All three of our competitors were on top form in the East Region’ Short Course Championships as Matt Wright won the Men’s 100m Backstroke and Freestyle titles for the third successive year.

Matt also retained his titles over 50m on both strokes , reducing his own Beds County record on the Freestyle by 0.06 seconds to 22.90. His winning time of 23.62 on the 50m Backstroke was a mere 0.01 outside off his own 2024 County record winning time. Matt meanwhile missed out on the bronze medal in his 50m Butterfly by just 0.06 seconds.

Violet Rhodes was just 0.03 seconds outside of her own thirteen-year old’s 100m Butterfly record set in September. Her time of 1:09.74 placed Violet 41^st out of the 61 competitors in the Ladies event.

Twelve-year-old Alice Buckingham also stood up to more senior female competitors to finish 16^th out of 34 in the 800m Freestyle. Alice knocked half a second off her own 50m Club age group record set just two weeks previously. A time of 35.84 seconds saw Alice placed 38^th out of the 82 entrants.