City of Oxford’s Libby Gotta won three medals at a highly successful British Gas Open Disability Short Course Championships in Manchester.

One of the youngest competitors in the tournament, the ten-year-old competed in the 13 years and under age group in the S15 classification, which is for swimmers with a hearing impairment.

Gotta won silver medals in the 200m individual medley in 3mins 24.63secs and the 100m backstroke (1.32.18) and bronze in the 100m breaststroke (1.44.98).

She was also fourth place in both the 50m freestyle (36.64) and 100m freestyle (1.20.79).

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Meanwhile, at the City of Oxford’s awards night, the overall top junior girl was awarded to Dotty Goodgame and top junior boy to fellow 13-year-old Max Underwood Records tumbled at the annual Bicester Blue Fins Club Championships.

Thirty-seven club or county records were broken over the two days.

Lottie Wynne-Jones, 11, broke a remarkable ten records from 11 events, including county records in the 200m and 400m individual medley, and the 200m butterfly.

Wynne-Jones’s times in the 100m individual medley and 200m butterfly also made her No 1 in those categories for her age group in the whole country.

Kieran Bird, 15, broke the Oxfordshire & North Bucks under 16 record in 1500m freestyle in an impressive time of 16mins 7secs, as well as setting club records in 200m individual medley and 400m freestyle.

Freddie Ashley-Sparks set six under 11 club age group marks, Tabitha Watkins claimed four under 12 girls’ records.

There were also three age group standards for eight-year-old Harry Wynne-Jones.

Ellie Falkner, 15 set an overall club standard in the 800m freestyle and produced new age group marks in three other events.

In addition, there were other age group achievements for Oliver Inness, Christopher Littleton, Matt Nolte, Maddy Powell and Georgia Usher.

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