Toby at swimming practice
5 photos…
This first one shows Ben on the left and Bryce in the middle…
Jun
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Dec
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Dec
17
Here’s Toby with Ben on his shoulders. Bryce is to the right with his sister Erin on his shoulders (both from South Africa), then Ben, Becky then Maura (Ben’s sister: both from the States)…
May
1
These photos were taken by our friend Julie who is the mother of Connor Morris from the States who swims with Toby…
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Apr
21
In this video you’ll see Toby in second place for the first 50 metres, then catch up and eventually win over the second 50-metre stretch.
You’ll see him shake hands with the boy who came second; cheering on his teammates in the next race immediately after his; and going for his gold medal.
You’ll hear the Arabic commentator say “Tobi John Al Ain” 3 times…
Here is Toby’s time…
Before the race he said he felt very tired.
He had shared a hotel room last night with 3 of his fellow team mates (Connor from America, Bryce from South Africa, and Ossian from Sweden) — and they had talked until midnight then got up at 6.30.
He said he felt a bit sick, and that butterfly is the hardest race. I replied that it was likely that he’d still give it 100% in the race. And he did.
I was shaking from the adrenalin 15 minutes after the race!
Toby was so exhausted that he fell asleep on the 2-hour journey home…
As of May 2012, Toby’s speeds are…
50m free: 28.9 seconds
100 free: 1.03.00
200 free: 2.21.31
50 fly: 31.2
100 fly: 1.10.00
50 back: 32.3
100 back: 1.12:44
50 breast: 36.7
100 breast: 1.20.35
Toby is 12.
Jan
11
Toby’s swimming coach, Ashraf, loves his gadgets: iPad 2, iPhone 4 – and now an underwater camera! He filmed these 2 movies, plus several photos.
Here’s Toby doing butterfly. In the last frame of the movie, you’ll see the Head Coach, Jack, on the left…
See another video and the photos by clicking on Read More!…
Dec
7
Here you’ll see the start of the race… You’ll hear coach Ashraf call Toby ‘Connor’ by mistake; Captain Yahia gets annoyed at one of the team; coach Mohammed Sidke is the one in the hat who grabs Toby at one point. You’ll see Toby come second after just over an hour of swimming the 3km race…
In this next video you’ll see Toby and Connor talk about the race. Connor’s friend Craig is the guy in the black T-shirt and sunglasses. You’ll see Catherine and Felix at the end of this video…
Dec
5
Toby and Connor discuss tactics in December 2011 with Jack Simon, an Olympic swimming coach from the States who has just been employed by the Al Ain Sport and Culture Club as Head Coach and Technical Director…
Wikipedia describes Jack as “a renowned U.S. national swimming coach and former president of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA).”
Dec
5
Mark Morris, father of Toby’s friend Connor, took all the terrific photos in this post…
Dec
4
Toby and Connor discuss tactics at an open water race in Abu Dhabi in December 2011 with Jack Simon, a former Olympic swimming coach from the States who has just been employed by the Al Ain Club, and could be here for 20 months…