Baileys' BVI Adventure...: April 2011

. March 2011 .

Hello again!

Well, March really was a quick one. Busy at work and just as busy on the weekends! Apologies for the delay in getting this out. We've just moved house and the internet was off for a couple of days. More on the house move in April's blockbuster edition.

What have we got for you this month? Well, we have a some Rugby, some Multi-sports, some Swimming, and some time at the beach.

Without holding you up any longer, get into it!

(psssst! Don't forget that you can click on the pictures to view them in full size)

Multi Sport

We'll call it multi-sport because it sounds much cooler than a Duathlon. The other weekend a Duathlon was held here on island. Michelle had been doing a bit of training building up for it, Dave had been doing a little bit of running, but just for general fitness.
Michelle was entered in the event and Dave was looking forward to a wee Sunday sleep in. But that didn't happen and he got roped into a team with a Mate (Mick) who was going to do the 12 mile bike leg and was looking for a runner. Dave joined up to do the two 2-mile running legs.

Mick & Dave - Team "Speight's Mates"

Up early on the Sunday morning with a car full of kids and bikes to get numbered up for the race. Mick's wife was also in the race. She was going to be running with another friend of hers doing the bike. In the teams race it was Boys vs Girls. And in the overall scheme of things it was Michelle against everyone. Start time arrived and off they went, Dave coming in a minute or so ahead on Michelle on the first run leg. Dave then rested while Mick did the bike leg on his trusty mountain bike. Meanwhile Michelle jumped on her flash bike and headed out on the bike leg. She came in about three minutes ahead of Mick and then went off for her final run leg. The Mountain bike probably wasn't the best option in this race, but never mind. He put in a pretty good effort all the same. Dave took off a few minutes behind Michelle in hot pursuit, but she was too good,beating the boys by a good minute or so. And yes, the girls team beat them as well...

Not sure if she's happy to be finished or laughing
because she beat Mick & Dave...

Rugby

You may recall that Dave's team, the Iguanas were looking good to win the domestic rugby competition, as long as they continued to win.
It all came down to the final weekend with three teams having a possible chance of taking out the Alex Alexander Memorial Trophy. The Iguanas won it in 2010 and were looking to be the first team to retain the trophy for a second year running in many years.

Their last game was against their nemesis, the Cayman Storm - yes, the ones in that horrible yellow and red strip. It was a fairly torrid affair on yet another blistering hot day, however the Iguanas stuck to their game plan and remained in control for the majority of the match. However in the last 10 minutes they began to tire a little and gave away a couple of yellow cards. The Storm pounced on the opportunity and managed to even the scores right on the full time whistle. This sent people scurrying to check out the previous results and also the 'for and against' records.

It so happened that with the draw the Storm dropped to Third place and the Buccaneers, who had thrashed the Pigs earlier in the day by 40 odd points were promoted to First Equal with the Iguanas. But the good old Iguanas came through with their superior points differential (of exactly 50 points) and took away the silverware (again!).
Miss Cayman appeared (again) and presented the trophy to the very happy Iguanas who celebrated in the customary fashion...

The guy on his knees near the Heineken Box is holding the trophy.

Impressive isn't it.

Miss Cayman jumps in for a photo opportunity with the Iguanas.

So, now the Iguanas go straight into the final for the last trophy of the 2011 domestic season - The Waterford Vase. The Vase is a straight knockout with the league's 2nd and 3rd place getters playing off to see who faces the league champions (Iguanas!) in the final.

Last weekend the Buccaneers and the Storm faced off with the Buccaneers coming through in the end.

Can the Iguanas do the double in 2011 or will the Buccs come through and claim a trophy for their efforts in the season? They have both beaten each other this year so who will come out on top? We'll let you know in April's edition.

See free coverage of all games on www.caymanrugbytv.com

Also, see highlight packages on http://www.facebook.com/caymanrugbytv

Dave's Birthday Beach Day

Yep, Dave had a birthday in March and since it was a Sunday,decided to spend the day at the beach with friends.

Usual story, a few beers, kids running and splashing about. Nice and relaxing...

One of our friends took a few pictures and made this:

Jake and Tommy trying show how cold it is here.... Convinced? Didn't think so.

One mile relay
Michelle's work decided to enter a team in the Annual One-Mile relay. They needed one more runner so Dave joined them.

It had been a very rainy afternoon, but the sky cleared just before the race. There were still lots of puddles lying about and on the route there were plenty of large pools to avoid.

They didn't win but had fun in the race and all did pretty good times.

Dave and one of the other guys each won a spot prize. Dave's was a Voucher to a Thai place and Dave was looking forward to a nice dinner there. That was until he found out that the Thai place was a beauty spa...

St Paddies Day Irish Jog

The Annual St Paddies Day Irish Jog is held here every year. Apparently it's been going for 19 years in Cayman and is the single biggest event on the running event calender participant-wise.

Sam and Dave did it this year. Michelle had planned to but got held up at work. Jake managed to get in with the organisers and got to ride around the course on a Golf cart.

It was another warm one, starting off at 5:30 pm. Dave clocked 25 minutes for his run and Sam bimbled in a bit later after a very social-looking jog/stroll with one of her friends.

Hundreds queue for Dave's autograph at the finish

Others want to have their picture taken with the man himself

Sam and Sammi - looking like they did it easy

Aaaaarrrggghhhh!!!! More Gold & Silver...

There was a fairly major swim meet here in March. It was a three day event with both Sam and Jake racing on all three days. They both did really well, with personal bests in almost all of their races and a fair swag of medals to boot!

Jake placed or won in all of his events and also took away the 'High Points Award' for his age group for the meet. Sam also placed or won most of her races and was a close second for the 'High points Award'.

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Winners are grinners!

Plenty of loot from this meet...

Ash Wednesday at the Beach

Ash Wednesday is a public holiday in Cayman. So, after a wee sleep in, of we go to brunch with the kids and then head on out to Spotts Beach. We hadn't been to Spotts before so it was nice to check out a different beach for a change. The usual suspects turned up and we enjoyed a day of sun, snorkelling and time with friends as well as a couple of beers and a bit of a BBQ which is always good!