Beds ASA Masters Newsletter

April 2019

 

Contents
Introduction

Beds Masters in FINA World Top-10 Rankings
Beds Masters Decathlon Challenge 2018 Results
Beds Swimmers feature in the East Region Masters Decathlon 2018 Results
Beds Masters Honours Board
Beds Masters Decathlon Challenge 2019
The Club Scene
-- Beaver Masters SC
-- South Beds Masters SC
-- Team Luton SC

Introduction
This newsletter contains a review of 2018 including the final full results of the Beds Masters Decathlon Challenge 2018 and many other swimming achievements in 2018. The Beds Masters Honours board (www.swimsite.freeuk.com/beds/honours) has been revised up to 2018 with British Records achievements and has been included in the newsletter. Finally there is coverage of the start of 2019. Most of the information has been extracted from swimming club web sites.

 

Beds Masters in FINA World Top-10 Rankings
Congratulations to the following Beds masters who made it into the world masters top-10 rankings for 2018, published recently.

 

Carla King: 50 free SC and 50 breast SC & LC

Janet Masters: 200 IM SC

Liz Woolner: 50 free SC, 50 fly SC & LC, 100 fly SC & LC

Team Luton men 240+: 4x100 medley relay SC

 

Beds Masters Decathlon Challenge 2018
The end-of-year mark in the swimming calendar has been reached, so it is a good time to summarise the Beds Masters Decathlon results which have now been finalised Liz Woolner is the women’s decathlon winner again and Marcel Scholten.is the men’s decathlon winner again.

 

Rankings at end of 2018 are listed below. The National position is given in brackets.

 

Out of 1712 women, the following table shows the Beds women’s ranking

Rank

Swimmer

Beds Club

Age

Points

1 (8)

Liz Woolner

Flitwick

51

5883

2 (49)

Claire Evelyn

South Beds

31

4763

3 (133)

Karen Mackenzie

Team Luton

45

3567

4 (157)

Carla King

South Beds

35

3405

5 (174)

Jennifer Owens

South Beds

33

3284

6 (273)

Andrea Minor

South Beds

70

2758

7 (278)

Janet Masters

South Beds

78

2732

8 (320)

Frances Merridan

South Beds

24

2578

9 (344)

Alison Sheehan

South Beds

60

2528

10 (379)

Heather Patrick

South Beds

56

2418

11 (424)

Sarah Pearse

South Beds

36

2306

12 (552)

Sonia Bentley

Team Luton

50

2002

13 (557)

Joanne Holder

South Beds

33

1991

14 (782)

Patricia Reynolds

Beaver Mast

68

1550

15 (823)

Jacqueline Maycock

South Beds

56

1499

16 (876)

Lauren Murphy

Flitwick

25

1417

17 (879)

Liz Neale

South Beds

66

1411

18 (887)

Natasha Mason

South Beds

28

1401

19 (926)

Samantha Hammond

South Beds

38

1337

20 (928)

Christine Ayers

South Beds

65

1333

21 (1045)

Emily Young

South Beds

24

1179

22 (1064)

Sharon Thompson

Team Luton

51

1149

23 (1122)

Michelle Neal

Team Luton

38

1074

24 (1197)

Emma Roch

South Beds

45

974

25 (1254)

Lorraine Sadler

Team Luton

47

909

26 (1290)

Lorna Brown

South Beds

43

874

27 (1312)

Rachael Stevenson

Flitwick

33

852

28 (1329)

Emma Irvine

South Beds

24

823

29 (1390)

Clare Warren

South Beds

41

741

30 (1434)

Gwendalyn Skingley

Team Luton

36

662

31 (1661)

Carrie Page

Putteridge

40

280

32 (1683)

Rosie Canham

Putteridge

45

218

33 (1688)

Helen Clough

Putteridge

47

206

34 (1701)

Carina Quayle

Putteridge

59

186

 

Out of 435 clubs, the Beds women’s team ranking is :-

Rank

Beds Club

Points

1 (21)

South Beds

14210

2 (85)

Flitwick

8152

3 (92)

