Richard Salt has celebrated a famous double.

The 17-year-old Shiverers Club ace from Hove triumphed in the third week of the Sussex County Championships and got a call-up to represent Britain in the Six Nations Junior International in Cadiz, Spain, this month.

Lancing College pupil Salt said: "It has been a fantastic week for me.

"It went well in the counties and now I am really looking forward to the international."

Salt secured individual titles in the men's 100m individual medley and the boys' born 1983/4 freestyle, plus a silver medal in the men's 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the men's 100m butterfly at the Prince Regent pool, Brighton.

He said: "I did some reasonable times and I'm certainly happy with how it went."

Salt's GB call-up, with David Bartlett (Littlehampton), follows his international debut in the Three Nations International.

He said: "I've been chosen for the 4x100m freestyle relay team, which I helped to victory in the Three Nations. I wouldn't mind it going that well again. Hopefully I might get some individual swims too."

Salt, coached by Ian Newell, believes Shiverers, Crawley and Hastings Seagull proved a point to hosts Brighton. He said: "I have read in The Argus about some suggesting Brighton are the best club in Sussex. But I think ourselves, Crawley and Hastings proved talent is widespread throughout the county.

"Each club has two or three swimmers who are on a higher level to others in the county. Brighton have theirs in Claire Manton and Amy Kent, but Crawley have the Hutchinsons, Ben and Chris, and Alex Brown.

"Hastings have Lisa Chapman, Trevor Gaunt and Nicholas Hart and we have Simon Burtenshaw, myself and Charlie Ticehurst."

With Burtenshaw absent through a shoulder injury, Ticehurst, 15, scored a county hat-trick, taking the boys' 100m individual medley, the born 1985 100m freestyle and the born 1985 backstroke despite a cold.

The Worthing High pupil helped his club pip Hastings with Brighton third in the boys' 4x50m freestyle. He was also second to Hart in the boys' 200m breaststroke. Hart was third behind Ticehurst and Paul Lindsay (Crawley) in the 1985 backstroke, with Gaunt third in the 1983/84 100m freestyle.

Ben McIvor (1987 100m freestyle and backstroke), Nicholas Paine (1982 100m freestyle), along with Sarah Richard (girls' 1989 100m backstroke), lifted titles for Hastings.

Ben Hutchinson swam to a double in the 1986 100m freestyle and backstroke and was equal first with Christopher Varrall (Hastings) in the boys' 100m butterfly with 1min.04.95sec. Brother Chris was runner-up to Ben in the backstroke.

Brown claimed the men's 100m butterfly and was runner-up to Salt in the men's 100m individual medley.

Brighton's girls scored six wins through Manton (women's and girls' 200m individual medley), Amy Kent (1986 100m backstroke), Kirsty Hedge (girls' 100m butterfly), Hannah Belameh (1991 100m backstroke) and Isobel Rogers (1990 100m backstoke).

Manton managed to raise her spirits after missing out on her England debut in the Home Schools International in Cardiff when the event was postponed due to the national foot-and-mouth crisis.

Gemma Spofforth (Bognor Regis) triumphed in the women's and girls' 400m freestyle and 1987 100m backstroke in an event best time 1min.04.99sec.

Phil Durrant (Haywards Heath) secured the 1988 100m freestyle and backstroke.

Other winners included: Lindsey Waller (Hailsham), David Bartlett (Littlehampton), Lauren Hemsley (Eastbourne), Carrie Walshe (Haywards Heath), Kelly Purdie (Hailsham), Jemma Lowe (Chichester Cormorant), Ben Duke (Bognor Regis), Bognor Regis boys' 4x25m medley team.