SWIMMING: Victoria Wassell won two races in a friendly gala hosted by Evesham at Droitwich on Saturday.

The pattern of races was similar to the junior league which will be held later in the year for nine to 12-year-olds.

Wassell won the 12 years 50 metres backstroke and butterfly, helping Wyre Forest Swimming Club to second place overall.

Forest achieved 14 first places, 14 seconds and 10 thirds out of 49 races.

The 12-year-old girls were placed in the top-two positions along with the boys from the youngest age group who represented the club for the first time.

Final points: Haden Hill 247, Wyre Forest 214, Evesham A 187, Boldmere 160, Fox Hollies 116, Evesham B 82.

Race winners, girls: Eliza Bradley 10 years, 50m freestyle), 10 freestyle relay (Chloe Keen, Sophie Woodcock, Bradley, Megan Yarrington), Wassell (12, 50m backstroke and butterfly), Emily Lane (12 breaststroke), Jessica Smith (12, freestyle); boys: Lee Moule (9, 25m breaststroke), James Hatherill (9, freestyle), 9 medley (Niall Adams, Moule, Nicholas Thorley, Hatherill); Alex Hoult (10, 50m breaststroke), Jack Dyer (12, 50, backstroke), Robert Smith (12, breaststroke); mixed: all-age cannon (Jade Thompson, Moule, Keen, Aaron Smith, Bradley, Alex Thorley, Wassell, R Smith).

Second places, girls: Bethany Lewis (25, breaststroke and backstroke), 9 medley and freestyle relays (Lewis, Sara Dyer, Jade Thompson, Emma Mountford), Keen (10, 50m breaststroke), 10 medley relay (Woodcock, Yarrington, Keen, Bradley), 11 medley relay (Kirsty Hutton, Keen, Paige Gainham, Bradley), 12 medley and freestyle relays (Eleanor Painter, Lane, Wassell, J Smith); boys: Adams (9, 25m backstroke), A Smith (10, 50m freestyle), 10 medley relay (A Smith, Chris McMahon, Hoult, Chris Bromage), Alex Thorley (11, 50m butterfly), 12 medley relay (J Dyer, James Lippitt, R Smith, Ryan Thorogood).

Third places, girls: Keen (10, 25m butterfly), 11 freestyle relay (Bradley, Gainham, Hutton, Thompson), all-age freestyle relay (S Dyer, Mountford, Woodcock, Yarrington, Gainham, Hutton, Painter, J Smith); boys: Hoult (10, 25m butterfly), 10 freestyle relay (Hoult, Bromage, McMahon, A Smith), 11 freestyle relay (Mountford, Hoult, Scott Allin, A Thorley), R Smith (12, 50m butterfly),J Dyer (12, freestyle), 12 freestyle relay (J Dyer, Lippitt, Thorogood, R Smith), all-age freestyle relay (Hatherill, N Thorley, McMahon, Bromage, Allin, Mountford, Thorogood, Lippitt).

l In-form Wassell was top girl in her age group at the Rhondda Open after winning golds in the 100m backstroke, butterfly and individual medley.

She also picked up silver in the 100m freestyle and was fifth in the 100m breaststroke.

Paul and Helen Ingenthron both competed at the Crystal Junior Open in a string of events. The best finishes were sixth in the 100m backstroke and seventh in the 200m backstroke for P Ingenthron, while H Ingenthron was 10th in the 50m backstroke.