[Max]

Be prepared for some tough and critical appraisal of your form - a very intensive weekend and if you are not careful, the 'total deconstruction / reconstruction' approach can be a bit brutal. However, everything they tell you is based on good practice. Also be prepared to carry out all the subsequent practice back home to embed new techniques into the subconcious. Your form may suffer for some time especially if you have no continuing coaching support from your club.

Meal times is a flashback to the school dining hall, with long queues forming ahead of the fixed meal times - be prepared to eat healthy though - dumplings, chips and spotted dick were not on the menue when I went!

The rooms in the block I stayed in were very amusing - a shared bathroom and toilet connecting two rooms - not for those of a nervous disposition when you meet your next door companion, stark naked at 4am in the morning (no, unfortunately, I was not billeted next to the women's figure skating champion, but some Dutch shot putter I think!). Well worth the £150.