Category: Masters

Entries are now open for the SEER Masters Championships 2024.

This year’s Championships will be held on 29th September at Newmarket Leisure Centre. For the first time, this will include Para awards, plus a Top Team award and Top Individual Open/Male and Female awards for East Region Club’s and East Region swimmers only. The Entry Pack can be found here: https://www.eastswimming.org/masters/masters-competitions/ The closing date for

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New Masters Manager

The region is delighted to announce that Bernie Buck is to take on the role of Masters Manager with the region’s Masters Leadership Group. We welcome him to the team.

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East Region Success at World Masters

The World Aquatics Masters Championships took place in Doha from 23 February to 3 March and we now have two world champions in the East Region. Chris Ayers from South Beds Masters won 3 titles in the female 70-74 years age group: 50, 100 and 200 breast. She was also awarded silver medals in the

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Masters Swimmers Success in Sheffield

The British Masters Long Course Swimming Championships took place at Ponds Forge from 2nd to 4th June and there were numerous successes for Masters Swimmers from the East Region. Twenty-six swimmers came home with 47 national titles between them including 5 titles each for Janet Masters (South Beds Masters, 80-84), our oldest competitor at 83

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Masters Development Day went Swimmingly!

On 27th March Swim England East Region held a development day for our Masters swimmers at Oundle Sports Centre. Presentations included; How to Deal with Nerves and Mental Race Preparation (Emma Wood, Cognitive Hypnotherapist and trainee Sport Psychologist); Injury Prevention through Strength and Conditioning Exercises (Lawrence Palmer, Strength and Conditioning Coach and Masters 50m Breaststroke

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Chris Dunn breaks European & British Records

Chris Dunn of Hatfield Swimming Club had an amazing weekend at the Swim Wales Masters Long Course meet at Swansea on the 5th/6th March. With 9 swims he broke 4 European records which were also British records and a further 4 British records. All 9 swims were also East Region records. Chris was swimming in

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Masters Championships – Entries Open

Entries are now open for the East Region Masters Championships being held on 10th October at Newmarket Leisure Centre.  All entries must be received by 27th September 2021.  For more information, please visit our Masters Competitions page.

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East Region Masters – Save the Date – 10th October

We are hopeful that it will be possible to return to competition in the new season, and have therefore booked Newmarket Leisure Centre for an East Region Masters Competition on Sunday 10th October.  Clearly this will be dependent on whatever COVID restrictions apply at that time, but if everyone can get the date on their

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Louise Becomes Masters Manager

Louise Mackie has responded to our pleas for a volunteer to take on the role of East Region Masters Manager.  As many of you will know, our former Masters Manager Sharon Perry stood down at our ACM due to work pressures.  We have been be advertising for a replacement since September, and Louise has thankfully

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Masters Manager Urgently Needed

You may be aware that our current Masters Manager, Sharon Perry, has decided to stand down from the role.  Sharon has done a fantastic job as our Masters Manager over the past three years, but has a busy and demanding job which frequently takes her away from home, and is unable to continue to juggle

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