Champion effort from Aquatics hopefuls

GOLDEN GIRL . . . Jessica Calderbank

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THE talented team from Oldham Aquatics finished a successful Lancashire County Swimming Championships - held in Manchester - with two champions and a string of finalists on the final weekend.

Emelie Byrom won the 12 Years Womens' 50m Breaststroke final by more than a second and narrowly missed out on defending her 100m Breaststroke title by finishing second, just 0.15 seconds behind the champion.

The following day Jessica Calderbank won the 17 Years and over Womens' 50m Butterfly in a new personal-best time, beating her previous mark set in the heats.

"Our swimmers performed very well at this year's County Championships," said Head Coach Mark Lord.

GALAS

"We still have a long way to go with lots of galas and training to come."

Calderbank also qualified for the 17 Years and over Womens' 100m Butterfly final and finished fifth with another personal best.

After two bronze medals the previous week, Ella Price qualified for the finals of the 13 Years Womens' 50m and 100m Breaststroke and posted personal bests in both.

Kimberley Burston, winner of a silver the previous week, just missed out on adding to it with fourth in the 14 Years Womens' 100m Butterfly and eighth in the 50m Fly and Freestyle.

Kate Leddy finished one place ahead of Burston in the 14years Womens' 50m Butterfly - in a personal best time - and also qualified for the finals of the 50m Backstroke and Freestyle.

Joel Birtles was Oldham's youngest finalist and finished sixth in the Mens' 10/11 Years 50m Freestyle, while Patrick Braddock came eighth in the Mens' 13 Years 100m Breaststroke final.

In the Mens 17 Years and over 50m Freestyle event, Callum Quigley finished joint fourth with a time of 24.75 in a highly competitive race.

Ella Bergin-Williams qualified for the finals of the 16 Years 50m and 100m Butterfly and posted personal bests in the 50m and 100m Freestyle.

Katie Richardson completed Oldham's finalists with an eighth place finish in the Womens' 16 Years 50m Freestyle in a personal best time. Richardson and Burston swam the 50m Free in under 30 seconds for the first time in a long course event (held in 50m pools).

Catherine Stott, Jessica Cocker, Amy Harrison, Gemma Croft, Ciara Harrison, Ziggy Standring, Aidan Tevlin, Amarai Hoque, Ellie Lomax, Charlotte Bacon, Gabrielle Booth and Alexander Richardson have also represented Aquatics at county level recently.