The Malabar Cup

Yes! What a great swim indeed?

The course can certainly be compared to such great journey swims as the time honoured Palmy to Whalo Big Swim, Foster's Club2Club or the relative newcomer of similar vintage to yesterday's Long Bay to Little Bay event, The Tama2Cloey.

But in terms of organisational excellence, The Malabar event wins, as HG would put it "pants down with daylight in second place".

However I too found it a bit hard to spot the distant bouys, even with my new fangled View prescription goggles; but not impossible due to the wise choice of colours. So I must join the chorus: "get the shape of the bouys right please!"

On the subject of nomencalture, I feel compelled to have my two blob's worth as well. The labels "classic" and "challenge", whilst entirely appropriate (particularly the latter) to describe yesterday's event, are far to hackneyed. HG reckoned yestdy that it should be called "The Long Bay to Little Bay Fantastic.... get up in the morning and say: I'm gonna swim The Fantastic today." Truly a great line of thinking.

But as I've stated many a time, I reckon a few turf terms should be employed, to give the impression that there's somethin more than a little kudos ridin on the result. Some examples are:

The Farm Cove Stakes (Sydney Harbour)

The Port Hunter Weight-for-age Handicap (particularly if it gets into the Hahn Series -Newcastle Harbour)

The John Fairfax and Sons Cole Plate

and wait for it...

The Stockland - Rainbow Club of Austalia Malabar Cup.

The Malabar Cup! Get workin on the silverware folks, it may be ocean swimming's first perpetual trophy.

Remember you heard it from me first,

Swim with yer head, not under it,

Davo.