THE 15/16 years boys' team from York City Baths Club defied the odds at the Yorkshire Age Group Team Championships.

Despite lining up against much bigger clubs, Oliver Wilby, Chris Burns, Tom Jackson and Bradley Swainston stormed to victory in the medley team event and took silver in the freestyle team in a close battle.

The 15/16 years girls' quartet of Rachel Eastaugh, Hannah Petts, Lucy Recchia and Michelle Moffatt picked up silver in both the medley and freestyle events.

The 12 years girls' team of Anna Atkinson-Smith, Laura Pitt, Jennifer Hodgson and Claire Owen were second in the medley and, with Alice Carty taking the place of Pitt in the freestyle squad, they won a bronze.

The boys' 9/10 years team of Alistair Mitchell, Matthew Dearlove, Sebastian Dobson and Christian Carty took silver in the medley event and finished fourth in the freestyle.

The team of Xavier Edmunds-Allen, James Wilby, Andrew Burns and Simon Duston won silver in the boys' 13 years medley race and were fourth in the freestyle.

Eighteen teams from York reached finals. Other YCBC finalists were: boys' 12 years (Tom Bartram, Angus Clark, Maani Aghahoseini, Aaron Perry), sixth medley and eighth freestyle; girls' 11 years (Emma Tune, Rachel Holderness, Kate Garnett, Katie Mitchell), seventh freestyle and eighth medley; girls' 9/10 years (Beth Falcus, Ellie Martin, Georgia Pipes, Anna Ward), eighth medley; boys' 11 years (Jordan Foster, Alex Perry, Oliver Hicks, Joseph Brennan), eighth freestyle; boys' 15/16 years (Tom Eaton, Oliver Simpson, James Rogers, Matthew Graham), eighth B' freestyle and medley.