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Richard Sumner Tel: 01727 863648 E-mail: richard@stamsc.co.uk
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Steve Ong and Heather Edwards proudly hold the cup. |
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Ann Broomfield and Steve Ong win medals at the Barnet Copthall Distance Meet Ann Broomfield triumphed once again by winning 5 medals at the Barnet Copthall Masters Distance Meet on 19 & 20 July. She took 4 golds in the 800m, 400, 200m, 100m, freestyle, and silver in the 100m breaststroke. Ann was very pleased with her 400m fr knocking 8 seconds off her time from last year. In his first time at this meet Steve Ong took 3 medals - gold in the 100m fly and silver in the 100m & 800m free. Both swimmers commented on how nice, well run and friendly the Barnet meet was. July 2008 |
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Press release - "Stam-in-hour" Six St Albans Masters swimmers showed great endurance in winning a 1 hour continuous relay on Saturday 2nd February, at the Hartham Leisure Centre, Hertford. The swimmers: Kevin Brammer: Nikki Grady-Smith, Ann Huntingford, Craig Kirkland, Greg Simpson, Jon Thorne and in reserve Sarah Moore; completed 205 x 25mtr lengths in 1 hour. This is a new event requiring teams of up to 6 swimmers (over the age of 25) to swim as many lengths as they can in the hour. The minimum distance for each leg is 50 mtrs. The event is swum as a continuous relay with only one swimmer from each team swimming at one time. Thanks go to Hartham Masters for putting on a new, tough but enjoyable event. The challenge is there for next year! Feb 2008 |
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Press release - STAMSC win Aylesbury St Albans Masters swimmers produced another stunning performance by taking first place at the Aylesbury Gala on Saturday 1st March. In their first appearance in this competition they beat previous 5 times winners Milton Keynes. The final results were 1st St Albans 142 pts, 2nd Milton Keynes 126 pts, 3rd Amersham 112 pts, 4th Aylesbury 94 pts and 5th Bicester 78 pts. This gala is unusual because 21 of the 37 events are relays, the final event being a 16 swimmers per team relay. Everyone enjoyed this fast moving and close gala and at event 29 there were just 2 points between St Albans and Milton Keynes, with St Albans showing why they are the Herts Masters by pulling ahead to win by a convincing 16 points. The 25 strong team plus helpers and supporters rewarded themselves after with a chinese meal in Aylesbury town centre. March 2008 |
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12 of the swimmers who swam in the Aylesbury gala. Holding the trophy are team captains for the night Janet Gardiner and David Latta |
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Fina World Masters Rankings The four STAM medal winners who won silver in the mens 200m Freestyle team for the 120+ age group at the ASA National Masters last October are ranked ninth in the Fina World Masters - well done Craig, Daniel, Duncan and Nigel (see their photo on the Oct 2007 press release further below). |
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St Albans Masters SC win the Herts. ASA Masters Championship 2008 third year running. St. Alban's Masters Swimming Club (STAMSC) gave an impressive performance at the Herts. ASA Masters Championship meet on Saturday 21 June, winning emphatically, for the third year running, with a total of 553 points, ahead of second place Hartham with 358 points, and third place Hatfield with 207 points. Fourteen teams from around the county competed at The Venue, Borehamwood for the McMullen Masters Club Trophy. The 35 swimmers from STAMSC dominated, collecting a total of 18 individual gold medals, 24 silver and 36 bronze. Strong performances came from Jo Lee-Pearce with 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Janet Gardiner with 2 golds and 2 silver, and for the men Craig Kirkland with 5 golds as well as breaking two championship records in the 50 m fly and 50m freestyle. Other Gold medallists for the women were Heather Edwards and Belinda McGinley, and for the men Daniel Asplund, Kevin Brammer, Duncan Beveridge, Craig Muckleston and Martin Scott. The relay results are not included, but will be on the STAMSC website as soon as possible. Once again STAM's chairman Richard Sumner was delighted with the club's performance "Thank you to everyone who competed or helped, we had a tremendous team of swimmers who supported each other solidly throughout the whole competition. A huge thank you also to our coach Josie Hoare, her commitment to our sessions and confidence in our abilities encouraged us all to perform at our best".Full results. June 2008 |
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ASA Midland Region Open Water Champs Craig Kirkland and Dave Latter proved themselves equally strong in open water as in the pool by winning gold medals at Bosworth Water in Leicester, on Sunday 13 July. Craig won the 40 - 49 age group in the 3k, and Dave won the 40 - 49 in the 1.5k. This was a great location and well worth a visit - Bosworth Water, Nr Hinckley, Leicestershire CV13 6PD July 2008 |
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Good performance by St Albans Masters at Barnet Copthall Sprint Meet
Ann Broomfield was not on her own this year at the Barnet Copthall Sprint Meet on Sunday 7th September. She was joined by 8 other swimmers from St Albans Masters who produced some excellent results. Ann continued her success at this meet by taking 1st place in her age group in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke, 50m and 100m Freestyle, and 100m IM. Other successes were Duncan Beveridge winning 1st place in 50m Fly, 50m and 100m Breaststroke. Vicky Platt shocked herself coming 1st in 100m Fly and 25 m Freestyle, and 3rd in 50m Freestyle. Jo Lee-Pearce had a good meet with 3rd place in 100m and 50m Backstroke, 50m and 100m Breaststroke, and 25m Freestyle. Craig Muckleston had a great swim coming 2nd in 50m Breaststroke and 3rd in 100m Breaststroke, IM and Fly, and Mark Beveridge won 2nd place in 50m Fly. Other swimmers who took part just missing out in the top places were Laura Coombes and David Latta. A mix of the St Albans swimmers came second in the 200m medley relays for the mens (160 - 199 age group), and the mixed (200 – 239), and 3rd place in the mens 200m Freestyle (160 – 199). Well done to everyone who took part. Sept 2008 |
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ASA National Masters Sheffield Eleven swimmers from St Albans Masters swimming club competed at the ASA National Masters competition at Ponds Forge Sheffield held on 24 - 26 October. Age group medal winners from the action packed weekend were Austyn Shortman, who gave a very impressive performance winning Gold in the mens 50m Freestyle; Duncan Beveridge won silver for the 50m Breaststroke, breaking his last year's British record but just losing out on Gold by 0.05 secs; Craig Kirkland gave another strong performance winning silver in the mens 100m Individual Medley (IM) and Bronze in the 200m IM; Winning Bronze in the mens 4x50m Freestyle relay were Duncan Beveridge, Austyn Shortman, Craig Muckleston and Craig Kirkland; Jo Lee-Pearce for the women gave a strong performance winning Bronze in the 100m Backstroke; Winning an outstanding Gold in the womens 4x50 Medley relay were Laura Coombes, Jenna Morris, Jo Lee-Pearce and Susannah Ford. Full results October 2008 |
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Left to right Austyn Shortman, Matt Slater, Luara Coombes, Duncan Beveridge, Susannah Ford, Craig Muckleston, Jenna Morris, Steve Ong, Jo Lee-Pearce, Craig Kirkland. |