SWIMMING: Five youngsters are the first Wyre Forest Swimming Club members to reach the top competition in the country.

They took part in the National Age Group Championships at Sheffield with four achieving personal best times.

Hannah Wear, Amy Smith, Lauren Corbo, Daniel Baylie and Kevin Wall all made the grade in the competition.

None reached a final but each was placed highly, sometimes in events with over 200 swimmers.

Wear, 13, took the highest position, being placed 25th in the 50 metres breaststroke.

Smith, 14, competed in the 50m backstroke and also qualified for the 50m and 100m freestyle.

But a holiday meant she could not take part in the freestyle events which she had won at Midland district level.

Corbo, 12, was in the 50m backstroke, while the two 12-year-old boys each competed in two events.

Daniel Baylie swam in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly, while Kevin Wall tried his luck in the 50m and 200m backstroke.

l Wyre Forest held its sprint programme for the Club Championships on two Sunday evenings.

The main competition, with swims over greater distances, will be held in the autumn.

All four strokes were contested over 50 metres, plus a 4 x 25 metre individual medley, and the swimmers were aged from 11 upwards.

Adam Cotgrave won all five events in the boys' 13/14 years section.

Individual medley, girls: 11 years, 1 Jodie Cook, 2 Hannah Terry, 3 Iskra Lawrence; 12, 1 Lauren Corbo, 2 Fay Trezise, 3 Amy Piper; 13/14, 1 Hannah Wear, 2 Amy Smith, 3 Sian Griffiths; 15/16, 1 Rebekah Lane, 2 Rebecca Short, 3 Tracey Billingham; 17/over, 1 Donna Wilson, 2 Shelley Holden, 3 Nemeka King; boys: 11, 1 Peter Macbeth, 2 Paul Ingenthron, 3 Chris Wildgust; 12, 1 Daniel Baylie, 2 Jonathon Baylie, 3 Joe Dyer; 13/14, 1 Adam Cotgrave, 2 James Terry, 3 Matthew Turton; 15/16, 1 Jack Crump, 2 Stewart Reading, 3 Simon Kitchen; 17/over, 1 Paul Wear, 2 Jeremy Short, 3 Brett Webster.

Freestyle, girls: 11, 1 Cook, 2 H Terry, 3 Lawrence; 12, 1 Corbo, 2 Trezise, 3 Piper; 13/14, 1 Smith, 2 H Wear, 3 Emma Levitt; 15/16, 1 Billingham, 2 Clair Wall, 3 Lorna Dyer; 17/over, 1 Wilson, 2 Holden, 3 Emma Wainwright; boys: 11, 1 Macbeth, 2 Wildgust, 3 Ingenthron; 12, 1 D Baylie, 2 J Baylie, 3 Ben Turton; 13/14, 1 Cotgrave, 2 M Turton, 3 J Terry; 15/16, 1 Crump, 2 Kitchen, 3 Nicholas Crumpton; 17/over, P Wear, Webster, Short.

Breaststroke, girls: 11, 1 Lawrence, 2 Cook, 3 Rachel Harrison; 12, 1 Trezise, 2 Piper, 3 Michelle Jenks; 13/14; 1 H Wear, 2 Smith, 3 Claire Cashmore; 15/16; 1 Billingham and Lane; 3 Rebecca Short; 17/over, 1 Vicky McDonald, 2 King, 3 Lucy Walters; boys: 11, 1 Wildgust, 2 Ingenthron, 3 Ross Morton; 12, 1 J Baylie, 2 J Dyer, 3 D Baylie; 13/14, 1 Cotgrave, 2 J Terry, 3 Nick Carmichael; 15/16, 1 Crump, 2 Reading, 3 Crumpton; 17/over, 1 J Short, 2 Webster, 3 David Wear.

Backstroke, girls: 11, 1 Cook, 2 H Terry, 3 Patricia Webb; 12, 1 Corbo, 2 Piper, 3 Jenks; 13/14; 1 Smith, 2 H Wear, 3 Levitt; 15/16, 1 Billingham, 2 Laura Varilone, 3 L Dyer; 17/over, 1 Holden, 2 Wilson, 3 Wainwright; boys: 11, 1 Ingenthron, 2 Macbeth, 3 Wildgust; 12, 1 Kevin Wall, 2 J Baylie, 3 D Baylie; 13/14; 1 Cotgrave, 2 M Turton, 3 J Terry; 15/16, 1 Kitchen, 2 Crump, 3 Elliott Thorley; 17/over, 1 P Wear, 2 J Shot, 3 Godfrey Short.

Butterfly, girls: 11, 1 Harrison, 2 Cook, 3 Webb; 12, 1 Corbo, 2 Piper, 3 Kelly Knight; 13/14, 1 Smith, 2 H Wear, 3 Gemma Hutchings; 15/16, 1 R Short, 2 L Dyer, 3 Charlotte Cameron; 17/over, 1 Holden, 2 Walters, 3 McDonald; boys: 11, 1 Macbeth, 2 Ingenthron, 3 Wildgust; 12, 1 J Baylie, 2 D Baylie, 3 K Wall; 13/14, 1 Cotgrave, 2 Richard Carter, 3 J Terry; 15/16, 1 Crump, 2 Reading, 3 Thorley; 17/over, 1 Webster, 2 J Short, 3 D Wear.