Swindon Dolphin teamed up with French Club, Girondins de Bordeaux, for the first time, to compete in the International Grand Prix Arena Des Girondins De Bordeaux over the weekend.

Four Dolphins were able to get in valuable long course preparation before the Olympic trials in eight weeks' time, in the competition which boasted an all-star field of world record holders, and Olympic and world championship medallists.

Chief coach Andi Manley led the way in the pool, qualifying for his 15th consecutive national championships with outstanding performances in the 50m and 100m freestyle.

He clocked 24.85 and 53.78 respectively to claim a top 15 place in both swims and also finished 13th in the 100m butterfly.

Mark Tanner, competing in his first ever international meet, hit season best times in the 50m butterfly and in the 100m freestyle in which he was matched up against the 2007 world championship medallist, Julien Sicot.

Chris Jones and Cathal Westman brought home the medals in the breaststroke events.

British champion Jones collected a 50m bronze medal and had two fourth place finishes in the senior championships while Westman took all three breaststroke golds in the junior championships.

French champion and Olympic and world bronze medallist, Hughes Dubuscq, secured the three senior breaststroke events with Jones finding himself in the next lane as Dubuscq raced to the fastest 100m breaststroke time in the world this year - 60.84 seconds.

Jones said afterwards: "It was the quickest race I've been in to date and I was pleased that I was competitive."

On Sunday evening, the Dolphin quartet joined forces to represent Bordeaux in the 4x50m medley relay.

Tanner led off with a personal best in the backstroke, Jones followed with a blistering breaststroke, Westman dipped under 30 seconds for the first time in the fly and Manley anchored the team home in style to a respectable fourth place behind teams from Paris, Montpellier and the winners - the Greek national team.