West Midlands masters ..

Just take a look at the club photo and go WOW!

Never seen so many club swimmers (17) at a meet And Di was missing for the photo!

We were winners before we got wet!

Loved meeting newbies Lynne, Rachel and John plus a triumphant return for Sadie

Stat’s!….

Championships firsts….

Four = Lindsey

Three = Roger, Sadie, Lynne

Two = Lionel, Athene, and the 280+ Relay squad (RichW, John, Tony Kath and Lindsey)

One = Rich H and W, John, Di, Kath, Shaun

Places and relays Rachel, Craig, Ian, Justin and David

Photos below

Justine and David in the Breaststroke

Plus

Pretty certain county records will be added by Ian Hicks (3) Lindsey Gowland (1) and (drum roll) ….Roger Crannage who is laying down the gauntlet by setting three 85 years plus county records for all you gentlemen to chase in the decades which follow!!!

Please, please, please (sounds like a song title!) check out county records and if you better them CLAIM right away!

Staffordshire County Records Staffordshire ASA

Claim via the link on this site or e mail

Catherine Roe Records@staffsasa.co.uk

Finally THE Swim of the day for me was……

Sadie 100 free 1.02.01 ….

Masterful!…….Loved it!

Black Country n Potteries record-breaking 280-plus women’s relay squad were in action again at the British Masters Long Course Championships at the iconic London Olympic pool

They began an onslaught of three European and British long course records by adding a World record for the 4 x 100 m Freestyle event with a time of 5:04.66. There were two other relay successes in the 4 x 50 Medley and Freestyle events. The squad of Barbara Boxall, Kath Tunnicliffe, Alyson Fordham and Lindsey Gowland are pictured with Olympian Ben Proud.

Individual results during the busy weekend…..

Barbara 4th: 200 free 70+, 4th 50 free 70+, 2nd 100 free 70+.

Kath 3rd: 50 free 70+, 1st 50 back 70+, 1st 100 back 70, 4th 100+ free 70+.

Lindsey 3rd: 50 free 65+, 2nd 100+ free 65+, 3rd 50 fly 65+.

Alyson 1st: 50 free 65+.

Sadie Turner 5th: 50 free 25+, 5th 50 fly 25+.

The meet got off to a splendid start with a trio of wins from Richard H, Ian, and Lionel in their 200 free age group events, whilst at the end of the day Craig, John, Lionel and Roger went one better and won four in a row to bring the meet to a conclusion in their respective 25m Freestyle races.

Overall stats:

Sadie 5 wins, Rich H 4, Ian 2, Lionel 3, Justine 4, Roger 4, Jen 3, John 2, Craig 1

Total 28

Staffs records were set by Sadie 3, Roger 3 and Jen 1

Relays…….

Record Breaking relay swims…….

160 plus Men’s Medley 1st        2:23.39      

Sean, Craig, Ian, Richard

160 plus Mixed Freestyle 1st     2.01.52.  Sean, Jen, Sadie, Ian 

280 plus Men Freestyle 1st.      2:46.75       

John, Lionel, Roger, Tony

Here’s a precious moments from the competition…. the 160 plus Mixed Freestyle. 

BCPM: lane 5, Cheadle: lane 6, Dove Valley: lane 7. 

Shaun and Jen took out the first two legs, Sadie cut Dove Valley’s lead to just 3 seconds and managed to overtake Cheadle’s third swimmer to edge slightly ahead of them.  The final leg, was over to Ian, at the 25m mark all three swimmers turned together, 12 metres from the finish Dove Valley were beaten, but Cheadle looked like they had it, that was until Ian’s super blast to the wall took effect……he grabbed the win …somehow, with an incredible 27.40 split, helping to set a new club relay record mark……. exciting especially as the two other teams were in the younger 120 + age group, but that didn’t matter to Ian, he was racing!