Its been a while, right?

2020 - its been a year, but we are still here, tipping away behind the scenes, doing everything we can to retain some semblance of normality

In a bid to save Christmas and the sanity of all CrossFit athletes we are bringing you a new competition concept

If you can gather your usual Filthy team or create a new Filthy team - 2 men / 2 women - dont forget the new people in your gym who may not have been to Filthy before - get them involved

We will have our mad Filthy programmer create some awesome workouts with equipment within the confines of what people are capable of getting their hands on. You may need to beg, borrow or steal to get what you need but we know you can do it

Get your team together on Zoom, throw down together, record the session and make the experience feel as team-like and Filthy-like as you can.

We want to see virtual fist bumps all round, people dressed in co-ordinated outfits, people dressed as Santa! Do whatever it takes to make this virtual competition feel more like the real Filthy reality

Tag us on your stories and #12daysoffilthy

We got this. You got this. We got you

This is going to be like a little trivia journey through Filthy.

Did you figure any of them out?

D-Couplet… an ode to Darina, without whom none of this would be possible. A force to be reckoned with, minder of the Irish CrossFit community, holder of the purse strings, spender of the bosses cash!

Galen… One of the first proponents of Rope Climbs was Galen - who is considered the first 'Private Trainer' and coached many Olympic athletes for competition. Rope climbing was once an Olympic Sport. It was part of the Olympic Games between 1896-1936 and was then abandoned.

Spinning Catherine… A firework named after St Catherine of Alexandria, who was condemned to death by “breaking on a wheel”. Will those double unders have you spinning like a wheel?

Sisyphus… A greek God punished to push a large rock up a big hill for all eternity. I guess you’ll know what that feels like at the end of this event

Team Reek… The reek is the nickname of Croagh Patrick, a mountain located in the West of Ireland, its so perfectly triangular, it looks like you could ski down it.

Machine… Well oiled and in sync, get after it!

Dunbars Breakdown… an ode to the meaning of Filthy 150. 150 reps broken down into smaller pieces of torture. Want to read where our name came from? check out our blog here

Creeping Barrage… First used at the Battle of the Somme, a Creeping Barrage was a tactic that involved artillery fire moving forward in stages just ahead of the advancing infantry. To work, the strategy required precise timing by both the heavy artillery and the infantry. Failure to do this would result in the artillery killing their own soldiers. Move through this event with the same tactics, stay ahead!

Sauron…Yup Lord of the Rings reference. Translates as Abomination from Tolkien's invented language of Quenya. Doesnt bode well really, now does it?

Entente… the understanding between Britain and France reached in 1904, forming the basis of Anglo-French cooperation in the First World War. You are going to have to reach your own Entente to get your team through this…

And there you have it…

Now get your team entente sorted and reek it down to the floor and get crankshafted!

A very interesting read, our thanks to Brian! Follow him @coachbrianfriend

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Filthy 150 Preview

by Brian Friend

The 2020 Sanctional season is ready to kick off with the Filthy 150 from Punchestown Racecourse outside of Dublin Ireland. With the start date so close to the end of this season’s Open, many elite athletes are ready to start the season right. Today we address the athletes most likely to win, most likely to earn a Games invite (remember those can be two different things), and highlight one male and one female athlete you might not know, someone who could surprise you this weekend. 

Men:

There are 6 National Champions in the field as the current Open leaderboard sits:

Roman Khrennikov: Russia

Jonne Koski: Finland

Zack George: United Kingdom

Klaus Uggerhoj: Denmark

Linus Bresander: Sweden

Lukas Esslinger: Switzerland

Additionally, 3 athletes in the field are currently in the top 20 worldwide in the Open:

Jean-Simon Roy-Lemaire

Tim Paulson

Cedric Lapointe

And one man sits just outside the top 20, but will likely get in once a few athletes go Team:

Sean Sweeney.

Sweeney’s position of being just outside the top 20, but likely in a position to eventually qualify, is the only possible point of confusion on the men’s side. He will be competing as if he doesn’t have a spot, but men who are chasing him this weekend will know that there’s a good chance that even if they finish directly behind him, there’s the possibility they will eventually earn the invitation. 

Of the men listed above, Khrennikov and Koski, appear the most likely to be vying for the top podium spot in Ireland. Khrennkov had three top five finishes last year during Sanctionals, including a win at the Italian Showdown. Koski only competed in one Sanctioned event, the French Throwdown, which he won. 