Team Luton

7792

4 (340)

Bedford Beaver

1550

5 (386)

Leighton Buzzard

928

6 (388)

Putteridge

890

 

Biggleswade

DNS

 

Modernian

DNS

 

Out of 2180 men, the following table shows the Beds men’s ranking

Rank

Swimmer

Beds Club

Age

Points

1 (12)

Marcel Scholten

Modernian

52

5746

2 (16)

Dave Cartledge

Modernian

58

5575

3 (24)

Graham Powell

Team Luton

62

5271

4 (32)

Alex Mason

Team Luton

22

5103

5 (94)

Tom Lambert

Team Luton

23

4234

6 (104)

Dave Wright

Team Luton

57

4122

7 (117)

Alastair Gibb

Team Luton

58

3921

8 (234)

Peter Masters

South Beds

56

3249

9 (276)

Chris Marshall

South Beds

62

3036

10 (309)

Paul Clarke

Beaver Mast

76

2868

11 (311)

Colin Mayes

Team Luton

63

2860

12 (313)

Ian Murray

Flitwick

61

2852

13 (373)

John O'Rourke

Team Luton

49

2662

14 (445)

Peter Iles

South Beds

65

2467

15 (495)

Joe Lound-keast

Biggleswade

67

2348

16 (523)

Mike Outtram

Flitwick

36

2292

17 (588)

Matthew Masters

South Beds

24

2195

18 (657)

Sam Bradley

Team Luton

25

2079

19 (765)

Malcolm Barton

Team Luton

63

1903

20 (921)

Robert Adsley

South Beds

48

1688

21 (1051)

Alistair Shaw

Flitwick

38

1529

22 (1081)

Christopher Murphy

Flitwick

22

1496

23 (1129)

Hayden Davies

Flitwick

22

1441

24 (1221)

Rory Kemp

South Beds

28

1345

25 (1281)

Arron Moore

South Beds

25

1272

26 (1383)

Jack Mcgarry

South Beds

24

1165

27 (1615)

Marc Winter

South Beds

51

891

28 (1858)

Leon Hargreaves

South Beds

41

647

29 (1859)

Mark Seaman-hill

Putteridge

61

646

30 (1931)

Harry Wears

Putteridge

21

550

31 (1985)

Ian Norman

Team Luton

49

472

32 (2133)

Mark Wallman

Putteridge

42

277

33 (2152)

Gordon Wood

South Beds

51

254

 

Out of 501 British teams, the Beds men’s teams are ranked

Rank

Beds Club

Points

1 (9)

Team Luton

18730

2 (52)

Modernian

11321

3 (61)

South Beds

10947

4 (112)

Flitwick

8169

5 (293)

Bedford Beaver

2868

6 (330)

Biggleswade

2348

7 (400)

Putteridge

1473

 

 

Beds Swimmers feature in the East Region Masters Decathlon 2018 Results
Beds swimmers gained four medal positions in the East Region Decathlon 2018 as highlighted in blue in the results table below

 

Ladies

Mens

Ladies’ Team

Men’s Team

1st place

Liz Woolner (Flitwick)

Chris Dunn (Hatfield)

City of Cambridge

Team Luton

2nd place

Kathryn Gill (Cambridge)

Marcel Scholten (Modernian)

South Beds

Brentwood

3rd place

Silivia Ferdin (Cambridge)

David Cartledge (Modernian)

East

Chelmsford

 

 

Beds Masters Honours Board

Entries in this table are for outstanding achievements at National and International Level

 

Date

Person and Club

Venue

Achievement

26 October 2018

Carla KING, SOUTH BEDS MASTERS SWIMMING CLUB

Swim England National Masters Championships 2018 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Women 50m Breaststroke 35-39 Age Group in a time of 34.16

18 February 2018

Liz WOOLNER, FLITWICK DOLPHINS SC

Sudbury & District Valentine Masters Meet - SUDBURY (Short Course)

British Record for Women 50m Butterfly. 50-54 Age Group in a time of 30.48

18 February 2018

Liz WOOLNER, FLITWICK DOLPHINS SC

Sudbury & District Valentine Masters Meet - SUDBURY (Short Course)

