City of Bradford’s Chris Brown won three gold medals as he travelled north to compete in the British Gas ASA North-East Region Masters Championships at Freeman’s Quay, Durham.

The British record holder’s victories came in his preferred backstroke events at 50m, 100m and 200m, with times of 32.12sec, 1min 09.53sec and 2:39:30 respectively.

Brown trains with the Bradford Aquatics Competition programme under the guidance of coach Steve Eddison.