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Past Events &
Results
ASA Masters and Senior Age Group
Championships (25m), Ponds Forge Sheffield, 24th - 26th October
2008
Stel Farrar
was Arfon Masters' sole
representative
at
this
important meet in the
swimming
calendar. She did
both her
club and
herself proud, however, coming first
with a gold medal and a new Welsh record in
the 45-49 age
group with a time
of 20:41.85 in the long and gruelling
1500m
freestyle.
Congratulations
Stel!
Arfon Masters 22nd
Open Meet, 27th September 2008 -
download
results.
A
record number of clubs
were
represented at this year's
Arfon
Gala. They included
large
turn-outs
from the
Irish Aer
Lingus SC, City of
Coventry, Etwall Eagles, Nottingham
Leander,
Shrewsbury,
Stalybridge and Halton as well
as
swimmers from Coventry,
Macclesfield, Mold, Howbridge
Marlins etc. It was great to see so many keen
Masters
swimmers coming to North
Wales and many thanks to all for helping to
make it such a
wonderful day. The
competition was hot and
the social
fun.
Despite the tough competition the
Arfon team managed to win the trophy back for the top
team. This
was secured through
strong
individual performances from Jason Cordingley
(2nd 35-39); Keith
Rothwell (2nd
55-59); Jim
Robinson
(3rd
65-69); Gill
Windle
(1st
40-44); Alison
Donnelly
(3rd
40-44); Stel
Farrar
(1st 45-49);
Loiuse Jones
(3rd
50-54);
Helen Hughes
(3rd
65-69);
Ann Whatham
(2nd
80-84);
plus Bronwen
Griffiths,
Bridget
Edwards,
Pam Stanley, Oggy
East,
Nefyn
Williams,
Mike
Pepper
Mike Dilworth,
Christine
Slater and
Charles Bishop.
Combined
efforts across a
number of
relays
saw the Arfon
swimmers
achieve the
winning points.
From
the
Arfon
team new meet records were
set
by Ann Whatham
(80-84) in
the
200IM and
25m Freestyle and by
Gill Windle
(40-44) in
the 50m
Freestyle. Gill also
set a
new Welsh
record in this event
of
30.25
secs.
Jim demonstrating his best
dive.
Alison and Lynne, two of the
hard-working timekeepers. A very special thanks to all the
officials, organisers
and
helpers
who gave up their spare
time
to make it all
happen.
Charles has a problem while
Mike Pepper and Nefyn look anxiously
on!!
Allison working hard at
breaststroke
It's a first competition for Pom - well
done!
Louise and Keith prepare for
the mixed medlay relay.
Oggy can't believe his time!
Stel and
Allison have a chat
Bridget's second Arfon Gala and improving all the
time!
A brave first competition for
Bronwen
Sixteen swimmers
from Arfon Masters competed
against strong opposition from the away clubs but in
the
end we managed to wrestle back
the trophy from Halton, last year's
winners.
Some of Arfon's swimmers
and
helpers: Mike Dilworth, Ann
Whatham,
Louise,
Gill,
Stel,
Lynne Stuart,
Christine,
Trixie (hidden), Pom,
Jim, half
of Alison
and Oggy
using the
table
as a prop
after his
exhausting
swims!!
It must all been
too much for
him! 
Etwall Eagles won the shield for the fastest
cannon.
and Aer Lingus SC won the
trophy for the best overseas club
Ann Whatham - 80 next month and still swimming and
enjoying
life.
Special thanks to Trixie for
running the
computer-side of the
gala so efficiently and
without the
help of Sue who was
greatly
missed
and whom we now
realise
worked so
hard at it in the
past.
Hurry
on
back to
swimming
Sue!
It
was a great social and
thanks to Louise for
organising it and to Nick
Stuart for the
disco.
Unfortunately a few of
our top swimmers were
unable to
attend due to injury etc. We all missed you
Jan,
Mair, Baz, Anthony and
Lucy.
