SWIMMING: Jonathon Baylie and Amy Smith each took six gold medals at the Worcestershire County Championships in Worcester during the weekend.

They were just two of the Wyre Forest Swimming Club successes at the competition where 23 girls and 17 boys prospered.

The Forest members brought home 29 gold medals or first places, 21 silvers or second places and 16 bronzes or third places.

Many Midland district qualifying times and some national were achieved.

Smith achieved a double in the county champion finals, held for the top six swimmers across all age groups.

She was senior and junior victor in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, while breaking various county records, including the senior 200m freestyle best.

Hannah Wear won a bronze in the county champion 100m backstroke with Emma Levitt finishing sixth.

Wear also took the junior trophy in the 200m breaststroke.

Chris Wildgust finished second in the 50m freestyle final and Jodie Cook was fourth in the 50m freestyle.

Aimee Cook, Wear and Liam Garbett each took home a hat-trick of gold position successes.

Chief coach Godfrey Short said: "All our swimmers have trained really hard all year and fully deserved the recognition they received."

Age group winners, girls: A Cook (11 years, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke), Jodie cook (12, 50m backstroke), Lauren Corbo (13, 50m freestyle, 400m individual medley), Wear (14, 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 400m individual medley), Smith (15, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 400m individual medley), Shelley Holden (17/18, 200m freestyle).

Boys: Garbett (9, 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke), Robert Smith (11, 200m breaststroke), Paul Ingenthron (12, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke), Daniel Baylie (13, 50m freestyle), J Baylie (13, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 400m individual medley).

Second places, girls: A Cook (11, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke), Patricia Webb (12, 50m backstroke), Corbo (13, 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle), Tracey Billingham (17/18, 100m freestyle).

Boys: Ben Barnaby (11, 200m breaststroke), Chris Wildgust (12, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke), D Baylie (13, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 400m individual medley), J Baylie (13, 50m freestyle), Nick Carmichael (14, 400m individual medley), Ben Perry (15, 100m freestyle).

Third places, girls: A Cook (11, 200m breaststroke), J Cook (12, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke), Corbo (13, 100m backstroke), Levitt (14, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke), Rebekah Lane (17/18, 200m breaststroke), Donna Wilson (18.24, 100m freestyle); boys: Jack Dyer (10, 50m backstroke), Kevin Wall (13, 400m individual medley), Perry (15, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke).

Fourth to sixth, girls: Victoria Wassell (11, 200m freestyle), Iskra Lawrence (12, 200m breaststroke), Natalie Blakemore (12, 200m breaststroke), Hannah Terry (12, 50m backstroke), Webb (12, 100m backstroke), Corbo (13, 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke), Sian Griffiths (15, 100m backstroke), Clair Wall (16, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle), Laura Varilone (17/18, 100m backstroke).

Boys: Dyer (10, 50m freestyle, 200m breaststroke), Edward Ruscoe (11, 50m backstroke), R Smith (11, 50m freestyle), K Wall (13, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 50m freestyle), Ross Morton (13, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke), Peter Macbeth (13, 50m backstroke), Richard Carter (15, 100m freestyle), Adam Cotgrave (15, 100m backstroke), Simon Kitchen (17/18, 100m backstroke).