ABINGDON Vale are celebrating after leaving the Oxfordshire & North Buckinghamshire Championship with the best results in their history.

The club finished third after achieving 200 final placings, 12 gold, 30 silver and 26 bronze medals.

Vale also secured 15 junior and open championship top-three spots, with Natalia Druett, Lottie James and Harry James third in the breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly respectively in the latest round at Aylesbury.