Pembrokeshire County Swimming notched up one of its best ever medal hauls at this year’s Welsh Championships, with three golds, 10 silvers and three bronzes.

The Swim Wales Long Course Championships, held in Swansea over Easter weekend, attracted the best age group swimmers from across Wales, and beyond.

One of the stars was Louisa Twigg, who grabbed two gold medals. The Haverfordwest swimmer won the 400m freestyle for 15-16 girls in 4:35.30. She also took the 400m individual medley (IM) in 5:14.14, and won 800m freestyle silver.

Tomas Webb secured top spot in the boys’ 17 and over 100m breaststroke, in 1:08.45. He followed this with silver in the 200m breaststroke.

Carys Thomas, Fishguard Flyers, claimed four silvers in the 17 and over category, in the 200m IM, 200m breaststroke, 800m freestyle and with a season’s best of 4:31.51 in the 400m freestyle. 

Charlotte Whalley had silver in the girls’ 13-14 year 200m backstroke in 2:30.79. The Haverfordwest youngster also won bronze in the 100m backstroke.

Arabella Haley took silver in the 15-16 years 50m backstroke with a personal best of 31.77, and the Tenby swimmer won bronze in the 100m backstroke. 

Bethan Jones of Pembroke and District had silver in the 13-14 years 400m IM with a new lifetime best of 5:28.27.

The boys’ 11-13 years 4 x 100m freestyle (Toby Sturley, Rory Andrews, Robbie Ralph and Arron Fitzsimmons) took silver in 4:39.01. Bronze was added by the boys’ 11-13 years 4 x 100 medley team (Arron Fitzsimmons, Rory Andrews, Henry White and Toby Sturley).

Finally, the girls’ 14-16 years 4 x 100 medley team (Arabella Haley, Rosie Llewellyn, Bethan Jones and Lucy Harding) finished in 4:41.26 to grab bronze.

PCS is a partnership between Pembrokeshire County Council and the county’s six competitive swimming clubs - Haverfordwest Seals; Fishguard Flyers; Pembroke & District; Tenby Dolphins; Milford Tigers; and Preseli Panthers. It provides talented young swimmers with a recognised coaching pathway through to national and international level competitions.

Sam Jones, assistant development coach at PCS, said: “Well done everyone who flew the flag for Pembrokeshire at this year’s Welsh Championships, including some younger swimmers who were competing at this level for the first time.”