Away from the pool at Inspire, our swimmers excelled themselves at the East Region’s Open Water Championships in Norwich, with both Zara Fallon and Jo Mitchinson being crowned champions in their respective age groups. Details of everyone’s swims can be read here.
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Meet our New Referee
Huge congratulations to Phil Pelling, who has been successful in his Referee’s poolside assessment having passed the theory exam in December with maximum marks.
Mike Woodbridge
We were saddened to learn of the death of Mike Woodbridge. Mike was much loved, admired and respected by several generations of swimmers, parents and coaches at Team Luton and will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
Mike’s funeral will be held at Hitchin crematorium at 4pm on Tuesday 20 March, followed by a wake at Hitchin Priory.
County Champions 2016!!
Team Luton swimmers have finished at the top of the medal table in the 2016 Bedfordshire ASA Championships. With a tally of 53 gold medals, 54 silver and 48 bronze they won over a quarter of all medals awarded and beat Modernians, who managed 49 gold medals, into second place.
Head coach Pete Woodbridge said that the performance was the reward for all the hard work put in by the swimmers, many of whom were competing in their first county championships. He also paid tribute to the support the club receives from Active Luton and the staff at Inspire, the club’s home pool.
In the junior age groups Team Luton had four swimmers awarded ‘top swimmer’, based on their top scoring performance in a single event. Jack Juggins won the 10 year old boys category, Rhys Davidson 12 year old boys, Jess Keogh 12 year old girls and Lauren Young 13 year old girls. In addition Emilia Dunwoodie was second in the 11 year old girls, Abbie Barnwell second in the 13 year old girls and there were third places for Daniella Njawaja (10 year old girls), Vivienne Flatt (11 year old girls) and Eilidh Dunwoodie (12 year old girls).
Development coach Mandy Gee was pleased with the performance of the younger swimmers and especially that with over 70 entrants, more Luton swimmers had qualified for the championships than in any previous year. Nearly a third of Team Luton swimmers won medals and many more set personal best times.
In addition to topping the medal table Team Luton swimmers were senior county champions in nine events with Nicola Pasquire taking five titles and Matthew Wright four. There were also junior titles for Ralph Muncer and Nathan Swift.
With the championships over there will be no time to rest for Team Luton. As well as winning medals and achieving personal bests the swimmers set over eighty qualifying times for the East Region ASA championships to be held in May.
Full results are available on the Bedfordshire ASA website.
Arena League Round 3
Team Luton hosted Gala 2 of the 3rd and final round of the 2015/2016 National Arena League, London at Inspire: Luton Sports Village on 12 December.
In this round Team Luton were competing against Anaconda, Berkhamsted, Brompton, Enfield Swim Squad B, Greenwich Royals, Hitchin and Wandsworth. The Team Luton swimmers put in a magnificent performance recording 10×1st, 6×2nd and 14×3rd place positions.
The team finished in 3rd place on the night and finished 10th overall out of 16 clubs in division one. CLICK HERE for the full report.
Hatfield Winter Meet
Team Luton swimmers attended the Hatfield Winter Gala recently. The 47 swimmers amassed a haul of medals and personal best swims, including County and Regional qualifying times.
CLICK HERE for a full report from the meet.
Medal Haul at Modernians
Team Luton swimmers recently attended the Modernian Swimming Club 2015 Golden Eagle Meet at Bletchley Leisure Centre. This Level 2 Meet included finals for the 100m and 200m events.
The team came away with 18 golds, 19 silver and 14 bronze medals, along with a range of personal bests across the age groups. CLICK HERE for the full report or go to the Modernians Results page.
National Arena League Round 2
Team Luton hosted the 2nd round of the 2015/2016 National Arena League London at Inspire: Luton Sports Village on 14 November.
In this round Team Luton were swimming against Berkhamsted, Brompton, Enfield Swim Squad B, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin, Potters Bar and Saxon Crown.
After eighteen events Team Luton were placed in 4th position with only 8 points between them and the third placed team. After the next 8 races the gap was narrowed to only 2 points. With every team member swimming enthusiastically, they managed to move into third position after event 34 and stayed in this position to finish the gala in a commendable 3rd place. In a closely fought gala, Hemel Hempstead turned out winners by 1 point from Brompton. For a full report CLICK HERE
East Swimming Short Course Championships
Twelve Team Luton swimmers took part in the East Swimming Short Course Championships over the weekend of 6/7/8 November. The championships are swum as an open competition with everyone swimming in the same age group and a single set of qualifying times.
There was some fast swimming by all, with numerous personal bests and qualifying times for next years Regional Championships. Read the full article HERE.
Welcome to Team Luton
Team Luton Swimming Club is a well-established, friendly and highly successful competitive swimming club based at Inspire: Luton Sports Village.
We encourage everyone starting from their very first local swim meet through to competing at County, Regional and National level. The Club prides itself on providing a supportive environment that enables all swimmers, regardless of age, to reach their full competitive potential. Indeed in 2024 our Juniors, Seniors and Masters, including para swimmers, continued the Club’s tradition of success at all levels on distances ranging from 50m to 1,500m as well as in Open Water competitions.
