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MORE EAST REGION & BEDS MASTERS RECORDS

Our Masters continued their record breaking start to 2016 with four new East Region and five new Beds County short course records at the Bracknell Open Masters meet. They brought home 10 Gold , 6 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.  Meanwhile Sharon Collins made her competitive Masters debut at the tender age of 47. Read here for more details or click on Competition News for details of other recent Masters successes.

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Medals and Records For Masters at SE Long Course Championships

Our Masters swimmers made a great start to 2016, winning twelve medals (seven of them gold) and setting six new Eastern Region and ten new Beds County records. Newcomer Karen MacKenzie had an impressive debut winning two golds and setting a new Beds County record  over 50m Backstroke in the 40 – 44 year age group. See the Masters Competition News page for more details or just click here.

Etwall Eagle Masters

We did it! Our Masters squad retained the top Non-Midlands team trophy at the Etwall Eagles Masters meet.

It was a decisive win with the squad scoring more than double the points of East Leeds and Trafford Metro. Click here for a full report

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