York and District Schools' netball teams travel to Harrogate on Saturday to take part in the second of three inter-area friendly cluster tournaments.

In December, York hosted the first tournament and swept the board winning all three age groups at Under-18, U16 and U14 against teams from Harrogate/Craven, Scarborough/Ryedale and Hambleton & Richmond.

Now Harrogate and District are hosts at Ashville College. The final tournament in March will be hosted by Hambleton & Richmond and teams will be then competing for the inter area trophies.

The cluster tournaments were set up as development squads after North Yorkshire Schools' County netball was put on hold. They have proved so popular they are likely to continue next season.

U18: Jenny Bailey, Danny Colquhoun, Katie Ellis, Nicola Bailey (capt), Katie Caffrey, Heather Welsh, Kelly Cameron (all Joseph Rowntree); Gabby Barr, Anna Jackson (both Queen Margaret's).

U16: Emma Stane (capt), Lucy Shaw (both Millthorpe); Laura Briggs, Georgina Collinge (both All Saints); Abigail Bedford, Victoria Crapper (both Bootham); Louise Collins (Lowfield); Venetia Philipps (Queen Margaret's); Melanie Ward, Helen Jamieson (both Joseph Rowntree).

U14: Harriet Hobbs-Millthorpe, Charlotte Jopling (capt), Anne Galbraith, Thea Speake (all Queen Margaret's);Emily Mantle, Danielle Hughes, Emily Shaw, Sarah Corbett, Katrina Woodcock (all Joseph Rowntree); S Caman (Manor).

Updated: 09:16 Wednesday, February 04, 2004