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		<title>Spencer Swimmers Win Gold Under Abu Dhabi Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Open Masters Games in Abu Dhabi brought together more than 25,000 Masters athletes representing over 90 nationalities, competing in[...]</p>
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<p>The Open Masters Games in Abu Dhabi brought together more than 25,000 Masters athletes representing over 90 nationalities, competing in 38 different sports. Among them were seven Spencer swimmers who achieved an amazing medal count of 18 golds and 13 silvers.</p>



<p>The event kicked off with the Open Water Swimming, on Hudayirat Island, with perfect conditions and a water temperature of 21 degrees. Michael Read and Jamie McKay were competing in the 5k and won gold and silver respectively, while Tony Cherrington and Alan Parkins both won gold in the 2.5k and Amanda Heath took silver in the 1.5k.</p>



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<p>On to the pool events, where everyone medalled in all their events, with some great swims. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Individual Race Results</h2>



<p><strong>Michael Read</strong> &#8211; 85+ age group</p>



<p>GOLD 5k, 400m, 800m free and 200m &amp; 400m IM, SILVER 100m, 200m free</p>



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<p><strong>Tony Cherrington</strong> &#8211; 80+ age group</p>



<p>GOLD 2.5K 50m, 100m, 200m 400m free</p>



<p><strong>Alan Parkins</strong> &#8211; 65+ age group</p>



<p>GOLD 2.5k, 50m, 100m back, 100m fly, SILVER 800m free, 200m back</p>



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<p><strong>Jamie McKay</strong> &#8211; 40+ age group</p>



<p>SILVER 5k</p>



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<p><strong>Ivan Nechunaev</strong> &#8211; 35+ age group</p>



<p>GOLD 50m free (lifetime best of 24.16), 50m fly, SILVER 100m free, 100m fly</p>



<p><strong>Amanda Heath</strong> &#8211; 65+ age group</p>



<p>GOLD 200m breaststroke, 400m IM, SILVER 1.5k, 50m, 100m breaststroke, 200m IM</p>



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<p><strong>Esther Iseppi</strong> &#8211; 65+ age group</p>



<p>SILVER 100m fly, 200m breast</p>



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<p>This was an amazing achievement for Esther, as she slipped and fell the evening before the pool events, badly injuring her wrist. 3 days later, she was able to race tentatively, starting in the water and having to work hard to catch the rest of the field. Sadly, she had to miss her other events.</p>



<p>The event presentation was extremely professional, with competitors announced individually as they walked out from the call room, and the medal presentations were highly choreographed.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2571" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-300x200.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-840x560.jpg 840w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-120x80.jpg 120w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-360x240.jpg 360w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6-600x400.jpg 600w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD6.jpg 1250w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Michael Read (left)</figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Media Coverage </h2>



<p>The media were keen to record stories from competitors, with Spencer swimmers featuring in some of the videos shared during the event and on social media. Check out some of the videos below by clicking the links. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Spencer Swimmer&#8217;s Stories (video) </h2>



<p><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/2633e664-9698-48d6-8160-7f2e649bf2a2/view/597269a1-1123-4bf0-b70a-16f509616674">Michael’s story</a></p>



<p><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/2633e664-9698-48d6-8160-7f2e649bf2a2/view/56ce6fc4-bd31-4f1c-af5b-8c812dbfa0d6">Esther’s story</a><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/2633e664-9698-48d6-8160-7f2e649bf2a2/view/56ce6fc4-bd31-4f1c-af5b-8c812dbfa0d6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></p>



<p><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/2633e664-9698-48d6-8160-7f2e649bf2a2/view/40c0fc29-52a8-483f-acf6-2400071c612f">Esther and Amanda’s story</a></p>



<p><a href="https://next.frame.io/share/2633e664-9698-48d6-8160-7f2e649bf2a2/view/40c0fc29-52a8-483f-acf6-2400071c612f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>The Masters Games are quite different from other International Masters swimming events, encouraging athletes of all abilities from around the world to unite in competition and friendship. The medals were truly stunning and the message on the medal box inspirational: “Wellness is the real victory”.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="169" height="300" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-169x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2563" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-169x300.jpg 169w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-768x1365.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-864x1536.jpg 864w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD5-scaled.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /></figure>



<p>Read more about International Masters Games Events here:</p>



<p><a href="https://www.imga.ch">https://www.imga.ch</a></p>



<p>Athletes are encouraged to participate in, watch and support other sports and one of the highlights was a trip to the camel race track (to spectate, not race!)</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="480" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2565" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD4.jpg 640w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AD4-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Camel Racing </figcaption></figure>
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		<title>Spencer swimmers shine at Swansea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>British Masters Nationals, Swansea, 19th – 21st April 2024 Report by Karen Bassett/Willem Heskes A small in numbers, but great[...]</p>
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<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a686419c58bb612b78abf3c78b5a5b69"><strong>British Masters Nationals, Swansea, 19<sup>th</sup> – 21<sup>st</sup> April 2024</strong></p>



