On Saturday 14th September, Matt Rafiq-Craske and Hilary Coulson ended the Open Water season by swimming the Half Marathon at The Royal Albert Docks in The Dock2Dock 5K event. With a water temp of 16c it was a lot cooler than last year, however, both swam new PB’s. Matts time improved by 8 minutes and...
At the weekend, Hemel Masters Shane & Hilary Coulson travelled to Rother Valley, South Yorkshire to compete in Swim Englands National Open Water Championship. Both swimming the 3K ,Shane (30-34 age group) won Gold with a new PB of 49.19. Hilary (55-59 years) just missed out on Bronze by 6 seconds to take fourth place,...
The European Masters Age Group Rankings for 2023 long and short course swims were recently published. https://www.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEN-Masters-Top-Ten-Rankings-2023.pdf Hemel achieved a number of top 10 rankings in both individual and relay events. Relays:- 240 plus mixed relays. Squad, Hilary Coulson, Sian MacDonald, Mark Ayres, Mark Strakosch, Dave Pirrie. 4th:- 4×100 L/C Medley Relay 5th:- 4×200 L/C...
On Sunday, Stevenage hosted the Herts Masters Championships at Hemel Hempstead. This was the first time the competition has been hosted since 2019 and great to see Hertfordshire teams competing once again . Seventeen swimmers from the Hemel Masters squad competed against local clubs including Berkhamsted, Bishops Stortford, Hatfield, Stevenage, Potters Bar, Ware, Hertford, Bushey,...
Following his success in the Brighton marathon last month, on Sunday, Shane ran the St Albans half marathon with girlfriend Alice.🏃♂️🏃♀️ Not wishing to be outdone by her son, Hilary took part in the Windermere Marathon Swim (10k). She was delighted with a time of 3 hours 36 minutes in very rough conditions and a...
A great weekend of swimming with awesome teamwork!👊💪🏊♂️🏊♀️ ⭐️32 swims placed in the top 6. ⭐️17 medal winning swims. 10 new Club records. ⭐️3 East Regional records maintained. ⭐️1 new East Regional Record. Day 1 Day 1 of the British Masters Long course Nationals at Swansea. The HHSC team got off to a great start...
Congratulations to two of our Masters swimmers who finished their first Brighton marathon in 3 hours 55 minutes! They both started the event with the 3.45 pace maker. During the event Shane pulled away pushing for a 3.30 finish but cramped up on the last 5k. Isabella caught him in the last 500 metres and...
