Inter County 2023
After an exciting battle we came second to Devon in Millfield and rose to 6th place nationally from our 9th place last year. Congratulations to all those who took part, and many thanks to our helpers Tom Howells, Mary Davies, Kev Morris and announcer Brian Armstrong and a special thank you to Simon Cooper who…
Read MoreEMG Tampere, Finland
A disappointing turnout for the European Masters Games didn’t hamper the atmosphere in our team in Tampere where we won 18 gold and 3 bronze medals.
Read MoreGB Masters Championships 2023
This was one of the most successful GB championships that Gloucester has had for a number of years. The small team of just 14 swimmers held their own against the best teams in the country and ranked 7th overall, beating the likes of much larger clubs such as Birmingham and East Anglia. The main highlights…
Read MoreUniversity of Birmingham Masters Meet
Eight swimmers from GMSC took part in the 2nd UoB Masters Meet. Congratulations go to Donald Leatherbarrow and Colin Stephenson who between them broke 5 British records. Don lowered the 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle records in the 85-89 year category. Colin broke the 200m freestyle and 100m freestyle records in the 65-69…
Read MoreGloucester Masters Open Meet 2022
More than three years after our previous meet, we were finally able to hold our Open Meet on Sunday 7th August. Although we had slightly fewer entries than before, we still had plenty of support and many messages of thanks were received from people who really enjoyed the day, some of whom had not competed…
Read MoreGB National Masters – Aberdeen
Aberdeen Report 2022A small but talented group of 7 Club swimmers took Trains, Planes andAutomobiles to make the 364 mile journey to Aberdeen for this year’s2022 British Masters Long Course Swim Championships. Nia Westlake (25-29yrs) had a busy and successful weekend swimmingin 7 events and winning 5 golds and 2 silver medals. Nia set WelshNational…
Read MoreNational Masters – Sheffield 2021
Sheffield, after a two year break, welcomed swimmers back from around the country. It didn’t disappoint with many new World, European and British records set. In particular Jane Asher broke 5 World records having reached the grand age of 90! Here is a link to an interview with Jane and the President of Swim England.…
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