THE increasing popularity of the York City Knights Schools Tag Rugby set-up saw organisers branch out into an all-girls event for primary schools.

The competition was part of the Arriva Trains-sponsored nationwide series of girls' events and saw six York schools enter and 50 youngsters participate - a figure which was better than expected.

Organiser Tony Gargan said: "The event was a winner with the girls showing great skills and a very even competition took place. We would like to thank all the primary school teachers who took time out to bring their children to the event."

The competition, played at Oaklands School, was so even that three teams finished level on points at the top and had to be separated by points-difference and points-scored.

St Oswald's came out on top on points-difference ahead of Elvington and Lakeside, the latter being the only unbeaten side after the round-robin games, while Elvington were second as they had scored more points than Lakeside, who had the same plus-12 points-difference.

Girls Tag Rugby League Tournament

Clifton Without 0, Elvington 4; Huntington 4, Lakeside 4; St Oswald's 8, Woodthorpe 0; Clifton Without 0, Huntington 0; Elvington 8, St Oswald's 4; Lakeside 4, Woodthorpe 0; Clifton Without 4, Lakeside 4; Woodthorpe 0, Elvington 12; Huntington 0, St Oswald's 8; Lakeside 8, Elvington 0; Woodthorpe 0, Huntington 8; Clifton Without 0, St Oswald's 8; Clifton Without 8, Woodthorpe 0; Elvington 4, Huntington 4; Lakeside 0, St Oswald's 0.

A tag rugby team from Forest School in Knaresborough won the fair play award in the Intermediate League at the 2004 npower Tag Rugby Festival for children with learning and physical disabilities.

Twenty-nine teams took part in the Yorkshire-wide event, which was held at Sandal RFU and organised by the Federation of Disability Sports Organisation.

YOUTH GAMES

PRESENTATIONS for the North Yorkshire Youth Games will be held in the Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens, York on Wednesday, June 9, starting at 7pm.

All the youngsters who took part in the Games and the team managers are invited to attend, to be there at 6.45pm.

The presentation of awards will be made by Coun Keith Orrell, chairman of City of York Council leisure committee.

More than 1,200 athletes aged between nine and 16 competed in the Games held at Huntington and Joseph Rowntree schools.

For any inquiries about the presentation ceremony contact Andy Pope, community leisure officer for City of York Council, on 01904 553375.

FOOTBALL

CUP winners Huntington School turned round the agony of a cup final defeat last season to win the North Yorkshire County Cup.

The Under-14 team beat rivals Boroughbridge 3-2 at Dunnington with goals from Liam Wingfield, George Magrath and Tom Magee.

The winning squad which represented Huntington and brought home the silverware was: Dan Smith (captain), Will Atkinson, Liam Wingfield, Jon McNaughton, Matthew Gott, Tom Magee, Liam Broadley, George Magrath, Maurice Deans, Paul Scaife, Jamie Ross, Nathan Foxcroft, Danny Lamb, Hakeem Hussain and James Gilbey.

York Under-11s Schools will entertain next season's Under 12s in a match at York Sixth Form College next Wednesday (June 9) at 6pm.

The U11s team will be selected from the squad of Tom Kite (Poppleton Ousebank), Luke Quantoock (Robert Wilkinson), Alex Dale (Woodthorpe), Tim Patton (English Martyrs), Jacob McCormick (St Aelred's), Sam Fowler (Dunnington), Sam Byram (Ralph Butterfield), Ben Lock (Poppleton Ousebank), Conor Qualter (Huntington), Jacob Gore (Poppleton Ousebank), Jamie Wilstrop (Wigginton), Charlie Taylor (Tregelles), Karl Knowles (Yearsley Grove), George Wilson (Woodthorpe), George Catlin (Poppleton Road). Meet at 5.15pm. Bring £2 for food.

TENNIS

NESTLE Tennis League matches for the week beginning June 7 are:

Under 13 Girls: Bootham v St Olave's; Pocklington v The Mount; Queen Margaret's v Queen Ethelburga's.

Under 15 Girls: Bootham v St Peter's; The Mount v Pocklington; Queen Margaret's v Queen Ethelburga's.

Under 13 Boys: Pocklington v Joseph Rowntree; St Olave's v Tadcaster. Bootham has a free week.

The U15 Boys league matches should now have finished.

State Schools' tennis fixtures for the week beginning June 7 are:

Boys: Tadcaster v Manor; Joseph Rowntree v All Saints; Fulford v Huntington.

Girls: Sherburn v Millthorpe; Manor v Tadcaster; All Saints v Joseph Rowntree; Huntington v Fulford.

CRICKET

THE next league matches will be on Thursday, June 10. The fixtures will be all second round games in the U12 and U14 cup competitions.

U12 Cup Round 2: Millthorpe or Fulford v Canon Lee or Sherburn; Oaklands v Archbishop's or Tadcaster; Bootham v Read, Drax or All Saints; Huntington or Joseph Rowntree v Manor or Burnholme.

U14 Cup Round 2: Archbishop's or Fulford v Joseph Rowntree or All Saints; Burnholme v Tadcaster; Bootham v Manor or Millthorpe; Oaklands or Huntington v Sherburn.

The next cricket league fixtures are:

Group 'A' Under 13: Lowfield v Sherburn; Barlby v Minster; Huntington v Manor; Fulford v Tadcaster.

Group 'A' Under 15: Tadcaster v Fulford; Manor v Huntington. Barlby and Sherburn both have a free week.

Group 'B' Under 13: Burnholme v Joseph Rowntree; Millthorpe v Oaklands; All Saints v Bootham; Archbishop's v Canon Lee.

Group 'B' Under 15: Bootham v All Saints; Oaklands v Millthorpe; Joseph Rowntree v Burnholme. Archbishop's has a free week.

Updated: 09:43 Wednesday, June 02, 2004