ASA Masters, Sheffield, 2010

Date: 29-31/10/2010

Eleven Oundle swimmers participated in the ASA National Masters Championships in Sheffield. Paul Davies, Natasha Tye and Ellie Woods joined took part in their first National Masters Championships with Ellie winning a bronze medal in the women's 120-159 4 x 200m freestyle relay with teammates Claire Foster, Amy Mellor and Jayne O'Brien. Barry O'Brien, Nick Morgan, Nicola Latty, Susie Danby and Katie Wills completed the Oundle line up.

Nicola Latty got the team off to a winning start on the Friday evening with a first place finish in the women's 35-39 1500m freestyle. Later in the evening Nicola placed first in the 200m backstroke. Soon afterwards, Barry O'Brien placed second in the men's 50-54 50m breaststroke. The evening's medal winning was completed by the women's 72+ 400m medley relay team of Nicola Latty, Jayne O'Brien, Natasha Tye and Amy Mellor who finished with a bronze medal. Paul Davies narrowly missed out on a medal with a 4th place finish in the 17-24 100m butterfly with a season's best time.

On the Saturday morning, Barry O'Brien won his second silver medal of the meet in the 100m breaststroke and Jayne O'Brien won a silver medal in the women's 50-54 100m breaststroke. Later in the day Nicola Latty placed 2nd in the women's 35-39 200m IM while Katie Wills was 4th in the 17-24 age group.

Sunday morning began with another silver medal as Nicola Latty placed 2nd in the women's 35-39 800m freestyle. Nicola followed this with her third gold medal of the meet, this time in the women's 35-39 200m butterfly. Barry O'Brien convincingly won the men's 50-54 200m breaststroke. In the women's event, Jayne O'Brien placed 2nd in the 50-54 age group while Nicola Latty was 3rd in the 35-39 age group. The final event of the meet was the 400m freestyle relay. The team of Nicola Latty, Claire Foster, Jayne O'Brien and Susie Danby finished in 4th position in the 120-159 age group.

The medal winning results for the Oundle swimmers were as follows:

Position
Name
Age Group
Event
Time
1st
Nicola Latty
35-39
1500 Freestyle
18:35.26
1st
Nicola Latty
35-39
200 Backstroke
2:37.33
1st
Nicola Latty
35-39
200 Butterfly
2:29.04
1st
Barry O'Brien
50-54
200 Breaststroke
2:42.34
2nd
Nicola Latty
35-39
800 Freestyle
10:01.38
2nd
Nicola Latty
35-39
200 IM
2:37.25
2nd
Jayne O'Brien
50-54
100 Breaststroke
1:26.63
2nd
Jayne O'Brien
50-54
200 Breaststroke
3:05.26
2nd
Barry O'Brien
50-54
50 Breaststroke
33.84
2nd
Barry O'Brien
50-54
100 Breaststroke
1:13.78
3rd
Nicola Latty
35-39
200 Breaststroke
3:05.60
3rd
Nicola Latty, Jayne O'Brien, Natasha Tye, Amy Mellor
72+
400 Medley Relay
5:04.27
3rd
Claire Foster, Amy Mellor, Ellie Woods, Jayne O'Brien
120-159
800 Freestyle Relay
10:07.49