Holly Bax scored a double triumph to help St Bedes win the Sussex Schools' Championships at Crawley.

Margeaux Trappey, Ben McIvor and Phillip Welburn also won for the Upper Dicker school who went one place better than last year.

Coach Ally Whike believes success stems from the plan he put in place two-and-half years ago.

He said: "There has been a steady improvement and this latest result shows what they can achieve.

"There is potential in the squad to produce national championship standard swimmers who could push on to become Great Britain juniors. They've got the talent, it just depends on their desire."

Trappey beat Holly White (Patcham High), second in the national juniors, in the 100m intermediate butterfly.

Whike, a former assistant coach to Commonwealth Games swimmers Jamie Salter and Gregor Tait, said: "She has impressed. Margeaux swam a personal best 1min.06.6sec and to beat Holly was a good effort.

"Holly Bax swam a personal best 1min.16sec in the 100m breast-stroke."

The winners, plus the best of the rest, will form a 30-strong squad to compete for Sussex in the South Region Championships at Southampton in September.

St Bedes scored 348 points, runners-up Hailsham Community College 256 and Brighton and Hove were third. East Sussex beat West Sussex overall and more than 200 swimmers competed.

Winners: Junior girls (up to Year Eight): 100m freestyle: Rebecca Barrie (Claremont). 100m backstroke: Isobel Rogers (Brighton and Hove High). 100m breaststroke: Chelsea Gumbrell (Steyning Grammar). 100m butterfly: Rogers. 200m medley: Hannah Belameh (St Mary's Hall, Brighton and Hove).

Intermediate girls (Years Nine and Ten), 100m freestyle: Jodie Miller (Downlands, Hassocks). 100m backstroke: Miller. 100m breaststroke: Holly Bax (St Bede's, Upper Dicker). 100m butterfly: Margeaux Trappey (St Bede's). 200m medley: Bax.

Senior girls, 100m freestyle: Amy Kent (Brighton and Hove High). 100m backstroke: Claire Manton (Blatchington Mill, Brighton and Hove). 100m breaststroke: Kent. 100m butterfly Nicole Read (Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College). 200m medley: Manton.

Juniors boys, 100m freestyle: Ricky Garcia (Eastbourne Technical College). 100m backstroke: Ben Duke (Bognor Community College). 100m breastroke: Andrew Eaton (St Richards, Hastings). 100m butterfly: Eaton. 200m medley: Garcia.

Senior boys, 100m freestyle: Ben Hutchinson (Imberhorne, East Grintead). 100m backstroke: Chris Hutchinson (Imberhorne). 100m breaststroke: Danny Sivers (Cavendish, Eastbourne). 100m butterfly: Chris Hutchinson. 200m medley: Phillip Welburn (St Bedes).

Schools included: Rydon Community College (Worthing), The Grove (St Leonards), Tanbridge (Horsham), Midhurst Grammar, Patcham High, Boundstone Community College (Lancing), Beacon CC (Crowborough), Davison High (Worthing), Brighton and Hove High, Blatchington Mill, Brighton and Hove), Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, St Bedes, Downlands (Hassocks), St Mary's Hall, Steyning Grammar, Claremont (Hastings), Oakmeeds (Burgess Hill).

Warden Park (Cuckfield), Broadwater (Worthing), Hailsham CC, Millais (Horsham), Imberhorne, Cavendish, St Wilfreds (Crawley), Eastbourne Technical College, St Richards (Hastings), Bognor CC, Orchards Middle, (Worthing), Bexhill high, Peacehaven, Oathall (Haywards Heath), Holy Trinity (Crawley), Shelley (Southwater), St Margarets (Crawley), Somerhill (Brighton and Hove), Angmering, Willingdon (Eastbourne), Ringmer CC, Forest (Horsham).

Brighton College, Lancing College, Northease (Haywards Heath), Dorothy Stringer (Brighton and Hove), William Parker (Hastings), Felpham CC, Hazelwick (Crawley), Robertsbridge, Cardinal Newman (Brighton and Hove), Longhill (Brighton and Hove), Claverham CC (Hailsham), Helenswood (Hastings), Ratton (Crowborough).