School Sport

SWIMMING

The final of the York Primary Schools' swimming gala was held at the Edmund Wilson Baths.

The leading positions in the various events were:

GIRLS

Backstroke

Year 3: 1 S Beall (Hun), 2 S Gould (St Wild), 3 J Kelly (St Ael), =4 S Harrison (U Pop), K Malone (St Geo).

Year 4: 1 A Harding (Cop), 2 C Allott (Riv), 3 A Smith (Ac), 4 C Anderton (Eb).

Year 5: 1 K Hollier (Bish), 2 E McDonald (Cop), 3 L Morgan (St Wilf) 4 K Jackson (Wood).

Year 6: A Claydon (Riv), 2 H Smith (Hun), 3 F Dovey (PG), 4 S Reed (Wood).

Breaststroke

Year 3: M Pitts (Hun), 2 H Lea (Wood), 3 S Mitchell (U Pop), 4 C Dearlove (Bish).

Year 4: E Dodd (Eb), A Outhwaite (U Pop), 3 K Wands (Riv), 4 H Barton (AC).

Year 5: 1 N Lampard (Cop), 2 M Porylo (Hun), 3 S Farrow (Riv), 4 E Sharp (Bish).

Year 6: 1 L Gould (St Wilf), 2 L Theobold (U Pop), 3 Natalie (Hun), 4 S Buxton (Bish).

Freestyle

Year 3: A Sunderland (Wood), 2 K Drummond (Hun), 3 K Hunt (NE), 4 S McGuiness (Riv).

Year 4: 1 S Welsh (R Butt), 2 C Hess (Eb), 3 M Smith (Hun), 4 M Theobold (U Pop).

Year 5: B Ashworth (Cop), 2 A Bedford (Eb), 3 L Paxton (Bish), 4 N Clayton (Hun).

Year 6: 1 E Blenkinsop (Riv), 2 M McDonald (Cop), 3 A Bullivant (Hun), 4 L Walker (Eb).

BOYS

Backstroke

Year 3: 1 O Towse (Riv), 2 D Welch (Hun), 3 I Mills (St Wilf), 4 B Harris (Cop).

Year 4: 1 J White (St Geo), 2 A Barnes (R Butt), 3 S Gibb (St Wilf), 4 A Middleton (Up Pop).

Year 5: 1 J Richard (NE), 2 J Button (Bish), 3 K Tagg (St Geo), 4 J O'Connell (R Butt).

Year 6: 1 J McIlveen )PG), 2 T Conyers (Eb), 3 G Mckenzie (Riv), 4 M Flintoff (St Ael).

Breaststroke

Year 3: 1 C Jackson (St Geo), 2 B Long (Ac), 3 D Booth (NE), 4 A Sunman (Wood).

Year 4: 1 C Smith (R Butt), 2 J Heslop (Hun), 3 M Reed (Wood), 4 M Eastaugh (Cop).

Year 5: 1 D Thompson (R Butt), 2 L Oxberry (NE), 3 G Hall (Ac), 4 A Handley (Wood).

Year 6: 1 N Boaz (Eb), 2 C Briggs (Hun), 3 S Astbury (Bish), 4 D Jones (Wood),

Freestyle

Year 3: C Bunce (NE), 2 C Parker (St Geo), 3 D Turton (Hun), 4 N Moss U Pop).

Year 4: 1 A Clapham (Hun), 2 G Scullion (Riv), 3 G Armstrong (Ac), 4 J Wells (R Butt).

Year 5: 1 J Burgess (R Butt), 2 K Armstrong (NE), 3 J Turton (Hun), 4 R Armstrong (Ac).

Year 6: 1 J Austwick (Riv), 2 S Heslop (Hun), 3 E Sykes (St Ael), 4 C Jenkins (Wood).

Girls breaststroke relay: 1 Copmanthorpe, 2 Huntington, 3 Bishopthorpe, 4 Ralph Butterfield.