British Record for Women 100m Butterfly 50-54 Age Group in a time of 1:08.47

27 October 2017

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

Swim England Masters National Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Men 200m Breaststroke 25-29 Age Group in a time of 2:11.90

28 October 2017

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

Swim England Masters National Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Men 100m Breaststroke 25-29 Age Group in a time of 59.23

29 October 2017

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

Swim England Masters National Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Men 50m Breaststroke 25-29 Age Group in a time of 26.99

18 June 2017

Elizabeth WOOLNER, FLITWICK DOLPHINS SC

British Masters & Senior Age Group Championships - ABERDEEN (Long Course)

British Record for Women 50m Butterfly. 50-54 Age Group in a time of 30.72

21 January 2017

Liz WOOLNER, FLITWICK DOLPHINS SC

SE Region Long Course Masters 2017 - CRAWLEY (Long Course)

British Record for Women 100m Butterfly 50-54 Age Group in a time of 1:10.15

7 May 2016

Marcel SCHOLTEN, MODERNIAN SC

Norfolk County ASA Long Course Open Masters Meet - NORWICH (Long Course)

British Record for Men 50m Free. 50-54Age Group in a time of 26.16

2 April 2016

Graham POWELL, TEAM LUTON SWIMMING

British Masters and Senior Age GroupChampionships - SHEFFIELD (Long Course)

British Record for Men 50m Back. 60-64 Age Group in a time of 32.91

24 October 2015

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

ASA National Masters & Senior Age Group Championships 2015 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Men 50m Breaststroke Senior 18-24 Age Group in a time of 26.83

13 June 2015

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

British Masters and Seniors Age Group Championships - MANCHESTER (Long Course)

British Record for Men 50m Breaststroke Senior 18-24 Age Group in a time of 28.17

13 June 2015

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

British Masters and Seniors Age Group Championships - MANCHESTER (Long Course)

British Record for Men 100m Breaststroke Senior 18-24 Age Group in a time of 1:02.44

25 October 2014

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

British Gas ASA National Masters and Seniors Championships 2014 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Men 100m Breaststroke Senior 18-24 Age Group in a time of 1:01.39

14 June 2014

Lawrence PALMER, PUTTERIDGE SWIMMING CLUB

British Gas Masters & Senior Age Group Championships - SWANSEA (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course Men 50m Breaststroke Senior 18-24 Age Group in a time of 29.22

1 October 2011

Marcel SCHOLTEN, MODERNIAN SC

ASA East Region Open Masters & Seniors Championships - NEWMARKET (Short Course)

British Record for Men 100m Breaststroke in 45-49 Age Group in a time of 1:10.68

20 June 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

British Masters & Senior Championships - CARDIFF (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course 200M Backstroke in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 3:06.33

20 June 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

British Masters & Senior Championships - CARDIFF (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course Men 200m Individual Medley in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 3:10.68

9 May 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

Welsh Capital Masters - CARDIFF (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course 100M Backstroke in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 1:25.70

9 May 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

Welsh Capital Masters - CARDIFF (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course Men 200m Individual Medley in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 3:12.76

5 April 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

18th OCS Masters Open Meet - GUERNSEY (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 100m Backstroke in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 1:24.70

4 April 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

18th OCS Masters Open Meet - GUERNSEY (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200m Backstroke in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 3:05.74

4 April 2009

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

18th OCS Masters Open Meet - GUERNSEY (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200m Individual Medley in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 3:13.56

28 October 2006

Graham POWELL, LUTON SC

ASA Masters 25m Championships 2006 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200M Butterfly in 50-54 Age Group in a time of 2:30.92

8 July 2006

Graham POWELL, LUTON SC

Barnet Masters Distance Meet 2006 - BARNET COPTHALL CENTRE (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200M Butterfly in 50-54 Age Group in a time of 2:34.12

15 October 2005

David CARTLEDGE, MODERNIAN SC

Northern Counties Masters Championships 2005 - MACCLESFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Long Course Men 100m Individual Medley in 45-49 Age Group in a time of 1:04.72

