runner up Emile
Thur 2nd Jan Winner Legend Dave , runner up Jo

2014 Killer World Series of South West London

Obi Wan Mark 9pts , Lele 5pts , Alex/Jo/Sean/Steve 4pts , Legend Dave/Nick M./Pink Parkin/Tim 3pts , Emile 2pts , Brad/Big Greg/Jo1pt

Christmas dips...

Send in your Christmas day swimming photos...  Steve, Heron Island must be warmer than Ramsgate.  Greg?

June Results

17th June

Avondale II - Sutton 2 = 8 - 9

Surrey 2

An encouraging performance against a very strong S&C team. If we can eradicate the rush of blood to the head moments we could have turned this into a winning performance. Brad was excellent in goal and saved a few blushes. Dirty Chris getting 3 majors. Langton must have been having a quiet night… Big DB made mischief in the pit which was almost more fun to watch than actually pass him the ball. Ref was good. Nipped any mischief in the bud, was honest about what he saw and didn’t. 2 double ejections in 1 game. Nice. Getting better. Steadily.

May results

8th May

Old Whits - Avondale II = 13 - 8

Surrey 2

Certainly a game of 2 halves. They got everything on target in the first half and with some eye opening intepretation of the rules we played most of the first with 6 players. If only the interpretation was the same at both ends… (e.g. backing in)

But having lost the first half 9-2, we effectively won the second 4-6. New guy Chris played well adding a bit of youthful spirit to the side (ah it takes me back…) and Dave making mischief in the pit – only to have any hard fought advantage cancelled out by reversal, after reversal, after reversal….Credit to OMW though, they fielded a strong side and exploited some lackluster pressing early in the game. Other notes: Johnnie Beder slotting in a nice goal or 2. Richard’s expression of confusion over a perfectly legitimate goal leading to a wrap up for dissent. 120 seconds after a request from the cap to all players to button it.OMW started well, but we were below average. We then came back, but had left ourselves a mountain to climb on a clock that was left running and running… hmmmm.

April Results

25th April

Guilford - Avondale I = 5 - 6

Surrey 1

There was drama , tension , passion , fear......and there was blood.....lots of it.Pre-match talk from the captain consisted in one simple rule , do not let their number 5 shoot.Andy "Pink Demba Ba" Parkin probably thought we might have stood a better chance if their number 5 was literary taken out of the game , and with a broken lip too.Fair play to Andy though , the opposing player decided to stick a finger right in Andy's eye ,  which left a nasty red/purple/blue mark.Some confusion followed , Steve was out with three midway through the second quarter , Liam is definitely another candidate for the Red Mist end of the season award(he needs to do a lot more though after Andy's performance), Mark missed yet another penalty which explains his lack of wins in Killer.Their keeper was almost unbeatable , in the end we managed to take home a deserved win.

29th Apr

Avondale II - Kingston = 15 - 10

Surrey 2

Ooooh that’s better. Apart from the customary generosity of gifting the opposition a head start, we picked it up in the second and them kept it going. Sure there were some frantic moments of insanity but this is the Real way! Great welcome back for big Dave, and a really broad spread of goal scoters meant the auld enemy were dismissed infine fashion. Despite the odd bleeding lip. Nice to be winning again. Very nice