Boys breaststroke relay: 1 Ebor, 2 Huntington, 3 Bishopthorpe, 4 Copmanthorpe.

Girls freestyle relay: 1 Copmanthorpe, 2 Ralph Butterfield, 3 New Earswick, 4 Huntington.

Boys freestyle relay: 1 Huntington, 2 New Earswick, 3 Ebor, 4 Park Grove.

The winners of the team trophies: Girls Copmanthorpe; Boys Huntington.

Key: Ac Acomb, Bish Bishopthorpe, Cop Copmanthorpe, Eb Ebor, Hun Huntington, NE New Earswick, PG Park Grove, R Butt Ralph Butterfield, Riv Riverside, St Ael St Aelred's, St Geo St George's, St Wilf St Wilfrid's, U Pop Upper Poppleton, Wood Woodthorpe.

CRICKET

Thirteen-year-old Mark Mierzwinski is proving a real hit on the Yorkshire cricket scene.

The Easingwold School pupil, who already has representative honours to his name, has just scored his first century, 103, in a match against Bootham.

And his talent has recently earned him a call-up to the Yorkshire Schools Under-13 team, for whom he opened the bowling in his first match against Cumbria.

Last year Mark captained his school's Year 8 team to the final of the Calypso Cup at Headingley and also captains the Hambleton and Richmond Area team. He plays for the North Yorkshire Under 13s and his club teams include Huby and Sessay.

Such is his talent that he is not re-stricted by his years - Mark plays regularly for Huby's men's team, even opening the batting for them, and also turns out for Sessay Under-16s.

But in the years to come he may have to decide between cricket and his other love, football. Mark is a talented centre back and last season had trials for Sheffield United.

Easingwold School's PE teacher, Jonathan Marwood, believes Mark has all the credentials to go a long way in either sport. He said: "He's a very level-headed lad. He's somebody that listens - he wants to learn."

York and District Schools' U13s beat Scarborough Schools by eight runs at Scalby. York were 115 all out from their 25 overs, top scorers were David Marshall 22, Nadim Sadiq 15 and James Wreglesworth 29.

In reply, Scarborough faced some tight bowling, especially from Jonathan and David Marshall.

York's next game is against Bradford Schools on Wednesday, July 8, at York Civil Service's ground in Boroughbridge Road. Players meet at the ground at 12.50pm for a 1.30pm start.

York and District squad: N Briggs (Barlby), J Gibbon (St Olave's), N Sadiq, M Callaghan (Fulford), J Wreglesworth, R Suekarran (Millthorpe), P Mitchell (Manor), J Marshall, D Marshall, A Walton (Tadcaster), R Hall (Bootham, M Dyson (Lowfield).

CRICKET RESULTS

U13 League: Joseph Rowntree were unable to raise a team so they conceded the match to Archbishop's.

U15 League: Joseph Rowntree 76-6 (I Holmes 3-6, S Horner 2-12), bt Archbishop's 60-9 (A Sinclair 21, M Speake 2-8, P Vasey 2-3, P Young 2-11) by 16 runs.

Primary Schools' Cricket

The annual North of the River v South of the River representative cricket match will be played at the Dringhouses ground in St Helen's Road on Saturday, July 4. Players should be at the ground for 9.10am for a 9.30am start.

South: Chris Chelin, Carl Connell, Mike Wootton (Knavesmire), Jack Hulse, Sam Astbury, Martin Dunning (Bishopthorpe), Brendan Ledgeway, Jack Aaran, Alistair Mountain (Our Lady's), Dean Scaife, David Brown, Jackson Wilbraham (Haxby Road).

North: Dean Bryan, Lawrence Bradley, Michael Hamilton (Kingsway), Chris Chandler, James Carhill, Kevin Walker (Strensall), Joe White, Liam Quille, John Oliver (St George's), William Rowe, Joel McLveen, AN Other (Park Grove).

