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News

We Are In The London Div 1 National Arena Swim League Final

We have qualified for the London Division 1 play-off final round of the National Arena Swim League in December!

After finishing in 4th= spot with Greenwich Royals on 228 points in Round 1 we amassed enough points overall in the Round 2 gala, despite then only finishing 5th, to qualify. In their Round 2 Gala, Greenwich also finished 5th but they fell 4 points short of our cumulative  total of 447 points.

The team competition involves individual and relay races for 9-11 years, 13’s & under, 15’s & under and Open events. Points are awarded from 8 through to 1 depending on the placings in each race. The margin by which we qualified for the final play-offs underlined how every swim counts, even an 8th place finish. Congratulations therefore to every team member who took part over both rounds, including Head Coach Rikki Morris. He was called upon to swim the Men’s Open 100m Backstroke in Round 2 and managed 5th place with a creditable time of 1:01.97 .

We now go into the final against teams from Watford, Anaconda, Hackney Aquatics, Dunmow Atlantis, Barking & Dagenham, Aylesbury and Potters Bar.

The final round takes place on 8th December.

Wherever we finish in the final we are assured of once again finishing in the top half of Division 1. Well done all.

 

 

Masters, News

Eleven English National Masters & Seniors’ Medals

Fantastic results from the 2018 Swim England National Masters & Seniors Championships. We won a total of three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze individual medals, a Relay Silver and set three new Beds County Masters records.

With ages ranging from 22 to 63 years, all ten squad members who competed swam either a lifetime and /or season best times.

Colin Mayes, Dave Wright, Malcolm Barton & Graham Powell

Club Coaches Alex Mason and Dave Wright together with Graham Powell each won an individual title. Read here for a full report.

Meets, News

TEAM LUTON OCTOBER OPEN MEET 20/21 OCTOBER. 3ER181018


Updated 6 October 2018 – small amendment as we have now been able to include the 5 reserves for 1500m freestyle into the programme

Thank you to everyone who has entered our Open Meet at Inspire on 20/21 October 2018.

Please find the amended accepted entries for our Meet.

This meet is full and to ensure it runs smoothly we would welcome all volunteers able to help in any capacity. Anybody who is willing to volunteer as a technical official should complete this form and send to Officials@teamluton.com. Similarly if you don’t like sitting down for a weekend in a swimming pool then we’d be grateful for any assistance!

We can no longer accept amendments to your entry other than if we have made an administrative error. However if you no longer wish to swim we would be grateful if you could notify galas@teamluton.com so that we can run the Meet as efficiently as possible.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to what promises to be a weekend of fast swimming. The final schedule of events can be found here – please note that the Warm Up for  session 3 has been put back 10 minutes to 16.15

Meets, News

SEPTMEMBER OPEN MEET ACCEPTED ENTRIES 3ER181035

Minor update to Hillingdon 800m entries. 4 Sep 2018

Thank you to everyone who has entered our Open Meet at Inspire on 29/30 September 2018.

We have now processed all of the applications and are pleased to announce our Accepted Entries.

This meet is full and to ensure it runs smoothly we would welcome all volunteers able to help in any capacity. Anybody who is willing to volunteer as a technical official should complete this form and send to Officials@teamluton.com. Similarly if you don’t like sitting down for a weekend in a swimming pool then we’d be grateful for any assistance!

We can no longer accept amendments to your entry other than if we have made an administrative error. However if you no longer wish to swim we would be grateful if you could notify galas@teamluton.com so that we can run the Meet as efficiently as possible.

We look forward to welcoming all the swimmers to our first meet of the new swimming season. The final schedule can be found here

Meets, News, Uncategorised

TEAM LUTON DECEMBER OPEN MEET

9 December 2018. Licence Number 3ER181036

We are very pleased to announce that we are now accepting entries for our December Open Meet to be held on 9 December 2018 at Inspire Luton Sports Village.

This Meet has no minimum qualifying times and so is a great opportunity for younger swimmers to get a time onto the rankings or improve their Personal Bests. As it is also in the window, more experienced swimmers will appreciate this last-chance opportunity to get a County time.

This Meet includes 50/100/200 metre races in all strokes together with 400 freestyle and 200 /400 Individual Medleys.

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Please note that entry to this Meet is first come first served but that the final closing date is noon 10 November 2018.

Any queries should be addressed to galas@teamluton.com

News, Reports

Six Finalists At British & National Summer Championships

The 2017/18 competitive swimming season has ended with a flurry of outstanding swims over a two-week period across the length and breadth of the British Isles. One English Champion, four National medals, two Beds County records and numerous personal best times were the icing on the cake for a year which has seen well over 100 of the Club’s own records broken. Read here for a detailed report.

Chantal Smith: English National Champion
Meets, News

Open Water Successes Across The Ages

Congratulations to Abbie Barnwell qualifying for the National Open Water championships  on 30th July, following her swim at the East Region event.

From ages ranging from 11 up to 57 years, our swimmers won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze East Region medals and 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Beds County medals. Read here for more details.