Our Masters continued their record breaking start to 2016 with four new East Region and five new Beds County short course records at the Bracknell Open Masters meet. They brought home 10 Gold , 6 Silver and 1 Bronze medal. Meanwhile Sharon Collins made her competitive Masters debut at the tender age of 47. Read here for more details or click on Competition News for details of other recent Masters successes.
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County Champions 2016!!
Team Luton swimmers have finished at the top of the medal table in the 2016 Bedfordshire ASA Championships. With a tally of 53 gold medals, 54 silver and 48 bronze they won over a quarter of all medals awarded and beat Modernians, who managed 49 gold medals, into second place.
Head coach Pete Woodbridge said that the performance was the reward for all the hard work put in by the swimmers, many of whom were competing in their first county championships. He also paid tribute to the support the club receives from Active Luton and the staff at Inspire, the club’s home pool.
In the junior age groups Team Luton had four swimmers awarded ‘top swimmer’, based on their top scoring performance in a single event. Jack Juggins won the 10 year old boys category, Rhys Davidson 12 year old boys, Jess Keogh 12 year old girls and Lauren Young 13 year old girls. In addition Emilia Dunwoodie was second in the 11 year old girls, Abbie Barnwell second in the 13 year old girls and there were third places for Daniella Njawaja (10 year old girls), Vivienne Flatt (11 year old girls) and Eilidh Dunwoodie (12 year old girls).
Development coach Mandy Gee was pleased with the performance of the younger swimmers and especially that with over 70 entrants, more Luton swimmers had qualified for the championships than in any previous year. Nearly a third of Team Luton swimmers won medals and many more set personal best times.
In addition to topping the medal table Team Luton swimmers were senior county champions in nine events with Nicola Pasquire taking five titles and Matthew Wright four. There were also junior titles for Ralph Muncer and Nathan Swift.
With the championships over there will be no time to rest for Team Luton. As well as winning medals and achieving personal bests the swimmers set over eighty qualifying times for the East Region ASA championships to be held in May.
Full results are available on the Bedfordshire ASA website.
Good Luck Team Luton BCC 2016 Round 2
Medals and Records For Masters at SE Long Course Championships
Our Masters swimmers made a great start to 2016, winning twelve medals (seven of them gold) and setting six new Eastern Region and ten new Beds County records. Newcomer Karen MacKenzie had an impressive debut winning two golds and setting a new Beds County record over 50m Backstroke in the 40 – 44 year age group. See the Masters Competition News page for more details or just click here.
Masters 13th in 2015 GB Men’s Team Decathlon Competition.
Our men’s squad of Colin Mayes, Alastair Gibb, Dave Wright and Graham Powell gave Team Luton Masters their best ever result. It is the third successive year that Team Luton’s men have finished in the top 30 in the Masters’ team decathlon. Read here for more details.
Arena League Round 3
Team Luton hosted Gala 2 of the 3rd and final round of the 2015/2016 National Arena League, London at Inspire: Luton Sports Village on 12 December.
In this round Team Luton were competing against Anaconda, Berkhamsted, Brompton, Enfield Swim Squad B, Greenwich Royals, Hitchin and Wandsworth. The Team Luton swimmers put in a magnificent performance recording 10×1st, 6×2nd and 14×3rd place positions.
The team finished in 3rd place on the night and finished 10th overall out of 16 clubs in division one. CLICK HERE for the full report.
Hatfield Winter Meet
Team Luton swimmers attended the Hatfield Winter Gala recently. The 47 swimmers amassed a haul of medals and personal best swims, including County and Regional qualifying times.
CLICK HERE for a full report from the meet.
Medal Haul at Modernians
Team Luton swimmers recently attended the Modernian Swimming Club 2015 Golden Eagle Meet at Bletchley Leisure Centre. This Level 2 Meet included finals for the 100m and 200m events.
The team came away with 18 golds, 19 silver and 14 bronze medals, along with a range of personal bests across the age groups. CLICK HERE for the full report or go to the Modernians Results page.
Etwall Eagle Masters
We did it! Our Masters squad retained the top Non-Midlands team trophy at the Etwall Eagles Masters meet.
It was a decisive win with the squad scoring more than double the points of East Leeds and Trafford Metro. Click here for a full report
