Congratulations to Graham Powell and Karen Mackenzie who were both victorious in their age groups at the 2026 GB Masters in Aberdeen.
A total of five medals were brought home….albeit at different times, as detailed in the full report.
It was so often a case of times that were “so very near but not quite” for most, but not all, of our Masters’ swims at the Reading Masters SC Meet.
They still came away with nine medals and saw one of the Club’s County relay records stay intact – but only just!
Team Luton rocked up in force to Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club’s 2nd Open Masters Winter Meet, with eight of our master swimmers treating it as our new “local” and casually bagging 6 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals from just 22 swims. Not a bad day at the office… or in this case, the slightly chaotic swimming pool.
With thanks to our special correspondent, Mark Lewis, read on…
Seven medals and seven Club Masters ‘ records – not all in the same events- were achieved at the 2025 Swim England National Masters championships together with a chance encounter with a “Geordie speaking” Darth Vader!
Read here for a full report on yet another year of highly creditable performances.
It may only be half way through the month of September but East Region, Beds County and Club records have already fallen.
Both 9 year old Lucy Biscoe and 12 year old Alice Buckingham broke age group Club records at the Sprint With The Stars meet at the London Aquatics Centre.
Club coaches Matt & Dave Wright have also featured in Masters’ Regional and Club record breaking races. Read the report from the Barnet Copthall meet for details of the “199 years’ record” and also the 1983 Masters record previously held by one of the Club’s longest standing members just broken by a Club newcomer.
Congratulations to both Mark Lewis and Graham Powell who smashed long-standing records at the 30th Berks & South Bucks Masters Meet.
Ian Norman won four golds at the British Transplant Games held in Oxford.
Competing for Addenbrookes’ Adults, Ian competed in the 50m Butterfly and Backstroke and both the 100m & 200m Freestyle.
The 2024/25 Competitive season for our “age group” swimmers ended with all seven of our entrants in the Beds County Open Water Champions gaining top three placings.
With ages spanning over 50 years, three also emerged from the water at Whitlingham as East Region champions. Visit the News page for the full roll of honour!
In a closely fought contest we won the Beds County Arena Junior League title for the third successive year.
Congratulations to the whole team.