James Gibson the twenty year old university student was "over the moon" with his British record of 27;32sec to win the 50m breast-stroke to complete the double. He lowered his own previous best by 0;24sec. After his swim he admitted "I've done the double now and that's something I've dreamed of". Behind Gibson the runner turned swimmer, by 0;28 was the Commonwealth long course record holder, Darren Mew.

James Hickman the world short course record holder, once again proved the master of the short course when Stephen Parry the Olympic finalist, had to settle for second best. Both swimmers had been in action earlier in the programme.

Hickman won in 1min 55;03sec well outside his best. Parry clearly suffering from his 100m backstroke semi final juts five minutes previous, had to dig deep into his reserve to snatch the runners up spot from Robert Greenwood the Commonwealth representative.

On a high after her win in the 100m freestyle Rosalind Brett won her semi final of the 100m butterfly in 59;17sec to shave 0;34sec off the mark established last March by Nicola Jackson.

Afterwards Brett explained "A couple of weeks ago I went 60seconds and I always swim faster when tapered". She added "I had my eyes on the record but I didn't expect to swim that fast".

Heidi Earp winner of the 200m breast-stroke in a British record, added the 100m mark. The nineteen year old Nottingham University student won her semi final in 1min 08;27sec to reduce the twelve year old record held by Suki Brownsdon, by 0;69sec

She admitted "I'm pleased with that, very pleased! I've been so close to that for so long". She put her good time down to "my turns have improved a lot because I've been doing weights. I've got so much more power than I had at the Olympics where people were just swimming away