CANON Lee School have won the York and District Intermediate girls' cross-country event for the first time in their history.

Year 10 pupils Asha Hibbert, Louise Bonnie and Kerry Waterworth, along with Julie Atkinson from Year 11, overcame muddy, slippery conditions on Knavesmire to win the trophy.

Asha finished second behind last year's North Yorkshire champion, Aimee Collett, who rushed to the start from a mock exam. Waterworth was fourth, Bonnie ninth and Atkinson 20th for a combined score of 35.

Ten days previously Hibbert, Waterworth and Bonnie, plus Leanne Schofield from Year 9, finished a creditable 16th overall in the National Schools' cross-country championships at Tadcaster.

In the year 7 event on Knavesmire St Olave's Emma Macalister-Hall and Nina Batt (Tadcaster) soon dominated the race, running most of the distance together.

In the last quarter Macalister-Hall produced an impressive change of pace, pulling away for a clear victory to lead St Olaves to a narrow team win over Tadcaster.

The Junior race was dominated by Tadcaster.

Nicola Lampard made a decisive charge from the start, opening up a lead which she maintained comfortably. She was followed by team-mates Lisa Collett and Kate Hollier.

Despite the prospect of a wet and muddy course, all three age groups attracted their biggest entry in recent years, a total of 280 girls taking part.

The leading runners in all age groups now prepare for the friendly against the East Riding on Saturday, January 13, and then the North Yorkshire Schools' Championships at Tadcaster GS on Saturday, January 20. Anyone who has lost their team letter can ring 01937 581165.

York and District Schools'

cross-country championships

Year 7 girls

(110 ran)

Individual placings: 1 Emma Macalister-Hall (St O), 2 Nina Batt (Tad), 3 Jade Mullarkey (Fulford), 4 Lucy Bennett-Baggs (QM), 5 Megan Smith (Hunt), 6 Phillippa Hetherton (Mo), 7 Alison Stafford (Tad), 8 Hannah Punnett (St O), 9 Charlotte Maxstead (Tad), 10 Emma Bennett (St O), 11 Sophie Cuthbertson (St O), 12 Frances McCormick (AS), 13 Ashleigh Husband (Ma), 14 Rebecca O'Donnell (Mil), 15 Helen Webster (Tad), 16 Eilish Hannah (St O), 17 Jennie Crossland (Selby H), 18 Alice McCabe (Oak), 19 Becky Raper (Hun), 20 Cassy Adams (Oak).

Team placings: 1 St Olaves' 46pts, 2 Tadcaster 54, 3 Oaklands 144, 4 Millthorpe 179, 5 The Mount 197, 6 Queen Margaret's 204, 7 All Saints 205, 8 Fulford 213, 9 Read School 218, 10 Selby High 259, 11 Bootham 329, 12 Sherburn 333, 13 Archbishop's 382, 14 Canon Lee 397.

Junior Girls

(120 ran)

Individual placings: 1 Nicola Lampard (Tad), 2 Lisa Collett (Tad), 3 Kate Holier (Tad), 4 Liz Hodgkinson (QM), 5 Mhari Maconald (Tad), 6 Stacey Church (Ma), 7 Joanne Feasby (AS), 8 Michaela Peach (Tad), 9 Katie Mellor (St O), 10 Rosie Evans (Mo), 11 Katie Holden (Bray), 12 Rachel Hemblade (Mill), 13 Holly Atkinson (CL), 14 Emma Shooter (Tad), 15 Judith Faulkner (Mo), 16 Charlotte Ward (QM), 17 Nataly Bean (QM), 18 Rhiannon Parsons (Tad), 19 Elizabeth Robson (Ma), 20 Julie Miller (St P).

Team placings: 1 Tadcaster 19pts, 2 Queen Margaret's 93, 3 St Peter's 103, 4 Millthorpe 158, 5 Manor 183, 6 Selby High 198, 7 Fulford 200, 8 Canon Lee 251, 9 Sherburn 251, 10 The Mount 264, 11 All Saints 277, 12 Archbishop's 304, 13 Oaklands 325, 14 Bootham 415, 15 Read School 418.

Intermediate Girls

Individual placings: 1 Amee Collett (Tad), 2 Asha Hibbert (CL), 3 Lara Gibbs (St P), 4 Kerry Waterworth (CL), 5 Laura Lancaster (Mo), 6 Anna Clarke (St P), 7 Melanie Evans (Sel), 8 Jenna Davies (Tad), 9 Louise Bonnie (CL), 10 Nikki Copeland (Sher), 11 Laura McIntyre (St P), 12 Sophie Duncanson (QM), 13 Jenna Strain (Oak), 14 Mary Gore-Booth (QM), 15 Jessica Davies (AS), 16 Loretta Feasty (AS), 17 Ruth Tinsley (Sel), 18 Charlotte Prowse (QM), 19 Sam Ford (St P), 20 Julie Atkinson (CL).

