HALESOWEN Swimming club stormed to victory on the third round of the National League West Midlands at Market Drayton.

The team started well but began to slip into second position during the evening. However the swimmers great determination saw them claim back the top spot and finish in first place by 20 points.

Emma Baker won both her individual races in the 50m Breaststroke and the 50m Freestyle.

Other individual wins were from Piers Boyack and Josh Bradley in the Breaststroke, Megan Willetts in the Backstroke, Luke Morris in the Butterfly and Lilian Parsons, Mark Laing and Isobel Breslin in the Freestyle.

There were some excellent wins from the relay teams too.

Chloe Bate and Chloe Finch in the 13-year-olds team and Sian Carey, Abigail Hughes and Bethan Luckman in the 15-year-olds team proved unbeatable by winning both the Medley and Freestyle events.

While Harry Cowley, Jack Slattery and Jacob Darby won the 15-year-olds Freestyle Relay and Zach Collins, Richard Phillips and Jack Watts won the open men’s Freestyle Relay.

They were then joined by Hannah Cuthbert, Bethany Jackson, Leanne Taylor, and Matthew Cherry to win the final two relays of the year.

Final result: Halesowen 229, Braunstone, City of Hereford 168, Derby Phoenix 159, Ledbury 141, Mansfield 138.