Woking's Spectacular 10 European and British Records at National Championships

What an incredible three-day Masters National Championships for our WSC Masters squad!  The Masters Nationals is the main event in the domestic Masters swimming calendar and was held from 17-19 June 2022 in Aberdeen.

A total of three European Records and 7  British Records fell to this impressive group of Masters swimmers:

The mixed relay team of Jennie Clarke, Michelle Ware, Mike Hodgson and David Bryant broke both the 4 x 100 mixed medley relay on Friday in a spectacular time of 4:36.62 and then came back to the pool on Saturday to break the British Record in the  4 x 100m freestyle relay in a time of  4:06.56 with Mike Hodgson adding his own individual British Record on the lead leg of the 100m free relay in a time of 57.37s. 

Mike Hodgson was in truly spectacular form with a staggering 2 individual European Records and 5 individual British Records   broken throughout the weekend:

50m Fly – European Record in 27.02s

50m Free – European Record in 25.44s

100m Breast  - GB Record  in 1:11.87

50m Breast – GB Record in 31.87s

50m Back – GB Record  in 30.29s

100m Free – GB Record in 57.37s

100m fly – GB Record in 1:03.57

Check out Mike’s interview and write up on Scottish Swimming :

Masters swimmers continue record breaking time in Aberdeen | Scottish Swimming

Mike, interviewed by Scottish Swimming,  said of his performances so far:

“It’s good to be swimming fast again, it’s been a bit of a long haul back after the pandemic took effect. I’m swimming well this week, there are great facilities here and I’m loving it.” 

Speaking about the enforced time out over the past couple of years, he continued,

“I took a bit of a break during the pandemic, did some tick-over type stuff in the gym, things like that, and then decided to hit it hard when the pools reopened again. We moved Club in Woking, set up a new club there for Masters and that’s working well. There are a great group of individuals, and more people are wanting to join which is fantastic.”

Another British Record fell to Woking, this time in the 200IM (60-64 age group) with David Bryant setting a new 200IM GB record, in a time of 2:37.03.

The medals kept coming for Woking, with further Gold medals  from Michelle in 50m fly, 50m back  and 100m fly, Jennie in 100m Breast and yet another relay Gold  medal in the 4 x 50m mixed free relay.

Silver medals for David in 100m, 50m Breast and  100m fly with Michelle adding a silver in 100m free and  Bronze for Jennie in the 200m Back and a Bronze medal for Jerry O'Riodan in 50m free.

Congratulations to the squad, Seb and the supporting coaches for a fabulous set of results. An incredible Masters event from all of the squad and Woking are incredibly proud of our growing Masters Community.

The Masters motto is ‘fun, fitness and friendship' and delighted not only with the growing sucess of the WSC Masters,  but also with their overall encouragement of new members, who have even encouraged a group of ex-senior WSC swimmers to return and compete in the Surrey Championships next weekend at SSP!

Well done and best of luck to everyone next weekend at Surreys!

Photos below:

Left: Multi record breaking Mike Hodgson

Right: Double Gold and record breaking relay team of (L to R): Mike, Michelle, Jennie and David