Simon Coleman from Nikon entered the First National Caterham Graduates Championship and runners-Up race at Snetterton so I went along to give him some support.
Peter Bargh
Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Sport events’ Category
Lawn Tennis Championships 2000 Wimbledon No 1 Court Stand.
After a champagne dinner courtesy of Nikon (I think) – I fell asleep watching the tennis. Sorry to all those tennis fans.
Press event with Canon to Paris to the 2000 UEFA Champions League final where Real Madrid vs Valencia played at State de France in Saint-Denis. This was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in a final.
We also had a trip to Paris to see L’Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile and a church but I cant remember which one!
Hosts
Angela Warnes
Press
William Cheung, Terry Hope, Chris Cheesman, John Clements (and many more that I cant remember)
Nikon hosted an event at Palmer PromoSport in England – the Motorsport Experience 96
It was a thrilling day competing against other editors, journalists and retailers in a variety of motorsports events.
Below are the results of all 63 competitors.
And here’s how I did
Circuit 6th
Kart 11th
Off road 10th
Skid control 33rd
Sprint Salon 16th
Super Sprint 20th
Overall 7th!
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Nikon representatives
Simon Coleman, Tim Hunnable
Press attending
Peter Bargh, Nigel Atherton, Doug Harman
Went to see Sheffield Wednesday play Preston North End with my father
League division two game with Sheffield Wednesday playing at home to Middlesborough.
Wisewood junior school used Hillsborough swimming baths for swimming lessons. At the baths, now a Weatherspoons pub called Rawson Spring, we could earn swimming certificates, starting at 25 yards. Public baths at that time were built to the imperial standard before metrication (25 yards = 22.86 metres).
Here’s how swimming certificates typically worked in the 25 yard pool of the 60s:
Beginner / Learner Certificate
- Swim the width of the pool
- Often allowed any stroke
- Sometimes included:
- Jumping in safely
- Basic floating
- Jumping in safely
25 Yard Certificate
- Swim 1 full length (25 yards) without stopping
- No touching the sides
- Usually first “official” distance badge
50 Yard Certificate
- 2 lengths of a 25-yard pool
- Continuous swim
- Often required a recognised stroke
100 Yard Certificate
- 4 lengths
- Demonstrated stamina
- Usually breaststroke or front crawl
Higher Distance Awards
Some pools including ours offered:
- 200 yards
- 400 yards
- 1/2 mile (880 yards)
- 1 mile (1760 yards) endurance badge
(Very popular achievement award in the 1950s–70s)
