Chris Alexander of Derwentside ASC won the boys 12 years 200 metres butterfly event at the third and final Northumberland & Durham Open Graded Meet in Hebburn Pool.

There were second placings for clubmates Jake Lidster (boys 14 yrs 200 butterfly) and Joanne Short (girls 14+ yrs 200 individual medley).

Jennifer Anderson of Chester le Street ASC came second in the girls eleven years 100 butterfly.

Local placings, Durham City, boys: 11 yrs: Joseph Smith 100 free (17); 12 yrs., Thomas Edwards 200 fly (dis); Stephen Marshall 100 free (7); Thomas Edwards 100 free (9).

Girls: 9 yrs: Charlotte Buckle 200 bst (12); Jennifer Cockburn 50 free (23), 200 IM (10); 10 yrs., Helen Brady 20 bst (12); Elizabeth Wilson (11); Helen Brady 50 free (22); Adele Smith 200 IM (8).

Chester le Street, girls: 10 yrs., Sophie Eames 200 bst (14), 50 free (23); 11 yrs., Aimee Renshaw 200 bk (12), 100 fly (14); Jennifer Anderson 100 fly (2); 12 yrs., Natalie Cooper 100 fly (7); Harriet Middleton 100 fly (24).

Derwentside, boys: 10 yrs., Chris McArdle 200 free (17); 12 yrs., Chris Alexander 200 fly (1), 100 free (4); 14 yrs., Jake Lidster 200 fly (2), 100 free (4); 15+ yrs., Mark Ledger 50 bst (4), 200 IM (4).

Girls: 11 yrs., Emma Bainbridge 200 bk (4), 100 fly (5); 12 yrs., Siobhan Campbell 200 bk (13), 100 fly (8); 14+ yrs., Joanne Short 200 IM (2); Sarah Mitchell 200 IM (3).