Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club
Affiliated to Swim England East Region
Congratulations to our Masters swimmers, who had an incredible weekend at the Derbyshire Open Masters Championships.
Dave Rogers took on the 400m Freestyle long course for the very first time and came away with a silver medal – a brilliant achievement.
Lizzie Bellinger was on outstanding form, claiming gold in both the 100m Butterfly and 200m IM, and that’s not all!
Lizzie also set a new British Record in the 45-49 age group for the 100m Butterfly with an incredible time of 1:08.27.
A massive ‘congratulations’ to all of our Masters swimmers who represented Hertfordshire at the Swim England East Region Masters Inter-Counties on Sunday 9th November.
Hertfordshire secured first place – the first win since 2011! Full results were:
Last weekend, six of our brilliant Masters swimmers took on the best in the country at the Masters National Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
It was incredible weekend of swimming, with top-three places secured across various age groups.
Highlights:
Club President Sally Winter brought home three golds (100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle), also breaking two GB records (200m and 400m Freestyle) as well as a European Record in the 200m Freestyle!
The beginning of September has been very busy and successful for BSSC’s Masters swimmers!
Sunday 7th September saw a trip to Newmarket for the East Region Short Course Masters Championships, with BSSC securing 9 top-three finishes:
Alyson
1st 50 Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle
2nd 200m Freestyle
Sally
1st 200m Freestyle
2nd 100m Freestyle
Ben
1st 400m Freestyle, 1st 400m IM
2nd 200m Freestyle
The medal continued at Sunday’s Barnet Copthall Masters Sprints Meet. BSSC’s medal haul:
Niamh:
1st 50m Fly
1st 50m Freestyle
Jake:
1st 400m Freestyle
1st 200m IM
Sally:
1st 400m Freestyle
1st 50m Fly
Ben
1st 200m IM
Dave
1st 400m Freestyle
2nd 50m Freestyle
A squad of eight BSSC Masters were in action at the British Masters Championships at the London Aquatics Centre from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June.
The British Masters Championships is the highest level of domestic Masters swimming in Great Britain. The event, which takes place in a long course 50m pool, rotates between England, Scotland and Wales every year.
BSSC’s swimmers came away with an impressive 18 medals: 12 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze.
With Britain’s fastest Masters swimmers in action, it’s not unusual to see world, European and British records broken at the meet. BSSC’s Lizzie Bellinger certainly delivered, with a brilliant British Masters record-breaking swim in the 100m Butterfly (45-49 years) in a time of 1:08.54!
Our relay “dream team” of Callum Davis, Lucy Wheeler, Niamh James and Jake Lloyd took gold in two relays – the Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay (72 years+) and Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (72 years+).
Sally Winter (65-69 years) and Lucy Wheeler (25-29 years) also secured double golds in the 200m Freestyle.
BSSC finished in 16th position overall out of over 200 represented clubs – a considerable achievement with a squad of eight swimmers competing!
We are incredibly proud of each and every one of our Masters swimmers – fantastic examples to the rest of the Club.
Full results – top-three places:
Relays
Gold – Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay (72 years+)
Niamh, Callum, Jake and Lucy
Gold – Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (72 years+)
Niamh, Callum, Jake and Lucy
Silver – Mens 4 x 100m Medley Relay (120 years+)
Jake, Matt, Callum, Geoff
Bronze – Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (160 years+)
Lizzie, Sally, Matt and Geoff
Full team: Lizzie Bellinger, Callum Davis, Niamh James, Jake Lloyd, Lucy Wheeler, Matt McLaughlin, Geoff Short, Sally Winter