<p class="has-small-font-size">Report by Karen Bassett/Willem Heskes</p>



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<p>A small in numbers, but great in ambition, Spencer team travelled to Swansea for three days of racing at the Wales National Pool. This was a long meet: starting at 8.25am on Friday morning and finishing at 5pm on Sunday afternoon.</p>



<p>The racing was very competitive and fast, as expected, with Spencer swimmers raising up to the challenge and coming back with <strong>18 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze medals</strong>.</p>



<p>Spencer swimmer of the meet was the incredible <strong>Dan Cotton</strong> who broke three British Records, 200 back, 200 free and 200 IM. Notable mentions include <strong>Guy Emerson</strong>, who after a long journey back to fitness won a fantastic gold in the 50 back. And our legendary <strong>Amanda Heath</strong> who won 5 golds, 200/100/50 breaststroke, 200 IM and 400 IM.</p>



<p>There was success in the relays too with golds and  silver medals.</p>



<p>A superb meet, and a great chance to race together as a team. Looking forward to the next competition!</p>



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<p class="has-link-color wp-elements-24907755860a8c33e9db93dd41d85e65" style="font-size:24px;line-height:0.2"><strong>Women</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Amanda Heath: AG 65-69yrs. Gold: 100 br, 200IM, 400IM, 50 br, 200 br, 200 fly. Silver: 50 fly. 4th: 50 free.</li>



<li>Becca Pritchard: AG 35-39yrs. 6th: 200 br. 8th: 200 free. 9th: 100 br.</li>



<li>Diane Ford: AG 80-84yrs. Gold: 100 br, 50 br, 200 br.</li>



<li>Diane Ridings: AG 60-64yrs. Silver: 50 br.</li>



<li>Karen Bassett: AG 55-59yrs. Silver: 400IM, 100 fly. Bronze: 1500 free, 800 free, 400 free, 50 fly.</li>



<li>Laura Kerrigan: AG 35-39yrs. 4th: 800 free. 7th: 100 free. 9th: 200 free.&nbsp;</li>



<li>Sally Ritchie: AG 30-34yrs. 5th: 50 back. 6th: 200 free. 9th: 50 fly, 100 free. 12th: 50 free.</li>
</ul>



<p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Men</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Clive Benson: AG 60-64yrs. Gold: 50 fly, 100fly.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bronze: 50 free. 7th: 100 free.</li>



<li>Dan Cotton: AG 50-54yrs. Gold: <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">200 back</mark>*,<mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"> 200 IM*</mark>, 100 back, <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">200 free*</mark>.</li>
</ul>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c45c9e86da4c43159ddac9efc99c65e8"><em>*British Records.</em></p>



<ul>
<li>Guy Emerson: AG 60-64yrs. Gold: 50 back. Silver: 100 back. 4th: 50 free. 6th:100 free.</li>



<li>Peter Stephens: AG 75-79yrs. Silver: 1500 free, 200 free. Bronze: 200IM, 800 free, 400 free.</li>



<li>Rob Gilbert: AG 35-39yrs. Bronze: 400 free, 50 back. 4th: 200 free. 5th: 100 back, 200 back.</li>



<li>Simon Berrey: AG 50-54yrs. Silver: 200 back. 5th: 1500 free, 800 free. 6th: 400 free.</li>
</ul>



<p style="font-size:24px"><strong>Relays</strong></p>



<p><strong>Gold</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Mixed 4 x 50 medley, AG 240-279 &#8211; Guy, Di F, Clive, Amanda</li>



<li>Mixed 4&#215;100 medley, AG 240-279 &#8211; Guy, Amanda, Clive, Di R.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Silver</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Mixed 4&#215;200 free, AG 200-239 &#8211; Karen, Peter, Laura, Rob</li>



<li>Mixed 4 x 50 free, AG 240-279 &#8211; Clive, Guy, Amanda, Di R.</li>



<li>Women&#8217;s 4 x 50 medley, AG 240-279 &#8211; Sally, Di F, Amanda, Di R</li>



<li>Women&#8217;s 4 x 200 free, AG 160-199 &#8211; Karen, Laura, Becca, Sally</li>



<li>Men&#8217;s 4 x 50 medley, AG 200-239 &#8211; Dan, Guy, Clive, Rob</li>
</ul>



<p>8<sup>th</sup></p>



<ul>
<li>Mixed 4 x 50 free, AG 120-159 &#8211; Rob, Dan, Becca, Sally</li>
</ul>
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<p>A small but strong Spencer expedition raced at Bracknell. Matthew Taylor, Diane Riddings, Hanna, Simon Berry  and Luca, Clive Benson swam for Hart on this occasion.</p>



<p>Diane  got a gold medal in 100m breast.</p>



<p>Matthew got golds for 50m, 100m (meet record!) and 200m back, and got a bronze in the 50m fly.</p>



<p>Simon Berry won a gold in the 200m back.</p>



<p>Luca swam 200IM, 100m breast and 100m frontcrawl where he got a bronze medal.</p>
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		<title>Spencer swimmers in the World Aquatics Masters Top Ten 2022</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Long course Jess Campbell, 50-54, 1500 free, 9thEsther Iseppi, 60-64, 100 breast 8th, 200 breast 8thAmanda Heath, 65-69, 100 breast[...]</p>
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<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Long course</strong></p>



