SWIMMING: Two teams from Wyre Forest Swimming Club produced third-place finishes in two galas on Saturday, despite missing some of their top swimmers.

The 14-year-olds took the honours in the Mercian Summer League first round in Leamington where boys and girls achieved three wins each.

Swimmers with Midland district qualifying times were excluded, giving Forest the chance to give gala debuts to Kirsty Hutton and Jack Barnett.

The 10-year-olds were both part of a bronze-medal winning relay team.

Forest achieved nine first places, five seconds and 11 thirds.

Final points: Perry Beeches/Triple S 229, Stratford Sharks A 228, Wyre Forest 177, Halesowen 173, Redditch 151, Stratford Sharks B 65.

Race winners, girls: Caroline Park (12 years, 100 metres backstroke), 12 freestyle relay (Melissa Wildgust, Heather Keen, Park, Hannah Terry), Lauren Corbo (14, 100m backstroke), Gemma Hutchings (14, butterfly), Rachel Harrison (14, freestyle), Laura Varilone (open, 100m backstroke); boys: Daniel Baylie (14, 100m butterfly and freestyle), Ross Morton (14, breaststroke).

Second places, girls: 14 medley relay (Corbo, Gina Varilone, Hutchings, Harrison), Corbo (open, 100m individual medley); boys: Ben Barnaby (12, 100m breaststroke), Kevin Wall (14, 100m backstroke), 14 medley relay (Wall, Morton, Baylie, Barnaby).

Third places, girls: Danielle Harrison (10, 50m freestyle and breaststroke), 10 medley relay (Helen Ingenthron, D Harrison, Rebecca Jones, Hutton), Wildgust (12, 50m butterfly), G Varilone (14, 100m breaststroke), 14 freestyle relay (Corbo, Hutchings, G Varilone, R Harrison), open medley relay (L Varilone, Tracey Billingham, Clair Wall, Emma Cashmore).

Boys: Pritpal Singh (10, 100m backstroke), 10 freestyle relay (Alex Thorley, Barnett, Chris Mountford, Ryan Thorogood), 14 freestyle relay (Morton, Barnaby, K Wall, Baylie), open freestyle relay (Adam Cotgrave, Godfrey Short, Julian Mountford, Matthew Turton).

The second round of the Diddy League was held at Stourport and involved swimmers aged from nine to 13 but excluded some of the fastest as times were graded.

Swimmers were given a speeding ticket if they exceeded the maximum allotted speed.

Robert Smith received two speeding tickets, in the 11 years 25m butterfly and 12 years 25m backstroke, while Naomi Blain competed for the club for the first time.

Forest gained seven first places and 15 seconds.

Final points: Cheltenham 169, Stourbridge 151, Wyre Forest 121, Droitwich 111.

Race winners, girls: Emily Lane (10, 25m butterfly), Eleanor Painter (10, backstroke); boys: 9 backstroke and freestyle relays (Chris Bromage, Scott Allin, Alex Hoult, Aaron Smith; R Smith 912, 25m freestyle and butterfly), Joe Dyer (13, 50m freestyle).

Second places, girls: 9 breaststroke and backstroke relays (Gabrielle Lander, Devon Gainham, Madeleine Belsey-Day, Eliza Bradley), 9 medley relay (Gainham, Bradley, Lander, Jessica Griffiths), 9 freestyle relay (Belsey-Day, Gainham, Bradley, Griffiths), 10 freestyle relay (Painter, Emily Kimberlin, Paige Gainham, Lane), Lane (11, 25m breaststroke), Sophie Jones (12, 25m breaststroke), April Bradley (13, 50m backstroke).

Boys: 9 breaststroke relay (Hoult, Bromage, A Smith, Allin), Josh Bradley (10, 25m freestyle), 10 freestyle relay (Allin, Richard Harrison, Harry Hoult, James Lippitt), 11 medley relay (Lippitt, Matthew Hibbert, R Smith, Thomas Lander), R Smith (12, 25m breaststroke), 13 medley and freestyle relays (Philip Harrison, Scott Fullwood, R Smith, Dyer).