The field events also should be much improved this season as Nikki Colombo has looked strong in practice. Along with Tina Herrera, Erin Johnson and Rachael Smith, the lady throwers are on the verge of making their mark in helping the team to league victories.

We still need to strengthen ourselves in the sprints. We're pushing hard in those events this week in practice.

Competing at this level is an honour. The skills we practice for these events are those we use in daily emergency responses.

He couldn't practice all week, and it showed.

The Code of Practice is needed for all new buildings before they can get licence to occupy. So it's actually enforced. If you add all the urinals and cubicles in male toilet, you must get the same in women's. We recommend getting one or two more for the ladies' restrooms.

We talk about the Dubai ports acquisition, capital punishment and current events of the city, (such as) the pension situation – items that have many sides to them. We share everybody's thoughts, and we all learn from that.