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Masters shine at British Championships

Posted on: 18th June 2025

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:

  • Lizzie Bellinger (45-49 years) – gold 100m Butterfly; silver 200m IM; gold 50m Butterfly
  • Niamh James (18-24 years) – gold 200m Backstroke; gold 200m Breaststroke; gold 200m IM
  • Lucy Wheeler (25-29 years) – gold 200m Freestyle; gold 50m Freestyle; gold 100m Freestyle
  • Jake Lloyd (30-34 years) – bronze 200m Freestyle; bronze 100m Butterfly; silver 200m Butterfly
  • Sally Winter (65-69 years) – gold 200m Freestyle; gold 100m Freestyle

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

See also: Masters, News

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