ATHERTON Swimming Club had further success during the second weekend of the Central Lancashire Age Group competition at Broughton.

Jessica Lee, competing in her first individual gala, attained a fifth place in the 10 years 50 metre butterfly in a PB time. Team-mate Daniel Farrow swam well in the 50m freestyle and the 100m IM.

Calum Hewitt swam well in the 11 years 100m freestyle, had a PB in the 100m backstroke and won a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle to qualify for a place at the Inter-Association Age Groups at Everton in May.

Twins Carly and Nicola Johns had fine swims in the 100m freestyle and breaststroke after a lay-off due to illness. Sian Jackson had personal best swims in the 13 years 100 and 200m freestyle and secured a sixth place in the 100m breaststroke, again in a PB time.

Katie Quinn struck gold in the 13 years 400m IM, silver in the ladies 100m breaststroke and fourth in the 100m freestyle.

She also claimed a gold in the 100m breaststroke in a personal best time, a National Qualifying time and broke the existing event record that had been held by another Atherton swimmer, Carol Baddley, since 1990.

Martin Rimmer secured a fourth place in the 14 years 100m backstroke and butterfly in personal best times and clinched sixth position in the 100m freestyle. She also books a place in the Central Lancashire squad for Everton.

Dean Jones, in his first competitive swim in three years, swam an excellent race to take fourth place in the 14 years 200m breaststroke in a new PB and also joins her Everton-bound team-mates.

Older swimmers Ashley Turner and Rhiann Jackson continued the trend.

Turner took gold in the 15 years 200m backstroke, bronze in the 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke and a fourth in the 100m freestyle - all in PB times. He also qualifies for Everton in May.

Jackson also had some superb swims, taking gold in the 16 years and over, 100m breaststroke and 200m butterfly.