<p><strong>Jess Campbell</strong>, <strong>50-54</strong>, 1500 free, 9th<br><strong>Esther Iseppi</strong>, <strong>60-64</strong>, 100 breast 8th, 200 breast 8th<br><strong>Amanda Heath</strong>, <strong>65-69</strong>, 100 breast 1st, 200 breast 1st, 400 IM 1st, 50 breast 2nd, 200 back 9th, 200 fly 4th, 200 IM 3rd,<br><strong>Diane Ford, 75-79</strong>, 100 breast 1st, 200 breast 1st, 100 free 10th<br><strong>Helen Trippe</strong>, <strong>75-79</strong>, 50 back 9th, 100 back 9th<br>*<strong>Rosa Montague</strong>, <strong>75-79</strong>, 800 free 1st, 1500 free 1st, 400 free 2nd, 200 free 3rd, 100 free 8th<br><strong>Muriel Hitchcock</strong>, <strong>80-84</strong>, 50 breast 9th, 100 breast 8th<br><strong>Grace Isaac, 90-94</strong>, 50 back 4th, 100 back 5th, 200 back 4th<br><strong>Greg Kahn, 50-54</strong>, 50 back 2nd, 100 back 2nd<br><strong>Chris Dunn, 75-79</strong>, 50 free 2nd, 100 free 1st, 200 free 1st, 400 free 1st, 800 free 1st, 1500 free 1st, 100 back 4th, 200 back 1st, 200 IM 2nd, 400 IM 4th</p>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Short Course</strong></p>



<p><strong>Robyn Le Friec, 30-34</strong>, 200 fly 4th<br><strong>Esther Iseppi, 60-64</strong>, 400 IM 9th<br><strong>Amanda Heath, 65-69, </strong>50 breast 2nd, 100 breast 1st, 200 breast 1st, 800 free 10th, 1500 free 6th, 200 back 5th, 200 fly 3rd, 100 IM 7th, 200 IM 4th, 400 IM 2nd<br><strong>Diane Ford, 75-79</strong>, 50 breast 2nd, 100 breast 2nd, 200 breast 2nd,&nbsp;<br><strong>Helen Trippe, 75-79</strong>, 50 back 10th<br><strong>Rosa Montague, 75-79</strong>, 100 free 9th, 200 free 4th, 400 free 2nd, 800 free 1st, 100 back 10th, 200 back 4th, 50 fly 6th, 100 fly 4th<br><strong>Chris Dunn, 75-79,</strong> 50 free 3rd<br><strong>Tony Cherrington, 80-84,</strong> 50 free 8th, 100 free 5th, 200 free 7th, 800 free 6th</p>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Teams- Long Course</strong></p>



<p><strong>W 4 X 100 Medley</strong><br>200 &#8211; 239<strong>&nbsp;</strong>10th<strong>,&nbsp;</strong>Frances Baker, Rebecca Pritchard, Abba Newbery, Karen Bassett<br>280 &#8211; 319 1st Helen Trippe, Amanda Heath, Esther Iseppi, Diane Ford<br><br>&nbsp;<strong>W 4 X 200 Free</strong><br>200 &#8211; 239, 4th &nbsp; Abba Newbery, Karen Bassett, Frances Baker, Suzanne Maidment<br><strong>M 4 X 100 Medley</strong><br>200 &#8211; 239, 8th &nbsp;Greg Kahn, Luca Milana, Clive Benson, Michael Barnett<br><br><strong>Mixed 4 X 50 Medley</strong><br>240 – 279, 2nd &nbsp;Greg Kahn, Amanda Heath, Clive Benson, Esther Iseppi<br><br><strong>Mixed 4 X 100 Free</strong><br>280 – 319, 4th &nbsp;Esther Iseppi, Godfrey Admans, Diane Ford, Peter Stephens<br><br><strong>Mixed 4 X 100 Medley</strong><br>240 – 279, 2nd &nbsp;Greg Kahn, Amanda Heath, Clive Benson, Esther Iseppi<br>280 – 319, 3rd &nbsp; Godfrey Admans, Diane Ford, Frances Baker, Peter Stephens</p>



<p><strong>Mixed 4 X 200 Free</strong><br>160 &#8211; 199, 10th &nbsp;Simon Berrey, Frances Baker, Laura Kerrigan, Oliver Lungley<br>280 – 319 3rd Esther Iseppi, Godfrey Admans, Diane Ford, Peter Stephens</p>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Teams &#8211; Short Course</strong></p>



<p><strong>W 4&#215;50 Free</strong><br>280-319 3rd. Amanda Heath, Diane Ford, Roma Kiely, Esther Iseppi</p>



<p><strong>W 4&#215;50 Medley</strong>&nbsp;<br>280-310 1st. Helen Trippe, Amanda Heath, Esther Iseppi, Diane Ford</p>



