Sporting Digest: Swimming

OPTREX BRITISH CLUB TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (Stockport, winners only) MEN: 50m freestyle: 1 A Ruckwood (City of Birmingham) 24.79sec. 100m backstroke: A Ruckwood (City of Birmingham) 58.10. 100m breaststroke: N Gillingham (City of Birmingham) 1min 05:43sec. 100m butterfly: D Warren (City of Leeds) 57.79. 100m freestyle: A Clayton (City of Leeds) 53.38. 200m backstroke: Ruckwood 2.04.14. 200m breaststroke: Gillingham 2.20.34. 200m butterfly: J Hickman (Stockport Metro) 2.05.18. 200m freestyle: Clayton 1.55.64. 400m freestyle: G Smith (Stockport Metro) 4.03.00. 1500m freestyle: G Smith (Stockport Metro) 15:26.74. 200m medley: C Jones (City of Cardiff) 2.08.84. 400m medley: C Jones (City of Cardiff) 4.35:98. 4 x 100m freestyle relay: City of Leeds 3:37.11. 4 x 100m medley relay: City of Birmingham 3.58.76. Leading final positions: 1 City of Leeds 11,031pts; 2 City of Birmingham 10,902; 3 City of Cardiff 10,653; 4= Portsmouth Northsea, Nova Centurion 10,223.

WOMEN: 50m freestyle: N Goodwin (Nova Centurion) 27.64. 100m backstroke: E Tattam (Portsmouth Northsea) 1.05.93. 100m breaststroke: L Rogers (Millfield) 1.14.44. 100m butterfly: N Goodwin (Nova Centruion) 1.03.77. 100m freestyle: S Rolp (City of Newcastle) 59.14. 200m backstroke: J Deakins (City of Coventry) 2:18.48. 200m breaststroke: M Hardiman (City of Birmingham) 2.36:86. 200m butterfly: H Slatter (Warrington Warriors) 2.18:25. 200m freestyle: A Bennett (Nova Centurion) 2.05:11. 400m freestyle: S Hardcastle (Bracknell) 4:16.60. 800m freestyle: Hardcastle 8.44.93. 200m medley: H Slatter (Warrington Warriors) 2:20.66. 400m medley: Hardcastle 4.54.06. 4 x 100m freestyle relay: Nova Centurion 3.59.54. 4 x 100m medley relay: Portsmouth Northsea 4:24.29. Leading final positions: 1 Nova Centurion 11,059; 2 Portsmouth Northsea 10,801; 3 City of Leeds 10,508; 4 Derwentside 10,307; 5 Warrington Warriors 10,289; 6 Bracknell 10,050. Leading overall club: 1 City of Leeds 21,539; 2 Nova Centurion 21,282; 3 Portsmouth Northsea 21,024; 4 City of Cardiff 20,450; 5 City of Birmingham 20,450; 6 Warrington Warriors 20,184.