Easingwold edged out in nationals

Easingwold School's Under-15 team went down fighting in the National Schools' Basketball Championships.

They travelled to Chester to take on highly-rated Helsby School, the same team which came third overall in the U14s last year, with a place in the last eight of the competition at stake.

But despite an outstanding performance from captain Rob Whitehall who scored 29 points, Easingwold were beaten 77-56.

Easingwold had progressed in the competition by triumphing in the Yorkshire, and then North East regional sections.

Forthcoming fixtures:

U13 League: Monday, January 25 Easingwold v Sherburn 'B'; Tuesday, January 26 Millthorpe v Bootham; Oaklands v Sherburn 'A'; Thursday, January 28 All Saints v Tadcaster.

U14 League: Tuesday, January 26 All Saints v Lowfield; Wednesday, January 27 Oaklands v Boston Spa, Easingwold v Bootham: Thursday, January 28 Millthorpe v Pocklington.

U15 league: Free week.

U16 League A: The quarter-final play-offs are due to be completed this week.

U16 League B: The quarter-final play-offs are due to be completed this week.

All U13 and U14 league results must be sent to Wayne Isherwood at Sherburn High School by Friday, February 12.

The results in the various basketball leagues up to the end of last term are:

U13 League: Sherburn 'A' 24, Tadcaster 13; Sherburn 'A' 50, All Saints 30; Sherburn 'A' 72, Sherburn B 29; Sherburn 'A' 66, Millthorpe 17; Sherburn 'B' 44, Millthorpe 21; Tadcaster 30, Oaklands 18.

U14 League: Easingwold 50, Bootham 17; Bootham 46, Oaklands 22; Bootham 56, Millthorpe 25; Bootham 49, Pocklington 17; All Saints 43, Bootham 36; Oaklands 40, Lowfield 37; Oaklands 47, Millthorpe 27; Boston Spa 38, Lowfield 14; Boston Spa 34, Millthorpe 25; Lowfield 29, Millthorpe 21.

U15 League: All Saints 59, Sherburn 42; Bootham 52, Sherburn 25; Sherburn 66, J Rowntree 52; Brayton 58, Sherburn 51; Sherburn 54, Read School 31; Bootham 62, J Rowntree 43.

U16 League: Bootham 82, Archbishop's 20; Bootham 66, J Rowntree 88, Oaklands 28; Bootham 49, Burnholme 41; Archbishop's 39, J Rowntree 32; Archbishop's 17, Lowfield 15; Archbishop's 27, Burnholme 23; Burnholme 52, Oaklands 42; Lowfield 35, Burnholme 29.

U16 League B: Selby 34, All Saints 32; Selby 34, Fulford 24; Selby 40, Brayton 21; Selby 63, Millthorpe 25; All Saints 56, Millthorpe 33; Brayton 28, Millthorpe 27.

TennisEntry forms for the 1999 State Schools Tennis League are now in all the secondary schools and they should be completed and returned to Wayne Isherwood at Sherburn High School, Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, near Leeds, LS25 6AS at the latest by Friday, February 26.

NETBALL

The regional round of the National Schools Netball tournament is being held this Saturday, at Wickersley School, Rotherham.

The York and District teams that are concerned are Joseph Rowntree U16s and U19s, Huntington and the York Sixth Form College U14s.

The Joseph Rowntree teams are determined to reach the national finals in Brighton in March. Their U16s are new to this round, never having reached this standard before.

They are desperate to reach the nationals and their training schedule is going well.

The U19s, however, are regulars in this round. For many players it is their fourth occasion. This experienced team is also determined to reach the nationals again, and for most of the team it is the last chance before leaving school.

The Joseph Rowntree squads are: U16s: Julie Ely (capt), Amy Cunningham, Louise Perrins, Emily Keen, Katy Neep, Jemma Ferguson, Gemma Grant, Amy Snow. Reserves Gemma Shaw, Liz Davies.

U19s: Tina Jones (capt), Amanda Brigham, Gemma Carter, Faye Pashby, Chloe Graham, Laura Carroll, Helen Cordell. Reserves Debra Salter, Dawn Pashby.

FOOTBALL

The next round of the various cup competitions is to be completed by February 6 and the fixtures are as follows.

Primary Cup Round Three: Headlands v Clifton Without, St Aelred's v Kingsway 'A'; Hempland v Poppleton Road/Ralph Butterfield/Appleton Roebuck; Riverside/Westfield v Tang Hall.

U12 Trophy Round Two: Oaklands v Selby, Canon Lee v J Rowntree, Millthorpe v Manor; Tadcaster v Fulford. Already played Millthorpe 1, Manor 5.

Intermediate (U13) Cup Round Two: Canon Lee v All Saints, Manor v Millthorpe, Tadcaster v Fulford, Sherburn v Lowfield. Already played Manor 8, Millthorpe 1.

Wilf Meek (14) Cup Round Two: Millthorpe v Selby, Sherburn v Huntington, J Rowntree v Fulford, Tadcaster v Barlby. Already played Tadcaster 4, Barlby 0.

Harry Pannell (15) Trophy Round Two: Canon Lee v Sherburn, Tadcaster v Oaklands, J Rowntree v Huntington, All Saints v Burnholme.

The next City Boys' match will be an U11 home fixture against Airedale in both league and cup competitions.

The York team will be selected from the following players: Mark Zienko, Mark Featherstone, Matthew Bell (Dringhouses), Daniel Walton, Dean Greenhough (Heworth), Michael Down (Ralph Butterfield), Harry Pasby (Oaken Grove), Robert MacQuarrie (Kirk Fenton), Tom Williamson (Fulford), Steven Sacks (Upper Poppleton), Michael Vickers, Jack Rogers (Headlands), Ben Hopkin (Barlow, Selby), Mark Debnam (St Aelred's) Jamie Swires (Clifton Without), Michael Murley (Dunnington), Liam Stilgoe (Poppleton Road).

Last Saturday the City Boys' U11s were away to Rother Valley and they had a convincing 4-1 victory. The York scorers were Michael Vickers (Headlands) 2, Robert MacQuarries (Kirk Fenton) 1, and Michael Town (Ralph Butterfield) 1.

The U14s match away to Sheffield in the Yorkshire Trophy competition was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. It has not been rearranged yet.

The annual meeting of the York and District Schools' Athletic Association will be held at Huntington Secondary School on Thursday, January 28 at 5pm. It would be helpful if as many schools as possible were represented.

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