Brian Flook
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | Q4.1939[1] Newport, Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Event | Freestyle |
| Club | Newport SC |
Brian F. Flook (born 1939) is a former Welsh swimmer and water polo player who specialised in freestyle and competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Flook, born in Newport, Wales, was a member of the Newport Swimming Club.[2]
He took up swimming at the age of 15 and became a coach painter before winning the 1957 Welsh one-mile Championship.[3] Flook finished third in the 220 yards freestyle at the Welsh 1958 A.S.A. Championships.[4]
He represented the Welsh team[5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 440 yards freestyle[6] and helped Wales secure a fifth place finish in the final of the men's 220 yards freestyle relay relay, with Glyn Morgan, David Glasenbury and Mike Edwards.[7]
From 1958 to 1962 he was a five time winner of the prestigious Taff Swim held in Roath Park Lake.[8] In October 1958 he won the 400 yards Bologna Trophy after Bob Sreenan and Stan Clarke were both disqualifed for touching the end rail which the organisers had forgotten to remove.[9]
He later played water polo and represented Great Britain at an international level into his late thirties.[10]
In 1961 he married fellow international swimmer Geraldine Francis.[11]
References
- ^ "Flook Brian F". Free BMD. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "They swim for Wales". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Flook Braves Cold To Win". Western Mail. 19 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mike Books A Games Place". Daily News (London). 26 June 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "The Welsh Swimming Team". Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Aussie Swimmers Show How". Sunday Post. 27 October 1958. p. 27. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Taff Swim". Cardiff Parks. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Winner Thirty Yards behind!". Daily Mirror. 27 October 1958. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Peak Form". Norwood News. 13 August 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Marriages Sep 1961". Free BMD. Retrieved 16 October 2025.