<p><strong>W 4&#215;100 Free&nbsp;</strong><br>280-319 2nd. Amanda Heath, Diane Ford, Roma Kiely, Esther Iseppi</p>



<p><strong>W 4&#215;100 Medley</strong><br>280-310 1st. Helen Trippe, Amanda Heath, Esther Iseppi, Diane Ford</p>



<p><strong>W 4&#215;200 Free</strong><br>160-199 9th. Karen Bassett, Laura Kerrigan, Hoda Elridi, Emily Hayter<br>240-279 3rd. Diane Riding, Esther Iseppi, Frances Baker, Suzanne Maidment<br>280-319 2nd. Amanda Heath, Diane Ford, Roma Kiely, Esther Iseppi</p>
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<p>An impressive display at Swim Wales 2023 by a strong Spencer contingent. The medal haul is particularly outstanding in the gold category. <strong>The highlights must be Di Ford&#8217;s two world records on 50 and 200 breast and Amanda Heath&#8217;s European record on 200 fly</strong>. Also to note Andy Chamberlain&#8217;s celebrating his 50th birthday with a 400IM win and 200 breast silver.</p>


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<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size"><strong>Swim Wales results</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="line-height:0"><strong>Gold</strong></p>



<p><strong>Peter Stephens</strong> 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 free, 200 IM, 50 fly<br><strong>Di Ford</strong> 50 (WR), 100, 200 (WR) breast<br><strong>Amanda Heath</strong> 50, 100, 200 breast, 200 fly (ER), 200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM<br><strong>Suzanne Maidment</strong> 100, 200, 400 free<br><strong>Godfrey Admans</strong> 100 free<br><strong>Laura Kerrigan</strong> 1500 free<br><strong>Andrew Chamberlain</strong> 400 IM</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Silver</strong>&nbsp;</p>



<p style="line-height:1.6"><strong>Godfrey Admans</strong> 50, 100, 200 back, 50 free<br><strong>Peter Stephens</strong> 50 free<br><strong>Suzanne Maidment</strong> 50 free, 800 free<br><strong>Andrew Chamberlain</strong> 200 breast</p>



<p><strong>Bronze</strong></p>



<p><strong>Laura Kerrigan</strong> 800 free</p>



<p>Spencer members Clive Benson, Alan Parkins and Tony Cherrington also won gold competing for other clubs.</p>
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<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>First competition of the year in the bag. A challenging one as it comes after the Christmas break, and one where you can test yourself and set some objectives for the coming months. </strong></p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">For many Spencer swimmers without access to a long course pool facility (many are still lamenting the closing down of Crystal Palace back in 2020), the challenge is even greater, so well done to all that signed up and raced on the weekend of the 21/22 January.</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">As ever when Spencer swimmers compete, there were remarkable performances to be noted: record breaking ones, and of those who braved to try new events or are in the process of coming back from injuries.</p>


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<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Diane Ford, World Record Breaker</strong></p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">In the 80-84 category, <strong>the truly outstanding Di</strong> delivered two World Record breaking performances in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke; in the latter she went 6 seconds faster than the previous record. On top of these, Di also broke the European record on 50 breaststroke. Fabulous swimming.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2083" width="581" height="581" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chris_Record-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Chris Dunn</figcaption></figure></div>


<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><strong>Chris Dunn, 11 events, 11 wins, 6 records</strong></p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>The extraordinary Chris</strong>, at 77, gave a lesson of stamina by racing in 11 events, winning all of them and breaking 6 records along the way. Chris broke the 200 free European record (2:35.40), the 400 IM British record, and broke event records in 800 free (11:30.10), 50 free (30:73), 100 back (1:28.44), 200 IM (3:12.69), 200 back (3:10.87). Inspiring performances and humbling for many of us watching from much younger ages!</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background"><strong>Karen&#8217;s story<br></strong>I have a history of entering this meet and then wimping out at the last minute, but not this year <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />&nbsp; I&#8217;ve just aged up (55-59 years) and needed to get some times on record in anticipation of entering Nationals later in the year.&nbsp; I wasn’t feeling great going into the weekend but I did manage to swim all my events, namely 200, 400, 800 free, 200IM and 100 fly.. I was delighted (amazed actually!) to win gold in the 100 fly, plus silvers in the 200IM and 800 free with a 4th in the 400 and 6th in the 200.&nbsp; But more importantly I now have those times on record for future reference.<br><br>The highlights for me included swimming head to head with teammates&nbsp; Laura, Suzanne and Hana, and watching the amazing Spencer-ite record breakers. It was great to catch up with many familiar faces again (both from Spencer and further afield) and I even had time to relax with a coffee (thanks Jane!).</p>



