STUDLEY Blue and White Rope Skippers picked up three golds and two silvers when they hosted the British Championships at the Greig Centre on Saturday.

Studley's George Dale and Michael Edlin took gold in the under 11s with clubmates Billie Green, Gemma Wong, Jessica Stringer and Lauren Brown winning the 12-14 years and Beci Dale, Gemma McGhee, Kim Averiss, Rachael Dale and Sorrel Bickley winning the 15-17 years.

Suzie Britt and Bobby Thomas took silver for Studley in the under 11s with Nicola Williams, Abbie Thomas, Terri Edlin and Bethan Ford repeating the feat in the 12-14s.

Studley's Tasha Hovell, Jo Wish, Melissa Caddick, Katie Lees and Emma Robinson won the 15-17 years novice event to complete a good weekend for the club.

Rachael Dale beat off 44 rivals to win the 12-14 years Antwerp Region Mini Masters the previous weekend.

The Studley star made it three wins in a row after previously lifting the under 11s title in Belgium.

Clubmate Stringer came fifth in her first foreign competition with Wong tenth, Green 16th and another foreign debutant Terri Edlin 19th.

Four of the club's younger skippers are preparing to be seen on CBBC's Exchange programme, and the Blue and Whites will be performing at the Redditch Sports Development, Playfun Awards at the Palace Theatre on July 7th.

On July 19th Studley head to Paris for the European Championships and will appear on Blue Peter after their Euro triumphs.