MASTERS SWIMMING

South East Region and London LC championships

ASA National Masters championships (25m) Sheffield

26-28^th October 2007

This years ASA national short course masters competition took place at ponds forge international swimming centre Sheffield. Brighton swimming club had three of its squad / masters swimmers competing (Paul Allen, Jon Pook and Stephen Murphy).

The weekends swimming started on Friday evening with all 3 swimmers competing in the 200m freestyle. First off was Paul who had an excellent swim smashing his personal best time by almost 6 seconds to record a time of 2.07.88 which gained him a fourth place finish and a masters club record in his age group, just missing out on a silver by a tenth of a second. Next to swim was Jon who is a sprint specialist so the 200m was an event up for him. Jon touched home in a 2.01.39 which was personal best and good indicator that he would be on form for his shorter events. Next to swim was Steve who recorded a personal best time of 1.58.51 and a club record and club masters record. Jon also rounded the evening off with a personal best in the 50 fly (27.07). A great start to the meet which left the team full of confidence for the rest of the weekend.

Saturday morning saw Steve and Jon contest the 100m fly. First up was Steve who had been close to breaking the minute on two previous occasions during the summer but narrowly missed out by hundredths on both attempts. Steve touched home in a 59.61 personal best and in doing so broke the club record and master’s record for the event. Jon then continued his good form by swimming a personal best of 1.00.40 to round off a successful morning of swimming.

Saturday afternoon saw Paul and Jon compete in the 100 freestyle and Steve contest the 400 IM. Steve swam in the final heat of the IM and cheered on by his team-mates (Jon and Paul) swam a 4 second personal to record a time of 4.42.97 which is a club master’s record. Paul then took a second off his personal best in the free to record a time of 57.30, Jon set a club record and master’s record by recording a season’s best time of 53.78. Paul also competed in the 50 backstroke where he set a personal best time of 30.75 and claimed a bronze medal and master’s club record. A great day of swimming with pb’s and records for each swimmer.

Sunday morning saw Steve compete in the 50 breastroke in which he recorded a seasons best of 31.17. Paul swam in the 100 backstroke and recorded another personal best of 1.05.68 which was also a club master’s record, again some excellent results. Sunday afternoon saw Paul and Jon compete in the 50 freestyle. Paul swam 26.12 to record another great personal best and club master’s record and Jon swam 24.67 which was also a personal best, club record and master’s club record.

Congratulations to all three swimmers, who once again outperformed themselves to achieve a great set of results and to start the season off on a big high. Look out for the updated master’s calendar which will be available soon. For more information on competitive masters swimming please contact smurphy187@hotmail.com

Please check the results sheet for full club results, placings and split times

South East Region Masters Short Course Championships

The south east region masters short course championships took place at the Guilford spectrum centre pool on the 22nd of September.
Brighton swimming club had three of its squad / masters swimmers competing at this event (Nicole Read, Paul Allen and Stephen Murphy). Masters swimmers from all over the south east region took part and the standard of competition was high across the age groups. Paul swam in two events. The first event was the 100 freestyle in which paul swam a personal best time of 58.00 and in doing became south east region masters champion in the 35-39 years age group, paul also set the meet best time and broke the club masters record time for his age group.
In the second session of the day Nicole and Steve competed in the 200m freestyle. Nicole came first in her age group in a time of 2.23.75 also becoming south east region champion in her age group and setting a meet best time and club masters record. Steve also won mens 200 free in a time of 2.00.34 which was a meet best time and club masters record.
Paul finished off a great days swimming with another personal best in the 100m backstroke. Paul touched in 1.06.95 which was good enough for gold, a meet record and a club masters record. Steve also swam in the 50 free finishing 2nd in a time of 25.22.
A good days swimming with pb's, seasons bests and club and meet records all round, well done to all three swimmers.
(the next competition is the national short course masters championships at ponds forge Sheffield, 26 - 28th of October. Stephen Murphy, Paul Allen and John Pook will be representing Brighton, good luck to all three of them)
 
(remember to check the Masters club records on a regular basis for updates)
 
Results Summary (with splits in brackets). PB = personal best. MBT = meet best time. CMR = club masters record. SB = seasons best.
 
Paul Allen - 100 free: 58.00 (27.42) PB / MBT / CMR
                100 back: 1.06.95 (32.57) PB / MBT/ CMR
 
Nicole Read - 200 free: 2.23.75 (33.6, 1.10.44, 1.47.48) SB / MBT / CMR
 
Stephen Murphy - 200 free: 2.00.36 (27.82, 58.28, 1.29.35) SB / MBT / CMR
 
                 well done to all, a great set of times!!!!!!

South East Inter County Masters 2007

Competing as the City of Brighton and Hove we managed to record 9 first places, 3 second places and 2 third places. Congratulations to everyone that swam, an excellent performance with a relatively small team of swimmers. All Brighton swimmers medalled, which indicates a great overall team performance, a particular mention must go to the men’s 4 x 50m medley relay which just touched out Otter sc for gold, well done Paul Allen, Jack Smith, Adam Harper and Steve Murphy. Well done also to Nicole Read, our only lady swimming. She swam for a well earned bronze medal in the 50m butterfly. Congratulations to Keith Mathieson who is now triple freestyle southeast region masters champion over 50, 100, and 200 freestyle. Excellent performances guys!

See www.britishswimming.org for entry details (masters section)