Britain kicked off a terrific session at the Manchester Aquatics Centre with two clean sweeps of medals.

 

Kindred, Matthew Whorwood and Gareth Duke won all three medals in the men's SM6 200 metres Individual Medley.

 

And minutes later team-mates Natalie Jones, Nyree Lewis and Liz Johnson repeated the feat in the women's event.

 

Kindred was always going to be favourite in the men's race.

 

The 29-year-old Leominster Kingfisher has the remarkable record of not having lost an SM6 200m individual medley race since before the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

 

He went out fast and led from start to finish, coming home in 2min 47.71sec to secure Britain's first swimming medal of the 2007 Visa Paralympic World Cup.

 

Whorwood touched second in 2:58.20 with Duke taking bronze in 2:58.85 in an exact repeat of the placings at last year's World Championships in South Africa.

 

A delighted Kindred said: "I'm unbeaten in that event since Sydney.

 

"There are a lot of youngsters coming through into the GB squad - half this team are under 21, so at 29 I'm one of the oldest.

 

"But I'm still fit and still swimming well.

 

"It's a shame we've not got another major championships this year but that means this is a key event for us, and with us and the girls both getting gold, silver and bronze - shows we are up for it."

 

In the next race reigning world and Paralympic champion Jones won Britain's second gold medal of the day as she led home another impressive clean sweep.

 

The 22-year-old Colchester Phoenix swimmer won a terrific race in 3:18.98, with Lewis taking silver in 3:22.73 in a repeat of the first two placings at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

 

Johnson took bronze in a personal best of 3:25.31.

 

"I'm really pleased with the time and result," said Jones.

 

"I've been working quite hard in training and it's probably the third fastest time I've ever done.

 

"I could see Liz and Nyree ahead of me at the last turn, but knew I could make it up in the last length.

 

"This was my only final today so that made me even more determined to go out and win it."

 

Lewis added: "It was a close race and it's always a great atmosphere when you're all chasing each other."

 

Johnson said: "I got a PB in that, which I'm really pleased with because I'm doing my university finals at the moment, so training hasn't been a priority for me recently."

 

David Roberts won Britain's third gold of the afternoon in the S7 50m Freestyle sprint.

 

He came home in 29.18sec.

 

Fellow Brit Matt Walker was disqualified for a false start, but 15-year-old Jonathan Fox took advantage of his absence to seize bronze in 31.54.

 

Earlier Roberts had taken bronze in the men's multi-disability 100m Freestyle when he came home in 1:03.03.

 

Roberts said he was disappointed he missed the opportunity to race against Walker over 50m.

 

"It was a bit of a hollow victory really because it would have been good to have raced against Matt.

 

"I knew it would be either me or Matt that would win, so with him not racing I had to go out there and win it.

 

"I didn't see that he wasn't there. I could sense that he wasn't next to me but didn't realise he wasn't there until I finished the race.

 

"It was a good time though - for where we are in the Paralympic cycle it's a good result so I'm pleased with that."

 

Colchester's Fran Williamson won Britain's fourth gold.

 

She made a strong start in the S3 50m backstroke and never slackened off, winning in 1:06.89.

 

She said: "I wasn't expecting to do so well so I'm pleased.

 

"I've had a shoulder injury and been out for two months - it's still niggling a bit but I'm almost there.

 

"All my races in Durban (at the World Championships) were PBs but that was one of my fastest times."

 

Duke won his second medal of the day, leading from the start to win the SB6 100m breaststroke.

 

He was pushed hard by Russia's Alexey Fomenkov, but stretched away in the last 25m to makes sure of gold in 1:29.39.

 

Lewis confirmed the event as the most successful Visa Paralympic World Cup yet for Britain's swimmers when she won GB's sixth gold of the day, taking the S6 100m backstroke gold in 1.30.32.

 

Walker put his earlier disappointment behind him to win Great Britain's seventh gold in the pool.

 

He won the penultimate event of the day - the men's multi-disability 50m freestyle in 28.87.

 

Claire Cashmore produced a fine finish to take silver in the S9 100m freestyle behind powerful Natalie Du Toit, one of three gold medals the South African won during the afternoon.

 

Cashmore snatched silver from British team-mate Louise Watkin, taking 2/100ths of a second off the British record, setting a new benchmark of 1:07.53 in the process. 

 

Watkin won a bronze in 1:07.78.

 

Cashmore said of her British record: "I wasn't expecting that at all.

 

"My training is so hard at the moment and I haven't been swimming that well so far this year, so that was a real boost."

 

Earlier Watkin finished eighth in the women's multi-disability 100m Freestyle.

 

James Crisp was just edged out by the United States Jarrett Perry in the men's S9 100m backstroke.

 

The pair both reached the halfway mark in 31.71, but in a fantastic finish, the current world record holder just outpaced the former world record holder in the final 30m.

 

Perry touched in 1:04.33, with Crisp having to settle for silver in 1:04.92.

 

Anthony Stephens won a hard-fought silver in the S5 100m freestyle.

 

Spain's Sebastian Rodriguez went out hard from the start and led to the finish, touching in 1:15.10.

 

Stephens was second at the halfway mark but was then overhauled by Ukraine's Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy.

 

But Stephens battled back in the last 10m to take silver in 1:17.80.

 

Rachael Latham added silver behind Jessica Long of the USA in the S8 100m butterfly, finishing in 1:20.62.