ABINGDON Vale have been promoted to West Midlands Division 1 of the Arena League after finishing second in the Division 2 final.

There were individual club records set by Niall O’Leary in the open 100m backstroke and Michael Esnouf in the 100m breaststroke.

Sisters Anna and Catherine Kirk shone for Wantage White Horses in the Bracknell & Wokingham Level 3 Gala.

Anna, 12, won gold in the 100m backstroke, silver in the 200m individual medley and bronze in the 200m breaststroke, while 14-year-old Catherine took silver in both the 50m and 100m backstroke.

MAXWELL DECEMBER MEET

Abingdon Vale golds: T Arnott 50m backstroke; F Beckers 50 backstroke, 200m backstroke; A Bedford 50m butterfly; E Costello 200m IM; K Ford 50m breaststroke; A Hobbs 50m backstroke; M Jackson 50m freestyle; E Kennedy 200m IM, 200m freestyle; J Kilburn 200m IM, 100m IM; J Law 200m butterfly; Z Lovibond 50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 100m IM; Da Mowle: 50m freestyle, 100m IM; J Rennie 200m breaststroke; Y Tajalli 200m backstroke; 50m butterfly Z Weir-Minns 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle.