Tadcaster Swim Squad enjoyed the final two weekends of the Yorkshire Swimming Association Age Group Championships.

Seven swimmers took part in the competition at Leeds, setting a number of personal bests.

Sarah Fiddler, age ten, swam a 15-second personal best in the 200metres breaststroke in a time of 3 minutes 42.84 seconds.

Aimee Milner, also age ten, clocked 3.50.29 in the same event while another ten-year-old, Belinda Yeldon, swam a six-second pb on her converted short course time in the 200m backstroke in a time of 3.15.57.

Twelve-year-old Katie Holden swam the 200m breaststroke in 3.31.36 and Jessica Walker, also 12, knocked four seconds off her best in the 100m backstroke with 1.21.20.

Bobbi Horner (13) achieved a 2.5-second pb in the 200m individual medley.

Ben Walker (14) posted a 1.5-second pb in the 100m backstroke with a time of 1.14.07, which put him in the reserve finalist position for the second time this championship.

Thirteen Tadcaster swimmers took part in the final weekend at Sheffield with 24 pbs from 29 swims.

Nine-year-old Jonathan Mellor, swimming in his first Yorkshire Championships, swam three-second pbs in each of the 50m freestyle (38.26) and the 50m breaststroke (51.30).

Aimee Milner swam a two-second personal best in the 50m backstroke (43.27), a 1.5-second personal best in the 50m breaststroke (47.75).

Belinda Yeldon achieved a one-second pb in the 50m backstroke (42.38) and swam well in the 50m freestyle.

Natalie Carter, age 11, had pbs in the 50m freestyle by one second and the 50m butterfly by two seconds. Another 11-year-old, Joanne Davey, also in her first county championships, swam a one-second pb in the 50m freestyle (34.64).

Patrick Good (12), the third of the swimmers debuting in the championships, achieved a one-second pb in the 50m freestyle (33.83).

Kristian Stafford (12) slashing six seconds from his previous best in the 50m breaststroke (42.95), three seconds from his 50m freestyle time (31.10) and 2.5 seconds from his 50m backstroke time.

In the 12-year-old girls' events, Amy Sidebottom, in her Tadcaster debut, swam pbs in each of her two events, 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly.

Jessica Walker came close to a Yorkshire final in her swims. She had a one-second pb in the 50m breaststroke (39.92) to earn a second reserve finalist position. She also swam a two-second pb in both the 50m freestyle (31.16) 50m backstroke (35.63).

Charlotte Yeldon achieved a two-second pb best in the 50m backstroke and swam well in the 50m freestyle with a pb.

Bobbi Horner, notched up a pb in the 50m freestyle (30.63) and a two-second pb in each of the 50m backstroke (35.00) and 50m butterfly (33.44).

Ben Walker achieved a second reserve finalist position in the 50m butterfly, his third of the championships. He swam a pb in the 50m freestyle.

Jessica Walker, Charlotte Yeldon, Katie Holden and Amy Sidebottom finished 11th in both the 4 x 50m freestyle and the 4 x 50m medley.

Updated: 10:49 Friday, April 09, 2004