Posts by Colin
Dart 10k
I took part in the Dart 10k on Sunday 14 September. Time: 03:13:44. This is the furthest that I have ever swum. It was a great experience, despite the last 3k being very choppy. 800 swimmers signed up. Great organisation by the Outdoor Swimming Society with lots of volunteers. They had 2 feed stops en…
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Cotswold Open Water
Cotswold 5K and 10K 2014 A team of 3 Gloucester Masters Open Water Swimmers attended the Cotswold 5k and 10k swim on Sunday 17th August 2014 at Events Logic Lake 62, South Cerney. Firstly Tony Coleby not only taking on the challenge of the 10k distance he took up the challenge with only 4 others…
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FINA World Masters Championships – Montreal
Swimmer Age Group Event Position Time Jayne Ball 60-64 200 Free 6th 2:40.20 400 Free 4th 5:34.36 800 Free 4th 11:33.57 200 IM 4th 3:08.60 400 IM 3rd 6:43.17 3k Open Water 3rd 47:50.10 Helen…
Read MoreCinderford Birthday Bash
Cinderford Masters held their first ever open meet on 21 June 2014 to celebrate 10 years since the formation of the club. Three Gloucester Masters swimmers –Don Leatherbarrow, Janet Gwilt and Jane Brown –competed in this relaxed, friendly gala at Ross-on-Wye pool. They each won all their events and were awarded a medal and the…
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14th LEN Masters Championships – Eindhoven
The 14th European Masters Swimming Championships was held in Eindhoven from 1-7 Sep 2013, where more than 4000 Swimmers representing over 1200 clubs took part.10 World and 60 European records were broken. The Russian club Tsunami was top winning 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals. The top British club was Spencer in 8th position with…
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Golds galore as Masters clean up at the British championships
Thursday, July 11, 2013 GLOUCESTER Masters Swimming Club had a successful three days at the British Masters Championships in Plymouth.The event, swam for the first time at the new Life Aquatic Centre in Plymouth, was attended by 11 women and seven men who between them brought home 14 gold, seven silver and 11 bronze medals.…
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Gloucester Masters return from national Championships with 11 gold medals
Thursday, November 15, 2012 A team of 17 swimmers from Gloucester Masters acquitted themselves well in the ASA National Masters Championships at the Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield. They returned with 21 medals – 11 were gold – and with two record breaking relay swims. Tony Cherrington was the star solo performer with a tally of…
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LEN European Masters Championships 2011 – Yalta
Just under 2000 competitors took part in the XIII EUR Masters Championships in the Crimean resort of Yalta in the Ukraine, held from Sep 3rd to Sep 10th 2011.Three swimmers from Gloucester Masters took part, claiming 5 medals between them.Jayne Ball won the 200m freestyle in the 55-59 age group, claimed silver in the 800m…
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Great Britain Masters Swimming Championships 2011
Gloucester Masters swimmers excelled at the Great Britain Masters Championships staged at the John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds at the weekend. Supported by coaches Kris Morris and Adam Naylor the 11 strong team comprised 6 men and 5 ladies. With 47 events contested, and a medal haul of 26, the strength and depth of…
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