Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

Competition reports

Long course records keep falling

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In a blink of an eye it’s mid-May and it’s time to celebrate more club records! Brandon MacDonald-Williams has been adding to his collection in both April and May, breaking an 800m freestyle record that had been held by Nick Botha since 2018 and improving his own 1500m freestyle record. Emma Fields improved on the […]
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Temperatures soar whilst times and records tumble

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Eight BSSC swimmers, assistant head coach Joe Collins and volunteer Team Managers Kat Gore, Lorraine Hayes and Tony Hadnutt recently headed south to the K2 50m pool in Crawley for Romford Town Swimming Club’s Last Chance National Qualifier Meet.  The clue was most definitely in the title, as this long course meet was held on […]
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Reaching the top of Hertfordshire

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The President of Swim England Hertfordshire, Jane O’Brien, recently presented seven Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club athletes with the overall Top Swimmer awards they won for outstanding performances across multiple events at the 2024 Hertfordshire County Championships.  To be eligible for the award, swimmers had to compete and earn points in events in five different categories, […]
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BSSC Masters on Top of the World in 2023

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The World Aquatics Masters rankings for 2023 have just been published and two BSSC Masters had such a great year that they feature in the World Aquatics Top 10 lists of fastest swimmers!  Sixty eight year old Alyson Fordham had an amazing 2023, becoming the fastest woman in the WORLD in her 65-69 year age […]
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Golden time at British Masters Championships

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BSSC Masters swimmers Lizzie Bellinger and Alyson Fordham had outstanding performances at the recent British Masters Championships, bringing home five gold and three silver medals and a new East Region records.  Lizzie (45-49 yrs), the current age group British record holder, obliterated the field in the 100m Fly winning nearly 14 seconds ahead of her […]
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