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| John and Laura show off the Oxford kit as we arrive at the beach (the rest of the team was Nick, Aimee, Chris, and Beth from Birmingham) |
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| John, with Nottingham in the background, in the "uni" area of the competitors beach |
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| The Bournemouth Hut, as seen from the competitors beach |
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| Nick and Chris, by the buoy throwing area |
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| Nick and Chris await their turn to throw the buoy |
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| Aimee and Chris, enjoying the beach, between events |
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| Nick and Chris chill out by the Durley Inn |
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| The buoy throw area |
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| The beach to the east, towards Bournemouth Pier |
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| Southampton Chris is buoy measuring meister |
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| The Isle of Wight, as seen from the competitors beach |
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| It was a gorgeous day, as demonstrated by this photo |
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| Birmingham Rob completes his buoy throw |
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| Nick takes the buoy throw for OULSC |
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| Nick completes his throw |
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| The cobra ski section of the cadets Iron Man |
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| More of the cadets Iron Man |
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| John practices his CPR before doing the Iron Man |
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| John, with his kit, almost ready to start |
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| The races beach, from the Oxford lane |
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| Looking towards the Bournemouth hut from the races beach |
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| The Oxford Lane, with the manakin ready for the Iron Man |
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| The men's Iron Man ski race in progress |
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| Boscombe Steve finishes the "swim with a bucket" section of the Iron Man |
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| More people complete the swim section of the Iron Man |
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| People do the CPR to complete the Iron Man |
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| John completes the Iron Man swim, without a torpedo buoy, as someone else had grabbed his once theirs had drifted off |
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| John completes his swim, and sprints towards the manakin |
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| John does CPR, completing the Iron Man |
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| The races beach, after the Iron Man is over |
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| The club mascots |
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| Swimming out to the race buoys, with the Nottingham teams in the foreground (they went on to come second in both Men's and Women's events) |
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| The teams prepare to do the "Reel and Line" event |
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| The casualties for the reel and line swim out to the buoys |
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| The swimmers head out towards their casualties |
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| The swimmers continue on out |
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| More swimmers enter the water |
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| The first teams begin pulling in, as the rest continue their swim out |
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| Most teams pull their rescuer and casualties in |
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| Teams pull in, as the eventual winners carry their casualty in to the shore |
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| Bringing in the casualty at the end of the rescue |
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| The Sunday incident - the parents find "Timmy", who was run over, as the rescuers bring in the people from the car |
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| More of the Sunday incident |
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| Dealing with Timmy, as the people from the car are wrapped in space blankets, and the surfing collision victims are brought in to shore |
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| The other car, on the cadets incident beach |
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| Preparing for the Sunday Reel And Line |
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