British Championships, Manchester 26/03/07 – 01/04/07
Five former Dragons DSC swimmers competed in the British Championships in Manchester between March 26th and April 1st. David Roberts, Gareth Duke, Elizabeth Johnson, Nyree Lewis and Rhiannon Henry all competed in the event which was run as a Multi Disability event whereby swimmers of different disability classes competed against each other, with the swimmer that gets closest to their respective World Record winning the event.
One World Record was broken by a Welsh swimmer, with Nyree Lewis setting a new S6 50m Backstroke time of 43.58 in the heats. Two European Records were set by welsh swimmers with Gareth Duke setting a new SB6 50m Breaststroke time of 41.16 and Liz Johnson setting a new SB6 50m Breaststroke of 47.26.
Dragons DSC Assistant Coach David Roberts won Gold and two Silvers at the event taking the Gold in the 50m Freestyle, beating S7 rival Matt Walker. His silvers came in the 100m and 400m Freestyle.
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Men's 50m Freestyle MD Final |
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| 1 |
DAVID ROBERTS |
Swansea HPC |
S7 |
29.21 |
| 2 |
Matt Walker |
Marple |
S7 |
29.42 |
| 3 |
Simon Miller |
Littlehampton |
S9 |
27.58 |
| 4 |
Robert Welbourn |
Lincoln |
S10 |
26.63 |
| 5 |
David Hill |
Kelly Collage |
S9 |
28.62 |
| 6 |
Anthony Stephens |
Swansea HPC |
S5 |
35.86 |
| 7 |
David Ellis |
Derventio |
S13 |
27.44 |
| 8 |
James Anderson |
Broxburn |
S2 |
1:09.74 |
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Men's 400m Freestyle MD Final |
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| 1 |
James Crisp |
C.O. Sheffield |
S9 |
4:22.67 |
| 2 |
DAVID ROBERTS |
Swansea HPC |
S7 |
5:06.78 |
| 3 |
Robert Welbourn |
Lincoln |
S10 |
4:21.28 |
| 4 |
Andrew Lindsay |
Incas |
S7 |
5:19.00 |
| 5 |
Jonathan Fox |
Newquay |
S7 |
5:29.51 |
| 6 |
Sean Fraser |
Midlothian |
S9 |
5:01.98 |
| 7 |
Sam Hynd |
Nova Centurions |
S10 |
4:41.42 |
| 8 |
David Yates |
Abingdon Vale |
S8 |
5:18.10 |
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Men's 100m Freestyle MD Final |
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| 1 |
James Crisp |
C.O. Sheffield |
S9 |
59.78 |
| 2 |
DAVID ROBERTS |
Swansea HPC |
S7 |
1:04.38 |
| 3 |
Simon Miller |
Littlehampton |
S9 |
1:00.34 |
| 4 |
Robert Welbourn |
Lincoln |
S10 |
57.09 |
| 5 |
Anthony Stephens |
Swansea HPC |
S5 |
1:20.34 |
| 6 |
David Ellis |
Derventio |
S13 |
1:01.28 |
| 7 |
Andrew Lindsay |
Incas |
S7 |
1:11.52 |
| 8 |
David Hill |
Kelly Collage |
S9 |
1:06.48 |
The other former Dragons DSC Swimmers has a successful meet with Liz Johnson and Nyree Lewis getting two Golds each, Liz winning the 50m and 100m Breaststroke and Nyree winning the 50m and 100m Backstroke. Gareth Duke had Gold in the 50m Breaststroke and Silver in the 100m Breaststroke. Rhiannon Henry took home Gold in the 50m Butterfly and Bronze in the 100m Freestyle.