Will Moorad, who did not earn a qualifying spot through the Open this year, will be another man worth watching. He podiumed at all three Sanctioned events he participated in last year, including taking the top spot in Brazil. 

Dark Horse for the Men:

The men’s competition for the Filthy 150 is very deep, over half the field finished inside the top 100 in the Open, and that’s not including 4 men who were inside the top 100 during the 2019 Open, but did not participate in the 2020 Open. Picking one man as a potential dark horse is tough. You could go with last year’s Polish national champion Bartek Lipka who seemed to have a lot of potential but did not make it out of the First Cut event at the Games. You could go with one of the Irishmen in the field, Michael Smith, was the Irish National Champion in 2019 and had an impressive 26th place finish in his first trip to Madison this past August, while Sam Stewart is coming off a very impressive Open in which he placed 43rd world wide and narrowly lost the Irish national  race to PD Savage. Or you could be excited to see Dan Bailey return to the competition floor after a two and half year hiatus. 

But, the man who has not been mentioned, who I expect to do very well is Drew Wayman. At two separate Sanctionals last year (Wodapalooza and Strength in Depth), Drew finished one spot below the man who eventually took the Games invitation. He was slated to compete at the Granite Games but withdrew. He’s been locked into his training and had an excellent Open, finishing 51st worldwide. Don’t be surprised if you see the name Wayman floating towards the top of the leaderboard in Ireland come Sunday. 

Women: 

There are 5 female National Champions in the field:

Sara Sigmundsdottir: Iceland

Kristin Holte: Norway

Emma McQuaid: Ireland

Emilia Leppanen: Finland

Simona Quintana: Chile

Outside of them, no other athletes competing currently sit in a qualifying position out of the Open, which means they will all be vying for the Games invitation.

Sigmundsdottir, Holte, and McQuaid are all powerhouses who will be competitive throughout the weekend and in contention for a podium spot. Sam Briggs, who suffered an injury mid-Open (and still went on to have the best time worldwide in 20.5) appears to have recovered and will also be fighting for the podium alongside those ladies. The injury prevented her from being the fittest in the United Kingdom, but, assuming she’s healthy, she’s now the clear front runner to take the Games invitation from the Filthy 150. 

Dark Horse for the Women:

Of the remaining women in the field, Emelie Lundberg, of Sweden, strikes me as the most likely relative unknown athlete to challenge Briggs for the Games spot. Lundberg is coming off a 40th place worldwide Open finish (which appears like it will fall just short of a qualifying spot, even after a slew of backfills as women go team). She also finished as the second fittest in Sweden, behind Games veteran Camilla Salomonsson Hellman. Lundberg was a member of team Superhero Project last season which took second place at Fittest in Cape Town as well. She competed at Regionals in both 2017 and 2018, finishing as high as 15th. She trains at least once weekly with Bresander (the male national champion from Sweden), and competing with his support, should feel like she is set up well to make a run this weekend.

Top Teams to Watch: 

For teams attempting to make it to the Games, the Filthy 150 is the first opportunity of the season. There are 23 teams in the elite division for this competition, and the recipe to get that invitation is simple, win. It’s probable we’ll see 3 teams who eventually separate themselves from the pack as the weekend wears on:

Team Nation (Craig Kenney, Paul Tremblay, Jennifer Smith, Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault)

These four Games veterans bring plenty of power and experience with them to Ireland. Kenney and Smith both competed on teams at the Games last season. Tremblay, though more well known for his individual accomplishments, competed on a team at the Games back in 2012. Reason-Thibault has little team experience, but she’s qualified for the Games as an individual 5 consecutive times and has placed in the top 20 the last 4 years. They combine for an impressive total of 15 Games appearances. 

ROMWOD MeatSquad (Dex Hopkins, Christian Harris, Brooke Haas, Kelly Baker)

Hopkins, Harris, and Baker all have previous Games experience on a team. Haas is coming off her first trip to the Games this past August after qualifying through the 2019 Open. Between the four of them, they have a combined 19 Regional and 5 Games appearances. 

