Club Racks Up Medals, Sets Records, and Claims Top Scottish Spot Silver City Blues Masters Swim Team made a splash at the 2025 British Masters Championships, held at the London Aquatics Center on the weekend of June 14. Represented by a squad of 16 swimmers spanning a range of age groups and stroke specialties, the […]
Author: Gregory Smedley
SCB Competes at Scottish Masters LC Spring Meet 2025
Last weekend, ASV proudly hosted the Scottish Masters Long Course Meet 2025, bringing together swimmers from across the region for a competitive and exhilarating event. SCB was represented by an impressive 55 members, all eager to showcase their talents and achieve their personal goals. Well done to all participants who took part and strived to […]
Success at North District Age Group Championships
Well done to the three competing at the North District Age Groups! The event showcased remarkable talent and dedication from our young swimmers. Aisla demonstrated her endurance in the 800 freestyle, finishing with a time of 10:32 and securing the 8th place. Maya Reynard and Emma competed in the 50 freestyle, with Maya clocking a […]
Success for Ice Swimmers at Championships in Italy
Greetings from Italy at the end of the Ice Swimming Championships! Despite the absence of snow, the water temperatures remained a frosty 1 to 2 degrees Celsius, posing a tough challenge for all participants. The team is returning home with an impressive haul of medals. Caitlin secured a silver medal in the 100 backstroke and […]
SCB at Carlisle 2025
The first indoor warm water competition of 2025 proved to be a momentous event as the small yet formidable team traveled down to the Carlisle Masters Meet. Among the highlights, Audrey Copper made a remarkable return to competitive swimming after a hiatus due to injury, setting three British records in the 200m Individual Medley, the […]
Silver City at the British Masters Championships 2023
A nine strong team of Silver City Blues Masters swimmers travelled to Sheffield this June to compete in the British Masters Championships 2023 as the defending overall team champions from the previous year. The team consisted of; Greg Smedley, Kelly McIntosh, Gill Main, Susan Jensen, Keith Dunnett, Audrey Cooper, Karen McBeath, Nickie Maasdorp, and June […]
Silver City at the European Masters Championships 2022
A team consisting of Gill Main, Kelly McIntosh, Brian Bain and Greg Smedley from Silver City Blues participated in the European Masters Championships in Rome, Italy. SCB’s competition started in Ostia, Rome for the 3km open water in the Mediterranean consisting of a single lap of a 3km circuit. Water temperature on the day, 26 […]
Silver City Takes Home the Scottish Masters Championships 2022 Trophy
On the 9th of April 2022, a 20 strong team of swimmers from Silver City Blues journeyed south to compete in the Scottish National Open Short Course Masters and Senior Age Group Championships at Tollcross International Swimming Pool. The team consisting of; Brian Bain, Dawn Burke, Day Campbell, Audrey Cooper, Keith Dunnett, Sue Flaherty, Bill […]
Silver City at the British Masters Championships 2019
On the 14th of June several team members made the trip to Swansea, Wales to represent Silver City Blues at the British National Masters Long Course Meet 2019. As a result, the team secured an array of achievements from personal bests all the way to European records. Friday Session 1 first saw the team competing […]
Inter-Continental Dual-Meet March 2019
On Sunday the 10th of March, Silver City Blues took part in it’s first Inter-Continental Dual-Meet with Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. An idea thought up by Bill Nash of the Grand Prairie Club to enable his swimmers to compete in real-time against other clubs without having to travel to location. It was the intention to […]