Saturday, November 15, 2014

Another Centre Record

V dwarfs had her sights set on breaking the centre record for the under 11 girls 1100m walk. The record was set a number of years ago during the 1996/97 season with a time of 6.04.9. She raced with her group and finished in a time of 6.10, which coincidentally was not only a PB, but faster than the under 11 boys centre record. Determined to beat it, she then lined up with the boys and less than 10 minutes later dropped 8 seconds from her PB to set a new centre record at 6.02.2. She now has a goal to beat the state record which currently is set at 5.40.7, also set in 1996.   
 
 

Friday, November 7, 2014

Rydges South Park - Adelaide, South Australia

Me and R celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary recently and celebrated with a night at Rydges South Park in Adelaide. I was looking for somewhere that had a spa in the ensuite, pool and breakfast included. An Executive Spa room ticked all our boxes.



 
 
We stayed on the 3rd floor as I had requested a lower floor thanks to my dislike of elevators. I learnt very quickly that I would have to just suck it up and use the elevator after twice finding ourselves locked in the stairwell, once we thankfully found an unlocked door, the other time a staff member came to our rescue. Our room was 319, it had a king bed, TV, DVD player, bar fridge, balcony and as mentioned above a corner spa. The balcony looked out to the city of Adelaide. The pool, spa and gym where on the 6th floor near the restaurant.



 
Breakfast was a buffet which included hot food such as sausage, eggs, bacon, mushroom, tomato and toast. Fruit, yoghurt, breakfast cereals and pastries where also included. To drink, there where a variety of juices as well as the usual hot drinks.

 

We thought it would be a good idea to have a bubble bath, but of course when we turned the spa on, we realised it may not have been such a great idea!
 

Saturday, November 1, 2014

South Australian All Schools Championships - 2014


C dwarf came 2nd in the 3000m walk at the All Schools Athletics championships on the weekend and has now landed her a spot on the South Australian team to compete at the Australian All Schools championships early December.