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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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I have been coaching for 30 years and
currently I am the Chief Coach at Witham Dolphins. Formerly I held the
position of Chief Coach at Colchester Swimming Club. I am also an
ex-competitive swimmer representing the Suffolk County.
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What is your profession ?
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Freelance Consultant and Lecturer of Human Resource Management & Leadership (Chartered CIPD), Swimming Coach
at Bramston Sports Centre Witham.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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ASA Coach and Senior Tutor [Coaching].
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Why do you do it ?
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I enjoy helping people achieve in competitive swimming, coaching and tutoring.
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Name some of your past achievements.
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Coached a number of swimmers to National Championship finals at Senior, Age Group and Masters level.
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… your best moment ?
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Helping Witham Dolphins win promotion to Division 1 Speedo League winning by 1 point.
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… and the worst ?
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The Long pool closure that almost put the club out of action and losing a number of our best swimmers.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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Sean Connery first James Bond because I liked his style.
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Favourite
type of music ?
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1960’s Rock Music that was when I used to frequent dance halls as a youth.
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What hobbies do you have ?
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Bird watching – the feathered variety.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Sir Isaac Newton who contributed so much to science.
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Tell us an interesting fact about yourself.
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I was a film extra in a motion picture called ‘A Passionate Summer’ starring Bill
Travers and Virginia McKenna filmed in Jamaica W.I.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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Cadburys Milk Chocolate because I like it.
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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20 years coaching and teaching.
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What is your profession ?
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Tutor and teacher for coaching and swimming.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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ASA club coach level two teacher National pool life guard.
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Why do you do it ?
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Love to see swimmers achieve at all levels from teaching to coaching.
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… your best moment:
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Have had swimmers achieve medals at Essex and gain regional times.
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… and the worst ?
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Having my knee done!!!
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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Harry Potter would love to have gone to Hogwarts.
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Favourite type of music ?
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Love the Beatles Status Quo and West Life.
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What hobbies do you have ?
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I enjoying spending as much time as I can with my grandchildren.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Jack Sparrow always fancied being a bit of a pirate myself.
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Tell us an interesting fact about yourself.
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Don’t like the dark or spiders.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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I would not be a chocolate bar, I’d be a jelly baby.
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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Experience - I work at Bramston as a Swimming Teacher and have helped with Witham Dolphins since
Feb 2005. Junior Squad Coach since Sep 2006.
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What is your profession ?
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Swimming Teacher.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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Level 2 Swimming Teacher, Qualified Lifeguard, completed Lane Coaching Course.
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Why do you do it ?
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I enjoy helping swimmers improve and gain confidence to compete in galas and I look forward to every Dolphins
Session.
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… your best moment:
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The fantastic Team Spirit seen at every Gala and seeing swimmers compete in a gala for the first time.
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… and the worst ?
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No worst moments yet.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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Film - Serendipity, because I am a greatbeliever in fate. Star - Nicolas Cage, because he has a gorgeous voice
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Favourite type of music ?
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Lots of different types of music, but fave all time song is "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith".
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What hobbies do you have ?
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Running and Cycling, Going to Theme Parks - I love Rollercoasters.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Paula Radcliffe to get
some running tips.
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Tell us an interesting fact about yourself.
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I used to be an Aerobics Instructor.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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Aero - Bubbly but can be a bit of an airhead.
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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I’ve been involved with Witham Dolphins as a masters swimmer for the last 6 years,
and have been coaching for the last 2. As a kid I swam competitively and
was also a member of Dolphins in my twenties when I was training for
triathlon.
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What is your profession ?
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I’m the operations manager for a marine electronics company. I’ve spent the last
six years working with the design team from the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution (RNLI) on the new Tamar class lifeboat.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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I’m an ASA Level 2 Teacher and am currently working towards my UKCC Coaching level 2.
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Why do you do it ?
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I get a lot out of swimming. I also get a lot out of helping other swimmers to improve.
There’s nothing better than seeing one of the kids with a big smile all
over their face because they’ve just smashed a PB.
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Name some of your past achievements.
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When I was younger, I swam competitively at county / regional level.
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… your best moment ?
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Swimming at the Masters World Championships in Italy 2004.
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… and the worst ?
