Pershore Swimming Club took top spot by four points in the second round of the PGL Junior League at Cheltenham.

The triumphant Pershore squad, aged from nine to 14 years, totalled 166 points to see off the challenge of Cheltenham, who finished in second spot.

Speeding tickets were handed out to swimmers who swam too fast on the night and the coaches’ judgement had to be spot on.

Pershore got off to a blistering start, with a great time of 35.00 by Josh Sharratt in the 13/14yrs 50m butterfly, a little too quick though, as he picked up a speeding ticket and the points didn’t count.

Next came three straight wins; Hannah Simister with 36.95 in the 13/14yrs 50m butterfly, Ronan Williams (39.45) and Lauren Annis (40.80) in the 12/U 50m backstroke, which put Pershore in the driving seat.

Owen Kirby (22.11) and Olivia O’Sullivan (21.86) produced fine swims too, grabbing second spots in the 11/U 25m breaststroke.

Pershore racked up three more quick wins, with the boys 10/U medley relay team finding form in a time of 1.26.13, Ethan Stanley (19.38) blazing a trail in the 9yrs 25m freestyle and Martha Cross (18.97) unbeatable in the same girls’ event.

More positive results followed, with Amy Cooper (36.59) recording a win in the 13/14yrs 50m backstroke, a win for the girls 12/U medley relay team of Olivia Howard, Caitlin Yates, Izzy Cumming and Holly Winkley (1.12.13), a second for the boys 12/U medley relay team (1.21.40) of Ronan Williams, Hamish Cross, Kieran Cooper and Owen Kirby and an unstoppable Cameron Leach, bringing home the bacon, in the 11/U 25m freestyle event, in 16.26.

A string of great results followed. Tamara Marsden (21.78) and Gabriella Barry (25.14) took seconds in the 10/U 25m butterfly and the 9yrs 25m breaststroke respectively, with a great win for David Annis (24.69) in the 9yrs 25m breaststroke and some fine swims in the boys (1.09.83) and girls (1.09.83) 13/14 medley relays to grab a second place and the win respectively.

Kieran Cooper notched up another win for Pershore, with a 44.95 in the 12/U 50m breaststroke, but this was followed by a couple speeding tickets for the club.

More success came quickly though, with seconds for Harry Wycherley (18.47) in the 25m 10/U freestyle, Andrew Thorner (24.75) in the 9yrs 25m backstroke, Luke Perry (40.54) swimming the 50m 13/14yrs breaststroke, Amy Cooper (43.85) in the corresponding girls event, Izzy Cumming (24.89) took second in 12/U 50m freestyle and Amelia Gearey was runner up in the 10/U 25m backstroke, posting 22.91.

More great wins came from, Hamish Cross (34.40) in the 12/U 50m freestyle, James Heeks (22.00) in the 25m 10/U backstroke and from both the boys (1.17.23) and girls (1.16.91) 11/U medley relay teams of, Ronan Williams, Owen Kirby, Kieran Cooper and Ned Meredith and for the girls Olivia Howard, Sophie Thomas, Macey French and Olivia O’Sullivan.

Luke Perry secured a win in 31.16 taking the 13/14yrs 50m freestyle, then both Kieran Cooper (37.94) and Caitlin Yates (40.10) took top spots in the 12/U 50m butterfly.

A strong swim for Isobel Fairchild saw her take second in the 25m 11/U backstroke.

Pershore finished with a flourish, achieving seven wins out of the final 10 events.

They triumphed in the girls (1.02.70) 13/14, the boys (1.06.25) and girls (1.06.31) 11/U’s, the 9yrs mixed swimmers (1.17.38), the girls 12/U’s (1.04.73) and both the boys (2.45.61) and girls (2.45.27) mixed age group 10 length cannon races.