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A Very Successful Weekend – British Masters Championships

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.

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