Alban Stevens

Stevens was a member of the Maindee Swimming Club of Newport^[2] and in 1949 as a 14-year-old, he was the Welsh backstroke champion. The following year he broke the junior 100 yards 14-year-old record by recording 70.2 sec.^[3] He continued his junior success by lowering the Welsh record again to 65.9 sec in September 1950.^[4]

Stevens was a two-time Welsh winner of prestigious Taff Swim held in Roath Park Lake in 1953 and 1955.^[5]

He also played water polo and swam medley events but missed out on a place at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before he joined the Royal Air Force. In 1957, living at Morden Road, Newport, he was a corporal at Royal Air Force College Cranwell.^[6]

He represented the Welsh team^[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110 yards backstroke event.^[8]