FOUR Fareham Nomads swimmers travelled to the Masters Championships at Sheffield and returned with 11 medals, including six golds.

Jo and Tony Corben, Mark Franklin and Ian Fairhurst also won three silver and two bronze medals.

Jo Corben returned to her best form after a less than spectacular 12 months.

The 34-year-old entered five events in the 30-34 years category and won all five.

She opened her campaign with the 200m Individual Medley 2.29.17 (pb), and also won the 400m Freestyle 4.44.78, 100m Backstroke 1.05.99, 400m Individual Medley 5.16.01 (pb).

She concluded her championships with victory in the 200m Backstroke (2.18.99).

Tony Corben (40-44) won silver in the 200m Butterfly, recording his fastest time for 15 months (2.29.32).

He was also seventh in the 50m Butterfly (29.49, pb) and fifth in the 100m Butterfly (1.05.86).

Franklin (35-39 age group) entered six events, winning gold in the 400m Individual Medley (5.11.36, pb), silver in the 400m Freestyle (4.35.32) and bronze in the 200m Individual Medley (2.26.00).

Nomads newcomer Fairhurst was fourth with a pb of 53.50 in the 100m Freestyle.

Silver was his reward in the 200m Backstroke (2.17.82) and bronze in the 100m Individual Medley of 1.03.38. He also competed in the 100m Fly (1.00.98) and 100m Backstroke (1.01.87).