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LOCAL GIRLS TAKE ON WORLD AT
INTERNATIONAL BOG SNORKELLING CHAMPIONSHIP -
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Exposed on Channel 7 News, The Week Ender, Sunrise
& soon to be Kerri-Anne!
Released: 10TH FEBRUARY, 2005
This international sporting event, (2005 will
be the 20th year), takes place annually, this year on August
29th, in the dense Waen Rhydd Peat bog on the southern outskirts
of the smallest town in Britain - Llanwrtyd Wells - in Powys,
Mid Wales.
Competitors have to complete two lengths of
a 55metre trench cut through the peat bog in the quickest
time possible, wearing snorkels and flippers (wet suits optional
but advisable) but without using any conventional swimming
strokes.
“Peat Bog” - visibility zero,
an open mouth affords the competitor acidic “bog”
water and newts, and is rather like swimming in bug infested
soup.
Throughout its history the event has never been
won by an Australian. The girls intend to change that, and
put Australia on the map whilst at the same time raise a substantial
amount for “World Vision”.
Not ones for making a half baked attempt the
girls are also attempting to enter the Guinness Book of Records
by taking part in the “Most entrants for the Bog Snorkelling
Championships”, “The fastest time for women”,
and, if we are successful this year, in the future we will
go for the world record of “The most consecutive wins”.
Kez and Tigger aim to make this fundraising
venture FUN. We would love you to join us. You can contact
either of us by phone or email: we would gladly welcome your
support.
TEAM OZ BOG - COMPETITORS PROFILE
TIGGER WEBB
Tigger Webb tried to grow up in Sussex, England,
but couldn’t stand the pressure and retreated to Australia.
Here she felt comfortable with her immaturity, and didn’t
mind being the butt of pommy jokes.
She is now residing on the Gold Coast, Queensland,
where she is self-employed as a Landscape Architectural Consultant.
The business could be quite successful if she could be bothered
to answer the phone. One day she might even work out how to
retrieve messages on her mobile.
In preference to cooking, Tigger likes eating
food prepared by other people, and leaving before the washing
up needs doing. Her hobbies include writing embarrassing stories
about her friends, especially if she doesn’t like them
any more, building cages for rodents*, mending punctures,
and trying to make her printer work. To get rid of unwanted
visitors she plays the piano and sings.
(* Euthanize all male guinea pigs).
KEZ MERCEL
Kez grew up in Goodna, Queensland, in spite
of her parent’s best efforts to remove her from the
family tree. Instead of playing in the traffic, she was encouraged
to swim in the shark-infested Brisbane River. Since that didn’t
work, her family has passed on to her every conceivable inherited
disease. Kez now resides on the Gold Coast and runs her own
computer company, Alien InfoTech. Today her family are still
not talking to her, unless they want their computers fixed.
Kez is a guitarist of great fame and renown,
not for her playing ability, but because she can play despite
having fingers like a bunch of bananas and is tone deaf. No
one, but no one can play “Me and Bobby McGee”
as slowly as Kez. She is a master of wit and immaturity and
will never miss an opportunity to stir someone up. She may
appear shy when you first meet her, however it doesn’t
take long to work out that she probably isn’t shy, just
ignoring you.
Time trials revealed…
Kez 165 secs and improving (not far off last years fastest
time for a woman)
Tigger 5mins (she hasn’t timed herself yet)
Last Years Fastest Woman Abigail James in a
time of 1.53.02, pics available by request
Contact Details; For further Information
contact Kez or Tigger
Mobile: 0422-695171 (Kez)
Email: kez@bogsnorkelling.com or tigger@bogsnorkelling.com
Website: www.bogsnorkelling.com
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