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MASTERS Updated 21st October 2009
The Masters competed at The Nationals over the weekend of 24-26 October 2008. There were some tremendous results, which the whole club should be proud of. A detailed list will be available in the future, but in summary; Rachel Barton World record 50 free, World record 50 back, British record 100 back Jill Jones British record 200 fly, British record 200 free Mixed 200-239 relay free European Record (Rachel Barton, Helen Sadler, Nev Barton, Graham Sadler) Ladies 200-239 relay free European Record (Rachel Barton, Jill Basson, Jill Jones, Helen Sadler) Mens 200-239 relay free European Record (Neil McKinnon, Graham Sadler, Alec Johnson, Steve Harding) Mens 160-199 relay medley British Record (Neale Sayle, Steve Harding, Alec Johnson, Graham Sadler) 24 gold - 7 of which were the relay teams,12 silver,10 bronze, 15 4ths,16 5ths Trafford Metro swimmers triumph at the British Masters Championships 2008 The Manchester Aquatic Centre hosted this years British Masters Championships where Trafford Metro dominated. They reinforced their position as one of the top UK clubs for Masters swimming with a medal haul of 25 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronzes. There were some exceptional individual performances in what became a fantastic team effort. In the 45-50 age category Alec Johnson proved his dominance in the butterfly events with 3 golds to complement his silver in the 100 metre freestyle. At age 67 Neil Mackinon showed his class in the sprints picking up gold in the breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Neil also took silver and bronze for the 100 and 400 freestyle respectively. 54 year old Neville Barton bagged a brace of golds for 50 breaststroke and freestyle along with silvers in the 100 metre events for the same strokes. Nev also picked up a bronze for the 1500 freestyle. At the younger end of the club Neale Sayle aged 26 collected 2 backstroke golds and 2 silvers for butterfly and freestyle while Jonathan Giles won gold and silver for 200 and 400 freestyle. Richard Symons also won gold in the mens 30-35 age category for 800 freestyle. At the sprightly age of 71 Club President John Anderson won 3 silvers and a bronze while Alan Rowson Ashley McEwan and Graham Sadler collected bronzes. Not to be left out the ladies also put in a magnificent performance. Neville Barton's wife Rachel picked up 3 golds for the backstroke, butterfly and freestyle sprints in the 60-64 category and world champion Jill Jones dominated the 400 and 200 freestyle events in the 50-54 category and collected silvers for the 100 butterfly and freestyle. Helen Sadler added the 100 metre backstroke gold to her 3 silvers and a bronze for the butterfly sprint in the 35-40’s. Debra Harding showed great endurance in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events picking up silvers for the 45-49 category. Moira Hampson grabbed a backstroke sprint silver while her 27 year old daughter Sara took the 100 metre backstroke bronze. Also the relay teams created a new European record in the Mixed 200+ medley where Nev and Rachel Barton and Helen and Graham Sadler were victorious. Graham, Neale Sayle, Alec Johnson and Steve Harding also set new British records in both the Men’s 160+ medley and Men’s 160+ Free. The Club bagged a further 2 relay golds and 1 silver. A full roundup of results can be seen at http://asaftp.sportcentric.net/sports/masters/results/2008/gbma08/ Lots of swimmers produced new personal best times proving that age need not get in the way of improving sports performance.
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