Swimming club duo dominate championships

Matthew Lees and Blake Wilson

Rochdale Swimming Club’s rising star Blake Wilson, 18, made his presence felt at the Bolton and District Championships winning the open 50m freestyle in a time of 25.15s and the open 50m breaststroke in a time of 31.6s.

He then swam to collect the bronze medals in the open 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:09.82 and open 50m Butterfly in a time of 27.97s.

Blake was supported by long standing club member Matthew Lees, 22.

Matthew finished 5th in the open 50m Butterfly in a personal best time of 29.05s, 7th in the open 50m freestyle in a personal best time of 26.84s.

Matthew then swam to another personal best time in the open 50m Breaststroke in a time of 36.07s, and just outside his personal best in the open 100m freestyle in 1:01.14s.

Head Coach Mark Lord said: "Blake and Matthew have been training hard together pushing themselves to new levels and our training programme is starting to pay dividends. Blake and Matthew are a shining example of what can achieve with a little grit and determination and I'm looking forward to the Central Lancashire Championships to be held on the 19 June.”