SWIMMING: Twin brothers from Wyre Forest Swimming Club won silver medals at the Haden Hill Open Meet.
Daniel Baylis took silver in the 50 metres freestyle, plus a finalist medal in the 50m butterfly, where his brother Jonathon won silver.
Times achieved at the meet could qualify a swimmer to take part in the National Championships later in the year.
Races were swum over a variety of distances, with some age groups combined, and there were competitors from all over the midlands.
Wyre Forest swimmers achieved many personal best times.
Other finalist medals: Rachel Harrison (11/12 age group 50m butterfly and freestyle), Iskra Lawrence (11/12 50m breaststroke), Lauren Corbo (11/12 50m backstroke), Gemma Hutchings (13/under 200m butterfly), Amy Smith (13/14 100m butterfly), Rebekah Lane (14/over 200m breaststroke), Ben Turton (11/12 50m breaststroke), James Terry (13/14 100m breaststroke), Adam Cotgrave (13/14 100m freestyle), Stewart Reading (14/over 200m backstroke), Jack Crump (15/16 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle), Simon Kitchen (15/16 100m backstroke).
Two teams took part in the second round of the Nuneaton Junior Swimming League.
The swimmers, aged from nine to 12, competed in Divisions One and Three but, as several girls were unavailable, the latter team contained no nine-year-old girls.
Division One was contested at Solihull, where Wyre Forest came fifth.
The nine-year-old boys won both their races and the team achieved five first places, three second and 13 thirds, as well as 16 personal bests.
Result: Stourbridge A 175, Phoenix Youth 171, City of Coventry 155, Solihull A 140, Wyre Forest A 137, Stratford-on-Avon 118.
Division Three swimmers competed at Rugby but with the absence of the girls, five races had no score for Wyre Forest.
They finished sixth with four second places and eight thirds.
They achieved 28 personal best times with some swimmers competing for the first time for the club.
Result: Boldmere A 195, Oakengates 159, Knighton Fields 158, Burton 152, Haden Hill B 108, Wyre Forest B 100.
Race winners (A team), girls: 11 years freestyle and medley relays (Jodie Cook, Lawrence, Hannah Terry, Harrison; boys: 9 freestyle and medley relays (Jack Dyer, Robert Smith, Callum Wilson, Ryan Wilcox), 11 medley relay (Paul Ingenthron, Chris Wildgust, Peter Macbeth, Philip Harrison).
Second places (both teams), girls: R Harrison (11, 2 lengths butterfly and freestyle), Patricia Webb (11 backstroke), 11 medley relay (Webb, Natalie Blakemore, Eleanor Wilson, Katie Ibbetson-Price), 12 freestyle medley (Michelle Jenks, Kelly Knight, Stefanie Weston, Joanna Parker); boys: Pritpal Singh (10, 2l breaststroke), 11 freestyle relay (P Harrison, Macbeth, Wildgust, Ingenthron).
Third places (both teams), girls: 9 medley relay (Nicole Corbo, Eleanor Painter, Aimee Cook, Hannah McLeish), 9 freestyle relay (Jessica Smith, McLeish, A Cook, N Corbo), Verity Thorley (10, 2l backstroke), Lindsay Fleming (10, 1l butterfly), J Cook (11, 2l backstroke), Webb (11, butterfly), Lawrence (11 breaststroke A), Blakemore (11 breaststroke B), 11 freestyle relay (Webb, Blakemore, Ibbetson-Price, E Wilson), Lauren Corbo (12, 2l backstroke), Stefanie Weston (12 butterfly), 12 medley relay (Stacey Fleming, Kelly Knight, Weston, Jenks), all-age freestyle relay (J Smith, A Cook, L Fleming, Victoria Carter, R Harrison, H Terry, Piper, Fay Trezise); boys: Marcus Griffiths (10, 1l backstroke), Edward Ruscoe (10, butterfly), 10 medley relay (Robert Smith, Ryan Wilcox, Dyer, Kegan Greenfield), Ingenthron (11, 2l backstroke), Macbeth (11 butterfly), James Scahill (11 freestyle), 11 medley relay (Scahill, Ross Morton, Oliver Prior, Scott Fullwood), Kevin Wall (12, 2l backstroke), Prior (12 butterfly), all-age freestyle relay (C Wilson, Ryan Wilcox, Griffiths, Oliver Wilkie, Ingenthron, P Harrison, Turton, Wall).
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