Lastly many many
thanks to
Gill Windle,
Chair
of Arfon
Masters who
took over
from Sue this year and got
us all
organised.
Download
Male Individual
Scores
Download
Female Individual
Scores
Straits
Swim, 20th July 2008
It was the usual
grey, cool
British summer's day for our annual race from Foel,
Anglesey to the
Royal Welsh Yacht
Club jetty at
Caernarfon.
Nevertheless
crowds turned-up to
watch the 20
brave swimmers,
plus
the
20
kayakers,
cross over the
Straits.
At
least this
year it
didn't rain
but the sea hadn't
exactly warmed up! Despite
the cold
all
20 made it across with
Claire
back
in the
winning position
again
this year after briefly
having
to
forfeit the winner's cup
last
year.
Congratulations
again
to
Claire and
also special
mention must be
made of
Taliesin Farrar
who
managed
4th place (only 2 places
behind his
Mum) and
at the
age of 13 won the
Male under
25
Trophy and raised over
£300
for
Multiple
Sclerosis - a
fantastic
swim.
Congratulations
also
to the
other new-comers to
the
race, Brian
Thomas (5th), Robert
Wright (8th),
Claire
Tuck
(10th), Haf Owen
and
also Niel
Davies (15th) from
Torquay.
Well done to
all the
competitors who
received
their
certificates and tropies from
ex-mayor of Caernarfon Ioan Thomas
in the Royal Welsh
Yacht Club
after
the swim. Thanks to
those at
the club for
supplying the
delicious
soup
to the
competitors on such a
cool
day.
The sun
managed to
appear at
the BBQ at Louise's house
in the
evening. Thanks to Louise
for
managing to host such
an
enjoyable
social after having
swum the
race.
Results
1st Claire Wilson in
27.03
2nd Stel Farrar in
28.54
3rd Maike Dilworth in 31.40
4th
Taliesin
Farrar in 32.25
5th
Brian Thomas in 33.29
6th Mike Pepper in
33.35
7th
Keith Rothwell in
34.13
8th Robert Wright
in
34.15
9th Dafydd
Jones in
35.54
10th Claire Tuck
in
36.14
11th David Hughes in
36.48
12th
Wyn
Rowlands in
36.59
13th Jan
Albin in 37.08
14th Haf Owen
in
37.09
15th Niel Davies in
37.51
16th Louise Jones
in
38.33
17th
Steve Bristow in
39.08
18th Lucy Hale
in
39.24
19th Nefyn
Williams in
39.58
20th
Allison
Donnelley in
41.48 
Winner Claire
2nd
place Stel
3rd Place and 1st male home, Mike
Dilworth 
Junior Male Champion and 4th Place,
Taliesin
All
coming in together, Robert, Brian and
Keith
Brian and Mike Pepper, reluctant to leave the
water!
3rd woman in and 10th overall, Claire
Louise (16th) nearly there.
Nefyn obviously enjoyed every minute of
it!
Photos Alan and Rowan
Crawshaw
British Masters,
Manchester Aquatic Centre,
20th-22nd June
Four Arfon
Masters swimmers competed in the British Masters Long
Course Championships held
at the
Aquatics Centre in
Manchester, which
was originally built
for
the
Commonwealth Games. The event was well
supported and the
competition was of
a
high standard
with new
British,
European and World
records
being
set.
Stel Farrar had
superb gold medal winning
swims
in the
800m and 1500m
freestyle
event in the 45 – 49 years
age
group and currently is
ranked
1st for
these efforts. Stel
collected medals of all three hues with silver
medals in
the
200 metres fly and
100m
freestyle
and bronze medals
in 200
metres
individual medley
and
the
100
metres butterfly.
Gill
Windle
competing
in the 40 – 44 years age group lowered her
existing Welsh
record time in
her age group in the
50 metres
freestyle in
which she
finished
2nd
in a strong field with
a time
of
30.93 seconds.
