Paralympic champion Natalie Du Toit proved to be Stephanie Millward's nemesis as the Corsham swimmer had to settle for three more silver medals at the IPC World Championships.

Millward had taken third place behind the South African star in the S9 100m butterfly final at the start of a busy week of competition in Eindhoven.

The pair clashed again in the S9 400m freestyle final, with Millward keeping on Du Toit's shoulder for most of the race before dropping off and touching the wall in second in a time of 4mins 47.04secs.

Millward thought she might finally get the upper hand when she turned first in the S9 100m backstroke final but Du Toit had too much in the tank as she overtook the Brit, who again had to settle for second place in 1:10.31.

"It did break my heart to get silver," a downbeat Millward admitted. "I thought I'd have had enough in me to succeed in this final. I train so hard and I thought I had it but it wasn't to be."

The 28-year-old also missed out on a gold medal in the final event of the week, the women's 34-point 4x100m medley relay.

The British quartet of Millward, Harriet Lee, Claire Cashmore and Eleanor Simmonds looked strong but were surprised by the US team, who stole victory by 0.25secs in 5:00.68.

Millward's efforts during the week secured her a place in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games, where she is one of three para-swimmers to get the call.

University of Bath swimmer David Hill won gold in the men's multi-disability 100m backstroke final at the British Gas ASA National Championships.

His time of 1:07.07 was enough to earn Hill 842 points on the final day of action at Sunderland Aquatic Centre.

Jess Dickons, who is based at the Intensive Training Centre at Bath, also took first place in the 200m butterfly in a season's best time of 2:10.59.

That earned Dickons – who turned 20 last week – a place in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

She is joined by breastrstroker Andrew Willis, who has just completed the first year of a chemical engineering degree at the University of Bath. He is coached by David McNulty.

University of Bath head swimming coach Mark Skimming will also be part of the England coaching team at the Games.