Jo Lea-Pearce was the sole HHSC Master swimmer attending the weekends Distance Meet at Barnet Copthall. Swimming for National qualification times, Jojo (45-49 age group) won Golds in both the 200 Back and 400 IM, with Silvers in the 100 Back and 400 Freestyle. A great result JoJo, Congratulations.
Competing on Sunday 29th June, Hannah Smee was the first female to finish the challenging 21k course. The event alternated between 9 swims (250-800m) and 10 runs (300-6000m), lake swimming in the clothes you run in! Finishing in an impressive 2hr 43 and taking top spot for the women. Congratulations Hannah!
The small team of 5 Masters attended the British Nationals at the London Olympic Aquatic Centre over the weekend. Qualification to swim at Nationals is tough and the competition over the weekend was tougher with many World, European and British records being set. Swimming with the best of the UK’s swimmers our small team secured...
On Sunday 1st June our Masters took part in the Herts Masters County meet at the Hemel Hempstead pool. 17 of our masters swimmers were competing against 12 clubs from around Hertfordshire. Every swim from our small team contributed to the fantastic result, finishing in an impressive 2nd place just 36 points behind winners STAM, 267...
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to our three Masters swimmers who took on the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday 27th April. Due to the heat and humidity Paige Wilding, Shane Coulson and Isabella Sherwani-Keeling had to work extra hard for the 26 mile event but, all three finished and are part of the 1% of the worlds population...
The results are in and during 2024 the HHSC Masters who attended the Long Course Nationals at Swansea and the Short Course Nationals at Sheffield, have ranked in the ‘European Masters Swimming Top Ten of 2024‘. The team secured an impressive EIGHT top ten relay spots, taking a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th and...
Herts Major Success!
05/03/2025
We kicked off Round 1 of Herts Major on 1st March with an incredible performance, competing against some of the top teams in Hertfordshire. In a fiercely contested night, we secured 5th place, just points away from the top spots! A huge welcome to Lily, Georgina, and Jeremiah, who made a fantastic debut, and a...
HHSC faced strong competition from talented swim teams across the county at the Hertfordshire County Championships, held last month at Westminster Lodge in St Albans. Among the competitors were Luca C, Heidi K, and Amy W, who together took on an impressive 45 races. Their dedication and hard work paid off, earning them top overall...
Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club hosted their first ever ‘Masters Winter Swim Meet’ at Everyone Active on Saturday 15th February. Over 220 swimmers attended from 67 clubs, travelling from clubs between Paignton to Harrogate to compete in this inaugural event. The meet was an outstanding success for HHSC with two of the swimmers attending, Sally Winter...
18 HHSC swimmers competed at the County Championships across two gruelling but exciting weekends in January, with a total of 96 individual event entries. Special congratulations to first-time competitors Katie W, Lily B, Georgina B, Shane C, Sophie M, Edward R, VivaanS, and Seb T. To be accepted, you need to have achieved a...