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...
Over the weekend, Hemel Masters travelled to Ponds Forge Sheffield to compete in the Go cardless Swim England Masters and Senior Age group National Short Course Championships. Swimming against top Master swimmers from around the Country, Team Hemel secured a credible 39th position out of 274 entered clubs. The team collectively secured a number of...
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...