Team JST Compete (David Shorunke, Benjamin Massey, Megan Lovegrove, Emma Tall)

Another team with Games experience: Massey and Lovegrove were both on the 2017 JST team, Massey was also on the team that took 10th this past August.  Tall is coming off her first individual trip to the Games, she qualified last season out of Strength in Depth and had respectable showing of 32nd in Madison. Shorunke nearly qualified as an individual through Strength in Depth last year as well, but lost by a very narrow margin after the final event. He did compete at the Games on CrossFit Nordic in 2016 when they took 6th place. 

There’s a lot of anticipation for the first full Sanctional season and it all starts this weekend in Ireland. With talented athletes in every division, it seems the Filthy 150 is more than ready to get the season started in an exciting and competitive way. 

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A guest post by Brian Friend @coachbrianfriend

We are officially 8 weeks out

YOU are 8 weeks out

Its 18 days until The Open

Get in the OPEN, get warmed up then join us on 22nd November

Its going to be SPECTACULAR

#filthyready

CrossFit®Filthy 150 has teamed up with Wodapolooza and The Atlas Games to bring athletes from around the world a new way to compete at CrossFit® Sanctional™ events next season. 

This year’s changes to the CrossFit® Games format has brought plenty of new challenges for competitive athletes, chief among them being the qualification process for events they wish to compete at. A brand new online event, International Online Qualifier, will allow athletes to complete one set of qualifier workouts and potentially qualify for multiple Sanctional™ events all in one go. The collaboration between Filthy 150 (Nov 2019), Wodapalooza (Feb 2020) and the Atlas Games (April 2020) aims to streamline the qualification process for athletes and simplify the planning of their season ahead.

The entry process will be simple. Athletes will register once, then select the events they hope to qualify for, costing $25 (approx €22) per event. The new International Online Qualifier will provide a worldwide leaderboard and show placings for all athletes involved in any of the three events. There will also be a separate leaderboard for each Filthy 150, Wodapalooza and The Atlas Games.

Other events are expected to be added to the qualifier in the coming weeks, providing athletes with more opportunities to compete throughout the 2020 season. For the Filthy 150, the qualifier workouts for the Elite Individual Division and the Elite Team Division will be the same, with 30 Individual spots up for grabs for both the Elite Male and Elite Female Divisions. The Filthy 150 will be inviting 6 men and 6 women to compete alongside the qualified athletes. As for the Elite Teams, the workouts are based on combined individual scores, meaning athletes do not need to be in the same location as their teammates to complete all qualifiers. There will be 20 spots filled through the International Online Qualifier, with 4 additional teams being invited to compete in November.

For Wodapalooza, the top 90 athletes will qualify across three divisions, Elite, RX and Intermediate Individuals. For Atlas Games, the top 30 athletes will qualify for their Elite Individual division, plus Age Groups.

The International Online Qualifier will take place over three separate weekends:

Aug 21-26

Aug 28- Sept 2

Sept 4- 9

Registration opens July 1st.

Stay tuned for further details over the coming weeks.

The lottery is closed, the teams of 4 are filling in. They will be on the floor in November.

After 7 years, we can do this with our eyes closed.

But now that’s sorted, its time to focus on the Elite divisions

Time for invites, qualifiers, scores and videos. All new to us

Filthy is evolving. The team is ever evolving.

We are becoming a new thing

Surrounded by uncertainty

Full of confidence

Learning as we go

The team will succeed

We always do

Date for your diary… 7th June 2019… Filthy lottery opens.

Filthy has always been a teams of four event, accessible to all level of athletes. It has brought top athletes together with beginners and managed to run an event to cater for all of them

This year is no different

However, demand has grown so much over the years that we now have to run a lottery for team tickets.

The lottery will open on June 7th

This is only for our team of four event. Entry to elite divisions will be via qualifiers. You can get a team of four spot and also do the elite qualifiers. If you qualify we will re-assign your team of four spot. If you don’t qualify then you can use your team of four spot to compete.

Once the lottery closes, we will draw teams and offer out tickets. Teams will be given a deadline to pay for their tickets and if they miss the deadline the ticket will be re-assigned.

So what do you need to do?

1. Get into the lottery when it opens!!

2. If you are offered a ticket, pay for it before the deadline

3. Get to Punchestown in November for an almighty throwdown

Today is finally the day where we will answer the question that’s been whispered about in the corridors and rumoured about for as long as we have existed.

The existential question…

Brace yourself…

Why on earth are you guys called Filthy 150?????

Lets go all the way back to when CrossFitters wore long colourful socks like it was a uniform… 2013!

