Matt Wright delivered a masterclass performance at the 2024 East Region Short Course Championships winning five titles and setting three Beds County records.
Five From Five For Matt At East Regions
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Great Times, Medals And Records At Swim England National Masters
Great times – both in the pool and outside – were the order of the days (and nights) at the National Masters in Sheffield.
Twelve medals were won, two County and a further two Club Masters records were set with all seven swimmers achieving season best times.
All that glitters is not always…
Our Masters demonstrated that all that glitters is not always gold at the 2024 East Region Masters Championships. The seven competitors claimed no fewer than 13 silvers out of a total medal tally of 22.
Highlights of the day may be found here.
Masters Gearing Up For National Masters
September has come and after a brief respite for the Masters their competitive calendar year resumed with trips to Maidenhead and Barnet.
They gave a chance for some of our younger and recent recruits to lay down marker times whilst for others the opportunity to get in race practice ahead of the National Championships in late October.
Read here for details of their individual and relay successes.
Talia & Matt Win Medals At National Summer Age Group Meets
In a range of distances from 7.5km down to just 50m, Talia Staines and Matt Wright both won medals at the Swim England Summer Nationals.
East Region Open Water 2024
Unseasonably cool temperatures prevailed for the East Region Open Water 2024 Championships held at Whittlingham. All ten of the Club’s members, covering over a fifty-year age range, are to be congratulated on their endeavours away from the pool.
Beds Junior County League Champions Again
Congratulations to our youngsters on retaining their Arena Junior Bedfordshire League Championship title.
Masters Debutants, Bandits & Record Breakers
The Masters squad had its largest representation of the year (so far) at the Barnet Distance Meet, complete with “debutants” and “bandits”. Three Masters Club records were broken and a new Beds County Mixed Relay record was established. Everyone gave a good account of themselves with a theoretic* medal haul of 10 Golds, 7 Silver and 2 Bronze and three 4th place finishes.
Read here for further details.
*At Barnet’s Masters Swim Meets medals can be swapped for vouchers donating to the Teenagers Cancer Trust charity
Multiple Best Times End 2024 East Region Long Course Champs
Allow eight of our swimmers were on personal best form with Tommy Fenwick collecting a silver and a bronze medal on the final weekend in Norwich. Emily Calvert meanwhile broke a Club age group record that had been set over twenty years ago.
Five More Medals At East Region Champs
Tommy Fenwick, Lexie Sandiford, Talia Staines and Matt Wright all won medals as the second weekend of the East Region Long Course championships moved to Norwich.
