PERSHORE double act Richard Brown and Arthur Williams will be competing in the Army Cadet National Athletics Finals later this month.

The 16-year-olds fought their way through county and regional rounds before claiming a place in the finals at Grantham on June 21.

Brown, a pupil at Pershore High School, collected county winners' medals in the 4x100 metres relay, 400m before claiming first place in the 400m in the regional finals at Worcester.

Williams, a student at Worcester College of Technology, took county first places in the 4x100m relay and javelin before collecting a winners' medal in the regional 1500m.