Caerphilly County Swimming Squad Gala 2009
Caerphilly County Swimming Squad held their club gala on September 11th, 12th and 13th at our home venue Caerphilly Leisure Centre. They kindly invited our club's swimmers to be integrated into this gala. Nine swimmers competed from Dragons DSC.
The event took place on Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Sunday saw 11 times Paralympic Gold medalist David Roberts CBE attend and present swimmers with medals and trophies.
The results of the Dragons DSC swimmers were as follows:
| Nathan Eke | ||
| 50m Breaststroke | 48.06 | 1st of 4 |
| 100m Breaststroke | DQ | DQ |
| 50m Butterfly | 43.01 | 1st of 1 |
| 50m Backstroke | 38.27 | 1st of 6 |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:21.60 | 1st of 2 |
| 50m Freestyle | 32.96 | 1st of 5 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:11.82 | 1st of 2 |
| Jonathan Eke | ||
| 50m Breaststroke | 55.27 | 3rd of 4 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 2:14.64 | 1st of 2 |
| 50m Backstroke | 43.48 | 2nd of 6 |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:36.81 | 2nd of 2 |
| 50m Freestyle | 35.69 | 2nd of 5 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:16.54 | 2nd of 2 |
| Philip Lowman | ||
| 50m Breaststroke | 52.71 | 2nd of 4 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 1:55.99 | 4th of 4 |
| 200m Breaststroke | 3:57.42 | 6th of 6 |
| 50m Backstroke | 46.54 | 3rd of 6 |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:40.08 | 4th of 4 |
| 50m Freestyle | 39.45 | 3rd of 5 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:33.75 | 3rd of 4 |
| Laurence Perks | ||
| 50m Breaststroke | 1:36.01 | 4th of 4 |
| 50m Backstroke | 1:24.30 | 5th of 6 |
| 100m Backstroke | 3:31.13 | 2nd of 3 |
| 50m Freestyle | 1:10.23 | 4th of 5 |
| 100m Freestyle | 2:38.94 | 3rd of 3 |
| Bethan Eke | ||
| 50m Breaststroke | 59.79 | 1st of 1 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 2:17.80 | 11th of 12 |
| 50m Butterfly | 53.81 | 1st of 1 |
| 100m Butterfly | 2:11.57 | 5th of 6 |
| 50m Backstroke | DQ | DQ |
| 50m Freestyle | 43.15 | 1st of 1 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:42.41 | 7th of 10 |
| Sophie Hodges | ||
| 50m Backstroke | 3:19.99 | 1st of 1 |
| Ben Hopkins | ||
| 50m Backstroke | 1:05.37 | 3rd of 6 |
| 100m Freestyle | 2:09.31 | 3rd of 3 |
| Paul Matthews | ||
| 50m Backstroke | 1:52.09 | 6th of 6 |
| 100m Backstroke | 4:27.32 | 3rd of 3 |
| 50m Freestyle | 1:52.44 | 5th of 5 |
| Matthew Wren | ||
| 100m Freestyle | 1:42.02 | 2nd of 3 |
Many thanks to everyone at Caerphilly County Swimming Squad.