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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to our youngsters on retaining their Arena Junior Bedfordshire League Championship title.
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
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.
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.
Matt Wright won the Men’s 100m Freestyle with four other of our swimmers also recording personal best times. Read here for a detailed report of the first weekend’s events.