A guy decides to run an event. How does he figure out how many people to invite to said event? Base it on size of premises? Base it on earnings? Base it on time available? What if you don’t care about any of that and the only criteria is that people engage with each other, get to know each other and have a bit of fun throwing down together?

What then?!

Then your glad its Jamie making that decision and not you!

The aim is easy, get some boxes together for a good competition where inclusivity and community were at the core of the event. Where its not about the winning or the medals. Where its about getting people together, to broaden people’s social circles so they could make friends with other like minded individuals and discuss their favourite topics to their hearts content, CrossFit obviously. All the while, doing their favourite thing, CrossFit!

He had somewhat settled on asking 6 gyms with the stipulation that they each had to bring 25 people

150 people

When he stumbled on a theory called Dunbar’s Number, it solidified his decision and he knew he was on the right path. Robin Dunbar, an anthropologist and psychologist determined that 150 is the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships with

When someone like Dunbar agrees with you, I guess you go with your gut and run with it

But what about the Filthy bit? That dirty little Filthy 50 chipper has a lot to answer for! Yes it was named after that wod. 

Helllllllloooo Filthy 150

The innuendo we managed to create around the name over the years has been comical and nothing short of not being suitable for innocent eyes!!

With the name set and rules on paper, Filthy 150 came to life

6 gyms

25 people from each gym, to comprise of 1 male competitor, 1 female competitor, 1 team and the remainder was their community who would take part in non competitive wods during the day.

If they couldn’t jockey up 25 people then the invite went to the next gym on the list.

Of course Filthy year 1 was a massive success, leading to Filthy year 2 being a sell out within minutes and forcing a second day to be put on!

We love that our OG’s are still competing with us all these years later. 

Don your long socks for the throwback to Bua, FSM, Kilkenny, Mallow, Letterkenny and Navan!

In a little over ten weeks Emma Mcquaid, Arminas Balevicius & Michael Smith will hit the competition floor flying the flag for Ireland

They have all helped elevate our sport, our events, our communities on the world stage and this is our opportunity to show them our support.

With that in mind, if you have a spare few euros, please donate to the athlete fund 🥰

https://www.gofundme.com/n9sst-crossfit-games-2019

For every €5 you donate you will be entered into the draw to win a concept 2 bike. Draw will take place 20th May at 9pm Irish Time

Again huge thanks to Concept2 for supporting Irish CrossFit 👏💪❤️

Here’s a sneak peek of the preparation for the draw!

It’s been a warm weekend in Ireland. The gardens are cut, the rebels have the BBQ’s out and everyone else is warning that they better not jinx the weather with their daring act! As we all know, the jinx is a very real thing, that can indeed have an affect on the Irish weather.

With a history steeped in paganism, folklore and catholicism, it’s only natural that we have a few old wives tales that just never died and that some would barely dare to ignore.

As previously mentioned, do nothing to jinx the sun if you see it attempting to make its way out from behind a cloud. It doesn’t come often and when its here Ireland is the best place in the world. The grass is greener, the people are happier, it’s never a struggle to get out of bed and the best sessions ever, always happen on a random sunny day.

Never been on an Irish session? You are in for a ‘treat’.  The sun usually heralds the start of a session. People’s moods jump into the hyperactive range. Summer clothes are donned and the sandals make a reappearance. The group Whatsapp lights up phones nationwide as the early birds plan out what the day has in store. Phone calls are made when agreements cannot be reached and finally a time and place is agreed and then its “bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye” until someone hangs up the phone.

While eating is cheating on the sesh, it’s always advisable to line the tummy well beforehand, an Irish session can last a few days, specially over a bank holiday weekend. While lining the tummy, be careful not to spill salt though. If you spill it, you need to throw it over your left shoulder to spite the devil. Yup, spite him. Never does one act not follow the other.

While partaking in the few pints of Bulmers with copious amounts of ice, in the awesome sun trap that is the pub’s beer garden, always be aware of what your nose is at. An itchy nose is the sign of a fight and nothing ruins a good old Irish session more than 2 buffoons going at it in the middle of the beer garden.

While keeping an eye on your nose, you may also want to notice your ears. Burning ears are a sign someone is gossiping about you. Either that or its a sign you have been in the sun too long with your pale Irish skin and haven’t put factor on.

