WANTAGE White Horses showed their improvment by coming second in the Milton Keynes Mini League.

White Horses went into the third and final round at Dunstable in third place behind Linslade Crusaders and Milton Keynes.

But they finished second – 19 points behind champions Linslade – compared with their 11th place last year.

Wantage’s highlight came in the cannon relay, where the fastest boy and girl from each age group compete in a frenetic freestyle race.

And after a thrilling battle, Wantage came out on top thanks to Cordelia Halfhead and Dan Jenkins (both nine), Emily Nisbet and Jake Kay (ten), Alice Beaney and Okan Onay (11), Rachel Tomsett and Matthew Senior (12).

WANTAGE WINNERS

Girls: 9-year freestyle and medley rel-ays; 10-year freestyle and medley relays; C Halfhead (9) 25m freestyle; E Nisbet (10) 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle.

Boys: D Jenkins (9) 25m freestyle and 25m butterfly; M Senior (12) 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle; O Perry (12) 50m breaststroke.

Combined: cannon relay.

  • Kidlington & Gosford’s young team came fifth in a C novice gala at Aylesbury.

Swimming in their first ever competitive gala, Ellie Bro-ome (25m freestyle) and Amy Broome (25m breaststroke) secured victories.

Other first places were achieved by Caitlin Brown (12 years 50m butterfly and Zara Khan (11 years 50m freestyle.

All their boys team had to swim several relays due to several youngsters being unavailable for selection, or not turning up.