Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club racers brought home a stack of medals from the Argyll and Clyde Championships in Campbeltown.

Clubs taking part included Inverclyde, Dunoon, Oban, Islay and Jura, Kintyre and Helensburgh. There was 25 medals in total won by Helensburgh swimmers, 16 gold, three silver and six bronze.

Four swimmers secured gold medals in all of their races –Alice Cumming, Emily Miller and Alex Johnson won four golds and Mikey Miller claimed three.

The remaining individual medal winners were Caitriona Stewart, who secured one gold, two silver and one bronze medal on the day; Ryan Thomson, who won silver and bronze; and Ethan Parsons, Michael Payne, Jasmine Mansfield and Rachel Hughes, who each brought home a bronze medal.

The Helensburgh 14 and over 200m freestyle relay team, comprising Caitriona Stewart, Emily Miller, Ryan Thomson and Alex Johnson, took first place in their event.

There were some impressive personal best times set throughout the team, including Ethan Parson sealing an improvement on his 200m freestyle of a whopping 42.57 seconds, Rhianna MacFarlane beating her 100m breaststroke personal best by a fantastic 33.22 seconds, and Ryan Thomson knocking off 27.78 seconds off his 200m freestyle PB.

Swimmers securing personal best times in all of their events were Alice Cummings, Eva Greig, Bella Kerr, Ethan Parsons, Michael Payne, Isabella Newman, Rhianna MacFarlane and Jasmine Mansfield.

If you are interested in joining the swimming club please visit the “contact us” page on the club website: helensburghasc.co.uk.