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Casuarina Club Coach Spells Speed With A 'C' -- (Darwin, Australia 30/6/01) An Australian coach is using a crocodile in the pool to encourage his swimmers to improve their speeds.  Mark Davies, from Casuarina Crocs Swimming Club in Darwin, says the technique improves his squad's performance.  Local swimming authorities say he'll have to use a private pool if he wants to continue using the crocodile while the Australian Institute of Sport has condemned the technique.  Mr Davies is unrepentant. He told Australian newspaper The Telegraph: "The thought of something chasing them down the pool certainly improves the speeds of my swimmers."  Before the 1.8-metre saltwater crocodile is lowered into the water, its jaw is bound with tape and its claws are clipped.


Crocodile Stock by Trapper
(Sorry I've been away for so long! The entries have been GREAT! I'm kind of rusty, but here's a go – Tune: Crocodile Rock by Elton John, Bernie Taupin; New Word by Al Boyce © 6/12/2002)

I remember when Oz was young
Me mates and me had so much fun
Swimming laps and passing blokes
With the Australian Crawl and Butterfly strokes
But the biggest shock I ever got
was when Coach Davies stocked the pool with crocs
While kids in other pools were racing to the clock
we swam for our lives from the crocodile's maw!

CHORUS:
Well Crocodile stocking is something shocking
The "B" squad all got killed!
I never swam me a faster time and I guess I never will
Oh lawdy mama, we never knew
when Davies came back from the Reptile Zoo
and the Crocodile stocking was out of sight

But as weeks went by and more swimmers died
Coach Davies got threatened by official guys
So he sealed the croc's jaw with a roll of duct tape
And he clipped off his claws to lessen his scrape
But they'll never heal the wounds we got
Swimming fast from the crocodile stock
Said our namesake in Darwin town,
"The strongest will survive!", ...and the rest will drown!

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