Ruislip Northwood Masters Swimming

Middlesex County Meet 2026

15/3/2026

Our team of six swimmers brought home a load of medals and RNSC finished 7th overall (out of 15 teams), thanks to the 4 girls achieving 5th in the women's points table and the 2 boys finishing 12th in the men's points table.

It was a fun competition with all of us finishing close to, or faster than our entry times. There were no embarrassing dives, turns or DQs!

Here is our medal list:

Clair:
100m IM - SILVER
200m IM - BRONZE
50m Butterfly - GOLD
50m Breaststroke - GOLD
50m Free - BRONZE
100m Free - SILVER

Helen:
100m IM - BRONZE
50m Breaststroke - SILVER
100m Breaststroke - GOLD
50m Free - 5th
100m Free - BRONZE

Lynda:
50m Backstroke - GOLD
100m Backstroke - GOLD
50m Free - SILVER
100m Free - SILVER

Karen B:
50m Backstroke - BRONZE
100m Backstroke - BRONZE
50m Breaststroke - SILVER
100m Breaststroke - BRONZE
50m Free - BRONZE
100m Free - BRONZE

Women 200-239 yrs 200m Medley Relay - SILVER

Paul:
100m IM - 4th
50m Breaststroke - GOLD
100m Breaststroke - SILVER

Martin:
100m Backstroke - SILVER
50m Breaststroke - GOLD
50m Free - BRONZE
100m Free - BRONZE

Our full set of results (including splits) is attached here.

Bracknell and Wokingham Masters Meet 2026

7/3/2026

Lynda was our only swimmer at the Bracknell meet but was cheered on by her daughter, Gemma.

Lynda's results:

200m Backstroke 3:39.51 PB! - SILVER
50m Backstroke 47.58 (almost a PB!) - SILVER

Royal Navy Masters 23rd Open Meet

22/2/2026

No one can accuse Roy of not 'Going for it'!

Roy entered 6 races at the Royal Navy Open Meet and won 4 Gold and 2 Silver medals. He has moved up to the 80-84 age group this year and there are fewer competitors to challenge him, which makes his race times more important than collecting medals.

Roy swam faster than his 2025 races in 3 events, which are marked with an asterisk*.

100m Freestyle 1:56.70*
50m Freestyle 51.37*
50m Backstroke 1:04.90

200m Breaststroke 5:03.66
100m Breaststroke 2:20.92
50m Breaststroke 1:00.64*

Hemel Hempstead Masters Meet 2026

7/2/2026

Clair, Helen and Martin represented RNSC at the Hemel meet and returned with 3 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronze medals. More impressive was the haul of 9 PBs by Clair and Helen at this event!

Clair
200m IM GOLD 3:35.48 PB
100m IM SILVER 1.40.91 PB
100m Free BRONZE 1:29.51 PB
100m Breast 4th 1:52.29 PB
50m Butterfly 4th 48.12 PB

Helen
100m IM 4th 1.48.34 PB
100m Free 4th 1:34.48
50m Free 5th 40.76 PB
100m Breast BRONZE 1:46.64 PB
50m Breast 4th 50.66 PB
50m Back 4th 53.92

Martin
100m Free GOLD 1:24.56
50m Breast SILVER 50.19
100m Back GOLD 1:47.16

Marlins Masters Meet (Isle of Wight) 2026

7/2/2026

Roy was RNSC's only representative at the Marlin's meet.

Well done to Roy for bringing home 9 Gold medals and being ranked 2nd in the overall men's results.

Roy explained that his attempt at 10 medals was thwarted by a 'nose-clip issue' which prevented him from finishing the Individual Medley, having inhaled a lungful of water!

25 Fly 00:31.91 GOLD
50 Breast 01:03.25 GOLD
100 Breast 02:26.85 GOLD
50 Back 01:06.34 GOLD
100 Back 02:20.31 GOLD

25 Free 00:23.50 GOLD
50 Free 00:53.56 GOLD
100 Free 01:57.06 GOLD
200 Free 04:26.90 GOLD

Presentation evening 2026

31/1/2026

We returned to Harefield Cricket Club for our annual presentation evening this year.

