Shooting star

England netball selectors have chosen Joseph Rowntree School pupil Debra Slater for special training.

Honoured: Debra Slater has been selected to attend England U17s netball trials. Picture by David Harrison.

Slater is only 14 but has been picked for grooming for the England Under-17 side. She plays for the school Under-15s and for the North Yorkshire Under-16s.

Her England selection follows her taking part in the inter-counties tournament. Slater will attend an Academy training camp in July for selection for the year 2000 U17 team.

She is one of five Joseph Rowntree pupils selected from trials for York and district Under-16s. The others are Amy Cunnington, Julie Ely, Gemma Shaw, and Amy Snow. Emma Grant is to have a further trial and Helen Cordell is reserve. Marion Willis has been selected for York Under-14 team.

Amanda Brigham, Tim Jones, Chloe Graham, Faye Pashby, (Joseph Rowntree), Franky Hayes, Angela Hetherton (Huntington), Gemma Gibson and Laura Barker (Sixth Form College) have been chosen for the York Under-19 netball squad following trials.Mandy Tomlinson of Huntington School is the Under-16 team manager and Val French of All Saints School is the Under-14 team manager.

Joseph Rowntree School won the 'A' teams' competition and All Saints School the 'B' team event at York schools' under-13 netball tournament played at Joseph Rowntree School.

The regional tournament for U13s and U15s will be at Joseph Rowntree School on Sunday from 10am to 3pm.

Eight teams played a round robin tournament in the 'B' section and 14 teams competed in the 'A' section.

Joseph Rowntree beat St Olave's 9-6 in the 'A' competition final.

Manor beat The Mount in Section One of the 'A' tournament after both these teams had won all their earlier matches.

Joseph Rowntree won Section Two. They made a nervous start when they drew with Fulford, but went on to win all their other matches, beating Archbishop's 10-3, Bootham 8-2, St Olave's 8-1, Tadcaster 7-5 and Holy Family 9-2.

Joseph Rowntree needed extra time to beat The Mount in the semi-finals. Rowntree were behind at half-time but recovered to 4-4 at the end of normal time. In five minutes extra time Rowntree moved up a gear to win 5-0.

In the 'B' tournament All Saints were the winners with Joseph Rowntree runners-up. All Saints beat Joseph Rowntree but lost to St Olave's while Joseph Rowntree beat St Olave's but lost to All Saints.

Joseph Rowntree 'A': Lorraine Waudby (capt), Danielle Colquhoun, Natalie Wadsworth, Rebecca Thompson, Nicola Bailey, Katie Lister, Lisa Paget.

Joseph Rowntree 'B: Sarah Overton (capt), Beth Mill, Laura Kedie, Becky Blyton, Rachel Bell, Claire Atkinson, Claire Frank.York and District U15s tournament was being played today at Joseph Rowntree School. The U12 'A' and 'B' tournaments will be held at the same venue on Saturday.

FOOTBALL

City Boys' squads for friendly games at home to Sunderland on Saturday, March 13 are:

U13s: N Sharp (Archbishop's), N Briggs J Roughley (Barlby), J Goodman, B Harrison, A Fisher (All Saints), R Greenwood, S Farthing (Tadcaster), T Walkers (J Rowntree), A Brabbs, L Grant (Huntington), J Bradley, A Fishwick (Millthorpe), L Sacks (Manor), M Fawcett, J Coates, D Fox (Canon Lee).

U14s: R Taylor, A Bewick, J Swift, G Law (Tadcaster), J Elcock, J Clamp, M McKenzie (Lowfield), T Vasey, A Smith, M Wash (J Rowntree), C Atkinson (Oaklands), L Sherman (Canon Lee), D Coxton, M Humphreys.

U15s: C Code, A Burton (Brayton), M Hampshire (Selby High), J Bell, L Ibbetson, R Taylor, J Paxton (Millthorpe), M Fannon (Canon Lee), M Foot, M Andrews (Fulford), C Stuart (J Rowntree), L Atkinson (Oaklands), I Calpin (Burnholme), A Bushby (All Saints), A Sadler (Sherburn), D Smith, M Williams (Barlby).

City Boys' matches against Macclesfield last weekend were cancelled because Macclesfield were unable to raise teams.

Phackway scored five goals for St Aelred's against Kingsway 'A' in a Primary Cup tie. The hat-tricks total in schools matches this season is now 22.

