WITHAM Dolphins Swimming Club captain Isobel Banning excelled as she competed in the county and regional open water five-kilometre championships at Whittingham Lake in Norfolk.

The distance is equivalent to 200 lengths of the Witham main pool and Banning came second in her 17 to 19-year-old age group in Essex and 11th in the East region.

She finished in an impressive time of one hour 22 minutes 43 seconds.