The series of British Gas Great Swims are being aired on Channel 4 later this month and at 8am on Sunday mornings throughout December.

The first to be shown is the inaugural British Gas Great London Swim on Sunday 29th November at 8am.  This exciting event saw a world class elite field, including four of the six Beijing Olympic 10k open-water medallists, line up on the start pontoon at the Royal Victoria Dock.  Don't miss out on seeing Katy Whitfield as the Elite Women's Winner.

This is followed by the British Gas Great Scottish Swim from Strathclyde Country Park on Sunday 6th December and the British Gas Great North Swim on Sunday 13th December which was held at Lake Windemere.  

The series is rounded off with the British Gas Great East Swim on Sunday 20th December when GBR's Tom Allen won the Elite Men's Race at Alton Water.

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Cheshire have won this year’s Masters and Senior Inter County Competition by a very close margin of just 4.5 points.

Warwickshire, who have won the title for the last two years, were narrowly beaten into second place with Middlesex claiming third.

This year’s competition took place on Sunday 15th November across five regional meets held in Blackpool (North East and West regions), Enfield (South East region), Bristol (South West region), Newmarket (Newmarket) and Stafford (Midlands, East and West regions). The results from each of the regional meets were consolidated into national results.

Race victories for the Cheshire team came from Judy Brown in the Women’s 45 years+ 50m Backstroke and Neville Barton in the Men’s 55 years+ 50m Freestyle.

Neil McKinnon and Helen Sadler had a successful meet, both notching up two race wins. McKinnon triumphed in the Men’s 65 years+ 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly while Sadler won the Women’s 35 years+ 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.

The star of the meet for Cheshire had to be Rachel Barton who secured three victories in the Women’s 55 years+ age group when winning the 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke.

It was the relay results that really made the difference for Cheshire as they took eight of the relay races on offer. Both the Men’s and Women’s teams took victory in the 4x50m Medley relays in both the 160 years+ and 200 years+ age groups to provide four of their team’s wins.

The Cheshire team also enjoyed success in the 4x50m Freestyle relays when taking the Mixed 240 years+, Women’s 200 years+, Men’s 100 years+ and Senior Men’s races.

For full results click here.

This year’s final placings and points

Position; Team; Points

1	Cheshire	1618.5
2	Warwickshire	1614
3	Middlesex	1419.5
4	Devon	1417.5
5	Yorkshire	1394.5
6	Sussex	1370
7	Berks & S Bucks	1270
8	Hampshire	1233.5
9	Glous	1151.5
10	Dorset	1105
11	Wiltshire	1029
12	Norfolk	1025
13	Lancashire	1015.5
14	Essex	984
15	Herts	966
16	Suffolk	957
17	Kent	951.5
18	N & Durham	919
19	Derbyshire	905.5
20	Oxford& N Bucks	825.5
21	Surrey	797
22	Somerset	792.5
23	Leicestershire	709
24	Cumbria	704
25	Staffordshire	646.5
26	Nottinghamshire	607.5
27	Worcester County	603
28	Northamptonshire	464.5
29	Lincolnshire	400

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