<p class="has-light-gray-background-color has-background"><strong>Karl&#8217;s story</strong><br>It was great to represent Spencer Swim Team at the K2 Swim South East long-course championships. This was my first long-course competition since returning to swimming as an adult, so a new experience. I tried out in some longer-distance events, 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle and 50m fly. I received great advice from many of my Spencer teammates on how best to approach these longer races, and I largely stuck to my race plans, resulting in some satisfying performances that will provide qualifying times for future events. I managed to produce performances that delivered age-group bronze medals in both the 400m (5:17) and 800m (11:16) freestyle, and a silver medal in the 200m (5:25). It was a good couple of days of competing and set some benchmarks for the year ahead!</p>
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<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Travelling to Sheffield a strong Spencer contingent reunited to race, meet old competitors, swim together in relays and take part in what truly is a huge celebration of swimming at the highest level in the UK. This is a must-do event in the iconic Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.</strong></p>



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<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>This year Spencer finished seventh out 265 clubs</strong>, just 3 points away from fifth position. An incredible improvement from last year’s 31st overall standing. What an achievement! Superb swimming, record breaking relays and building on our welcoming club spirit with new recruits and old friends.</p>



<div class="wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular"><div class="tiled-gallery__gallery"><div class="tiled-gallery__row"><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:17.95007%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img decoding="async" alt="" data-height="892" data-id="2021" data-link="https://spencerswimteam.com/?attachment_id=2021" data-url="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hodzi-2.jpeg" data-width="552" src="https://i0.wp.com/spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hodzi-2.jpeg" data-amp-layout="responsive"/></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:38.63942%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img decoding="async" alt="" data-height="958" data-id="2022" data-link="https://spencerswimteam.com/?attachment_id=2022" data-url="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hodzi_Luca_Olegas-1024x766.jpeg" data-width="1280" src="https://i1.wp.com/spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hodzi_Luca_Olegas-1024x766.jpeg" data-amp-layout="responsive"/></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:21.67709%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img decoding="async" alt="" data-height="1024" data-id="2024" data-link="https://spencerswimteam.com/?attachment_id=2024" data-url="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Amanda_Hodzi-766x1024.jpeg" data-width="766" src="https://i2.wp.com/spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Amanda_Hodzi-766x1024.jpeg" data-amp-layout="responsive"/></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:21.73343%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img decoding="async" alt="" data-height="1024" data-id="2023" data-link="https://spencerswimteam.com/?attachment_id=2023" data-url="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Olegas_Hodzi.jpeg" data-width="768" src="https://i1.wp.com/spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Olegas_Hodzi.jpeg" data-amp-layout="responsive"/></figure></div></div></div></div>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">We must mention <strong>Hodzii ElRidi</strong> who came from her native Egypt to race with us once more. Hodzii swam her signature events, the 400IM, placing 6, 200 fly, placing 4, and 200IM, placing 5, as well as taking a bronze in the women’s 4&#215;200 free relay in the women’s 160 age group. Hodzii has been a Spencer out-of-town (out of continent!) swimmer since 2015, and was a Committee member volunteering as membership secretary from 2017-21, her generosity for the club is to be commended.</p>



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<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">Another special mention has to be <strong>Robyn Le Friec</strong> who did a clean sweep in all butterfly events coming first in the 50m, 100m and 200m events: total domination. </p>



<p>Enjoy some of our swimmer&#8217;s stories and until next year!</p>



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<p style="font-size:16px"><strong>Karen&#8217;s story</strong><br>It was great to be swimming in my home city of Sheffield after a three year absence. I hadn’t had the best prep for this meet and was nervous about racing the 1500m again. After a tough race and much to my surprise, I beat my time from 2019 and came 4th!&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">The 400m free proved to be equally positive as I swam faster than in 2018.</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">In Spencer tradition I swam in several relays and was rewarded with a bronze medal in the W 4 x 200 free relay (age 160-199).</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">Finally, it was wonderful to catch up with old friends again and even better to meet up with family whom I haven’t seen since pre Covid times.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px"><strong>Laura&#8217;s story</strong><br>The annual return to Ponds Forge in Sheffield marked a real return to form post illness for me, whilst also trying out a new event.</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">First up the 1500m freestyle. I hadn’t swam this event in a race for 20 years, last time as an age grouper in my club champs back home. I finished the race in 23:03 ranking 4th in age group which was awesome.</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">Wildly underestimating how much the 1500m would tire me out I also did the 200m free individual and a leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay on Friday. Our relay time came 3rd in our age group so we came away with a cheeky bronze medal! Well done and thank you ladies &#8211; Karen Bassett, Hodzii and Emily Hayter.</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">Not entirely recovered by Saturday I did a very painful 400m free individual, but coming in 4 seconds quicker than what I swam in May, I can’t really complain!</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">By Sunday afternoon I felt ready for the 800m freestyle. As an age grouper this was always my strongest event. I did the 800 in 11.51 and came third in my age group! I couldn’t believe the time: it was 15 seconds faster than Aberdeen in June, and I’d also smashed my pre-illness PB proving that I truly am back to fitness post cancer and that #thisgirldefinitelycan! I was really stoked about my individual bronze medal. A perfect end to a brilliant weekend.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px"><strong>Amanda’s story</strong><br>Highlight of the weekend was our World Record in the women’s 4&#215;100 medley team (with Helen Trippe, Esther Iseppi and Di Ford.) It was the Saturday evening session, and we were all a bit tired by that stage, so it was touch and go, but Di brought us home with a superb front crawl leg (I think she thought/wished she was doing breast!) to knock a few tenths off our own record. Earlier in the day, the same team broke the European record for the 4&#215;50 medley (which wasn’t ours already).&nbsp;</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">My individual results were a mixed bag: absolutely on target for 200 and 400 IM, where I broke my own European records, plus silver in the 100 IM. Disappointed that I didn’t manage to break my world records in the 100 and 200 breast, but surprised and delighted with my British Record in the 50 breast (I’m not a sprinter) and my bronze in the 100 free in 1.13.99, my fastest time in 8 years (I’m not really a 100 freestyler either!).</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">The thing I love most about Sheffield is meeting up with old friends and talking to new ones &#8211; but with a packed agenda of swimming, there is never enough time to catch up with everyone you want to.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px"><strong>Matthew’s story</strong><br>It was so lovely to see some of the Spencerites I first met at Crawley and to meet many more. Everybody was so friendly.</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">This was my first ever nationals. And wow! What an experience. So amazing to be amongst so many incredible swimmers and to see Ponds Forge all dressed up like the swimming on the tele. (The last time I swam at Ponds Forge, it was a much more low key affair. It was in a public session whilst working in Sheffield and I was literally the only one in the pool.)</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">Friday was a tough day. I did 1500m in the morning, 100m back, 200m free and 50m free relay in the afternoon and another 200m free relay in the evening.&nbsp;</p>