No Primary School League matches are scheduled for this season after March 6. All schools with outstanding league games should try to play them off before the deadline of 9pm on Saturday, March 13. The Primary League play-offs will be played on the following dates:

March 16 D v E, C v B; March 18 B v D, E v A; March 22 A v C. The two teams with the best records will contest the Primary league final after Easter.

The final league fixtures for Secondary schools, due to be completed by Saturday, March 13 are:

U12 League: All Saints v Oaklands, Archbishop's v Huntington, Burnholme v Fulford, Lowfield v Canon Lee, Manor v Tadcaster.

U13 League: All Saints v Oaklands, Archbishop's v Huntington, Burnholme v Fulford, Manor v Tadcaster.

U14 League: Oaklands v All Saints, Huntington v Archbishop's, Fulford v Burnholme, Canon Lee v Lowfield, Millthorpe v J Rowntree, Tadcaster v Manor.

U15 League: Oaklands v All Saints, Huntington v Archbishop's, Fulford v Burnholme, Millthorpe v J Rowntree, Tadcaster v Manor.

U16 League: All Saints v Oaklands, Archbishop's v Huntington, Canon Lee v Lowfield, J Rowntree v Millthorpe.Cup semi-finals in all age groups are:

Primary Cup (March 8 and 9): Headlands v St Aelred's, Hempland or Ralph Butterfield or Appleton Roebuck v Westfield or Kingsway 'B' or Tang Hall.

U12 Trophy (March 1): Selby v Canon Lee or J Rowntree, Manor v Tadcaster.

Intermediate (U13) Cup (March 2): Canon Lee v Manor, Fulford v Sherburn.

Wilf Meek (U14) Cup (March 3): Millthorpe v Huntington, J Rowntree v Tadcaster.

Harry Pannell (U15) Trophy (March 4): Sherburn v Tadcaster, J Rowntree v Huntington v Burnholme.

The latest football results are:

Intermediate (U13) Cup second round: Canon Lee 3, All Saints 0.

Primary Cup third round: St Aelred's 8, (Phackway 5, Nelson 2, Horlsey 1), Kingsway 'A' 0.

U16 League: Millthorpe 3, Fulford 2 (Harrison 2).

U15 League: J Rowntree 3, Fulford 1.

U14 League: Fulford 2, Millthorpe 2.

U13 League: Tadcaster 6, Burnholme 0; Fulford 7 (Medley 3, Arthur 2, Noble 1, Hussain 1), Millthorpe 4.

U12 League: All Saints 6, Millthorpe 0; All Saints 3, Oaklands 0; Lowfield 0, Tadcaster 6.

Primary League: Copmanthorpe 4, Kingsway 'B' 1; St Wilfrid's 2, Tang Hall 0; Knavesmire 0, St Aelred's 3; Appleton Roebuck 6, (Percy 2, Carter, Lawrenson, Pittaway, Cartwright), Kingsway 'B' 0

CRICKET

Entry forms for the schools' cricket season are now in all secondary schools. They should be returned when complete to Rob Graham at Bootham School, York whether your school wishes to enter the competition are not.

The closing date for competition entries is Monday, March 8 (4pm). The draw for league and cup competitions will be made at the cricket section annual meeting at Bootham School on Tuesday, March 9 at 4.45pm.

York district will continue to run U13 and U15 teams this season. Details of fixtures and trials will be mailed on Wednesday, March 10.

Cade Trophy for village's six-shooters

We are the champions: Appleton Roebuck School footballers celebrate their Cade Trophy success. Chris McMellon, front) hoists the trophy aloft, watched by, from the left, James Pittaway, Tom Cartwright, Joe Carter, Charlie Peary, Nick Simpson, Danny Chipper and James Mills

Selection headaches are not usually a problem for Appleton Roebuck County Primary School's football team.

The school may only have ten boys in years five and six from which to select a squad but it didn't stop them being crowned York and District Under-11s six-a-side champions.

Their route to the Cade Trophy began back in November, with more than 20 other schools taking part divided into six groups.

Each group winner won through to the finals at Burnholme Community College with Appleton Roebuck ultimately victorious.

Head teacher Derek Angood said: "We are absolutely delighted. This is the first time we have won it and I am pretty sure we will have been the smallest school to have entered the competition."

The champions are now gearing up to take part in the North Yorkshire finals at a date to be fixed.

Westfield were runners-up and Hempland third.

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