Category Archives: Masters

Ten Medals at GB Masters

What a weekend! 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze medals and six Beds County Masters records at the 2017 GB Masters. Club Chair Glenda and Vice Chair Alastair both won medals. Read here for full report.

Leading from the top; GB Masters medals for three Committee members, Alastair,Glenda & Graham.

Third Year in GB’s Top 20 Male Decathlon Teams

Congratulations to our men who have finished in 15th place in the 2016 Great Britain Masters Decathlon Team competition, having amassed a grand total of 16,495 points. It is the third successive year they have finished in the Top 20.

Well done also to our ladies team who rose to 142nd (out of 459 teams), a massive leap up from 315th place in 2015.

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Powell And Wright Are National Masters Champions

The 2016 National Masters Championships in Sheffield yielded two champions in Graham Powell and Dave Wright with nine medals, three East Region and six Beds County Masters’ records for Team Luton. This bettered our 2015 performance when the squad brought home eight medals. Read here for a full report.

The Masters Swimmers at Sheffield with coach Pauline
The Masters Swimmers at Sheffield with coach Pauline

Everyone A Medal Winner

All ten of our Masters who competed at the Newmarket Masters Open Meet brought  home at least one medal.

Four new Masters County records were set as the squad collected a total of 29 medals whilst two of our members won their first ever Masters medals. Read here for more details

GRAHAM POWELL SMASHES BRITISH MASTERS RECORD

Graham Powell set a new British record for the 60 – 64 year age group at the Great Britain Masters Championships in Sheffield.

British Record Holder, Graham Powell
British Record Holder, Graham Powell

The Masters squad set 13 new County and 6 East Region records whilst winning 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals with a further 17 top ten finishes. Read here for more details

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.