Masters Swimming
A Very Successful Weekend – British Masters Championships
Posted on 08 Jul 2010 at 22:49 by Zoe Sadler (0 user comment)
Congratulations to the six Bluefins Masters swimmers who competed at the British Gas Masters and Senior Age Groups Championships 2010 at Tollcross, Glasgow from 18th-20th June 2010. The super six between them collected 5 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals and 4 Bronze medals.
Masters’ coach Neil Jackson (60/64 years) won 3 GOLD medals (50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke).
Catherine Shearn (40/44 years) won GOLD and her very first National title in the 200m Butterfly, SILVER in the 100m Butterfly and a BRONZE in the 50m Butterfly.
Caroline Slimin (45/49 years) won GOLD in the 1,500m Freestyle.
Dave Davenport (55/59 years) won 3 SILVER medals (1,500m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the 400m Freestyle) with a BRONZE in the 200m Butterfly.
Mark Straw (50/54 years) won a SILVER in the 400m Freestyle and a BRONZE in the 800m Freestyle.
Michelle Matson (30/34 years) won her first national medals with a SILVER in the 50m Butterfly and a BRONZE in the 50m Backstroke.
The next major competition on the Masters calendar is the XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010 to be held in Gothenburg from 27th July –7th August 2010. Several Bluefins Masters will be competing and we wish them every success.
Basingstoke Bluefins are Hampshire Masters County Champions!
Posted on 20 Jun 2010 at 22:28 by Zoe Sadler (0 user comment)
22 members of the Basingstoke Bluefins Masters Squad travelled to Waterlooville on 6th June to compete at the Hampshire Masters & Seniors County Championships. This is the largest Masters Squad ever to represent Bluefins with all swimmers earning valuable points for the team and individual competitions. The squad entered 164 individual events between them as well as 10 relay teams. Bluefins earned a huge 435 points to win the Hampshire Masters Cup ahead of a strong Winchester team who were in 2nd place with 342.5 points. Overall, the team gained 43 gold medals and county titles, 44 silver medals and 29 bronze medals.
Top Team at the Hampshire County Masters and Seniors Championships!
Posted on 07 Jun 2010 at 17:10 by Zoe Sadler (0 user comment)
Congratulations to the Bluefins Masters and Seniors who competed at the County Championships yesterday (Sunday 6th June). The team accumulated the most points overall meaning that Basingstoke won the Hampshire Masters Cup for the first time!
It was a fantastic effort by all 22 competing swimmers. In total the team won 43 gold medals, 44 silver medals and 29 bronze medals.
A more detailed report will follow on the Masters page in the next few days.
Hampshire County Masters and Seniors Championships – Sunday 6th June 2010
Posted on 05 Jun 2010 at 14:36 by Zoe Sadler (0 user comment)
Good luck to all Bluefins Masters competing tomorrow. We have a bumper team of 22 swimmers attending this year and hope to win lots of medals!
Swimmers competing tomorrow are:
Aaron Boyd, Rachel Campbell, Andy Cackett, Brendan Giltinane, Michelle Matson, Amy Cantelo, Ken Haines, Zoe Sadler, Pete Healy, Mark Straw, Neil Mitchell, Spencer Turner, Morris Dick, Antony Scott, John Moon, Brian Boyd, Colin Dew, Dave Davenport, Eileen Hayward, Noreen Wise, Joanne Postins and Jean Hanna.
Good luck!
March 2010 Masters Round-Up
Posted on 07 Apr 2010 at 22:24 by Zoe Sadler (0 user comment)
March 2010 was a very busy month for the Bluefins Masters, with the squad competing in four separate meets.
2010 Swim Wales Open Masters
Three swimmers travelled to Swansea to compete in this long course meet held at the Wales National Pool.
Neil Jackson had a clean sweep of the backstroke events, winning the 50m, 100m and 200m events in the 60-64 age group.
Catherine Shearn, competing in the 40-44 age group, won gold in the 200m Butterfly, and gained silvers in the 800m freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly.
