In what countries, besides USA, is Masters Swimming "big"? Now, it's very difficult to define excatly what I mean by masters swimming being "big" but let's define it like this:
1. An arbitrarily chosen city with a population of more than 100,000 in the particular country would be likely to have a masters team with at least 10 members.
2. Annually there should be at least 5 masters swim meet being held in the country.
So basically, if I reside in the particular country in a not too small city, I'd be likely to be able to join a masters team and compete without having to travel abroad.
I beg to differ. There are hundreds of GB Masters Clubs outside of London. There were > 20 different clubs entered in the Yorkshire Masters championships alone, and that's just one County event!!
Were they dedicated Masters' clubs or Masters squads of age-group clubs? Again, it's still an issue of "big". There may be a lot of clubs that have swimmers over the age of 18 swimming and competing in 'masters' events, but that doesn't make it "big". 20+ clubs entered into the Yorkshire Masters is great! In some parts of the States, though, there are more than that number of clubs in a single metropolitan area.
I beg to differ. There are hundreds of GB Masters Clubs outside of London. There were > 20 different clubs entered in the Yorkshire Masters championships alone, and that's just one County event!!
Were they dedicated Masters' clubs or Masters squads of age-group clubs? Again, it's still an issue of "big". There may be a lot of clubs that have swimmers over the age of 18 swimming and competing in 'masters' events, but that doesn't make it "big". 20+ clubs entered into the Yorkshire Masters is great! In some parts of the States, though, there are more than that number of clubs in a single metropolitan area.
