2022 saw no fewer than 60 Age Group and Masters Club records broken or established by our swimmers ranging from 9 to 65 years of age.
What might 2023 have in store?
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Top East Region Male Team In GB Masters 2022 Decathlon
Congratulations to Graham Powell, Dave Wright, Alastair Gibb and John O’Rourke who collectively achieved 23rd position in the 2022 Decathlon Male Masters’ Team competition to finish as the top placed team in the East Region
Our Ladies team came 71st out of 374 clubs despite only participating in just 23 out of a potential maximum 40 qualifying place.
Read here for further details.
March Long Course Meet 2023
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting entries for our March Long Course meet. This will be held at Inspire on 18th and 19th March 2023. The meet is licensed at Level 1 under number 1ER230045.
Full details can be found here.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Three National Masters Titles For Graham Powell
Graham Powell claimed six medals, three Eastern Region and five Beds Masters record from his six swims at the English National Masters.
However the ten – strong squad all produced notable performances. Dave Wright was our other medal winner as a total of seven Beds County and twelve Club Masters records were broken. Advancing years proved no obstacle as some of our Ladies swam their fastest ever times in Masters events. Read here for a detailed report.
Two East Region Masters’ Champions
Karen MacKenzie and John O’Rourke were both crowned Backstroke champions as the small squad of the Club’s Masters who chose to compete in advance of the National Short Course Championships later this month returned from Newmarket with thirteen medals.
A detailed report (together with successes from other Masters’ meets earlier in the year) may be accessed here.
East Region Open Water Successes
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.
FOUR Individual British Masters Champions
The 2022 British Swimming Masters Championships held in Aberdeen saw four Team Luton members crowned individual champions.
Kelly Cooke, Karen MacKenzie, Dave Wright and Graham Powell spearheaded a weekend that saw the squad of eight competitors win 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze medals whilst setting 4 East Region, 15 Beds County and a total of 20 Club Masters records. Read here for a full report
DRAFT ACCEPTED ENTRIES FOR SUMMER LONG COURSE MEET
We are pleased that we have now processed all of the entries to our Open Meet and are able to publish our draft accepted entries. Unfortunately, in order to maintain a balanced programme, we have had to reject some boys from 400m freestyle. This was done strictly in order of when we received the entry files.
We also were over-subscribed in the long distance freestyle events and are therefore publishing waiting lists for these. Further information can be found here
Masters’ Rewarding Return To Newmarket
After a two year hiatus, seven of our swimmers brought home 24 medals from Newmarket’s Open Masters Meet, claiming two new Beds County records as they set three new Club Masters records.
Masters’ Travels Reap Records And Medals
Five of our Masters travelled in various directions during the first quarter of 2022 to compete, all returning with medals of varying colours.
Bracknell and Swansea were the two destinations which reaped a new Beds County record for Dave Wright and new Club Masters’ records for Dave, Colin Mayes and Sam Bradley.
A report (with a link to the full results) may be accessed here.