FRASER Durston was the biggest winner at Swindon Dolphin’s end-of-season open meet.

The 16-year-old bagged eight out of eight possible first-place finishes although he was denied receiving a medal in two due to exceeding the ‘no faster than’ rules of graded meets.

The rest of the meet was a big success with more than 250 swimmers from almost 30 clubs descending on the Link Centre.

Catching the eye of the Dolphin coaches was 11-year-old Henry Rideout, who swam impressive-looking 100m and 200m breaststrokes, recording times that make him a top contender to achieve regional times next season Also recording swims that could indicate first-time regional qualification next year were Laura Brown in the 200m backstroke and Miles Farrington in the 400m freestyle.

Several swimmers also look likely to make first-time county qualification next season including Matthew Edwards, Ethan Fowler, Noah Parker and Mia Gough.

All four are relative late-starters with Dolphin, but have shown some noted progress in recent months.

There was good representation from the younger Dolphin contingent although possible changes to the competition system may mean a discontinuation of the existing BAGCAT system with its multi-stroke requirements.

Nine-year-old Aimee Masters swam what would have been county standard swims for her age group this year although due to her younger age, other potential age group changes mean that she may not get the opportunity to compete at the county championships until 2016.

A further 33 Dolphin competitors picked up at least one gold medal, with another 18 collecting silver or bronze.