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South East
Region and London LC championships
ASA National Masters championships (25m) Sheffield
26-28th 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)
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