<p style="font-size:16px">Swimming highlights were a 4th in my individual 100m back and a &#8220;pity bronze&#8221; in the 4x200m relay. This was the first time I&#8217;d done any relays this millennium.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Well done to all swimmers that raced at the South East Region Masters SC Champs in Crawley last week. Lots of fast swimming and personal bests, records and medals. well done Emily and Sally and Barbara for improving on her event course 100 breaststroke record. Here are some personal stories from the event.</p>



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<p><strong>Di, Roma, Esther and Amanda</strong><br>We were particularly pleased with our <strong>3 British records</strong> in the 280+ women’s <strong>4&#215;50, 4&#215;100 and 4&#215;200 Free</strong>, as that means that <strong>Spencer holds all short course relay records in that age group</strong>. We took the 4&#215;50 from Kings Cormorants, and 4&#215;200 from Mid Sussex Marlins, both regular competitors of ours in the older age group relays. The 4&#215;100 was a Spencer record, set in 2013 by Alison Gwynn, Muriel Hitchcock, Diane Ford and Jean Howard Jones in Sheffield. Di joined Roma Kiely, Esther Iseppi and me for the new record.</p>
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<p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Karl&#8217;s story</strong><br>On the first anniversary of coming back to swimming after a 30 year hiatus and joining the Spencer Swim Team, I was pleased to participate in only my second competition, alongside my teammates. My standout performance of the day was the <strong>200m freestyle in a time of 2:26.01</strong>, knocking 4+ seconds off my previous time, which earned a bronze medal in my age category.&nbsp; I also posted <strong>PB times in the 50 free, 50 fly and 100 free</strong>. It was great to get some competition practice and certainly more to do in training on those starts and turns!!</p>
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<p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Matthew&#8217;s story</strong><br>The SSE Short Course Masters at Crawley K2 was my first proper outing for Spencer. I did do the a 400m free in the first session of a meet at Barnet in July, but I was Billy No Mates again. (That was usually the case with my previous club!) It was lovely to meet lots of Spencerites and to put faces to names. Everyone was so welcoming. I sat with Esther and Amanda, because Esther was the first person I came across in a Spencer shirt (not really knowing what anyone looked like). So, I was an interloper in the World Record Holders&#8217; Section&#8230;</p>



<p>The swimming got off to an inauspicious start: I did a lifetime PB in the 400m, but got disqualified. Apparently, you&#8217;re not allowed to wear a watch. I didn&#8217;t know that, but then I&#8217;ve only been competing since 1976&#8230;</p>



<p>After that things picked up: I got a <strong>silver in the 100m free (1:05.71)</strong>, a b<strong>ronze in the 200m free (2:24.15)</strong> and to my astonishment, a <strong>gold in the 50m back (33.12)</strong> &#8211; 55-59. I was astonished because, whilst I do consider myself a backstroker, I&#8217;m no sprinter and anyway, thought I&#8217;d lost the knack. I only entered it because otherwise I&#8217;d have had a long wait between races. It&#8217;s looking like it might be 3rd best in the country so far this year, which for those of us not breaking world records for fun, is worth having. (I&#8217;m usually &#8220;comfortably mid table&#8221; in&nbsp; such rankings.)</p>



<p>So, thank you so much Spencerites for including me. I&#8217;ll hopefully see a lot of you in Sheffield.</p>
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<p class="has-light-gray-background-color has-background"><strong>Amanda&#8217;s story</strong><br><strong>I was delighted to break my world record for 200 breast by just over 2 seconds in 3.07.97</strong>.&nbsp; Having said in my Rome interview that I don’t think about anybody else in my races, this time I was thinking “just relax and stay with Barbara and you’ll get a good time”. Sure enough it worked, so thank you Barbara (in the Lane next to me)!<br><br>Also, for the record, <strong>I broke my European 200 IM record</strong> by a few tenths.</p>



