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10th May 2008 

Official Dragons Swimming Club
British Championships 2007
By Rhys Roberts - April 6 2007
Five former Dragons DSC swimmers competed in the British Championships in Manchester between March 26th and April 1st. >

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.

 

Men's 50m Freestyle MD Final
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
Men's 400m Freestyle MD Final
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
Men's 100m Freestyle MD Final
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.


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DATE
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