Great Britain triathlete and Leatherhead Swimming Club member Richard Stannard broke two European and five British masters records at the British Gas ASA Masters & Senior Age Group Swimming Championships in Sheffield last weekend.

He competed in five events – the 1,500m, 800m, 400m, 200m freestyle and the 200m butterfly.

Stannard took gold and set records in every event.

He said: “It has been an amazing weekend. I was hit by a car earlier this year while training on my bicycle, breaking both my pelvis and my hand.

“It wiped out my triathlon season, and made training impossible.

“I had to change my focus. It’s been very hard and to start my comeback with a weekend like this, breaking so many records, is fantastic.

“I start running and cycling next week in preparation for next year’s triathlon season.

“I just hope my injuries have healed sufficiently and I do not suffer any further problems from the crash.”

l Leatherhead Swimming Club’s younger members scooped 17 medals at the Guildford Invitational Sprint Gala last week at Guildford Spectrum.

The biggest haul was made by nine-year old Alicia Wilson with three golds, for the 50m breaststroke (47.81s), 50m butterfly (40.40s) and 50m backstroke (41.42), as well as a silver for the 50m freestyle (36.23s).

There were also gold medal successes for nine-year-old Jamie Wilks (50m freestyle), 10-year-old Emma Brown (50m freestyle), plus 12-year-olds Suzanne Norman (50m butterfly) and Chris Green (50m breaststroke).