SWIMMING

Once again Dolphins notched up several first places, with outstanding swims from Kate Hull, Mark Draper and David Fisher. Kate swam in the ladies 100m backstroke to take first by a clear margin in the under-15s and second in the open event.

Mark, swimming in the men's open 100m butterfly, had an easy win, as did David Fisher who won the under-11s 50m backstroke.

Steve Snape, swimming in the men's open individual medley, took an impressive second place and repeated this in the 100m breaststroke. Snape was joined by Mark Draper, James Bourne and Craig Mortelmans to win the open medley relay event.

The ladies open medley team of Kate Hull, Rachel Roberts, Natalie Clifford and Alice Richardson swam to second.

The under-11s boys team of David Fisher, Rhys Davey, Nick Houlston and Sam Bower took first place in the medley relay. Fisher, Davey, Houlston and James Hegan-Smith took second in the freestyle relay. Sam Bower was second in the 50m breaststroke and Rhys Davey rounded off this age group by taking second place in the 50m butterfly.

This age group shows great promise for the club.

The girls under-15 freestyle relay team of Kate Hull, Alex Dunn, Rachel Roberts and Alice Richardson provided the most exciting finish when won by a narrow margin.

Alice also notched up second place in the 100m freestyle and Rachel second in the breaststroke.

In the girls 11 years and under, Fiona Watt took first place in the 50m butterfly; Emma Williams and Alexis Collier both took second in the backstroke and freestyle respectively. These girls were joined by Rebecca Mullett and B O'Brien to take second place in both the medley and freestyle relays.

Alex Dunn notched up a close second place in the 100m freestyle for girls 13 and under, as did the boys 15-years freestyle relay team of James Bourne, Craig Mortelmans, Charles Fisher and David Pattison.

Droitwich finished third overall behind Bromsgrove and Kingsbury Aquarius.