On the subject of bodily itches, if the palm of your hand itches you will be coming into money, a good time to run to the local bookies and put a bet or two on. If it's your elbow you will be changing beds, I’ve got nothing on this one, take it whatever way you wish or just pray your elbow doesn’t itch! Got that? Nose, ear, palms, elbows!

While the session is in full swing, mingle and find loads of new friends. You’ll be best friends with at least 10 new people by the end of a good session. If you happen upon a nice young lad who’s the seventh son of a seventh son then he has the power over all diseases and can cure them by laying hands.  I’m not sure they walk around with signs on though. Like a needle in a haystack trying to find one of them.

On your walk home from the session, after throwing your salt over your shoulder and avoiding all bodily itches and finding sacred sons, be watchful for the dread that is the Magpie. If a magpie dares to cross your field of vision, wave at him! We all know the poem “one for sorrow, two for joy etc”. Well waving at the magpie negates the truth of the poem from being realised. Obvious right? If in doubt wave at every single bird. Prefer to look slightly daft than to be jinxed by the magpie, am I right?

If however, on your wander back home you get chased by a ghost or an evil spirit, try to get to a stream of running water. If you can cross it, no devil or evil spirit will be able to follow.  Get ye to the rivers lads! Run as fast as your little drunk legs can carry you. Luckily we don’t seem to be too infested by evil spirits these days.

On that note, before I head out,  I’m off to check I’ve not left the immersion and all the sockets turned on in case I burn the house down. A well known fact spewed by every Irish Mother ever.

Now that I've armed you with all these facts, you can be fully prepared for all the onsite pubs and the Irish session that will all be part of Filthy 150 2019!

It makes it very real, when other hoomans get involved in something you’ve already been working on for months. Something that really only existed between the walls of an office, in people’s minds and on a great big excel spreadsheet.

This Sunday changes all that. The first of our awesome volunteers sets foot in CrossFit Bua to begin their training to become a fully fledged judging squad.

Under the watchful eye of Christopher, who assumes the role of Head of Judging, these guys will become a force to be reckoned with. A no fear, powerful team of judging ninjas!

If anyone is interested in Judging, get in touch! We would love you to join our team to bring this unbelievable event to the world. Full training and more will be given. Come Filthy weekend in November, you will be more ready than you ever thought possible.

If you want to do this but are scared or unsure, know that we all are. We’ve got your back!

We will make you ready.

Together we can do this.

Apply to Volunteer today https://competitioncorner.net/events/1860/volunteer

PS… 1pm Sunday 5th May, CrossFit Bua, Unit 6, Santry Hall Industrial Estate, Santry, Co. Dublin

Last day of April. First day of Filthy programming! 

The boss is gone dark. Not batman dark but a very dark grey kind of dark. No messages, no contact unless life or death until Friday.  

By Friday, we will have a Filthy. The wods will be etched in stone, albeit a very soft play-doh-like stone substance, until some more testing is done. Once the deadline comes, that's it. Chisel out those massive stone tablets. No more changes.  

So many aspects of filthy depends on the programming and the programming depends on so much. Fail to consider something, overlook a detail and it's back to the drawing board. If that happens, late in the day, then the knock on effects start to appear, change of equipment, change of suppliers, changes in scoring, change in volunteer numbers. 

Its a massive job. There have been so many lessons learned over the years. That experience will stand to us. There's not many coaches around with that level of team programming experience. That knowledge, of what works for teams and what doesn't work. Years worth of knowledge crammed into one little brain!

Combinations, patterns, rep schemes, time caps. Get it right and it's a thing of beauty. Get it wrong, well... 

Its just another Filthy right? But its not.  

This year, it's so much more.

Ciao amici!

Half the Filthy gang is eating pizza in Italy this weekend, while they are swept up in the excitement of the Italian Showdown. Those of us in rainy Dublin aren’t in the least bit jealous, at all.

We had an extra long meeting before they left, bled a few brains dry of any information that may be needed in their absence and still managed to have to send messages to them before a plane had left the runway!

So as our team dissipates for a week, a question comes to mind.

How do you build your Filthy team? What happens when your captain is indisposed? How do you build a team that is cohesive and invested and ready to work? How do you build a team ready to win?

Teams offer support like no other. We’ve built Filthy around that very fact.

Cant clean 70kg? Sound, let your team mate do that.

Hate burpees but Jacks a legend at them? Sweet, get in there Jack. 

