Hi all. Sorry for no recent posts but I have been away since mid December on a family skiing holiday and another three weeks away in Adelaide for work on a Krav Maga course.

Whilst away, I managed to get in some racing on the Davos oval in the Swiss Masters Individual Distance Championship. It had always been a goal of mine to have a race in a long track event and at 36 I finally managed to do it, and I must admit that I am hooked and hopefully I can get away to Europe or North America for some long and short track masters events early next year - any other Aussie masters keen to join me?????. Anyway, I managed to chalk up a second place in the 500m but the distance events were a non-event for me as I only had fixed short track blades, but in the end, it was all about participation.

I then managed to have a skate on the Munich and Frankfurt ovals and was welcomed with open arms at both venues. The reception was warm at both places, although everyone was slightly surprised to have an Aussie keen on having a skate on the ovals. It was really nice to have some old boys asking about Danny Kah, Mike Richmond and Colin Coates when in Davos – great to see that these Aussies have a good name overseas long after their heyday.

Anyway, I ended up with some nice photos and some video of races so hopefully I will post those when I get home from this Law Enforcement Krav Maga course in Adelaide.
I will be home for two weeks then I’m back off to Brisbane to skate with my club – The Roos and my first club racing for 2008. Hopefully I can better those Aussie records again!

Frank