Five gold, four silver and three bronze medals were won by the six of our Masters who competed at the 10th Newmarket Open Meet. They took the rare opportunity to compete in the Mixed relay events which ended each of the two sessions.
Seven of our Masters tested their early season sprinting ability at the inaugural Hemel Hempstead Meet with some narrow margins determining the colour of the medals won.
Two more County Titles, seven Gold, four Silver and three Bronze Age Group Medals and numerous personal best times were secured on the fourth day of the 2025 Beds County championships.
Both our 10/11 years’ and 12/13 years’ Girls relay teams won gold medals on the third day of the 2025 Beds. County Championships.
Read here for more details of the day which saw over thirty of our swimmers competing.
The start of the 2025 Beds County championships saw the trio of Alice Buckingham, Jack Canham and Owain Roberts all win 1500m Freestyle medals, each smashing their previous best times for the long course event. They followed that with medals in the 800m Freestyle.
Mark Lewis claimed his first Beds County Masters record at the South East Region’s Masters Long Course Championships in Crawley. Alastair Gibb also claimed a County record on a weekend that saw Karen MacKenzie, Mark and Alastair set a total of 7 new Club Masters records to kick – start the new year.
Matt Wright delivered a masterclass performance at the 2024 East Region Short Course Championships winning five titles and setting three Beds County records.
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.
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.