No one able to muscle up? You’re grand lads, we got you! Here’s a scaled version you can do.

Strong teams are characterised by diversity and malleability. Utilising each members strengths to play the game. A team of weightlifters will never win Filthy. Likewise, a team of cardio bunnies will never win Filthy. We want diverse teams with gymnasts and weightlifters and cardio queens and body building bicep curlers.

Everyone on a team needs to wear their hat well so that the team thrives. A hat that is too big will over shadow your team, too small and it will not be capable of support.

How do you get to a point of being a cohesive team with all your hats fitting perfectly, each hat supporting the one above and never weighing down the ones below?

The answer is not straight forward. There are times when all hats may end up on the ground. There are other times all the hats are in the air. There may even be times when all hats are firmly on one head for whatever reason. How heavy do you think all those hats are? And why is everyone else’s head naked?

It takes work. Working together, time after time. Failing together, succeeding together and struggling through it together. Spend your time together well. Train together, hurt together, laugh together then come to Filthy in November and show us team work.

You are coming to partake in the biggest Irish event of the year. It’s going to be spectacular (no pressure on us!) Make it more special by being the best team mate you can be. It will show on the floor

Support is the key. Invest in your team mates.

There hasnt been much gossip in Filthy HQ the last few days. Everyones diligently tipping away at to do lists. This new found work ethic has us up until all hours, chasing the dream, literally. My fitbit is complaining about the fewer hours sleep but my mind is loving the new found freedom to act up at 1am.

I did however find a titbit of gossip!

Check out this footage from our Head of Media Sarah Ann, who walked in on some stealthy testing happening at Filthy HQ, CrossFit Bua.

Watch to the end, what a sneak!

A broken man

Punchestown is the home to winners both on and off the track

It’s a misty Dublin morning as the lads jump into the truck to escape work and spend a few hours bonding over testing fitness in a racecourse. Of course it rains and there’s not a coat in sight after the good weather of the weekend.

These are men on a mission. If only we had Kevin Claxton’s “Man in a Van Cam” to catch the banter between them, we’d get all the news then.

There’s only a few days before Jamie heads off to the Italian Showdown and there are things he needs to see and suss out. Christopher is today’s guinea pig. Unfortunately for us but luckily for Jamie, Christopher is unbreakable and we hear nothing of the torture inflicted on him.

However, I did find this, a video of Punchestown Festival, take a look at sheer size of that outdoor space, hows your legs for an ole jaunt around that?!

With that rolling Irish countryside mixed in with the Irish weather and a man on a mission to test you to the core of your fitness, tell me this…

Are you scared?

Just a little?

YES! Do it!

Bring yourself, bring your team, make this happen

PS stay up to date with the Italian Showdown https://www.crossfititalianshowdown.com/en/pro
and Punchestown https://punchestown.com/ -our kind of town

The team are getting together over the Easter weekend - In a hotel meeting room, no Easter eggs, copious amounts of coffee and a touch of fear for what lies ahead. Should there be fear? Oh yes! If you arent slightly scared of failing in front of millions of your peers, will you go that extra step to be extraordinary? I dont think so.

Jamie takes control of the ranks quickly, he knows better than to let the chat get out of hand. More time is lost to mindless chatter in a day than one could dare imagine, especially in a room full of CrossFit athletes.

The purpose of this offsite meeting? Setting our core values. Who are we and why do we do what we do? What drives us and how can we, as completely unique individuals, work cohesively together to pull off one seriously slick event in a few short months time.

Hard core stuff, not for the faint hearted or soft skinned individual. Thankfully we stuck it out, heard a few hard truths, got some constructive feedback and ate some ice-cream. It just happens to be the warmest day in Ireland so far this year, sitting at a comfortable 20 degrees outside. Inside we were not so comfortable. It took numerous attempts by a number of us to get the aircon going. There’s definitely a joke in there somewhere.

Core values though? Lads you are running a competition, not running for president, core values?! Yes! Seriously. The result of a weekend of core value setting was… LASER FOCUS! Reams of lasers. Now synchronised, on one, big, massive filthy shaped goal. Mind blowing when you find that synchronicity.

I have never seen 5 people change so much over the space of probably 16 hours. The new laser sharp focus, the hunger for success, the new drive and fire in their bellies and a completely renewed vigor to get this Filthy show very much on the road.

We are THAT team.