Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

Competition reports

Breaststroke Duo Shine at British Summer Champs

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The British Summer Championships provides a key end-of-season competition opportunity for home nation athletes with the season’s fastest swimmers in Britain invited to compete.  BSSC had two local swimmers invited for the 2023 Championships, Ella Greatbatch (15 yrs) and Kirsty Neill (16 yrs), and they were joined by two swimmers from Team Bonn in Germany […]
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2023 East Region Open Water Championships

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The East Region organises Open Water Championships in July each year and has, for successive years, had the highest swimmer entry numbers of any regional open water event.  They also serve as the individual County Championships.  Races are held over 1K, 2K, 3K and 5K and are split into gender and age groups categories. BSSC […]
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BSSC Masters on Record Breaking Form

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The annual British Masters Championships recently returned to Ponds Forge in Sheffield for the first time in seven years.  Three BSSC Masters, Alyson Fordham, Lizzie Bellinger and Sally Winter joined more than 800 masters swimmers from across the home nations to compete in the 50m pool event. It was a thrilling and inspiring weekend, with […]
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Stortford swimmers scoop Basildon summer bling

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The weekend of 20-21 May saw twenty-nine Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club members aged 9 to 16 visit Basildon Sporting Village for the BPSC Spring Meet 2023. Over the two days, the swimmers took part in 120 swims, with nearly 70% of swims resulting in personal best times. 19 swimmers won a grand total of 53 […]
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More records tumble at Masters Open

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One week after winning three Gold medals and smashing three new long course (50m) East Region records, BSSC Masters swimmer Lizzie Bellinger continued her golden record breaking form at the Derbyshire Open Masters Championships.  Three more Gold medals and three short course (25m) East Region 45-49yr age group records were secured in the 100m Fly […]
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