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Not being able to go to the 2008 masters world championships in Perth, Australia where my
father lives.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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I’m a big movie fan and I like all sorts.
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Favourite type of music ?
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I like lots of different types but mostly I listen to Indie and 80’s / 90’s new wave.
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What hobbies do you have ?
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I play a number of musical instruments.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Someone who could fix it.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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Don’t get me started on Chocolate. If I could avoid it, I would swim the 100 metres
Breaststroke 2 seconds faster.
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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None until I had a rush of blood to the head and agreed to be Club Secretary in 2005.
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What is your profession ?
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Project Manager.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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National Rescue Award for swimming Teachers and Coaches so I can help cover Dolphins sessions when the
Coaches can’t make it, rather than cancel them.
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Why do you do it ?
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To make the Club better for all the swimmers so they can develop to their true potential. A friendly Club
atmosphere helps achieve this.
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Name some of your past achievements ?
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Completing 25m in the Ric Oram Gala in 2006 ! Plus passing the National Rescue Award last year.
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… your best moment ?
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Watching people enjoy the Annual Ball each year – something I have a big part in organising and helping to
make Witham Dolphins more than just a swimming club.
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… and the worst ?
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Losing a number of swimmers and helpers from the Club during last year.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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The Ipcress File, starring Michael Caine.
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Favourite type of music ?
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Generally 60s and 70s pop music. I’m a massive Dean Friedman fan too.
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What hobbies do you have ?
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I help run Witham Dolphins Swimming Club and am a member of the Management
Committee of the Essex Olympian Football League.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Tony Blackburn – I want to know what makes him so cheerful at that time every
morning !
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Tell us an interesting fact about yourself ?
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I once won a Credence Clearwater Revival 10 CD box set from Mike Reid, live on
Capital Gold Radio, by naming the 4 members of the band.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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M&Ms – because that’s normally all that’s left when you leave chocolate
around me… a wrapper !
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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I was a member of Witham Dolphins many, many years ago!.
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What is your profession ?
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My husband has his own property development company of which I am one of the Directors/secretary/general dogsbody.....
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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I think I gained my Gold badge in personal lifesaving whilst at primary school - apart from that, none whatsoever!
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Why do you do it ?
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I believe you have to give back in this life as well as take.
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Name some of your past achievements ?
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None in the swimming world.
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… your best moment ?
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Watching my daughter complete her first 400m race - I think I got quite emotional listening to everyone cheering her on despite coming last in her heat!.
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… and the worst ?
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None yet.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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Film star - Tom Cruise, Film - Top Gun (for obvious reasons - who can resist Tom in his fighter pilot outfit!).
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Favourite type of music ?
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Random and eclectic though not really a heavy rock fan.
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What hobbies do you have ?
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I have recently started swimming again (I can now swim 100m without collapsing - a major achievement!!), drinking wine, reading, walking.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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Tom Cruise, obviously, and a good engineer
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Tell us an interesting fact about yourself ?
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I appear in Debretts - the who's who of the English Aristocracy - thanks to my mother's ancestory.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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Yorkie - what you see is what you get, nothing hidden, no surprises
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What is your experience in the swimming world ?
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I was a swim teacher a little while back. I have worked in banking for 20 years and now run my own business.
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What is your profession ?
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Currently Managing Director of Teaching Off the Wall Ltd. Selling Educational
Resources from USA to schools and Nurseries.
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What swimming related qualifications do you have ?
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Member of the Institute of Certified Book-keepers and National Rescue Award for swimming Teachers and Coaches.
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Why do you do it ?
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I want to put something back into the club that my son has had so much out of.
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… your best moment ?
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Seeing the faces of the swimmers when they get a great PB or win a race.
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… and the worst ?
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Having to rescue the dummy from the bottom of the diving pit as part of my National Rescue Test.
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Favourite Film /Film Star ?
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Ghost – love a good cry !
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Favourite type of music ?
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Rock – I like loud music !
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What hobbies do you have ?
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Don’t really have time for any but I do like to shop.
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Who would you most like to be stuck in a lift with ?
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No-one, I have a fear of confined spaces.
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If you were a chocolate bar, which one would you be and why ?
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Kit-Kat, don’t know just the first one that came to mind.
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