When I was a kid we had a fridge before every family had one. In those (old) days they used to freeze up a lot more than today's easy maintenance versions. When we defrosted it my mother would always insist that we never left it that long again and that the fridge would be defrosted every week, although it never was.
The point is that nearly everything in life is easier if you stay on top of the job. For some years the list of Manx records has not been published and potential new records have not been ratified.
Bernie Shimell, who together with his wife Di, produced the lastest list of the Manx records after it had been unavailable for several years recognises that there is still a lot of work to be done but is grateful for the flood of responses to the publication of the list on Monday evening.
David and Cheryl Pryke are going to produce the new website for the Isle of Man Athletics Association and the database of records across all ages will be one of the main features.
I'm sure that, just like the old fridge, there will be occasions when (through people not communicating, human error and other committments) the lists will not always be 100% perfect. But I'm also sure that with the use of the internet and a good database the ice will never accumulate as in the past few years.
Well done to everyone who has moved this long overdue project forward. Now its up to the athletes to produce the goods and add their names to the records as Keith Gerrard did yet again last Friday.
This morning I have added links to some of the best stories from the other local websites. Find out who met with Kelly Holmes by following the links. I can't find the results from the Park Runs (last Friday) yet.
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