Reports on the Masters Inter-County Masters Championships, November 2013
Thank you and well done to all the Masters swimmers who formed the Bedfordshire team for the East Region Inter County Competition and a special thank you to John Bellis for organising the team. Here are John's reports on the event.

Regional Report
A team of 32 Masters and Seniors from 4 Bedfordshire clubs competed at Newmarket in the East Region Inter county event.
Once again Bedfordshire finished in 4^th place, but this year we were a lot closer to the three counties above us, finishing 44 points behind the winners Essex, and only 9 points behind Norfolk who were third. With Hertfordshire 2nd and Suffolk 5^th. Cambridgeshire did not enter a team.
The team managed 12 individual wins, the most ever, plus one relay win.
Liz Woolner (Flitwick Dolphins) was in sparkling form in the 45 and over age group, winning the 50 metre Freestyle in a new County record time of 29.56 seconds, and the 50 metre Butterfly in an East Region record time of 31.27 seconds. A time that was over a second quicker than her winning time at the National Masters at Sheffield, three weeks before.
The Modernians pair of Dave Cartledge and Marcel Scholten won four events between them, with Dave winning the 45 and over 50 metre Butterfly and Backstroke events, and also the 35 and over 50 metre Breaststroke, While Marcel won the 45 and over 50 metre Breaststroke.
Sarah Pearce (South Beds Masters) won the 25 and over 50 metre Breaststroke by just over 3 seconds.
Team Luton swimmers had four wins, with Lawrence Palmer winning both the 50 metre Butterfly and Breaststroke events in the 18 and over Senior category. Miriam Owens broke her own County record in the 25 and over 50 metre Freestyle event with a quick 28.94 seconds, and Graham Powell won the 55 and over 50 metre Backstroke.
Final Regional Points
Essex 240
Hertfordshire 238
Norfolk 205
Bedfordshire 196
Suffolk 123

Reports by John Bellis.