During May 2020, SCB are walking/running/cycling/rowing/jumping the distance from Aberdeen to Japan. Progress after 5 days is as follows… Currently 2323 miles completed out of a total of 9750.
Author: Brian Bain
SCB COVID-19 Update
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, all club training sessions are currently suspended. Training will resume in accordance with guidance from the government and Scottish Swimming.
Open Water Season Starts
The open water season started on the 1st June with the first event at Lochore Meadows Country Park in Fife. Silver City Blues were represented by Kelly McIntosh, Gillian Main, Will Moir and Brian Bain who all took part in the 2 km race. Kelly and Gillian took the first two places in the women’s […]
SCB May 2019 Clachnaben Hill Walk
A Report from Dianne Fraser ASV was unavailable for our usual training on 25th May so 10 of the SCB swimmers and friends decided to walk the 589 m hill. We thoroughly enjoyed being deep in the countryside, so quiet and peaceful, and getting to know our swim pals and friends better. “Clachnaben” is seemingly […]
Silver City Blues Retain Scottish Masters Championship Trophy
On the 19th and 20th of April the club competed in the Scottish Masters Championships in Edinburgh. A fuller report will follow but the highlights were as follows. The club retained the top club trophy, winning it for a 20th time in the 23 occasions it has been contested. REN 96 were runner-up with Heart […]
Silver City Blues Meet 2019
Report by Ailsa Main Photos by Brian Battensby and Kelly Borland On the 26th of January a large SCB team of 32 descended upon ASV and it was a great competition for all this year. Thank you to everyone who took part and helped out in setting up the competition. A special thanks goes to […]
High Places for SCB Swimmers in the British Masters Decathlon
The results of the 2018 British Masters Swimming Decatlon have now been made final and confirms good results for a number of Silver City Blues swimmers. Audrey Cooper finished in third place and this achievement was shared by Martin Snape. With over 2100 swimmers ranked in the men’s event and over 1700 in the women’s […]
SILVER CITY BLUES QUIZ NIGHT JAN 2019
A Report by Alison Findlater On the 12th January 2019 Silver City Blues held their annual quiz night. This year we had a new venue – The Royal British Legion in Bridge of Don. This was an excellent venue with plenty of space, our own barman and exceptionally cheap drinks! The quizmaster for the night […]
A Great End to 2018 for SCB
A Report by Ailsa Main The last quarter of the year started with six of our swimmers visiting the Slovenia to compete in the biggest competition of the year the European Masters Championships in September. The team of Kelly McIntosh, Greg Smedley, Gillian Main, Alison Pirie, Brian Bain and Louise Kennedy swam many exciting events […]
SCB Are Top Club At Inverclyde Masters
The club continued its winning ways at the Inverclyde Masters Meet on 21st/22nd September with lots of great swims from the assembled team of Audrey Cooper, Bronwyn Farr, Alison Findlater, Dianne Fraser, Ailsa Main, Gill Main, Kelly McIntosh, Alison Pirie, Brian Bain, Adam Caton, Chris Ferguson, Bill Forbes, Pete Long, Greg Smedley, Martin Snape and Dave Sutherland. Among […]