Firstly, Martin gave us a reminder of the points awarded for competing over the whole year, followed by the presentation of trophies by Paul our Chairman. Roy topped the table again for the men with an impressive tally of points, and Lynda crept ahead of a tightly contested table for the women’s trophy - many congratulations to them and everybody else who competed this year. Full results can be seen here.

Next, Roger presented the award for the Most Improved Swimmer. This year it went to Binny, who has been moving up the lanes since returning from a break and increasing the number of times she swims a week. The award for Dedication to Swimming went to Helen, who has taken herself off to swimming workshops, adopted new techniques, and trained for long-course competitions in a 50m pool, as well as attending regular training sessions. Well done to both winners.

The Challenge Cup, given for achievements not necessarily in swimming, went jointly to Joelie, who completed a gruelling 44 mile Ultra Run along the South West Coast Path, and Stuart, who completed an amazing Ironman competition in France. Both events are reported here (Joelie) and here (Stuart), and are inspirational achievements.

The final award, the David Dines Memorial Trophy, given by our chairman for services to the club, went to Martin. Paul advised us of the multiple areas Martin is involved in, including writing and organising the schedules, co-ordinating competition entries and collating results, meeting and greeting prospective new members, repairing the pace clock and many other tasks to help keep the club running smoothly. Thank you Martin.

The buffet food supplied by the venue did not disappoint and was a chance for members to socialise with their clothes on!

Next came the time to exercise our brains not our bodies. Joelie and Rod gave us a taxing challenge to re-order six people in a line, obeying the rules of the game - a hubbub of noise ensued with an eventual winner declared while the rest of us were tying ourselves in knots. A swimming quiz proved more than a challenge and some surprising facts - who knew the world record for holding your breath under water was nearly 30 minutes?!

The well supported raffle gave us a rest - thanks to Jill and Karen for co-ordinating this - followed by another tricky tower building task and a music lyric quiz with a twist. Thanks to Rod and Joelie for the games interludes.

Thank you to everyone for attending - see you all next year.

South East Long Course Championships 2026

18/1/2026

Helen started her 2026 campaign with the South East Long Course meet at Crawley.

Although not in the medals, it was a good experience to race in a 50m pool (which feels much longer than two lengths of a 25m pool!).

Helen's race times:

Breaststroke 50m 51.41 (PB)
Breaststroke 200m 4:03.28

Helen was aiming for a sub 4 minute result in the 200m race and had been training at the Hillingdon pool in preparation. There's dedication! Hopefully next time...

2025 Competition report

31/12/2025

Well done to the 11 swimmers who competed in swim meets this year, and congratulations to Lynda and Roy, who won the top competitor trophies!

Etwall Eagles Masters Meet 2025

29/11/2025

Roy has completed his last competition of 2025, swimming 7 events, winning 3 Gold medals and 4 Silvers. He also recorded a 2025 PB for his 100m Medley.

50m Freestyle - Gold 53.89
100m Freestyle - Silver 1:59.57
50m Back - Gold 1:07.75
100m Back - Gold 2:22.96
50m Breast - Silver 1:03.06
100m Breast - Silver 2:22.46
100m Ind Medley - Silver 2:19.47

Well done Roy!

Bowling evening November 2025

14/11/2025

Following a bite to eat at Cassio Lounge in Watford, 12 of us met at Hollywood Bowl for a couple of games of ten-pin bowling.

We had 2 teams with 6 players each:

Team 1 – Duncan / Paddy / Jez / Joe / Martin / Clair
Team 2 – Karen O / Chris R / Jill / Binny / Helen / Frances

GAME 1
Top 3 individual scorers – Paddy (103) / Martin (95) / Clair (93)

GAME 2
Top 3 Individual scorers – Helen (104) / Joe & Paddy (95) / Duncan (91)

TEAM SCORES:

	Team 1	Team 2
Game 1	498	406
Game 2	504	461
TOTAL POINTS	1002	867

Congratulations to Team 1!

A fun evening was had by all!

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