Selby Tiger Sharks' Danny Martland won two gold medals at the third and final Yorkshire Age Group Swimming Championships held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

In the youths' events, he showed his ability in the backstroke by reaching all three finals for the 50 metres, 100m and 200m.

He won the 50m event in his age group and came fifth and seventh in the others.

Martland was also crowned Yorkshire champion for the 50m freestyle.

Sarah Lambert put in a consistent performance, coming away with the silver medal in the 50m backstroke and she was fourth in the 50m freestyle.

Richard Russell was fourth in the 200m breaststroke final, fifth in the 200m individual medley, fourth in the 50m backstroke and fifth in both the 100m and 200m events.

In the age group championships there were finals or top eight places for several Selby breaststrokers, with Alex Moore grabbing silver in the 50m, finishing fifth in the 100m and seventh in the 200m.

The girls were not to be outdone, with Fay Horton just missing a medal by coming in fourth in the 50m sprint.

She and club swimmer of the year Leanne Adamson made the final of the 200m, finishing seventh and eighth respectively.

There were also personal bests by Kristian Stafford, Dafydd Elias, Verity Daniel, Sam Bradley, Andrew Wilson, Vicky Wilson, Stacey Flanagan and Nikki Johnson.

Updated: 11:04 Friday, April 18, 2003