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.
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A Golden Beds County Championships
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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.
10th in London Division One Arena League After First Two Rounds
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.
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Eight Swimmers at East Region Long Course Championships
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.
5 British & English Summer National Finalists!
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!
Open Water Successes
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.
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More medals and PBs at East Region “Junior” Age Group Champs
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.
Karen Heads Medal Sweep At Newmarket Masters Meet
Karen MacKenzie won all six of her races at Newmarket as our Masters collected 12 Gold, 8 Silver and 3 Bronze medals with Graham Powell breaking his own 200m Freestyle County record. All six swimmers were in medal winning form. Read on for full report…
Juniors’ debut in Division 1 of M11 League
Our Juniors (aged 9 -12 years) made a proud debut performance in Division 1 of the 2017 M11 Arena Junior Inter League at Basildon for Round 1 of the 2017 Competition. Well done to all who took part; supporting parents and coaches Mandy and Lucy Gee are all proud of you!
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Second Placed Club In Beds County Championships 2017
With great swims resulting in personal best times, club records, medals and trophies we finished in second place to Modernians at the 2017 Bedfordshire County Championships. Well done everyone.
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Read our Team Luton Successes for a detailed report