Alex Mason won the 18-24 years’ 400m Freestyle as Team Luton collected a total of seven medals (1 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze) at the Swim England Masters Championships.
The swims recorded in Sheffield mean the Men have climbed to 12th in the GB Team Decathlon competition whilst the Ladies are currently 115th. Read here for full report.
Our Short Course Development Meet on 10 December is now open for entries.
Individuals across a fifty year age range have been chosen to represent Beds County, demonstrating the depth of talent held by members of the club .
Five of our Performance Squad were up in Sheffield at the weekend competing in the National County Team Championships; Chiara Rogers (aged 13), Eleanor King (17), Celyn Walmsley (15), Rhys Davidson (13) and Freddie Symonds (15).
Meanwhile Alex Mason (21), Michael Poynton (27), Karen MacKenzie (44) and Graham Powell (61) have all been selected to swim for Beds in the Masters Inter Counties at Newmarket next month.
County caps were also won last month by Veronica Popow (10), Jack Juggins (11 and Susanna Opoku-Gyamfi (12).
Well done eveyone.
Our Masters and Seniors were in medal winning form bringing home a total of 7 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze medals from their East Region championships at the weekend.
Valuable points were gained for the National Masters Decathlon competition. As a result Team Luton are now standing 14th in the Men’s Team competition with 16,417 points, just 78 points short of their best ever total. The Ladies Team are currently in 124th position with 5,428 points from just 18 qualifying races.
Read here for a full report.
Our Short Course Meet on 18/19 November is now open for entries.
This meet is now full and we are not accepting any further entries. Clubs with rejected entries have been contacted and there is a reserve list for the 1500m freestyle only.
Please contact galas@teamluton.com with any queries. NOTE. We are not accepting any late entries.
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!
Three members of Team Luton Masters are heading off to Budapest for the World Masters Swimming Championships next week.
Karen Mackenzie competes in the 40-44 year age group 50m and 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle and the 200m IM. For Karen this is her debut on the World stage having only started competing as a Masters two years ago.
Graham Powell, who won a bronze over 50m Backstroke at the World Masters championships back in 1996, competes over 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke plus the 50m and 100m Butterfly in the 60-64 year age group. He is ranked 6th on entry times for both the 50m Back and 100m Fly and 7th for the 100m Back.
Colin Mayes swims in the 60-64 years 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke and the 200m IM.
There is a reduced training schedule over the Summer period from Monday 7th August until Monday 4th September. Details can be accessed here. All of these sessions are at Inspire.
The revised programme for the Masters and Senior Age Group squad from Sunday 6th August to Sunday 3rd September can be accessed here.
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.
