WALES East have been promoted back into the top flight of the British Gas ASA National County Team Championships thanks to Swim Flintshire athletes.

At last year's event, both Wales West and Wales East were demoted to Division Two in an event which sees two Welsh teams, three Scottish teams and 34 English county teams go head to head.

Five athletes from the Swim Flintshire elite programme - CalumHughes, Lewis Roberts, Eliza Nash, Isobel Wild and Dan Hussey, plus Buckley Swimming Club's Elliott Jones, were all part of the Wales East team. They were charged by director of swimming for Wales Martin Woodruff with gaining promotion back to Division One in the competition, held at Sheffield's Ponds Forge, which was split into two 25 metre pools for Division One and Division Two.

And they did it, finishing fourth overall as Wales West won the division, meaning both sides return to Division One next time.