Many of the Spencer Swim Team rarely have the opportunity to train in a 50m long-course pool, so competing in a long-course pool brings different challenges. However, as with all the challenges our swimmers face, they took on the British Championships with thier usually high level of dedication.
A small but sparkling team from Spencer made the long journey to Aberdeen to compete in the GB Masters Championships, held on 12-14 June, with everyone bringing back medals.
The Mixed 240+ team consisting of John Fitzgerald on back, Amanda Heath on breast, Clive Benson on fly and Esther Iseppi on front crawl were victorious in the 4×50 and 4×100 medley teams and took silver in the 4×100 free.
We then won a further 5 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals in the individual events as follows:
John Fitzgerald 50-54
Gold 50m back
Guy Emerson 60-64
Bronze 50m back, 100m back
8th 50m free
9th 100m free
Clive Benson – Male – 60-64 years
Bronze 100 fly
4th 50 fly
Suzanne Maidment 60-64
Bronze 100 breast, 200 breast
4th 100 free, 200 free, 800 free, 5th 400 free
Esther Iseppi 65-69
Silver 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Bronze 400 free
5th 50 breast
Amanda Heath 65-69
Gold 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Silver 400 free
Bronze 50 breast
The GB Masters alternates each year between England and Scotland/Wales – it was announced that next year’s venue will be Sunderland, 11-13 June.