On Wednesday 30th November, the Urdd held their annual regional swimming gala at Penarth Leisure Centre, where 18 schools from all over Cardiff competed for a place in the National Urdd Finals. Only the fastest overall swimmer in an individual event or school team relay event are eligible to represent the region in the finals, so congratulations to our Years 5/6 team who made a clean sweep, qualifying for both the freestyle and medley relays. A special mention for those swimmers who, against stiff opposition, swam so well in their individual races, Daisy B and Eleni S in the 50m Butterfly, Honor F and Amber P in the 50m Freestyle, Ella H and Amber P in the 50m Backstroke, Carys H and Abigail M in the 50m Breaststroke and finally Emilia W and Daisy B in the 100m Individual Medley, these swimmers all came so close to qualifying for the final. Good luck to our relay teams who will be competing against the rest of the Welsh regions at the National Finals on Saturday 21st January at Cardiff International Pool.