Team placings: 1 Canon Lee 35pts, 2 St Peter's 39, 3 Tadcaster 54, 4 Queen Margaret's 65, 5 Selby 83, 6 All Saints 84, 7 The Mount 113.

Year 7 boys

Individual placings: 1 T Hogg (Bar), 2 P Graves (Arch), 3 J Scott (Tad), 4 J Topping (Bar), 5 L Peace (Tad), 6 A Smith (Ma), 7 M Waugh (St O), 8 A Bland (Mill), 9 D Phillips (Tad), 10 R Vasili (Ful), 11 J Heseltine (Tad), 12 B Dickie (Sel), 13 A Hannah (Sher), 14 S Maxwell (Ma), 15 P Brown (Tad), 16 R Macleod (St O), 17 T Breslin (Ma), 18 C Musgrave (Ma), 19 J Gothard (AS), 20 L Pentith (Ful).

Team placings: 1 Tadcaster 28pts, 2 Manor 55, 3 St Olave's 74, 4 Millthorpe 86, 5 Barlby 96, 6 Fulford 97, 7 All Saints 133, 8 Oaklands 151, 9 Archbishop's 156, 10 Canon Lee 161, 11 Read School 225, 12 Selby 264, 13 Lowfield 293, 14 Bootham 315.

Junior Boys

Individual placings: 1 R MacQuarrie (Sher), 2 E Elliott (AS), 3 G Husband (Ma), 4 L Gemmell (Sel), 5 L Eiler (Ma), 6 E Hick (JR), 7 A James (Ma), 8 J Readshaw (Read), 9 J Orchard (Read), 10 D Huntington (Bar), 11 P Watt (Low), 12 J Davies (Tad), 13 D Smith (Mill), 14 J Binns (Ma), 15 B Wheldick (Ma), 16 M Suggitt (Tad), 17 J Sharp (Arch), 18 C Elliott (AS), 19 A Greenfield (Bo), 20 R Mason (Ma).

Team placings: 1 Manor 29pts, 2 Read School 80, 3 All Saints 97, 4 Lowfield 105, 5 Sherburn 109, 6 Millthorpe 125, 7 Selby 129, 8 Archbishop's 143, 9 Tadcaster 147, 10 J Rowntree 157, 11 Barlby 165, 12 Bootham 200, 13 Oaklands 229, 14 Huntington.

Intermediate Boys

Individual placings: 1 D MacQuarrie (Sher), 2 J Riley (Tad), 3 S Murphy (AS), 4 C Anderson (Sel), 5 M Holmes (Mill), 6 M Perry (AS), 7 W Kwan (Bo), 8 T Linnish (Mill), 9 N Richardson (AS), 10 S Cooper (Arch), 11 L Grant (Hun), 12 T Feathers (Low), 13 J Edmonson (Hun), 11 L Grant (Hun), 12 T Feathers (Low), 13 J Edmonson (Hun), 14 J Allcock (Sel), 15 M Shields (Hun), 16 R Todd (Hun), 17 I Smithson (Hun), 18 M Long (JR), 19 T Walker (JR), 20 J Unwin (Mill).

Team placings: 1 All Saints 41pts, 2 Millthorpe 55, Huntington 55, 4 Selby 86, 5 Archbishop's 95, 6 Lowfield 116, 7 Bootham 127.

Key: AS = All Saints, Arch = Archbishop's, Bar = Barlby, Bo = Bootham, Bray = Brayton, CL = Canon Lee, Ful = Fulford, Hu = Huntington, JR = Joseph Rowntree, Low = Lowfield, Ma = Manor, Mill = Millthorpe, Mo = The Mount, Oak = Oaklands, QM = Queen Margaret's, Read = Read School, Sel = Selby, Sher = Sherburn, St O = St Olave's, St P = St Peter's, Tad = Tadcaster.

FOOTBALL

IMPRESSIVE York Schools' under-11s prevailed over their strong Leeds counterparts to post a fine 2-1 triumph.

The speed of Dale Hunt was the major weapon in the York armoury, his pace constantly troubling the Leeds' defence.

From one blistering advance he out-ran a posse of defenders before teeing up captain Liam Simpson to crisply finish.

Leeds dominated the second-half, but on a counter-attack Hunt's astute pass enabled Carl Stewart to double York's lead with a 20-yard first-time drive.

Leeds then halved the arrears to set up a frantic bout of pressure. But York worked tirelessly to hold on, goalkeeper Callum Atkinson solid between the posts, followed by a superb save from replacement 'keeper Dan Smith.

The York side's next game is at home to Wakefield at Dunnington on Saturday. Meet 9.30am for 10.30am kick-off (£2 subs).