Lucy Gaen and Beth Melville gained three golds each to help City of Oxford to third place in the Milton Keynes Junior League Division 1 meet at Temple Cowley, attended by 120 swimmers aged nine to 12.

Gaen, 11, took first place in the 50m backstroke (38.10 secs), while Melville, also 11, won the the 50m butterfly (35.59).

The pair also won the freestyle and medley relays with teammates Alina Khan, Lucy Millington and Katie King-Smith.

City’s other race winners were 12-year-old Georgina King-Smith, in the 50m backstroke (35.62), and the nine-year-old girls medley relay team of Miriame Mostefei, Maia Little, Ellie Millington and Annie Sharp.

The ten-year-old medley team of Eleanor McNally, Lily Seaward, India Mattocks and Isabel Rundle added City's seventh win.

Gala result: 1 Westminster 226, 2 Staines 188, 3 Oxford 174, 4 Luton 156, 5 Harrow 155, 6 Wellingborough 121.

Sophia Herlihy marked her first ever competitive outing with a victory when swimming for Kidlington & Gosford SC in a time-banded C novice gala at Aylesbury.

Herlihy won the 25m free-style for Kidlington, who came second overall.

The club's other first places came from Amy Crisp (50m butterfly), Jamie Ward (50m backstroke), Charles Maddison (50m butterfly) and Ella Cook (50m butterfly).

Elizabeth Nobbs and Helen Phipps both recorded personal bests in the 50m freestyle.

Gala result: 1 Letchworth 226, 2 Kidlington 193, 3 Ayelsbury 192, 4 Newport Pagnell 161, 5 Leighton Buzzard 159, 6 Henley 150.