Six gold, three silver and two bronze medals where won by our men at the Midland Masters helping them up to 17th place in the GB Masters Team Decathlon. Our Ladies are now in 76th place. Read here for further details
Juniors Qualify For Winners Gala Of M11 League
We have qualified for the Winners Gala in Division 2’s Final Round of 2018’s M11 Junior Arena League.
In Round 2 of the M11 League at Basildon our youngsters, aged 9 – 11 years old, finished third with 144.5 points, just 9.5 points ahead of the fourth placed team from Dunmow Atlantis.
The final third round of the League takes place on Sunday 24th June in Enfield where we will be competing against teams from Greenwich, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Camden Swiss.
Our Ladies Are Vying For Places In GB Team Decathlon
After some impressive performances at Newmarket, as of 20th May, our Ladies are in 59th place out of 293 teams in the GB Women’s Team Decathlon competition. (This interim position has been achieved with just 19 out of a potential maximum 40 qualifying races.). Karen Mackenzie (aged 45), Michelle Neal (38), Sonia Bentley (50) and Sharon Thompson (51) are our top four Ladies, so far, but Lorraine Sadler (47) and Gwen Skingley (36) are not far behind with their points totals.
To date our top four for the Men’s Team competition are Alastair Gibb (58) Dave Wright (57), John O’Rourke (49) and Malcolm Barton (62). The Men are in 23rd place, having competed so far in 31 qualifying races. (The results of the EDSC Masters Meet last weekend, where Alastair, John and Malcolm had the “pleasure” of a heat of the 400IM all to themselves have yet to be included.)
The club’s position in both team competitions will undoubtedly change following swims this weekend at the Midland Masters and then the GB Masters down in Plymouth next month.
Multiple Medal Winners At Newmarket Masters
All ten of our Masters who competed at the 5th Newmarket Masters Meet each came away with at least two medals contributing to a total of 9 Gold, 12 Silver and 11 Bronze medals. Read here for a full report and how our Ladies outshone the Men.
Cracking Start To 2018 M11 National Junior League Campaign
Our junior swimmers got off to a great start in Round 1 of the Arena National Junior League at Barnet Copthall on 22nd April, finishing in 3rd place.
Round 2 takes place on 20th May.
April Meet : Important Information
Our Level 1 Meet on 14/15 April is going to be very busy, and very fast! Please familiarise yourself with the following information:
- There are going to be a lot of swimmers at the pool; we have therefore had to arrange the warm ups differently across the sessions. Please read the Warm Up Protocol
- No camping/folding chairs will be allowed on poolside or in the spectator gallery
- There will be penalties for swimmers not turning up for their races. Please advise of withdrawals BEFORE the start of warm up. See the Session Schedule to be sure of times.
- There have been a number of withdrawals from swims and reserves for the 800/1500m freestyle events. Up to date information is in Reserves
- We will be running a LIVE RESULTS service during the competition
- As previously advised, there will be no late entries (including “time trials”) or on the day changes unless due to administrative error
Any queries to galas@teamluton.com
Meet our New Referee
Huge congratulations to Phil Pelling, who has been successful in his Referee’s poolside assessment having passed the theory exam in December with maximum marks.
April Meet Entries and Schedule
We received a huge number of entries for this meet, so have unfortunately had to make a lot of rejections. The processing statement below explains how this has been done.
There are reserves for the 800/1500 freestyle ONLY. Please let us know if you do not want to stay on the reserves list.
Refunds are not available for withdrawals, other than for medical reasons. Please contact galas@teamluton.com if you think something is incorrect. We will not accept late entries, day of meet entries or updated entry times.
Mike Woodbridge
We were saddened to learn of the death of Mike Woodbridge. Mike was much loved, admired and respected by several generations of swimmers, parents and coaches at Team Luton and will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
Mike’s funeral will be held at Hitchin crematorium at 4pm on Tuesday 20 March, followed by a wake at Hitchin Priory.
March L1 Entries
Entries for our Level 1 Meet on 24/25 March have now closed and been processed. Please cheek the accepted entry listing below and advise of any errors for omissions as soon as possible. Times for warm ups and session starts have also been published.
Please encourage your officials to volunteer their services (note, all officials must be licensed).
Late entries, day of meet entries and day of meet alterations will not be accepted, unless due to administrative error.
Any queries or withdrawals to galas@teamluton.com