Four Dragons Disabled Swimming Club members represented Wales this past weekend (4-5th March) in the DSE National Junior Championships 2006 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. The Dragons D.S.C. contingent of the Welsh squad were Sam Bateman, Jade Howe, Jordan Howe and Robert Morgan.

The four swimmers returned home with 7 Golds to add to the large haul of medals that helped the Welsh squad finish 6th out of 14 teams.

Jade Howe won four Golds while Robert Morgan won 3 Golds. Sam Bateman and Jordan Howe made their debuts at a national event earning valuable experience in major competition. Sam earned two fourth place finishes while Jordan was unfortunately disqualified for a false start, but both swimmers will have learned a lot from the weekend and enjoyed the opportunity to swim against experienced swimmers including former Dragons swimmer Kate Arnold, who was competing in her final Juniors event.

The Results of the Dragons D.S.C. swimmers were:

Sam Bateman

S7 (A) 50m Backstroke        1:09.89         4^th of 4

S7 (A) 50m Freestyle          1:01.20         4^th out of 5

Jade Howe

S10 (A) 100m Freestyle       1:27.83         1^st of 1

S10 (A) 50m Backstroke      46.12            1^st of 2

S10 (A) 100m Backstroke     1:37.67         1^st of 1

S10 (A) 50m Freestyle         39.12            1^st of 2

Jordan Howe

S6 (A) 50m Freestyle          DQ

Robert Morgan

S17 (A) 100m Freestyle       1:31.54         1^st of 2

S17 (A) 50m Backstroke      52.96            1^st of 4

S17 (A) 50m Freestyle         40.68            1^st of 5

The full results from the weekend can be downloaded from:

http://www.sportfocus.com/reguser/dynabizinfo/download.cfm?number=6732