Sporting Digest: Swimming

WELSH LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Cardiff): Men: 50m backstroke: 1 A O'Connor (Irl) 26.96sec; 2 L Peterson (Portsmouth) 28.90; 3 J Howles (Swansea City) 29.56. 50m butterfly: 1 M Lock (Cardiff) 29.28sec; 2 T Dray (Portsmouth) 29.37; 3 S O'Herlhy (Trogan, Irl) 30.26. 100m breaststroke: 1 A Ayres (Swansea City) 1min 06.82sec; 2 M Giles (Coolmine) 1:06.83; 3 D Sharkey (Trojan- Ireland) 1:08.03. 100m butterfly: 1 S Mavin (Peterborough) 56.80sec; 2 S Parry (Liverpool) 57.91; 3 D Russell (Portsmouth) 59.07. 200m freestyle: 1 N Tait (Portsmouth) 1min 57.11sec; 2 M Battelle (Irl) 1:57.24; 3 C Jones (Cardiff) 1:57.28. 400m medley: 1 G Robins (Portsmouth) 4min 35.74sec; 2 C Jones (Cardiff) 4:40.43; 3 J Openshaw (Leeds) 4:42.47.

Women: 50m backstroke: 1 E Tattam (Portsmouth) 31.60sec; 2 J Solomon (Taunton) 31.98; 3 K Rushton (Amman Valley) 32.36. 100m freestyle: 1 V Hale (Swansea City) 59.56sec; 2 Tattam 59.80; 3 K Goddard (Portsmouth) 59.93. 400m freestyle: 1 Goddard 4min 21.13sec; Hale 4:26.10; 3 S Herridge (Kelly College) 4:31.67. 200m breaststroke: 1 H Gorman (Nova Centurian) 2min 38.81sec; 2 H Nicolson (Gloucester) 2:42.96; 3 H Lawrenson (Liverpool) 2:45.06. 400m medley: 1 Nicolson 5min 12.15sec; 2 H McDougall (Portsmouth) 5:15.70; 3 S Paterson (Amersham) 5:17.33.