A small squad of City of Bradford members swimmers into new waters when they travelled to Grantham.

They competed in the Lin-coln Vulcans’ Graded Short Course Open Meet and came home with a host of medals and personal bests.

Fourteen-year-old Jamie Brown topped the medal table with gold in the 50 metres and 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m individual medley, 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly.

Younger brother Mathew finished third place in the boys’ 11 years’ 50m backstroke and reached the finals of the 100m individual medley and 50m and 200m freestyle.

Following a recent return to Bradford Council’s coaching and training scheme, 15-year-old Kristian Hobson showed that hard work pays off when he won the 50m and 100m backstroke, 100m individual medley, 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle.

He also placed second in the 50m freestyle.

Rebecca Lund, 14, struck gold in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and 100m individual medley.

Not to be outdone, younger brother James continued the family breaststroke tradition and won the boys’ nine years 50m event.

The elder Lund also claimed medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, as did James in the 50m backstroke and 200m breaststroke and reached the finals of the 50m and 200m freestyle and 100m individual medley Bringing up the rear was 15-year-old Chris Killock, who was on top of the rostrum in the 200m individual medley and the 100m and 200m butterfly.

He also came second in the 100m backstroke, third in the 200m freestyle and sixth in the 50m freestyle.

Twelve-year-old Chelsie Reardon came home with a bronze medal in the 12 years’ 50m freestyle as well as finishing fifth in the 100m breaststroke and seventh in the 200m individual medley.

Junior development swimmers Lucy Ward and Ellie Coones, in their first year of away meets, rose to the occasion to finish with final placings.

Nine-year-old Coones was fourth in the 200m breaststroke, fifth in the 100m individual medley, sixth in the 50m freestyle and seventh in the 50m backstroke.

Ward, 12, posted a sixth place in the 200m backstroke and was seventh in the 50m event.