Swimming stars at Silsden's Hothfield Street school took second place at Bingley swimming club's primary schools gala.

The ten-strong team competed alongside 17 other schools and won six of their heats and one of the finals to take team silver.

They train in the school's swimming pool, which is threatened with closure.

The boys' relay team, of Darren Eelles, Joe Hunt, Ben Sagar and Andrew Duval, were the stars of the night winning the 4x1 25m medley. The same squad also came first in their heat in the 4x1 free-style event.

Ben Sagar won his heat in the boys' 25m breaststroke and Darren Eelles won the boys' 25m backstroke heat.

The girls relay team, Laura Buddimir, Sarah Feather, Elizabeth Wall and Jenny Birtwistle were second in the 4x1 free-style. Laura Bradshaw replaced Laura Buddimir to help the girls win their 4x1 medley heat.

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