Haxby Road players will guest for the South to balance the numbers this year. The reserve day is Sunday, July 11. The match will be 20 overs per side with adult cricket rules. Should there be a doubt about weather or ground conditions ring Bob Tee at home on York 470386.

Primary Schools' eight-a-side results

Group A: Knavesmire 148, Fishergate 38; Knavesmire 96, Carr 95; Our Lady 93, Carr 52; Copmanthorpe 145, Bishopthorpe 129.

Group B: Hempland 111, St Aelred's 80; Hempland 141, Headlands 86; St Aelred's 121, Kingsway 116; Kingsway 112, Headlands 20; Kingsway 157, Strensall 77; Kingsway 121, Yearsley Grove 79; Heslington 168, Kingsway 103.

League A

P W L RndOff Pts

Our Lady 8 8 0 0 24

Bishopthorpe 8 6 2 0 20

Woodthorpe 7 4 3 0 15

St George's 8 3 5 0 14

Knavesmire 7 3 4 0 13

Hob Moor 7 2 5 0 11

Carr 6 2 4 0 10

Fishergate 5 0 5 0 5

Copmanthorpe 2 1 1 0 4

League B

Hempland 7 6 0 1 19

Kingsway 7 5 2 0 17

Yearsley Grove 4 2 2 0 8

Haxby Road 3 1 2 0 5

St Aldreds 2 1 1 0 4

Headlands 3 0 3 0 3

Robert Wilkinson 3 0 2 1 3

Lord Deramore 3 0 3 0 3

The final between Our Lady and Hempland will be played at the York Cricket Club ground on Wednesday, July 8 at 4pm. Players should assemble by 3.45pm.

Secondary Cricket Results

U15 League: Sherburn 117-1 (R Grogan 25, J Samyamg 27, G Smeaton 27, Sadler 2-2) bt Archbishop's 59-6 by 58 runs.

Friendly: Archbishop's 90-1 (D West 25 rtd, I Holmes 25 rtd, N Morton 1-28, I Holmes 3-12, D West 2-10, S Horner 4-10) bt Heworth U15 'B' 88 all out, by 9wkts.

U13 League A: Burnholme bt Oaklands by seven wickets, Tadcaster bt Millthorpe, Manor bt Tadcaster by two runs, Tadcaster bt Oaklands.

U13 League B: Huntington bt Archbishop's, Huntington bt Joseph Rowntree, Sherburn bt Lowfield by two wickets, Fulford bt Sherburn by ten wickets, Lowfield bt Huntington, Lowfield bt Joseph Rowntree.

U15 League A: Manor bt Oaklands by ten wickets, Bootham bt All Saints by eight wickets, Manor bt Tadcaster by 14 runs, Tadcaster bt Oaklands, Millthorpe bt Oaklands, Millthorpe bt Oaklands.

U15 League B: Sherburn bt Lowfield by eight wickets, Sherburn bt Fulford by six wickets, Huntington bt Lowfield, Joseph Rowntree bt Archbishop's by 17 runs, Huntington bt Archbishop's, Sherburn bt Archbishop's by 41 runs, Huntington bt Fulford, Fulford bt Archbishop's by 59 runs.

Cup Results (Second Round)

U12: Fulford bt Oaklands by eight wickets, Manor bt Lowfield buy nine wickets, Tadcaster bt All Saints by 5wkts, Millthorpe bt Sherburn by eight runs.

U14 Cup: Manor bt Fulford by six wickets, Bootham bt All Saints by nine runs.

FOOTBALL

English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School's football team has beaten off competition from all over the region to win a top award.

The Year 6 team has been awarded the TB Robinson Memorial Cup by the York Schools' Football Association as the team of achievement for 1997-98.

Last year they won the Year 5 league and this year won their section of the Year 6 league, reaching the league final where they lost to Kingsway. They have also picked up the Parent Teachers Association Cup and won the Primary Knockout Cup when they beat Carr School in the final at Bootham Crescent.

The award goes to English Martyrs for the first time.

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