Champion siblings

BROTHER and sister Richard and Hannah Booth have become national tennis champions a year after having been runners-up in the same competition.

Brother and sister Richard and Hannah Booth with the trophies their trophies after winning the Guardian Direct Under-21 National Tennis Championships mixed doubles title at Telford.

Pocklington School pupils Richard, aged 15, and Hannah, 14, were the youngest of the regional finalists at the Guardian Direct Under-21 National Championships at Telford and they scoring a 6-3 triumph in the deciding third set of the mixed doubles final.

Already the holder of the Caravela Tours Under-18 Regional tennis title, Richard has won through to the finals of this singles national championship to be held at Telford in February.

RUGBY LEAGUE

YORK Schools Under 16s Rugby League side enjoyed their second win of the NAS/UWT English Schools League when they beat Sheffield 36-16 under Heworth ARL's floodlights.

Richard Scott broke the deadlock with a good try after some fine running by captain Nic Caldwell and Ben Henson.

Sheffield came back strongly with a try by scrum half Stuart Jones but York's forwards made in-roads into the Sheffield defence with breaks by Danny Wilks, Gary Watkinson and Matthew Corr.

Both sides made changes during the interval but York turned their possession into points with man-of-the match Caldwell scoring two tries and setting up tries for his colleagues. Other touchdowns were scored by Scott, Craig Fox, Matthew Couttie and Watkinson. Fox kicked four goals.

Try scorers for Sheffield were Jones, Stuart Perry, Richard Green and Tom Shaw. Mitchell Stringer kicked two goals.

York and District Schools' U16 rugby team is due to play Keighley in the first round of the cup next week.

York from: Nic Caldwell, Paul Payne, Dominic Adams, John Tattersfield, Robert Dolan, James Dean, Matthew Couttie (All Saints), Craig Fox, Andrew Gargan, Johnny Waldron, Richard Scott, Matthew Corr, Paul (Oaklands), Gary Watkinson, Joe Murphy (Huntington), Philip Coles, Danny Wilks (Barlby), Marc Dawson, William Mattiu (Manor), David Wadsworth (Tadcaster), James Morrow (Millthorpe)

FOOTBALL

Next week the City Boys' U15 are due to play in two friendly matches. The York team will be selected from the following players:

Under 14s: Richard Taylor, Alec Bewick, John Swift, Graham (Tadcaster), Jamie Elcock, James Clamp, Mike McKenzie (Lowfield), Tom Vasey, Andrew Smith, Matthew Wash (Joseph Rowntree), Craig Atkinson (Oaklands), Luke Sherman (Canon Lee), Daniel Coxton, Matthew Humphreys

Under 15s: C Code, A Burton (Brayton), M Hampshire (Selby High), J Bell, L Ibbeston, R Taylor, J Paxton, (Millthorpe), M Fannon (Canon Lee); M Foot, M Andrews (Fulford(, C Sturart (J Rowntree), L Atkinson (Oakland), I Calvin (Burnholme), A Bushby (All Saints), A Sadler (Sherburn), D Smith, M Williams (Barlby)

Lee girls ready for nationals

CANON LEE girls will compete in the final of the English Schools' Cup at Redditch, Worcestershire, with a massive task.

Having disposed of many of the North East's leading running schools at the regional competition at Allertonshire School, Northallerton, they will now be up against the top national teams from an original entry of 400 schools.

The Canon Lee team is: Asha Hibbert, Kerry Waterworth, Louise Bonney, Becky Bones, Holly Atkinson, and Lois Telfer.

Next Tuesday about 500 athletes will be competing in the York and District Schools' Team Championships on Knavesmire. These will also be trials for the area team.

The boys will run in the morning and the junior race should see an exciting battle between Tadcaster's Joel Riley and Sherburn's David MacQuarrie, who is a year younger but has been in outstanding form in club races.

The afternoon starts with the Intermediate Girls' race at 1.30pm, which should provide no problems for Charlotte Bleasdale nor for the Tadcaster team.

The Year 7 race usually leads to the discovery of new talent. Good early season form has been shown by Lisa Collett (Tadcaster) in club races and Holly Atkinson (Canon Lee) and Hannah Cameron (Manor) in school events.

The final race, the Junior Girls, should be the best of the day. The established Year 9 runners Nina Griffith (Millthorpe), Aimee Collett and Jenna Davies (both Tadcaster) will be challenged by Canon Lee's English Schools' cup team - Asha Hibbert, Kerry Waterworth and Louise Bonnie (all Year 8) and St Peter's Lara Gibbs and Anna Clarke.

To add to these are Carey Greaves (Barlby) 46th in last year's English Schools' championships, but who has no race form this season, and Selby High School athlete Amy Fozzard, Britain's leading athlete for her age in the Pentathlon last summer and a strong distance runner.

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