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The RASC Interviews

This month, club Coach Tony Heppel goes under the spotlight

Full name: Antony Heppel

Any nicknames: Depends what the swimmers in my lane call me

Age: 21

Height: 6ft 5” (I wish)

Star Sign: Pisces

What is your favourite event?

Individual Medley

Have you been involved with any other clubs apart from Rossington?

Thorne

Which is your favourite pool?

Rossington

And which is your least favourite?

Armthorpe

Which is your least favourite club and why?

Adwick because they win everything

What was your most memorable gala/club occasion?

Pocklington League gala at New Earswick this year, England were playing Germany in the European Championships (and I didn’t want to be at the gala)

Over the years what has been your favourite piece of RASC clothing/merchandise?

Tea Bag T-shirts

Who is your favourite swimmer?

Ashley Bowes for the hours of pleasure he gives me with his excuses for not swimming

Which sports teams do you support?

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS!

What are your interests outside sport?

Music, reading and walking

What’s your favourite TV show(s)?

League of Gentlemen

If you were on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ and you had to phone a friend, who would you phone?

Paul Wilkinson

What would be your specialist subject if you went on Mastermind? (doesn’t matter how daft)

The Life and Times of Fatty Arbuckle

Who are your favourite bands/singers?

The Smiths and Billy Bragg

What’s your favourite song?

Bohemian Rhapsody: because it reminds me of when I had hair

What was the first record you bought?

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

And what was the last?

The Divine Comedy: Fin de Siecle

What’s your favourite film?

Mars Attacks

What was your favourite subject at school?

Break time

What is/was your favourite cartoon?

The Simpsons

Where is your favourite holiday destination?

Kos

If you won tickets to a sporting event of your choice what would it be?

Wolves in the FA Cup final

I didn’t mean fantasy events, what is your favourite colour?

Gold and black

Your house is on fire, apart from any other member of your family or pets, what is the first thing you grab on your way out?

Wolves shirt

Do you have any phobias?

Small children that swim

Name a kitchen utensil

A whisk

Sorry the correct answer was a spoon, what would be your dream car?

Aston Martin

Do you have a favourite joke, if so tell it?

I once asked a swimmer why he missed a training session and he replied “I had to stop in and help my brother bake a cake”. I won’t mention any names but he’s called Scott Elliott

If you could have a one to one with anybody alive or dead who would it be and why?

Nelson Mandella, he’s an inspiration to everyone

Do you have a hero or idol?

Jake Marvin

You’re granted three wishes, what do you wish for? (more wishes is out of the question)

1.      Rossington to be the best swimming club in the world

2.      Wolves to be the best football club in the world

3.      More chocolate on Crunchies