Unfortunately the
record
and
gold medal
position was
grabbed by a Cardiff swimmer who finished
just 1/100th
second faster! She won
the bronze medal in
the 200 metres
butterfly, setting a
new
Welsh
record . Gill she also
set
a
new record in the 100m
freestyle, and got
personal best
times and 4th
place
for the 200 IM
and the 400
freestyle.
Stel, Bridget, Oggy and Gill - the Arfon Masters Team
The glamorous medal winners!
Text - Gill Windle. Photos - Oggy East
Aer Lingus Masters, Dublin, 23rd-24th May
Five enthusiastic female swimmers from Arfon Masters braved the unpredictable Irish Sea and crossed over to Dublin for a week-end of fun!! First came the swimming with amazing results from all especially Gill Windle who came first in all seven of her events! Between them they managed 22 medals won the best overseas team award for the second year running. Congratulations to Gill and also Lynne Stuart, Bridget Edwards, Mair Martin and Allison Donnelly. After the swim the girls were let loose on the town!!
Photo - Mair Martin
World Masters, Perth, Australia, 18th-24th April
Globe-trotters Baz and Oggy travelled across to the other side of the world to compete in this year's World Masters. Despite the huge competiton they swam well, Baz gaining positions in the first ten and Oggy achieving PB's in 100 Free and 50 Fly. Congratulations to both.
Results:
Baz Owen - 400 IM 7th in a time of 10:08.74
200 IM 9th in a time of 4:45.16
200 BK 8th in a time of 4:37.80
Oggy East - 100 FS 90th in a time of 1:13.49
50 FS 94th in a time of 32:63
Baz Diving
Oggy Posing!
Photos - Oggy East
Download Arfon Masters Welsh LC records 2007
Download Arfon Masters Welsh SC records 2007
Welsh Open Masters, Swansea National Pool, 29th February - 2nd
March
Four swimmers from
Arfon Masters travelled
south to
compete in the Welsh Open
Championships in National Pool,
Swansea and
amassed a
impressive
haul of medals gaining
first places in eleven individual
events and two
relays. Team
members also gained podium
places in
a
further seven
events,
bringing the
tally to 18
medals.
Highlights included Alli Donnelly (41) from
Dinorwig winning the 200m breast stroke and Oggy East (40)
from Tregarth
retaining
the
100m
breast stroke title he
won in
2007. Baz Owen (78) from
Llanfairfechan also
secured first
place in the 200m
breast stroke as
well as
winning
three other
individual
events.
Allison
Oggy's
Mug!
Baz
Stel Farrar (49) also from Dinorwig, claimed
5 individual golds and
smashed her
own
Welsh
records
in
the
800m
freestyle and
200m
butterfly.
Alli, Baz, Oggy and
Stel
teamed up
to win both
4x50m
freestyle
and 4x50m
medley
relay events.
Stel receives medal
The success gave a big boost to both Baz and Oggy who are off to
represent Arfon and Wales at the forthcoming World Masters
Championships which
are
being
held
in Perth, Australia in
April.
Look out Perth - here come
Oggy and
Baz!
Photos and text by Oggy.
Rotherham Metro, Sheffield, 10th February, 2008
One lone Arfon Masters swimmer, keen to train for this year's World Masters in Perth, Australia, made it to Ponds Forge to compete in this long course championship.
Shrewsbury New Year Gala, 5th January, 2008
Seven Arfon Masters swimmers celebrated the New Year by competing in this gala and having a whole lot of fun in the ceilidh after! Oggy, Baz, Mair, Louise, Lynn and Jan all swam really well considering they'd had the Christmas break off swimming but special mention must be made of Bridget who, as well as celebrating the New Year, also celebrated her birthday on the day. As a newcomer to the club, she's made remarkable progress due to her enthusiasm and managed considerable improvement on her Welsh Closed times. Well done!
Baz showing the youngsters how it's done!
Some of the team.
Mair anxiously studying the results board
Male relay team - two borrowed swimmers!
The real fun!
Photos - Louise Jones