Joanne Black: Big bang theories

It’s hard to get ahead when learning backstroke.

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30th June, 2012

I spend part of every Friday evening in agony. Not physical, but emotional. And it’s not because I’ve consumed too many cocktails at a local bar, though the chance would be a fine thing. No, my early Friday nights are spent taking my younger daughter and her friend to a swimming club where at some point I am wincing and covering my eyes in anticipation of that awful moment just before the kids’ heads smack together while they’re doing backstroke. The lessons, with the excellent retro and value-for-money Hataitai Swimming Club, are at Wellington’s Freyberg Pool, where the kids swim ...

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