Shrewsbury Masters New Year Gala and South West Region Time Trials

Stroud Masters swimmers kicked off 2012 with a busy weekend of competition.

Stroud Masters at Shrewsbury 2012

Stroud Masters at Shrewsbury 2012

On Saturday the 7th January a team of six travelled to compete at the Shrewsbury Masters New Year Gala. Unlike the majority of competitions, swimmers could only enter one event in each of the four strokes from a choice of three distances and also an individual medley. Swimmers gained points for each event which were added together and resulted in an overall age group placing. In the youngest age group Joe Lewis put in a series of strong swims to finish second overall. Competing in the same age group Elaine Lewis found herself facing stiff opposition and finished fourth overall behind a trio of teenagers. Alex Belcher performed well but found his overall position affected by a decision not to swim all the events he was entitled to. Both Richard Searle and Jessica Wooddisse placed third in their age groups and were rewarded with the novel prize of a gingerbread man each. The highest placed swimmer was Mark Partridge who took his age group title with four out of five first places in his events. On the Sunday, another four swimmers travelled to Bath to swim in the South West Region 800m and 1500m time trials. Star of the show was Lorraine Savagar who recorded a forty second personal best time in the women’s 800m freestyle. The other swimmers: Geoff Twinning (1500m), Lewis Saunders (800m/1500m) and Greg Clements (1500m) also put in good swims but were all unable to follow Lorraine’s lead in setting new PBs due to the Christmas and New Year break.

Shrewsbury Results

Swimmer Event Time Position
Joe Lewis 50 fly 29.65 1st
50 back 31.00 1st
25 brst 17.30 2nd
100 F/S 1:00.17 2nd
100 IM 1:09.15 3rd
Alex Belcher 100 fly 1:10.30 2nd
100 brst 1:19.09 2nd
100 F/S 1:01.38 3rd
100 IM 1:09.49 3rd
Richard Searle 100 fly 1:11.07 1st
100 back 1:09.81 1st
50 brst 36.66 2nd
50 F/S 28.47 2nd
100 IM 1:13.12 3rd
Mark Partridge 50 fly 30.24 1st
50 back 34.08 1st
50 brst 33.69 1st
50 F/S 27.50 1st
100 IM 1:10.43 2nd
Elaine Lewis 50 fly 36.77 3rd
100 back 1:22.19 3rd
50 brst 42.98 3rd
50 F/S 32.05 2nd
100 IM 1:20.41 4th
Jessica Wooddisse 100 fly 1:13.72 1st
50 back 40.70 3rd
50 brst 42.78 2nd
100 F/S 1:08.84 1st
100 IM 1:18.71 2nd

South West Region Time Trial Results

Swimmer Event Time Position
Lorraine Savagar 800m Freestyle 12.43.59 PB
Lewis Saunders 800m Freestyle 16.23.00
Geoff Twinning 1500m Freestyle 18.55.98
Lewis Saunders 1500m Freestyle 30.36.59
Greg Clements 1500m Freestyle 23.27.66