FOLLOWING relegation to Division One last year, Wyre Forest Swimming Club are hoping to bounce back to the first division of the West Midlands Speedo League, and started their campaign in style.

Wyre Forest were actually leading until event 26, when they were overtaken by Braunstone, and ended just one point behind their rivals.

The Wyre Forest team gained 13 first places, 18 seconds and six thirds, out of the 50 races.

Final points: Braunstone 222, Wyre Forest 221, Wellington 155, Broadway 152, City of Coventry C 146, Perry Beeches/SSS B 143.

Race winners were: girls - Eliza Bradley (11/under 50 metres butterfly, 13/u 100m butterfly), 11/u freestyle relay (Faith Ross, Olivia Ward, Bethany Lewis, Bradley), Hannah Wear (open 100m individual medley), Amy Smith (open 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle), open medley relay (Emma Levitt, Wear, Smith, Donna Wilson), open freestyle relay (Levitt, Rebecca Short, Sian Griffiths, Wear, Wilson, Smith); boys - Robert Smith (13/u 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle), 13/u medley relay (Scott Allin, R Smith, Alex Thorley, Jack Barnett), 13/u freestyle relay (Josh Bradley, Thorley, Barnett, R Smith), Paul Ingenthron (15/u 100m freestyle).

Second placed: girls - Ross (11/u 50m backstroke), Ward (11/u 50m breaststroke), E Bradley (11/u 50m freestyle, 11/u medley relay (Ross, Ward, E Bradley, Lewis), Emily Lane (13/u 100m breaststroke), Wear (open 100m breaststroke); boys - Sam Rose (11/u 50m butterfly), Aaron Smith (11/u 50m freestyle), 11/u freestyle relay (Rose, Nick Thorley, Alex Hoult, Aaron Smith), 11/u medley relay (Niall Adams, Hoult, Rose, Aaron Smith), Allin (13/u 100m backstroke), Ingenthron (15/u 100m butterfly), 15/u freestyle relay (Oliver Wilkie, J Bradley, R Smith, Ingenthron), Richard Carter (open 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle), Nick Carmichael (open 100m breaststroke), open medley relay (Jez Short, Carmichael, Carter, Matt Winmill), open freestyle relay (Jeremy Short, Carmichael, Matt Turton, Ingenthron, Winmill, Carter).

Third placed: girls - Eleanor Painter (13/u 100m backstroke), 13/u medley relay (Lane, Ross, Rebecca Bale), Verity Thorley (15/u 100m breaststroke), 15/u freestyle and medley relays (Lane, V Thorley, Trish Webb, E Bradley); boys - 15/u medley relay (Wilkie, R Smith, Ingenthron, Barnett).

The first gala was the Worcester County Sprint Meet at Worcester, when 25 Wyre Forest swimmers competed in 99 events, and achieved 13 gold, 12 silver and eight bronze medals.

First places were achieved by: girls - Jessica Griffiths (10 years, butterfly, freestyle), E Bradley (11, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle), Amy Smith (17/24 individual medley, backstroke, butterfly, freestyle); boys - Rose (9 butterfly), R Smith (13 individual medley), Ingenthron (14 backstroke, butterfly).

Second placed: girls - Ross (11 butterfly), Lane (12 breaststroke), Victoria Wassell (13 butterfly); boys - Rose (9 individual medley, backstroke, freestyle), R Smith (13 breaststroke, butterfly), Ingenthron (14 freestyle, breaststroke, individual medley), Carter (17-24 butterfly).

Third: J Griffiths (10 indivudal medley), E Bradley (11 individual medley, breaststroke), Wassell (13 individual medley), Wear (17.24 breaststroke), Lucy Walters (25/over freestyle);boys - Carter (17-24 individual medley, backstroke).

Other places: girls - Paige Wilkins (9, 20th individual medley, 23rd backstroke, 24th breaststroke), J Griffiths (10, 6th backstroke, 8th breaststroke), Emma Mountford (10, 18th breaststroke, 23rd individual medley), Katie Parker (8th breaststroke, 16th backstroke, 18th individual medley), Ward (10, 5th breaststroke, 10th individual medley, 11th butterfly, 12th freestyle, 15th backstroke), Gabrielle Rose (11, 24th individual medley), Ross (11, 5th backstroke, 6th freestyle, 7th individual medley, 14th breaststroke), Lane (12, 4th individual medley, 4th freestyle, 5th butterfly, 13th backstroke), Wassell (13, 4th backstroke, 7th breaststroke, 10th freestyle), April Bradley (15, 10th butterfly), Amy Smith (17/24, 6th breaststroke), Wear (17/24, 4th individual medley, 4th backstroke, 4th butterfly, 7th freestyle); boys - Rose (9, 8th breaststroke), Aaron Smith (11, 16th individual medley, 17th freestyle, 18th backstroke, 18th butterfly, 21st breaststroke), Barnett (12, 5th breaststroke, 13th freestyle, 14th butterfly, 14th individual medley, 19th backstroke), J Bradley (12 10th breaststroke, 10th butterfly, 12th individual medley, 17th backstroke, 17th freestyle), Richard Harrison (12, 20th individual medley), A Thorley (12, 7th butterfly, 13th individual medley, 14th breaststroke, 15th backstroke, 16th freestyle), R Smith (13, 4th freestyle), Philip Harrison (15, 9th freestyle, 11th backstroke, 13th individual medley), Ross Morton (15, 4th backstroke, 5th breaststroke, 7th individual medley, 9th freestyle), Carter (17-24, 4th freestyle, 5th breaststroke).