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 points ahead of 3rd place team, Berkhamsted.
Many of the swimmers were competing in 5 individual events as well as relays, this meant a very short break between swims, sometimes finishing a race and going back to the start for the next race!
Top point scorers for the club were Ellie O’Keeffe and Kevin McKenna, both swimming 5 individual events earning 40 and 38 points for the club, closely followed by Mark Ayres and Heidi Lisher with 37 and 34 points.
An impressive 56 of the 71 individual swims took a top 3 placing with a total of 20 Golds, 21 Silver and 15 Bronze.
Olivia Reeve who was competing at her first gala, swam 5 Personal Bests and took 2 podium spots. Heidi, Jo, Bev, Oli, Dom, Oliver and Russ all swam new Age Group PB’s.
The evening ended with 9 Relay events with 4 of our teams becoming County Champions, bringing to an end an exciting evening of swimming from the best of Hertfordshire’s Masters.
Massive Congratulations go out to the whole team, Liberty Regan, Emily Presland, Ellie O’Keefe, Olivia Reeve, Hannah Smee, Heidi Lisher, Jo Lee-Pearce, Hilary Coulson, Beverlee McKenna, Oli Burrough, Dom Kelly, Oliver Brawn, Dan Capozzi, Matt Rafiq-Craske, Kevin McKenna, Russ Simpson, Mark Ayres and Masters Coach, Richard Daniell.
We look forward to seeing what the team can do at Regionals and Nationals later in the year.
