BPL Masters started in March and around 14 swimmers are now training together up to four times a week.
Sessions run at Your Space Retford and Your Space Worksop, sharing pool time with lane swimming. That visibility is already helping raise awareness and inspire other swimmers to give Masters a try.
Bassetlaw Swim Squad Performance Swimming Coach Liam Marshall leads the programme, supported by the wider coaching team.
“There are hardly any other clubs which provide masters squads in the Bassetlaw area and we wanted to give masters’ swimmers the opportunity to build on their performance and achievements within the water.
It’s going really well. We’ve got members from all different backgrounds and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.”
– Liam Marshall, Head Coach (Masters)
At the recent British Masters Championships at the London Aquatics Centre, our 4×100m relay team stormed to a silver medal.
“The squad did amazingly well at the championships. I went down with them and what an atmosphere it was to experience.”
– Liam Marshall
Masters’ squad members Leanne and Steph also took on the challenge of the Open Water National Masters Championships at Rother Valley Country Park. Leanne competed in the 3,000m and 1,000m events, while Steph tackled the 3,000m.
They both performed brilliantly and, while they didn’t medal this time, completing those distances outdoors is an achievement to be proud of.