Mark Straw, in the 50-54 age group, won gold in the 100m Butterfly, silver in the 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle.
15th Bracknell Masters Meet
This meet was held on the same weekend of the Swansea meet, so our numbers were a little thinner this year. However, there were some more great performances.
Michelle Matson had another excellent meet, winning four events in the 30-34 age group (50m & 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly) and silver in the 50m and 100m Backstroke events.
Amy Cantelo, also competing in the 30-34 age group, won silver in the 50m Butterfly, bronze in the 50m Breaststroke and 100m IM and gained 4th place in the 50m & 100m freestyle events.
Charles Parker, competing in the 65-69 age group, won silver in the 50m Backstroke and bronzes in the 50m Freestyle and 100m IM.
Hampshire Youth Championships
Michelle Matson was in action again this weekend, this time competing in the Hampshire County ASA County Swimming Championships. Michelle was competing in six events in the Youth Section (age 19 & Over), which was incredible given that in order to compete at the event she had to make the qualifying times intended for the fastest youth swimmers in the county.
Michelle rose to the occasion and had another great weekend’s swimming winning a silver medal in the 200m Freestyle. She also gained 4th places in the 100m & 200m IM, 5th in 100m Freestyle and 6th in 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle. Well done Michelle!
9th Royal Navy Masters Open Meet at Millfield School
This was a real team event with seventeen Bluefins Masters competing. In total, the team won 14 Gold Medals, 17 Silver Medals and 14 Bronze medals.
Bluefins finished in an excellent 5th place out of 43 teams in the visiting team competition, just one point adrift of Army Swim.
Dave Davenport set new meet records in the 55-59 age group in two individual events (200m & 400m Freestyle).
Michelle Matson set a meet record for the 100m IM in the 30-34 age group.
The Mens 200-239 relay team (Antony Scott, Spencer Turner, Simon Hindshaw and Dave Davenport) set two meet records: 200m Medley Relay and 200m Freestyle Relay.
Spencer Turner, in the 40-44 age group, won all four of his individual events.
James Scott, swimming in the youngest and most competitive age group, had two superb swims.
Michelle Matson (30-34) and Zoë Sadler (35-39) each collected an award for accumulating the most points in their respective age groups.
Congratulations to all 17 Bluefins team members who took part in the competition- Aaron Boyd, James Scott, Michelle Matson, Zoë Sadler, Catherine Shearn, Spencer Turner, Joanne Postins, Kate Robarts, Jean Hanna, Mark Straw, Simon Hindshaw, Antony Scott, Dave Davenport, Colin Godfrey, Neil Jackson, Brian Boyd and Frank Taylor. Afterwards, the team went for a celebratory meal – the only disappointment of the day was that there was no apple crumble left for the coach!
The Masters squad continues to go from strength to strength under Neil’s excellent coaching and leadership, and we look forward to continuing to build on this success over the coming year.
Melissa Godfrey Memorial Sponsored Swim 2010
Posted on 18 Mar 2010 at 17:25 by Barbara Penney
Our yearly Sponsored Swim in memory of swimmer and teacher Melissa will take place on Sunday 28th March 2010. Funds raised will be split between Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Bluefins.
For the first time this year, we will be holding both Squad and Lessons section at the Aquadrome, Competition Pool for Squads and 20m Pool for Lessons swimmers.
Lessons Swim will commence at 16:00 - Sue Lambert will provide further details shortly.
Squad Swim timings are as follows:
Dev 2, 1 & 1+ 17:00 - 17:30
Academy 17:30 - 18:00
Relay Challenge 18:00 - 18:30
Young Achievers & Age Group 18:30 - 19:00
JP & Performance 19:00 - 19:30
County/Masters 19:30 - 20:00
These will commence with a warm-up then the 20 minute swim with distance recorded.
Waterpolo swimmers should check with Gerry Lay to agree which swims to join.
Look forward to action packed session on Sunday 28th.
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27 Jul - 7 Aug 2010: XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010