UK School Games 2006, Tollcross Leisure Centre, Glasgow, 7-10th September.

Dragons DSC swimmer Sam Bateman represented Wales at the inaugural UK School Games held in Glasgow. The Head coach of the Welsh team, which also consisted of Swansea Stingray's swimmer Adam Bendle, was our very own Head Coach Peter Key.

The UK School Games is described as:

"The UK School Games is a multi-sport event for the most talented young people in the country of school age.

The Games will be comprised of five sports in the first year, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, table tennis and fencing plus disability events in athletics and swimming.

Each of the five sports will be combined into a four-day Games in an environment designed to replicate the feel of major events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games." UK School Games Official Website www.ukschoolgames.com

Sam competed in two events, the 100m Freestyle and Backstroke. These races were held in the multi disability format whereby the result of the race is decided on which swimmers get closer to their respective disability class’ world Record. Sam’s results were as follows:

	Men's MD 100m Freestyle
1	Thomas BROWN	England SW	1:04.87
2	Sam HYND	England M	1:05.03
3	Sean FRASER	Scotland SE	1:05.58
4	Thomas YOUNG	England N	1:14.53
5	Lawrence MCGIVERN	Ireland	1:17.55
6	William HOLLAND-LEAVEN	England SE	1:30.85
7	Sam BATEMAN	Wales	2:10.59
	Men's MD 100m Backstroke
1	Jonathan FOX	England SW	1:21.39
2	Sean FRASER	Scotland SE	1:15.51
3	Thomas YOUNG	England N	1:29.67
4	Ciaran O'HARA	Ireland	1:26.39
5	Robert GILL	England M	1:41.93
6	Jay LYNCH	England SE	1:59.61
7	Sam BATEMAN	Wales	2:23.68

Speaking of Sam's performance, Peter Key said,

“He was excellent his behaviour was impeccable and he was a credit to himself his family and the Dragons as well as Welsh swimming. He could quite easily have been fazed at such a big meet and also with so many able bodied swimmers but he coped well.”