SWIMMING: Wyre Forest Swimming Club hosted and won the Shuttle Trophy Gala on Saturday.

With 35 first places out of the 51 races and 10 seconds, Forest totalled 129 points, Oldbury 106 and Newport 63.

The gala was for swimmers aged from U-10s to 14 with races of 50 and 100 metres plus mixed relays.

Some of the club regulars were away competing in the Midland District Relays but Forest still set the pace from the start with seven wins from the first 10 races.

They finished in style too, winning the final 10 races, and the 14-year-old boys triumphed in all events.

Winners, girls: Eliza Bradley (10 years, 50 metres freestyle), Helen Ingenthron (10, backstroke), Emily Lane (11, 50m breaststroke), Jessica Smith (11, butterfly and freestyle), Caroline Park (12, 100m freestyle and backstroke), Natalie Blakemore (13, 100m freestyle and backstroke), Sophie Jones (13, breaststroke), Zoe Chamberlain (14, 100m backstroke), Zoe Garbett (14, butterfly).

Boys: Liam Garbett (10, 50m freestyle and butterfly), Alex Thorley (10, backstroke), Jack Dyer (11, 50m backstroke), Robert Smith (12, 100m butterfly), Chris Wildgust (13, 100, butterfly and freestyle), Paul Ingenthron (13, backstroke; 14, backstroke), Scott Fullwood (13, breaststroke), Joe Dyer (14, 100m breaststroke and butterfly).

Mixed: 10 medley and freestyle relays (H Ingenthron, Thorley, Rebecca Jones, L Garbett), 11 medley relay (Eleanor Painter, R Smith, Lane, Ryan Thorogood), 11 freestyle relay (Lane, Thorogood, Painter, Harry Macbeth), 12 freestyle relay (Melissa Wildgust, Jack Dyer, Verity Thorley, Pritpal Singh), 13 medley and freestyle relays (Blakemore, Fullwood, Jones, P Ingenthron), 14 medley and freestyle relays (Z Garbett, Joe Dyer, Chamberlain, C Wildgust), all-age cannon (Bradley, L Garbett, J Smith, Jack Dyer, Perk R Smith, Blakemore, C Wildgust, Chamberlain, Joe Dyer).

Second places, girls: Bradley (10, 50m breaststroke), Jones (10 butterfly), Painter (11, 50m backstroke), V Thorley (12, 100m breaststroke), Chamberlain (14, 100m freestyle); boys: Macbeth (11, 50m butterfly and freestyle), R Smith (12, 100m freestyle), Jack Dyer (12, backstroke); mixed: 12 medley relay (V Thorley, Singh, Park, Macbeth).

The Midland District Relays was held at the 50m pool in Coventry.

Race were held over 200m plus extended age group 400m swims with heat-declared winners.

A host of personal best times were achieved by the Wyre Forest club as the competition attracted the best teams from 14 counties across the Midlands.

The boys' 15/16 medley and girls' 13/14 medley and 15/16 freestyle all reached a final.

Two teams, the boys' 11/14 freestyle and girls' 11/13 medley, were placed in the top eight for heat-declared winners.

Girls: 10/12 (4 x 50m) - freestyle relay 21st (Aimee Cook, Iskra Lawrence, Heather Keen, Hannah Terry), medley relay 13 (Patricia Webb backstroke, Lawrence breaststroke, Victoria Wassell butterfly, Cook freestyle); 13/14 (4 x 50m) - Freestyle relay 14, medley relay 8 (Lauren Corbo backstroke, Wear breaststroke, Jodie Cook butterfly, Emma Levitt freestyle); 15/16 (4 x 50m) - freestyle relay 8, medley relay 11 (Katherine Washbrook backstroke, Clair Wall breaststroke, Amy Smith butterfly, Sian Griffiths freestyle); 11/13 (4 x 100m) - freestyle relay 14 (A Cook, Terry, Webb, J Cook), medley relay 14 (Webb backstroke, Blakemore breaststroke, J Cook butterfly A Cook freestyle).

Boys: 10/12 (4 x 50m) - freestyle relay 15, medley relay 14 (P Ingenthron backstroke, Ben Barnaby breaststroke, R Smith butterfly, Philip Harrison freestyle); 13/14 (4 x 50m) freestyle relay 14, medley relay 15 (Kevin Wall backstroke, Jonathon Baylie breaststroke, Daniel Baylie butterfly, C Wildgust freestyle); 15/16 (4 x 50m) - freestyle relay 9, medley relay 8 (Adam Cotgrave backstroke, Nick Carmichael breaststroke, Richard Carter butterfly, Matthew Turton freestyle); 11/13 (4 x 100m) - freestyle relay 7 (D Baylie, C Wildgust, K Wall, J Baylie), medley relay 9 (D Baylie backstroke, Ross Morton breaststroke, J Baylie butterfly, C Wildgust freestyle).