DANIEL KINGS has been in golden form. The Atherton SC star notched his fifth National Qualifying Time of the season in winning the 12-Year 400 freestyle at the Northern Counties. He followed up with a silver in the 200 IM (also in an NQT).

Clubmate Andrew Grime had two splendid swims in the 15-Year 200 IM and backstroke while Hannah Foster hit a PB in the 12-Year 400 freestyle.

Atherton were third in the 3rd round of the Bolton & District Inter-Club Mini Gala at Howe Bridge.

Points: Horwich 100, Swinton 83, Atherton 82, Warrington 32.

The team: Sunaya Patel, Sarah Green, Bethan Jackson, Jenna Murphy, Rebecca Grime, Cheryll Hall, Amy Jones, Rhiann Jackson, Jessica Howarth, Holly Davies, Hannah Foster, David Gendall, Martin O'Kane, Ernest Collier, Ian Kay, James Gendall, Geoffrey Earle, Lawrence Carter, Stephen Winstanley, Lewis Davies, Ryan Grundy.

A second outing in the Central Lancashire Intermediate League took them to Bury & Elton (135), Atherton winning on 181 points.

A superb effort from Cheryll Hall, Rebecca Grime, Jessica Howarth, Holly Davies, Rhiann Jackson, Rachael Unsworth, Hannah Foster, Rebecca Gorse, Stephen Winstanley, Lawrence Carter, James Gendall, Geoffrey Earle, Daniel Kings, Andrew Grime, Alex Foster, Gerald Prescott, Simon Clare.

Then, in the Central Lancashire Junior Swim League, Atherton (58) beat Stalybridge (43).

The swimmers: Sarah Green, Jenna Murphy, Sunaya Patel, Bethan Jackson, Rebecca Grime, Holly Davies, Jessica Howarth, Cheryll Hall, Amy Jones, Rhiann Jackson, Hannah Foster, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Gorse, Giovanna Weir, Rachael Unsworth, Mark Riley, Iain Howard, Ian Kay, Martin O'Kane, David Gendall, Ernest Collier, Geoffrey Earle, James Gendall, Stephen Winstanley, Daniel Kings, Daniel Grundy, Matthew Jackson, Alex Foster, Michael Cowburn, Gerald Prescott, Simon Clare and Andrew Grime.

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