WITH promotion to Yorkshire Two already secured, Malton and Norton entertain Barnsley at The Gannock tomorrow hoping to increase the pressure on their title rivals, Heath.

A Malton win would force Heath, the RFU Powergen Trophy holders, to win their remaining games to take the crown.

Heath are currently in the same position as Malton found themselves in last season. Having won the Powergen Trophy at Twickenham they have still got three league games to play and also have an interest in the Yorkshire Trophy.

For Saturday's game the only absentee from the Malton ranks will be prop Tom Piercy, who will be captaining Huby CC in their first game of the cricket season.

Piercy was brought into the side midway through the campaign and has made one of the prop positions his own with some encouraging and powerful performances.

To celebrate another successful campaign there will be a barbecue for all players after the games.

Despite having one league match still to play, Selby will host their traditional end-of-season fixture when their Under-30s take on the Over-30s tomorrow.

The 'friendly' fixture, which always provides its fair share of entertainment, kicks off at noon and will be followed by the club's annual presentation.

One player who will not be taking part is highly-rated centre Martin Prothero as he is due to head off to London Welsh RUFC to team up with the Welsh Exiles Under-21s team.

The Exiles are due to line up against a strong Gwent team - who can pool together players from Ebbw Vale, Pontypool and Newport - in the semi-final of a county championship-style tournament.

The final of the competition has been scheduled for the Millennium Stadium.

Nestl Rowntree today flew out to Prague to take part in a six-team end-of-season tournament.

'Trees will face Gloucestershire outfit Brockwith and the Prague Barbarians in their section of the tournament, which is ironically sponsored by Nestl.

Host club Rugby Club of Slavia, a team from Scotland and a side from Japan will contest the second group.

Club spokesman Dave Matthewman said: "We are not quite sure what to expect. We were initially going out there to play a game tomorrow and one on Sunday.

"However, we've been entered into this competition. I'm not sure what quality they are expecting but it should be interesting."

Nestl's hopes, however, will not be helped by the loss of Ashley Walters (knee), Shaun Harvey (ankle) and Brian Cottam (ribs) through injury, although all three will still make the trip.

All the games will be played tomorrow.

Updated: 11:53 Friday, April 26, 2002