S.E.A Dragons, headed by former Brecon High School student Patryk Bialowas, has become the first ever Brecon-based Esports club to win a Welsh Esports League (WEL) Premiership title.

The team from Brecon are competing in the Welsh Esports League for the first time this season and at the halfway point, they find themselves in a five-way dogfight for the Club Championship with The Rejects (Newport), the Pit Ponies (Pontypridd), the Wolfhounds (Swansea), and the GOATS (Llandudno).

The league is points based, with gamers battling it out for their clubs across five video game titles including the likes of FC25 (formally known as Fifa), Rocket League, and more. Each game title crowns it’s own champion, but points can be earned towards the overall championship.

In the Counter-Strike 2 game, S.E.A Dragons fielded what’s already being talked about as one of the strongest line-ups in WEL history, 'Rizzy', 'Zyrx', 'Kyzer', 'Ping', 'joeyyy', and 'entz'.

Going into the final, the Brecon-based side were completely unbeaten, and had only dropped five rounds in the entire campaign (games were first to 13, and in some cases best of 3), including a statement 13-4 win against Dragons Rugby Club’s official esports team in the group stages. They swept through matches with scorelines like 13–1 and 13–0, but everyone knew the final against the Pit Ponies would be a real test.

It turned out to be one of the tightest, most captivating finals the WEL has ever seen. S.E.A Dragons won the first map 13–7, lost the second 10–13, and then pulled away in the decider to win 13–5. That sealed a 2–1 series win and made them the first ever Brecon-based club to win a WEL Premiership title.

“The players were buzzing,” said team founder Patryk Bialowas. “The support we had locally, combined with the live viewers online across all platforms combined to around approximately 1,000 people watching us right there and then winning it against the Pit Ponies was amazing.”

There have been watch parties in Brecon, supporting the team with almost 100 people across four households during their recent final, and the players have had messages from locals wishing them luck.

Elsewhere, across the other game titles in the league, in Valorant, the team scrambled a roster of free-agents together just six hours before the registration deadline. They battled hard all season, and while they finished seventh, even that was enough to pick up a single point, which in a league capped at just 25 maximum possible points (in total) across all titles is still huge.

In Rainbow Six Siege, the Dragons got dropped into what many called the toughest group in years. They didn’t make the top tier knockout, but rallied in the second tier bracket and managed to win it outright. That gave them two points on the board, and the players took real pride in turning a tough draw into a positive outcome.

Rocket League was the first real breakthrough as the Dragons reached the semi finals and went toe-to-toe with some of Wales’ top players. They ended up finishing third, which was their first podium in Rocket League and it really felt like the moment the club was starting to punch above its weight.

With just FC 25 left to play, the entire top five could still finish anywhere between 1st and 5th. It’s genuinely wide open.

On the positive start S.E.A Dragons have had, Patryk said: “While we’re not trying to pretend we’re the biggest name in esports, what this season has proved is that a rural team from Brecon can go toe-to-toe with partner clubs of professional sports institutions and come out on top.

“That’s why the support we’ve felt locally has been so important. It’s made the players feel like they’re representing more than just themselves, they’re representing their town.”