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...
Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club have qualified for 2025 Hertfordshire County Championships with 22 swimmers who achieved consideration/qualifying times, and 18 swimmers will compete over the next 2 weekends. Swimmers will be racing in 96 individual events across all age groups and strokes. This is a huge improvement from last year, with swimmers qualifying for more...
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...
The clubs annual Club Champs competition, brought together swimmers of all age groups for two exciting evenings of racing. The event showcased the skills and dedication of all club members and for many, it was their first time participating in an official gala meet. Swimmers competed in various events, including freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and individual...
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...
