Swimmers make national final

Year six girls at Portishead’s High Down Junior School travelled to Sheffield to compete in the national schools swimming final.

The young swimmers smashed their personal best time – recording the fourth quickest time in the country for their age group – to reach the final. A strong showing in the final saw the girls finish sixth. It was a major achievement for the girls, with 27,000 schools eligible to take part.

Arctic meanwhile won the schools’ house swimming gala, held at Portishead Open Air Pool.