12 April 14
A small but elite team of masters crept over the Cheshire boundary on a raiding mission into Lancashire at their county masters meet at Blackpool's Palatine pool. The result was 15 Gold medals, 11 silvers and 8 bronze medals.
Alec Johnson won all 4 of his events and evergreen John Anderson produced incredible stamina for a 77 year old in bagging 3 gold and 3 silver medals from 6 events. Richard Symons tested the water in the run in to the world championships with 3 gold and 2 silver. Rachael Gorman gave herself an endurance test entering 7 events that returned 2 gold, 3 silver and a bronze. The youngest performer on the day was Louisa Zolkiewski who collected 2 gold a silver and a bronze. In a rare soiree into the competition pool Emma Bisset showed her class in winning a brace of bronze medals. Michael Boyle crammed in 5 events en route to a gold and 3 bronze. It was great to see Martin Kemp and 'Tiq Rehman flying the flag for Trafford and Tiq celebrated with 2 silver and and a bronze.
Once again Trafford Metro Masters proved that when they go 'on the road' they usually come home with the 'goodies' and this was no exception. Next stop Yorkshire!
Full set of results here
