YORK Rugby Union Club's youngsters piled up the tries in the Worcester tournament.

Teams ranging from under-7s to U12s from Clifton Park took part with the U9s winning their section.

They played a qualifying tournament and enjoyed a clean sweep.

They beat Mosley 4-0, which included a hat-trick by Dylan George and a touchdown for Charlie Elliot, while tries by Alex Machen, Dan Tai, and Aaron Johnson saw off Hereford, and Cheltenham fell 2-0 to scores by Machen and Will Scholey.

The final against Sandal was evenly matched until Adam Price powered over and two late efforts from Elliot sealed a memorable 3-0 victory.

York U7s finished second overall. Their chances of overall victory ended when they lost a hotly-contested match against Hereford 6-7 - their only defeat in the tournament.

York scored a total of 25 tries with the top try-scorers being Jack Starkey (4) and William Kimpson (4).

York U8s finished fourth even though they only lost one game.

With 23 tries scored, their leading try-scorers were Jake Stephenson (8), Cameron Atkinson (3) and Callum Simpson (3).

Updated: 10:59 Thursday, April 28, 2005