2022 Masters Decathlon: Top Male Club Team In East Region

Our male Masters claimed 23rd place in the GB Team Decathlon competition for 2022 with Graham Powell finishing as the 22nd highest ranking individual. Once again we finished as the top Men’s Club in not only the County but also in the East Region.

The team results take the top four highest scoring individuals from each of the 441 Clubs that were represented in the Masters Decathlon competition. For 2022 Graham, Dave Wright and Alastair Gibb were joined by John O’Rourke who just eclipsed Malcolm Barton for the fourth spot.

L-R: Dave, Alastair, Malcolm, John & Graham

Our Ladies team of Karen MacKenzie, Kelly Cooke, Michelle Neal and Lorraine Sadler only participated in a total of 23 out of a potential maximum 40 qualifying events during 2022. However they still finished 71st nationally (out of 374 clubs) with Karen claiming the 100th individual’s spot.

L-R: Karen, Michelle, Lorraine & Kelly

After two years of the Covid pandemic restricting the racing opportunities it was encouraging to see our older Club swimmers gradually returning to competition and how they had maintained, if not improved on, their individual decathlon performances.

Over 1,900 men and over 1,500 ladies participated in the Decathlon competition.

The full individual points and rankings for our swimmers are shown below:

Men's Decathlon Results 2022

BEDS
RANKING
2022
GB
RANKING
2022
NAMEAge
(2022)
2022
POINTS
(No. of Events)
2020/21
POINTS
(No. of Events)
2019
POINTS
(No. of Events)
2nd22ndGraham Powell665,208 (10)2,145 (4)5,115 (10)
4th
116thDave Wright613,561 (8)3,126 (7)3,837 (10)
5th152ndAlastair Gibb623,310 (10)3,413 (10)3,660 (10)
12th499thJohn O'Rourke532,154 (9)2,660 (10)
13th517thMalcolm Barton672,115 (7)1,840 (5)2,352 (8)
14th537thColin Mayes672,073 (5)2,038 (5)2,905 (7)
15th601stSam Bradley 291,964 (10)1,685 (8)2,210 (10)
Ian Stoughton632,142 (5)
Alex Mason265,110 (10)
Nathan Bentley231,667 (4)

Ladies Decathlon Results 2022

BEDS
RANKING
2022
GB
RANKING
2022
NAME AGE
(2022)
2022
POINTS
(No. of Events)
2020/21
POINTS
(No. of Events)
2019
POINTS
(No.of Events)
5th100thKaren MacKenzie493,560 (9)1,621 (4)3,881 (10)
11th351stKelly Cooke462,203 (5)1,781 (4)2,024 (5)
16th625thMichelle Neal421,571 (4)1,472 (4)1,813 (5)
21st875thLorraine Sadler511,138 (5) 935 (4)
26th1,369thSharon Thompson55 415 (2)1,835 (10)
Jo Mitchinson433,196 (6)
Alice Pinney231,330 (4)2,290 (7)
Laura Smith281,120 (3)2,785 (7)
Jodie Armstrong401,621 (4)
Sonia Bentley541,047 (4)
Gwen Skingley40 814 (4)
Clare "Chippy" Murphy - Snape43 635 (3)