DANIEL KINGS put in a 'royal' command performance for Atherton SC at the Lancashire Age Group Gala .

He swam a PB in the 200m butterfly - going an incredible nine seconds under the National Qualifying Time.

Another PB and NQT followed in the 200 freestyle and a silver in the 100 backstroke rounded off a memorable gala.

Hannah Foster swam a PB and NQT in the 200 butterfly.

Ashley Turner was sixth in the 200 IM and Andrew Grime was a finalist in the same event in an older age group.

Reserve finalists were Ryan Grundy in the 100 breaststroke and Amy Jones in the 100 freestyle.

Other fine performances came from Rhiann Jackson, Cheryl Hall, Natalie Rimmer and Rebecca Grime.

In the Junior Swim League the club lost 62-46 against Urmston.

The team: Katie Quinn, Sunaya Patel, Danielle Hampson, Sarah Green, Rebecca Grime, Rhiann Jackson, Amy Jones, Cheryl Hall, Heather Frederiksen, Mirian Collier, Giovanna Weir, Holly Davies, Hannah Foster, Rachael Unsworth, Charlotte Mather, Dean Jones, Iain Howard, James Clarke, Ernest Collier, Ashley Turner, Stephen Winstanley, Geofrey Earle, Lawrence Carter, Ryan Grundy, Daniel Kings, Gerald Prescott, Andrew Grime and Alex Foster.

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