Three Dragons Disabled Swimming Club members represented Wales at the DSE Short Course Swimming Championships in association with Nationwide held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield on the weekend of 21st and 22nd of November.
The event saw British swimmers such as David Roberts CBE, Sascha Kindred, Heather Frederiksen and Stephanie Milward. The event also had a new face amongst the volunteers, star of The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Ralf Little. He took on the role of Competitor's Steward, helping to lead out swimmers to their races on Saturday. Also present at the event was Major Phil Packer, who after sustaining a spinal injury while serving in Iraq has gone on to raise over £1 million for Help the Heroes.
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The three Dragons members who represented Wales were Bethan, Jonathan and Nathan Eke. They all put in some fantastic performances and set a number of personal bests.
Their results were:
| Bethan Eke S17 | |
| 50m Freestyle | 41.76 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:33.55 |
| 50m Backstroke | 54.43 |
| 50m Breaststroke | 57.59 |
| 50m Butterfly | 50.27 |
| 100m Butterfly | 2:02.88 |
| 100m Ind. Medley | 1:50.37 |
| Jonathan Eke S10 SB9 SM10 | |
| 50m Freestyle | 34.44 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:17.44 |
| 400m Freestyle | 5:22.08 |
| 50m Backstroke | 44:69 |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:33.83 |
| 50m Breaststroke | 58.21 |
| 100m Breaststroke | DQ |
| Nathan Eke S17 | |
| 50m Freestyle | 33.25 |
| 100m Freestyle | 1:09.93 |
| 50m Backstroke | 35.59 |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:16.59 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 1:40.54 |
| 100m Ind. Medley | 1:25.13 |
Full results can be found here