29 October 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

ASA National Masters Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course 200M IM in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 3:00.35

31 October 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

ASA National Masters Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course 200M Backstroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 2:52.12

30 October 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

ASA National Masters Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course 100M Backstroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 1:19.88

14 May 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

A.S.A. Midland District Masters Championships - LEAMINGTON SPA (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200m Backstroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 2:54.20

14 May 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

A.S.A. Midland District Masters Championships - LEAMINGTON SPA (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 200m Individual Medley in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 3:03.53

2 May 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

13th Masters Open Meet - GUERNSEY (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Men 100M Backstroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 1:21.67

17 January 2004

Alan JACKSON, BEAVER MASTERS BEDFORD

Rotherham 2004 OPEN MASTERS MEET - SHEFFIELD (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course 100M Backstroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 1:21.86

25 October 2003

Susan MORRIS MODERNIAN SC

ASA National Masters Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Women 200m Butterfly in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 2:23.10

24 October 2003

Susan MORRIS MODERNIAN SC

ASA National Masters Championships - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Women 400m Individual Medley in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 5:11.82

6 June 2003

Susan MORRIS MODERNIAN SC

GB Open Masters 2003 - SWANSEA (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course Women 200m Butterfly in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 2:30.29

1 Nov 2002

Susan MORRIS' MODERNIAN SC

ASA National Masters Championships 2002 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Women 200m Butterfly in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 2:32.93

2 June 2002

Susan MORRIS, MODERNIAN SC

GB Masters Championships 2002 - CRYSTAL PALACE (Long Course)

British Record for Long Course Women 400m Individual Medley in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 5:36.59

20 October 2001

Susan MORRIS, MODERNIAN SC

ASA National Masters Championships 2001 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Women 200m Butterfly in 19-24 Age Group in a time of 2:36.53

20 October 2001

Susan MORRIS, MODERNIAN SC

ASA National Masters Championships 2001 - SHEFFIELD (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course Women 100m Individual Medley 19-24 Age Group in a time of 1:10.08

July 1997

Derrick Gunnell, LEWSEY CENTRE SC MASTERS

Barnet Masters Distance Meet 1997 - BARNET COPTHALL CENTRE (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course 800M Freestyle in 70-74 Age Group in a time of 6:43.81

May 1996

Basil Gell, BEDFORD MASTERS SC

A.S.A. Midland District Masters Championships 1996 - LEAMINGTON SPA (Short Course)

British Record for Short Course 200M Breaststroke in 65-69 Age Group in a time of 3:32.08

 

If you notice any missing entries for the above table, please let the editor know – see email address at the end of the newsletter.

 

2019

 

Beds Masters Decathlon Challenge 2019
The new season is off to a quick start. Many Beds swimmers are yet to make a showing but here are the Beds results at 7th March 2019

Out of 559 women, the following table shows the Beds top ten leading women’s ranking

Rank

Swimmer

Beds Club

Age

Points

1 (42)

Karen Mackenzie

Team Luton

46

2763

2 (96)

Lesley Berry

South Beds

55

2005

3 (144)

Andrea Minor

South Beds

71

1685

4 (148)

Carla King

South Beds

36

1663

5 (167)

Jennifer Owens

South Beds

34

1591

6 (324)

Sharon Thompson

Team Luton

52

1031

7 (456)

Michelle Neal

Team Luton

39

675

 

Out of 674 men, the following table shows the Beds men’s ranking at 7th March 2019

Rank

Swimmer

Beds Club

Age

Points

1 (45)

Paul Clarke

Beaver Mast

77

2684

2 (146)

Joe Lound-keast

Biggleswade

68

1935

1 (329)

Marcel Scholten

Modernian

53

1313

3 (377)

Peter Iles

South Beds

66

1186

4 (496)

Ian Murray

Flitwick

62

886

5 (510)

Sam Bradley

Team Luton

26

832

 

 

The Club Scene and Masters Training Sessions

Beaver Masters SC
Training sessions continue as usual on Sundays at 9am at Trinity Sports and Leisure Centre, Bedford. All Beds Masters are welcome to join us. Just pay at the door.
Paul Clarke (75-79) won the top man trophy at the Sudbury/Suffolk Valentines Masters on 19th February 2019.
Report by Paul Clarke

South Beds Masters SC
Firstly it should be noted that Club Coach John Bellis has retired from coaching but is still active for Beds ASA.