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<p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Olegas&#8217; story</strong><br>My times did not completely suck. I mostly fulfilled my targets which were far from my PBs but showed that my fitness is closer to where I want it to be. I got 3 medals out of 4 events: <strong>100 and 50 free bronze and 50 back silver</strong>.<br><br><br><em>Not bad at all considering Olegas trains once a week at the moment</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By Amanda Heath There is something very exciting about watching the elite major international swimming championships on TV and knowing[...]</p>
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<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size"><strong>By Amanda Heath</strong></p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">There is something very exciting about watching the elite major international swimming championships on TV and knowing that you will be swimming in the same venue a week or so later. This is what has happened for the World Masters Championships since 2015 and for the Europeans in 2016 in London and again this year, 2022, in Rome. It’s very motivating and all part of the preparation for me.&nbsp;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_OW_Silvers-1024x507.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1986" width="880" height="435" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_OW_Silvers-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_OW_Silvers-300x149.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_OW_Silvers-768x381.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_OW_Silvers.jpg 1211w" sizes="(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px" /><figcaption>Tony and Amanda both won silver in their respective 3k Open Water races</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">However, the news that the Elite 25k Open Water had to be abandoned part way through due to weather conditions and the fact that just watching the 5k made me feel seasick did not bode well for my Open Water race. The Masters Open Water 3k was held over 3 days, shortly after the Elites. On the first day, Tony Cherrington and Peter Stephens staggered out of the water with a not so reassuring <em>it’s fun out there, you’ll love it</em>. <strong>Tony was the first GB medallist of the whole Championships with a silver</strong>. I was swimming on the third day, in the very last wave, which was combined women’s&nbsp;&nbsp;60-64 and 65-69 age groups. By then the waves had calmed and it was only a little choppy towards the end, at which point, I couldn’t really change my mind and get out. The course was not particularly well sign posted, with the buoys a long way apart,&nbsp;&nbsp;but I was lucky enough to team up with a German girl in the younger age group. We swam together all the way, with her taking bronze in 60-64 and me silver in 65-69.</p>



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<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">Then it was on to the Stadio in Rome &#8211; and as soon as you hit the water for warm up, you knew it was something special. Fabulous surroundings and the water felt great. I was delighted that my main events, 100 and 200 breast were in Stadio and I made the most of it. Men’s and Women’s events alternated between Stadio and Pietralata, another great facility a little way out of the city. The competition was very patchy, extremely tough in some age groups/events, much weaker in others. This was possibly due to the limit of 3 pool events and the higher than normal entry fees. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much competition in my age group in any of my events, so it was just me against the clock. <strong>Watching Muriel win silver in the 100, a few heats ahead of me was inspirational, and spurred me on to get the World Record, which I had been chasing since January</strong>. Job done, and the rest of the swims were a breeze, no pressure, pure fun.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="507" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Muriel_Tony-1-1024x507.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1991" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Muriel_Tony-1-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Muriel_Tony-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Muriel_Tony-1-768x381.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Muriel_Tony-1.jpg 1211w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="507" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Medals-1-1024x507.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1997" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Medals-1-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Medals-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Medals-1-768x381.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Medals-1.jpg 1211w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>Left: Amanda receiving her gold medal for her 200IM. Right: Amanda&#8217;s Rome medals</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">Just 3 of us competed for Spencer, and we were delighted to medal in all our events!</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Tony Cherrington 80-84</strong><br>Silver Open Water<br>Silver 50 free<br>Silver 100 free<br>Bronze 200 free</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Muriel Hitchcock 80-84</strong><br>Gold 50 breast<br>Silver 100 breast<br>Silver 200 breast</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Amanda&nbsp;Heath 65-69</strong><br>Gold 100 breast <strong>WR</strong><br>Gold 200 IM<br>Gold 200 breast (was also credited with <strong>WR</strong>, as my record from Aberdeen, which was slightly faster, hadn’t yet been ratified and I didn’t like to argue with LEN)<br>Silver Open Water</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">Also competing for their other clubs were:</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Peter Stephens 75-79</strong><br>4th Open Water<br>5th 800 free<br>4th 400 free<br>4th 200 free</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><strong>Hajnalka Racz 40-44</strong><br>14th 100 free<br>50 free</p>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color"><a href="https://roma2022masters.microplustimingservices.com/indexRoma2022_web.php">Full results are here</a><a href="https://roma2022masters.microplustimingservices.com/indexRoma2022_web.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></p>



<p><a href="https://www.roma2022.eu/masters/streaming/">Recorded Live Stream here</a></p>



<p class="has-light-gray-background-color has-background"><strong>Amanda was interviewed for the LEN European Championships website. Luca Milana has kindly translated the interview for all of us.</strong></p>



