SWIMMING: The first of the Speedo League galas proved a tough challenge for Wyre Forest swimmers.

Promoted last season to Division One, the A team were up against strong opposition and finished fourth in Stechford.

The B team met five sides in Division Three who were all placed higher than them last season and finished fifth in Droitwich.

Div One: Perry Beeches Triple S A 246, Coventry A 241, Stafford Apex 174, Forest A 151, Chesterfield 123, Cheadle 112; Div Three: Droitwich 221, Leek 205, Treonte Long Eaton 193, Warley Wasps 137, Forest B 135, Matlock 121.

Winners, girls: Victoria Wassell (10/11, 50 metres butterfly), Amy Smith (open, 100m freestyle); boys: Alex Thorley (10/11, 50m butterfly), James Lippitt (10/11, breaststroke).

Second places, girls: Wassell (10/11, 50m backstroke), Verity Thorley (13, 100m backstroke), Jodie Cook (13, butterfly), Rachel Harrison (13, freestyle), 13 medley relay (Patricia Webb, Iskra Lawrence, Cook, Harrison), Smith (open, 100m butterfly); boys: 10/11 medley relay (Chris Mountford, Lippitt, A Thorley, Ryan Thorogood), Ross Morton (13, 100m backstroke), Chris Wildgust (13, freestyle).

Third places, girls: Eleanor Painter (10/11, 50m backstroke), Emily Lane (10/11 butterfly, B breaststroke), Aimee Cook (10/11, A breaststroke, freestyle), 10/11 medley relay (Sian Griffiths, Emma Cashmore, Smith, Donna Wilson), 10/11 A freestyle relay (Wassell, Danielle Harrison, Eliza Bradley, A Cook), 10/11 B freestyle relay (Lane, Painter, Rebecca Jones, Faith Ross), Webb (13, 100m backstroke), Hannah Wear (15, 100m breaststroke; open, A breaststroke), 15 medley relay (Emma Levitt, Wear, J Cook, Lauren Corbo), Smith (open, 100m individual medley), Washbrook (open, backstroke), Rebekah Lane (open, B breaststroke), open freestyle relay (Cashmore, Griffiths, Wear, Emma Levitt, Wilson, Smith).

Boys: 10/11 freestyle relay (Lippitt, Thorogood, Mountford, A Thorley), Morton (13, 100m breaststroke), Wildgust (13, butterfly), 13 medley and freestyle relays (Philip Harrison, Morton, Wildgust, Jack Barnett), Jeremy Short (open, 100m individual medley), Richard Carter (open, butterfly), Frank Clark (open, backstroke).