SWIMMING: YOUNGSTERS from Wyre Forest won the Mercian Summer League first round at Wombourne on Saturday.

The swimmers, aged from 10 upwards, achieved 17 first places out of 50 races, 12 seconds and 10 thirds, recording many personal best times.

Final points: Wyre Forest 227, Brierley Hill 189, Triple S 174, Etwall 161, Wolverhampton 159, Wombourne 126.

Race winners, girls: Ellis Ward-Brennan (10 years, 50m backstroke), Lindsay Fleming (10, 25m butterfly), 10 medley relay (Ward-Brennan, Charlotte Hutchinson, Fleming, Verity Thorley), Lauren Corbo (12, 100m backstroke), Amy Piper (12 freestyle), Zoe Chamberlain (12, 50m butterfly), 12 medley relay (Corbo, Joanna Parker, Chamberlain, Piper), Sian Griffiths (14, 100m freestyle), 14 freestyle relay (Emma Butler, Gina Varilone, Gemma Hutchings, Griffiths).

Boys: Edward Ruscoe (10, 25m butterfly), 12 Medley and freestyle relays (Philip Harrison, Joe Dyer, Ben Turton, Chris Wildgust), Matthew Turton (14, 100m freestyle), Jeremy Short (open, 100m individual medley and breaststroke), open medley and freestyle relays (Simon Kitchen, Short, Jack Crump, Jamie Glen).

Second places, girls: Hutchinson 910, 50m breaststroke), 10 freestyle relay (Ward-Brennan, Fleming, Thorley, Hutchinson), Griffiths (14, 100m backstroke), Hutchings (14, butterfly), 14 medley relay (Varilone, Butler, Hutchings, Griffiths), open medley relay (Laura Varilone, Rebekah Lane, Becky Short, Clair Wall).

Boys: 10 medley and freestyle relays (Ruscoe, Bradleigh Taylor, Marcus Griffiths, Oliver Wilkie), Dyer (12, 100m breaststroke), Richard Carter (14, 100m butterfly), 14 freestyle relay (Carter, David Knight, M Turton), Kitchen (open 100m backstroke).

Boys: M Griffiths (10, 50m backstroke), Wilkie (10, freestyle), B Turton (12, 100m freestyle), 14 medley relay (Knight, B Turton, Carter, M Turton), Glen (open, 100m butterfly), Crump (open freestyle).

Meanwhile, a junior team from 9 to 13 were in action in the second round of the Ross Diddy League at Worcester where speeding tickets were given for swimming faster than a designated time.

Tim Levitt was the only Wyre Forest member to receive a ticket in the 25m freestyle. He swam all the 10-year-old races.

Wyre Forest achieved three first places and 17 seconds.

Final points: Cheltenham 166, Worcester 146, Ross-on-Wye 116, Wyre Forest 109.

Winners: 9 breaststroke relay (Robert Smith, Joe Thornton, Kegan Greenfield, Jack Dyer), 9 freestyle relay (Thornton, Ryan Wilcox, Smith, Jack Dyer), 13 medley relay (Tom Roberts, Adam Jones, Nick Carmichael, David Gillam).

Second places, girls: 9 breaststroke and backstroke relays (Eleanor Painter, Emily Lane, Aimee Cook, Hannah McLeish), 9 freestyle relay (Hannah McLeish, Charlotte Allen, Aimee Cook, E Lane), Hollie Cotgrave (10, 25m backstroke), Zoe Garbett (11, 25m butterfly and backstroke), Rebecca Wilcox (12, 25m butterfly), Carly Holmes (13, 50m breaststroke).

Boys: 9 medley relay (Conor Carey, Smith, Thornton, Ryan Wilcox), 9 backstroke relay (Carey, Jack Dyer, Ryan Wilcox, Thornton), Levitt (10, 25m breaststroke), 10 freestyle relay (Jack Dyer, Levitt, Carey, Greenfield), Daniel Beech (11, 25m breaststroke; 12, 25m butterfly), Tom Roberts (13, 50m backstroke), Jones (13, 50m breaststroke), Carmichal (13, freestyle).