Choosing a 50m pool for your first 400m Individual Medley race might seem to be a daunting prospect for any swimmer. Karen MacKenzie, Tom Lambert and Sam Bradley duly rose to the challenge at the South East Masters Long Course Championships.
Read here for a full report of how our Masters & Seniors brought home four Golds, four Silvers and one Bronze medal whilst setting two new Beds County Masters records.
2018 was a great year for Team Luton. Our new Head Coach, Rikki Morris, joined us right at the start of the New Year. He has already used his vast experience of swimming to move the club forward. An increasing number of coaches and poolside helpers ensure that swimmers at all levels are improving their skills and are training well. This has translated into great success in the pool at Club, County, Regional and National level.
The club has also benefited from an increasing number of people volunteering to help the club in many different ways. Our thanks go to each and every one of them. Click here for our full report.
Congratulations to the whole of the club for a great 2018 – we look forward excitedly to 2019.
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.
Congratulations to our young swimmers finishing 5th out of the ten clubs in Division 2 of the M11 Junior Arena League. We achieved a total of 18 League points, after the third and final “Winners Gala” round at Enfield. Read here for a full report.
Team Luton finished second to Modernian in the Top Club award at the 2018 Beds County championships – but came top in terms of medals with us securing 78 Gold, 47 Silver and 35 Bronze medals.
| CLUB | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| TEAM LUTON | 78 | 47 | 35 | 160 |
| Modernian | 67 | 71 | 55 | 193 |
With 14 Senior and 11 Junior County titles, plus one new Senior County record being set, it was a hugely successful performance.
In addition to all the medals and titles, from 350 swims across the 2 weekends we came away with 293 personal best times, a staggering personal best percentage of 84%.
Congratulations to all our swimmers and thanks to our coaches and the parents for your invaluable support and encouragement.
Read here for a detailed report.
After the first two rounds of the Arena League (London) we are in 10th place out of the 16 clubs in Division One. We go into the final round on Saturday 9th December at the Hertfordshire Sports Village with the same number of league points as 9th placed Brompton who were relegated last season from the Premier Division. Read here for more details.
Team Luton was represented in over thirty events at the East Region Long Course Winter Championships with eight of our swimmers having qualified to compete.
Chantal Smith collected a Bronze Medal in the 800m Freestyle with Chiara Rogers and Celyn Walmsley both making finals. Read here for a more detailed report.
Congratulations to Chiara Rogers, Celyn Walmsley, Chantal Smith , Nicola Pasquire and Matthew Wright for your swims up in Sheffield bringing Team Luton’s 2016/17 season to a highly successful conclusion.
Finals and top ten places were secured by all, topped off by Matthew winning Gold in the English 400m Freestyle, albeit representing Bath University where he has just finished his first year’s studies. Read here for a full report.
The fantastic results are testament to all of the hours put in by our swimmers and all of our coaching staff. It was also a fitting end to Adam Taylor’s first year as Head Coach coming just after the club recognised all of its up and coming swimmers, with over 120 club records established over the last year.
Well done everyone!
Five members stepped away from the warmth of pool competitions to participate in the East Region’s 2017 Open Water Championships. Read here for a detailed report.
Our younger swimmers were in spectacular form over the second May Bank Holiday weekend competing over in Norwich.
Rhys Davidson won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals with all nine of our swimmers each recording long course personal best times (or finishing within a fraction of a second of them).
As Adam Taylor commented, “All swimmers came away with plenty of process goals to work on into their final competitions of the season. Congratulations to all who competed and represented Team Luton so professionally”.
Read here for a detailed report on everyone’s achievements at both rounds of the East Region Long Course Championships.