The Queen Honours World-Beater Richard

After nearly 20 years of sporting excellence, Richard Hudson has triumphed with a momentous achievement - an MBE.

The MBE follows his recent triumph at the 20^th Reading Open Swimming Championships for swimmers in the S14 Learning Disability classification.

Richard (39) is still at the top of his sport, having won more than 300 medals at the highest level He’s travelled across the globe to countries including South Africa, Ireland, India and Holland and has cracked seven world records in all.

His family have made a particular point of thanking Alan Pearson and SAQ® INTERNATIONAL for designing a full training and conditioning programme that has demonstrably put Richard strokes ahead of the competition!