The English Schools' Athletics championships at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, brought great successes for local athletes.

The amazing Sheffield show started with Emma MacAlister-Hall (St Peter's) running a superbly judged race to finish second in the junior 800 metres in two minutes 15.33 seconds, two seconds faster than her previous season's best. While Emma was still receiving her medal Richard Buck (Lady Lumley's) stormed to a decisive win in the intermediate 400m in a personal best of 48.11 secs.

Soon afterwards, Laura Jarvis (Queen Margaret's) added six centimetres to her personal best to finish second in the senior high jump with a clearance of 1.69m.

The remarkable success rate finished with Alastair Smith (Manor) finishing sixth in the junior 800m in 2-4.06secs.

Further success came in the intermediate relay as Jessica Taylor (Mount), Heather Howard (Burnholme) and Kate Caffrey (J Rowntree) won their heat and finished seventh in the final in a national standard time of 49.2secs.

Other local athletes who were part of the most successful North Yorkshire team for many years were: Daniel Warman (senior 100m, 11.36secs), Chris Clayton (inter long jump, 6.11m), Simon Walton (inter 400m, 54.26), Russell Bowers (junior high jump 1.69m), Alice McCabe (junior 75m hurdles, 12.04 secs), Jessica Taylor (inter 200m, 25.90), Heather Howard (inter 100m, 12.87), Kate Caffrey (inter 100m, 12.45).

Cricket

U12 Cup semi-finals: Tadcaster beat Oaklands; Millthorpe beat Archbishop Holgate's.

U14 Cup semi-finals: Fulford beat Bootham; Tadcaster beat Manor.

Finals: U14 Fulford v Tadcaster (date and venue to be arranged); U15 Manor v Archbishop Holgate's (date and venue to be arranged).

York and District Cricket Final Tables

Under-13 A

P W L Nr Pts

Manor 7 6 0 1 19

Tadcaster 7 4 2 1 15

Millthorpe 7 4 3 0 15

Minster 7 3 3 1 13

Joseph Rowntree 7 3 3 1 13

Bootham 7 2 3 2 11

Sherburn 7 0 6 1 7

Barlby 7 0 2 5 7

Under-13 B

Archbishop Holgates 4 4 0 0 12

Oaklands 4 3 1 0 10

All Saints 4 1 2 1 6

Lowfield 4 0 3 1 4

Huntington 4 0 2 2 4

Under-15 A

Manor 6 6 0 0 18

Barlby 6 3 2 1 12

Millthorpe 6 2 1 3 10

Bootham 6 2 3 1 10

Tadcaster 6 1 2 3 8

Joseph Rowntree 6 1 4 1 8

Sherburn 6 1 4 1 8

Under-15 B

Archbishops 5 4 1 0 13

All Saints 5 3 1 1 11

Burnholme 5 2 3 0 9

Fulford 5 2 2 1 9

Huntington 5 1 1 3 7

Oaklands 5 0 4 1 5

Finals

Under-13: Manor v Archbishop Holgates

Under-15: Manor v Archbishop Holgates

Updated: 11:30 Wednesday, July 16, 2003