Congratulations to Dave Wright who claimed the gold medal in his 200m Butterfly at the Swim England National Masters. Read here for further details.
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Medal Winning And Record Breaking Swims At Barnet’s Masters Meet
Michelle Neal, Karen MacKenzie, John O’Rourke and Alastair Gibb collected nine medals between them, breaking four Club Masters’ records in the process.
Karen won five of the medals with “former Borough champion” John O’Rourke our other gold medalist as detailed in the full report.
Open Water Successes Over A 50 Year Age Range
The 2023 Open Water East Region Championships saw eight of the Club’s swimmers competing. Spanning a fifty year age range, they enjoyed success at both county and regional level, over distances from 1K to 5K.
Lyla Howard and Talia Staines both qualified for the National Open Water Championships to be held at the end of July, as mentioned in the full report.
County Junior League Champions
Congratulations to our young members who won the inaugural Bedfordshire Junior League. Read here for a full report.
GB Masters Golds For Dave & Matt
A 47 year difference in age but only 37 seconds apart; both Dave & Matt were crowned 200m Fly champions at the 2023 GB Masters.
Read here for a report behind the full statistics of 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze medals with 6 East Region, 10 Beds and 19 Club Masters records
“Master” Medley Winners At Newmarket
All six of our competitors won Individual Medley Medals at the 9th Newmarket Masters & Seniors Meet with four new Club Masters record times being set. Full report here.
More Masters Records For Karen & Jo
More East Region, Beds County and Club Masters records fell to Jo Mitchinson & Karen MacKenzie competing in Swansea and Bracknell.
Smashing Start to Our Masters’ New Year
Two new East Region, four County and eight Club records with three Gold, six Silver and three Bronze medals. That’s the way to kick start the new Masters season!
Our Masters were in fine form at the South East Long Course Masters Championships.
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.
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.