We are pleased to share the schedule of events for our Level 4 meet that will run evenings of 9/10/11 July. Race selections have been emailed to members – don’t forget to respond by Sunday 27th June!
BSSC Summer Meet – Level 4
Events
Level X Live Stream
Our next Level X race night is Tuesday 25th May 2021 and we are planning to live stream via our Members Only Facebook page. It’s our first attempt so be gentle with us and have low expectations of our ability to stream, but high expectations of some great racing!!
World Beating Masters
Three BSSC Masters swimmers have been named in the 2020 FINA World Masters Top 10 Rankings. Despite limited competition opportunities in the UK compared to many other Countries, Elizabeth Bellinger (40-44yrs), Alyson Fordham (60-64yrs) and Sally Winter (60-64yrs) secured multiple top 10 finishes in their age groups.
Lizzie was first in the world long course rankings for 50/100m butterfly, whilst Sally (BSSC Club President) was first in short and long course 200m freestyle.
2021 British Championship Qualifiers
The 2020 British Swimming Championships was one of the big competitive events cancelled last year, but it has been announced that they hope to run it at the London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 14-18 April 2021. The 2021 British Swimming Championships will form part of the qualification process for the Tokyo Olympic Games and will help select teams for the remaining 2021 summer international meets, both senior and junior.
Despite 2020 training and competition opportunities being limited, four members of Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club have qualified to compete in April if the event goes ahead:
- Alex Catton – 100m Backstroke
- Bryn Couser (now at Loughborough University) – 50m/100m/200m Breaststroke
- Millie Fields – 50m/100m/200m/400m Freestyle, 200m IM
- Niamh James – 200m Backstroke
Congratulations to them all for their achievements.
Level X Round One Results
Five members of BSSC were recently named amongst the fastest in the country in a Swim England virtual competition. Level X was launched in October 2020 to allow swimmers to compete from their own training pools and over 16,200 swimmers from 430 clubs uploaded 94,000 swims to the National Level X database.
Even with only two months of training in late 2020 and just one Level X competition night on 3rd November, Kirsty Neill (13yrs) and Millie Fields (16yrs) secured top 10 finishes in England in their age groups, with Kirsty 4th in 100m Breaststroke and 5th in 50m Breaststroke and Millie 8th in the 100m Freestyle. Top 20 finishes were also achieved by Meisha Trend-Evans (14yrs 50m/100m Freestyle), Jessie Fields (14yrs 100m Butterfly) and Alex Catton (17yrs 100m Backstroke).
