A TRIO of York City Baths Club swimmers lifted trophies at the annual ‘B’ grade gala hosted by Doncaster Dartes.

Oliver Creighton, aged nine, Matthew Foot, 14, and 15-yearold Charisse Charlton struck in their respective gender and age groups at Adwick Leisure Centre.

The gala consisted of 50 metre sprints in four events, plus a 100m individual medley for 12 years and under and a 100m IM, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and the 50m butterfly for those 13 and over.

Medals were awarded to the top six swimmers for each gender and age group, with trophies for the top boy and girl. Speeding tickets were awarded to competitors who swam faster than their graded entry cut off times.

Creighton received a ticket for his 50m backstroke, alongside two silver (50m freestyle and 100m IM) and two bronze medals (50m breaststroke and butterfly).

He out-performed the 11 other competitors in his age group and registered three personal bests.

Foot took top spot by recording five out of five PBs, two golds (50m butterfly, and 100m IM), two silvers (100m backstroke and freestyle) and sixth-place medals in the 100m breaststroke.

Charlton’s consistency clinched her trophy with outstanding performances in her five events. She took gold and recorded a PB in the 100m IM, bagged a treble of silvers (100m backstroke, freestyle and 50m butterfly) and a fourth place medal in the 100m backstroke.

Out of 161 swims, the squad of 35 swimmers representing York notched up an impressive 94 personal bests and 20 new times, clinching third place in the top club table out of the 22 participating.