Essex Masters Championship,2nd March 2019,Basildon

We completed our first short course competition of the season and got 3rd in the club rankings for the gala!

It was a long day with the gala starting at 1pm and finishing around 8pm. We had 21 swimmers complete 77 races in 1 day, which is 11 more than we did over 3 days at the national championships in 3 days! This is made more impressive by the fact that we equalled 95 swims considering the legs in the relays.

We achieved 35 12-month bests, 11 Master PB’s, 16 club records, 7 county records, 4 regional records and 1 national record.

The day got off to a great start with 4 swimmers achieving 12-month PB’s in the first event and Claire E providing home made brownies! The great atmosphere continued with further good swims and multiple relay events, special mention to Rob who has 2 relays back to back and then a break of just 1 before going again & Jo who went straight from finishing 200m free into the relay that started over the top of her!

Swimmer of the gala is a very tough decision with Carla just beating Rob and Jo to the award.

Achieving County records were: Frances Merridan – 100m freestyle, 50m Freestyle & 50m Fly

County and Regional records: Chris Ayers – 100m Breaststoke & 50m Freestyle. Women’s 120+ 4x50m medley relay – Frances Merridan, Sarah Pearse, Claire Evelyn, Carla King

County, Regional & National records: Carla King – 50m Breaststroke, unfortunately, another swimmer broke this on the same day at another event.

The day finished with a few members of the team who were in the tail end of the gala going for a meal and a specialist ice cream desert bar! Well done all, a great start to the season and we are progressing well for the national championships.
Report based on club web site

 

Team Luton SC
The following reports were extracted from the Team Luton SC web site.

 

South East Region’s Long Course Championships at Crawley
Five of our Masters & Senior’ squad kick started their 2019 competitive campaign at the South East Region’s Long Course Championships at Crawley. They came home with an impressive tally of four Gold, four Silver and one Bronze medal, two new Beds County Masters’ records and numerous long course personal best times.

Choosing a long course (50m) event for your first 400m Individual Medley race might seem to be a daunting prospect for any swimmer. Karen MacKenzie, Tom Lambert and Sam Bradley duly rose to the challenge. They were rewarded with a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal in their respective age groups. The icing on the cake was a new Beds County Masters record for Karen with her time of 6:34.96.

Sunday competitors at Crawley
L-R: Karen MacKenzie, Sharon Thompson & Sam Bradley

 

Competing in the 44 – 49 years’ age group, Karen had set herself an extensive programme of six events over the two day meet. She proceeded to claim two further golds for her 200m IM and 50m Freestyle. Collecting a silver over 100m Backstroke, Karen was only 0.22 seconds away from claiming a Bronze in her 100m Freestyle.

Sam Bradley did however succeed in collecting a medal of each colour, winning his 100m Backstroke and finishing second over 200m Backstroke. His time of 3:05.44 over the longer distance set a new Beds County record in his 25 – 29 years’ age group.

Feeling the effects of missing training from his winter holiday, Tom Lambert still picked up a second silver medal from his 18 – 24 years’ 100m Breaststroke.

Crawley was the first long course Masters’ competition for both Sam and Tom. For Michelle Neal it was just her second competition, having only made her debut at Newmarket last April. Accustomed to swimming in a 25m pool, Michelle finished a creditable 4th in her 35 – 39 years’ 100m freestyle and 8th over 50m Butterfly.

Racing over 200m Freestyle in a 50m pool for the first time Sharon Thompson came 5th in her 50 – 54 years’ age group, finishing 6th in the 400m and 7th in the 50m Freestyle.

Report based on club web site

 

Paul Clarke

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