Our male Masters claimed 23rd place in the GB Team Decathlon competition for 2022 with Graham Powell finishing as the 22nd highest ranking individual. Once again we finished as the top Men’s Club in not only the County but also in the East Region.
The team results take the top four highest scoring individuals from each of the 441 Clubs that were represented in the Masters Decathlon competition. For 2022 Graham, Dave Wright and Alastair Gibb were joined by John O’Rourke who just eclipsed Malcolm Barton for the fourth spot.
Our Ladies team of Karen MacKenzie, Kelly Cooke, Michelle Neal and Lorraine Sadler only participated in a total of 23 out of a potential maximum 40 qualifying events during 2022. However they still finished 71st nationally (out of 374 clubs) with Karen claiming the 100th individual’s spot.
After two years of the Covid pandemic restricting the racing opportunities it was encouraging to see our older Club swimmers gradually returning to competition and how they had maintained, if not improved on, their individual decathlon performances.
Over 1,900 men and over 1,500 ladies participated in the Decathlon competition.
The full individual points and rankings for our swimmers are shown below:
Men's Decathlon Results 2022
| BEDS RANKING 2022 | GB RANKING 2022 | NAME | Age (2022) | 2022 POINTS (No. of Events) | 2020/21 POINTS (No. of Events) | 2019 POINTS (No. of Events) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 22nd | Graham Powell | 66 | 5,208 (10) | 2,145 (4) | 5,115 (10) | |
| 4th | 116th | Dave Wright | 61 | 3,561 (8) | 3,126 (7) | 3,837 (10) | |
| 5th | 152nd | Alastair Gibb | 62 | 3,310 (10) | 3,413 (10) | 3,660 (10) | |
| 12th | 499th | John O'Rourke | 53 | 2,154 (9) | 2,660 (10) | ||
| 13th | 517th | Malcolm Barton | 67 | 2,115 (7) | 1,840 (5) | 2,352 (8) | |
| 14th | 537th | Colin Mayes | 67 | 2,073 (5) | 2,038 (5) | 2,905 (7) | |
| 15th | 601st | Sam Bradley | 29 | 1,964 (10) | 1,685 (8) | 2,210 (10) | |
| Ian Stoughton | 63 | 2,142 (5) | |||||
| Alex Mason | 26 | 5,110 (10) | |||||
| Nathan Bentley | 23 | 1,667 (4) |
Ladies Decathlon Results 2022
| BEDS RANKING 2022 | GB RANKING 2022 | NAME | AGE (2022) | 2022 POINTS (No. of Events) | 2020/21 POINTS (No. of Events) | 2019 POINTS (No.of Events) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 100th | Karen MacKenzie | 49 | 3,560 (9) | 1,621 (4) | 3,881 (10) | |
| 11th | 351st | Kelly Cooke | 46 | 2,203 (5) | 1,781 (4) | 2,024 (5) | |
| 16th | 625th | Michelle Neal | 42 | 1,571 (4) | 1,472 (4) | 1,813 (5) | |
| 21st | 875th | Lorraine Sadler | 51 | 1,138 (5) | 935 (4) | ||
| 26th | 1,369th | Sharon Thompson | 55 | 415 (2) | 1,835 (10) | ||
| Jo Mitchinson | 43 | 3,196 (6) | |||||
| Alice Pinney | 23 | 1,330 (4) | 2,290 (7) | ||||
| Laura Smith | 28 | 1,120 (3) | 2,785 (7) | ||||
| Jodie Armstrong | 40 | 1,621 (4) | |||||
| Sonia Bentley | 54 | 1,047 (4) | |||||
| Gwen Skingley | 40 | 814 (4) | |||||
| Clare "Chippy" Murphy - Snape | 43 | 635 (3) |