<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-large-font-size"><br><strong>Amanda Heath, two world records. &#8220;It&#8217;s possible to get faster with ageing.&#8221;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="507" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Article-1024x507.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1993" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Article-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Article-300x149.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Article-768x381.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rome_Masters_Web_Article.jpg 1211w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>Photo by Federica Muccichini / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color"><br>The European Masters Swimming Championships in Rome will be remembered by Amanda Heath for improving the 100 and 200 meters breastroke world records and for her success on 200 meters individual medley. &#8220;I found out that with aging you can get quicker. This is the message that I want to send. I&#8217;ve been swimming quicker in this age group (65-69) than ever. You need lot of training to get these results&#8221;.</p>



<p class="has-dark-gray-color has-text-color">When she is in the water, Heath, British 65 years old swimming for the Spencer Swim Team, focuses on her performance. &#8220;During the race my attention is on the gliding technique. I don&#8217;t get distracted by time or other people&#8221;.</p>



<p>The lockdown didn&#8217;t stop her preparation. I think the lockdown helped me. I started doing dryland training, I committed to strenght and cardio exercises, and added yoga and tai chi chuan. When I went back to training in the pool I got benefits from that&#8221;.</p>



<p>Amanda Heath approached Masters swimming after a brief carrier as competitive swimmer. &#8220;My parents introduced me to swimming. In the pool I used to train I saw others diving from the board and from the platform. I tried too, but I decided that swimming would&#8217;ve been better. I started competing at 13. A few years later I quit and at 26 I competed in my first master competition.</p>



<p>The European Masters in Rome are over for the absolute protagonist of the breaststroke, who is looking forward to going back competing. &#8220;I like meeting new people, who eventually become friends, travelling to different places. This pushes me to continue my adventure in masters swimming&#8221;.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Spencer&#8217;s superb squad produced a string of splendid swimming at the Bracknell Masters Short Course 2022. The club finished 5th[...]</p>
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<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Spencerites_2022web-1024x766.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1887" width="736" height="550" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Spencerites_2022web-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Spencerites_2022web-300x224.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Spencerites_2022web-768x574.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Spencerites_2022web.jpg 1051w" sizes="(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px" /><figcaption>From the back, left to right: Oli, Ross, Jess, Olegas, Robyn, Sally, Sarah, Fiona, Amanda, Laura and Luca (Godfrey is missing in this photo)</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Spencer&#8217;s superb squad produced a string of splendid swimming at the Bracknell Masters Short Course 2022. The club finished 5th in Top Club Points, a very notable achievement.</p>



<p><strong>Sally Ritchie</strong>&nbsp;<br>Gold: 100 IM&nbsp;<br>Silver: 50 BCK<br>Bronze: 50 FREE&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong>Sarah Tripp</strong>&nbsp;<br>Bronze: 100 BRST and 50 FLY</p>



<p><strong>Fiona Wiggins</strong><br>Gold: 200 BRST<br>Bronze: 100 BRST and 50 BRST</p>



<p><strong>Laura Mason</strong><br>Gold: 50 BRST; 100 BRST; 200 IM<br>Silver: 100 IM</p>



<p><strong>Robyn Le Friec</strong><br>Gold: 50 Fly; 100 Fly; 200 Fly and the Trophy as the Top scoring 200 Fly swimmer!<br>Silver: 200 Free</p>



<p><strong>Amanda Heath</strong><br>Gold: 200 Free; 100 BRST; 200 BRST</p>



<p><strong>Godfrey Admans</strong><br>Silver: 50 Bck and 100 IM</p>



<p><strong>Luca Milana</strong><br>Silver: 200 IM<br>Bronze: 100 BRST</p>



<p><strong>Oliver Lungley</strong><br>Gold: 50BRST; 100 BRST; 100 FREE<br>Silver: 50 FREE<br>Bronze: 50 FLY<br><em>In the top swimmer rankings placed 9<sup>th</sup>!&nbsp;</em></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="507" src="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Multiple-1-1024x507.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1892" srcset="https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Multiple-1-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Multiple-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Multiple-1-768x381.jpg 768w, https://spencerswimteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bracknell_Multiple-1.jpg 1211w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>Robyn and Oli</figcaption></figure>



<p><em>Medley Relays</em></p>



<p><strong>Sally Ritchie, Sarah Tripp, Robyn Le Friec, Jess Campbell</strong><br>Silver: Womens 120+&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong>Olegas Petrikas, Luca Milana, Oliver Lungley, Ross Needham</strong><br>Bronze: Mens 120+</p>



<p><em>Freestyle Relays</em></p>



<p><strong>Sally Ritchie, Laura Mason,Jess Campbell, Robyn Le Friec</strong><br>Bronze: Womens 160+</p>



<p><strong>Olegas Petrikas, Luca Milana, Oliver Lungley, Ross Needham</strong><br>Bronze: Mens 120+</p>



<p><br><em>Mixed Fly Relay 120+</em></p>



<p><strong>Oliver Lungley, Olegas Petrikas, Sally Ritchie, Robyn Le Friec</strong><br>Bronze: Golden Fins (fun name of the team)</p>
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