What a weekend! 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze medals and six Beds County Masters records at the 2017 GB Masters. Club Chair Glenda and Vice Chair Alastair both won medals. Read here for full report.
Ten Medals at GB Masters
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.
Congratulations To All Our National Qualifiers
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to:
Chantal Smith who has qualified for the British Summer Championships in the 400m & 800m Freestyle;
Celyn Walmsley who has qualified for the English Summer Championships in the 100m & 200m Breaststroke and both the 200m & 400m Individual Medley;
Chiara Rogers who has also qualified for the English Summer Championships in the 100m & 200m Breaststroke.
As Adam Coach says. “This is a huge achievement, one everyone at Team Luton is proud of. Good luck from all of us this summer!”
We will also be rooting for Matthew Wright who in his first year at Bath University has qualified for the 1,500m Freestyle at the British Summer Championships and the 400m Freestyle at the English Summer Championships.
Team Luton in the County Record Books!
Over the weekend of 13th / 14th May we ran our second Long Course open meet within this year’s National Qualifying window. It was another well organised competition, running smoothly from start to finish, enabling swimmers from clubs all over the UK to enjoy themselves and swim fast.
The meet itself provided some big improvements, especially from our younger swimmers competing. There was also a notable success in the form of a Senior County Record in the Women’s 400m Freestyle for Chantal Smith. Her winning time was 4:27.73. Congratulations Chantal!
Adam Taylor, our Head Coach, said, “It’s great to see the commitment and hard work from both swimmers and coaches alike paying off. A massive thank you to all of the volunteers who have helped run our competitions so far this season – we have one left in July which I’m sure will be just as much of a success as all of the others. We couldn’t do it without you!”
Times and positions from both the April and May Long Course meets continue to be available at RESULTS.
East Region Youth / Open Age Championships
We had a small but focussed group of swimmers competing over the 29th April – 1st May Bank Holiday weekend at our home pool, Inspire.
The team were successful with Chantal Smith gaining a Gold (800m FC) and 2 Silvers (200m / 400m FC), Celyn Walmsley a Gold (200m I.M) and a Silver (400 I.M), not to mention the numerous finals and Personal Best Times made in a variety of events.
Congratulations to all the swimmers that competed. We continue to make big strides forward and everyone is proud of the progress you’re making!
May is a busy month for swimmers of all ages. Our top Team Luton swimmers have two more meets coming up this month – our own Long Course Level 1 Meet (13th – 14th May) and then the East Region Age Group champs 27th – 29th May in Norwich Our youngsters (9- 12 years) meanwhile have Round 2 of the M11 League whilst some of our Masters are travelling to Norwich, Nuneaton or Bexleyheath to compete in Open Meets.
As our Head Coach, Adam Taylor, says, “Quality process brings quality outcome! Keep up the great work”.
Fast & Furious 4
July sees the return of our popular sprint meet, including A/B finals (these are Open finals, rather than age groups) and medley skins. This meet can be entered with no times and is first come, first served.
DOWNLOADS
- Full Entry Pack
- Qualifying Standard (upper limits)
- Schedule of Events
- Entry Form
- Sportsystems Entry File
- Request for Officials PDF / Word
Please contact galas@teamluton.com if you have any questions
May Long Course Meet
This meet was slightly over-subscribed when it closed, so unfortunately we have had to reject some swims. Further information about how this was done is in the processing statement.
Please click the links below for further information,
- Accepted Entries
- Rejected Entries
- Processing Statement including information on refunds
- Schedule of Events with confirmed times (Competition at 0930, 1330, 1730 Sat/1700 Sun)
- Warm up protocol (Warm ups at 0830, 1230, 1630 Sat/1600 Sun)
There will be no late entries/changes accepted, and no time trials – so please do not ask.
SPECTATORS – it is not permissible to set up portable chairs on the spectator gallery, as these potentially impede emergency exits.
Any queries to galas@teamluton.com
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!
April L1 Meet Entries
The response to this Meet has been huge, and we have received considerably more entries than we can accommodate in the time available to us. Unfortunately this means that we have had to reject a large number of entries. As a result, the competition should be very fast and a great opportunity to post Ranking times for Summer championships.
Please click the links below for further information,
- Accepted Entries
- Rejected Entries
- Processing Statement including information on refunds
- Reserves for 800/1500 – UPDATED 07/04
- Schedule of Events with confirmed times
There will be no late entries/changes accepted, and no time trials.
Any queries to galas@teamluton.com