Yesterday was our introductory session at the gym. Dominique, Neil and I all had a personal training session to formulate a program. It’s intensive – lots on pull ups, weight lifting and core stuff. Dominique and I have also been going to the gyms spin class 3 times per week. Neil can’t go to the gym at the moment because he has a ‘bad ankle’. I never knew a bad ankle could stop you spinning but apparently it does. His performance in his induction was laughable. The slight young female instructor @ 4 foot and 100 pound was performing weight lifting exercises that Neil couldn’t do. I’ll paste that sentence again just in case you missed it – The slight young female instructor @ 4 foot 100 pound was performing weight lifting exercises that Neil couldn’t do. His session was cut short through physical exertion. LOL

I’m afraid to say it’s been more of the same at the tables. I’m still down although volume is good and I’m on course to meet my target volume for the month. I’ve analysed it and despite making some mistakes, I’ve run very badly. I’ve had several final tables without a win, and I’ve only had one second place (I also got disconnected for 10 minutes heads up which cost me dearly). I’ve lost several key hands at these final tables, or at least deep having got them in good. It’s really hard to accept. It also demonstrates just how big variance can be. I really believe you need a minimum of 200 buy ins if you don’t want to go bust. Things are made worse by the fact that Neil has asked me to write an article on dealing with bead beats and downswings. I actually leant quite a lot about this sort of stuff when I was trading on the markets. I will put the article up within the next few days. On a side note – feel free to write your own articles if you think you have something to offer. Send them to us and we will put them on the site.

The start of the premiership season has provided a fresh source of misery. I don’t understand why Ramos is rotating players at this stage. If anyone has the answer to the following, please let we know

1)      Why is Lennon being preferred to Dos Santos?
2)      Why was Bentley on the bench against Villa? From what i’ve seen he’s been our best player so far.
3)      What is going on with Ledley King?

I hope things improve – its just as painful to watch live at 6am, 10 thousand miles away as it is from the Paxton. COYS

Finally, Wednesday night witnessed our first appearance at the local bar’s quiz night, finishing a respectable mid table, having dropped quite a few points with questions only a kiwi would know. We plan to add a couple of kiwis to our team. I think Shaun will go next Wednesday. It was a fun night and we plan to make it a regular thing. Expect us to be pushing for European qualification next week