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Otters Masters
Competition News 2004
Masters Award Winners
Congratulations to the
winners of the 2004 achievers' award:
Mary Tasker and Dave
Carkett.
Wilts Masters Sprints
The Wiltshire masters
competition is held over three galas throughout the year, and covers 25m,
50m, and 100m of each stroke. This year the Otters were thwarted by sickness
and holiday clashes in the run up to these galas, but we still managed a
total of 12 competition points and 7 medals, despite only fielding 3
swimmers at 2 out of the 3 galas. Congratulations to all who took part!
Results:
Mark Hopkins:
2nd (100m fly), 3rd (50m back, 100m free), 5th
(25m breast)
Ann Lees:
2nd (100m breaststroke)
Kirsty
Lees: 3rd (100m free), 4th
(50m backstroke)
Phil Musgrave:
5th (100m fly, 25m breast) 7th (100m free)
Robin Snell:
1st (25m free), 2nd (50m fly)
Helen White:
4th (100m back, 50m fly) 6th (100m breast), 7th
(25m free)
Particular
congratulations to Robin Snell, who very narrowly missed out on a county
record in the 25m freestyle (there’s always next year Robin... ;o) ).
Full results and
fixtures for 2005 can be found at
www.wiltsmasters.org,uk.
These events are for
all ages from the 19-24 (“pre-masters”) age group right through to 80 or
older! The focus really is on enjoyable competition, so even if you are not
sure about competing individually, everyone is welcome to come along and
sprint a length as part of a club relay team. You never know, you may enjoy
the experience and want to go it alone the next time!
Wilts Masters Open Water 2004
On a rainy Sunday in
June, three intrepid Otters set out to compete in the Wiltshire Masters 1
mile open water competition at Keynes Park. This is a relatively new
competition, held in conjunction with the BLDSA (British Long Distance
Swimming Association), who were holding their championships on the same day
and were kind enough to officiate for us. The turnout was disappointingly
low, but a good race was swum and the Otters made off with the trophies.
(Perhaps the Otter skin is more suited to these conditions than that of
Dolphins or Penguins…)
Results:
Phil Musgrave:
1st overall, 1st male over 40
Kirsty Lees:
2nd overall, 1st female under 40
Helen White: 4th
overall, 1st female over 40
We are in danger of
losing this event due to low entries so we would like to encourage anyone
interested to participate in 2005. The event is friendly, and ideal for
anyone not too keen on sprinting who would like to try a different type of
swimming (even better if it’s sunny!).
Wilts
Masters 1500m, October 2004
Unfortunately this
event was cancelled due to low entries in 2004, doubly unfortunate for us
because Wootton Bassett had entered more swimmers than any other club.
Whether this event will be held in 2005 will depend on the number of
swimmers interested.
Club Gala, October – November 2004
A few masters took
part in the club gala this year. Full results are available in the “Galas
and Results” section of the website. A total of 13 new masters records were
set (Mark Hopkins 5, Phil Musgrave 4 and Kirsty Lees 4).
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