Push and they push back. The basic strategy of self defence like Judo. It allows the defender to turn the attacker’s own force against themselves. We are suffering from the reality of this truism in Iraq,. They push, we push and are taken further into
A LOVE of rugby league shown by Yearsley Grove pupils has won their school a new sports strip. York City Knights ran a competition, in conjunction with sponsors Newitts, whereby the primary school that had the biggest turnout of pupils attending the
York Acorn U14s took the derby spoils in a thriller against New Earswick U14s. Jamie Stuart was the thorn in the All Blacks' side throughout in a game which at one point could have swung either way. Connor Thirlway, Joe Dey and Jam Jar scored
JORDAN POTTER was the match-winner as Heworth under-12s held on for a 6-2 victory in a keenly-fought derby against York Acorn U12s. The game was scoreless, with Heworth having been pinned back for much of the game, when Potter broke from near his own
THE Press has teamed up with Forty Twenty teamwear to offer youngsters the chance to design and win a full set of 17 rugby league jerseys for their club, team or school - all for free. Made from the latest moisture management material and using
A hat-trick of tries and superb performance by man of the match Max Colley was not enough to inspire the New Earswick ARLC under-10s to victory at Hunslet Warriors. All Blacks were edged out 36-34 against a physical side in an exciting game. Other
York Acorn ARLC under-13s gave an under-par performance at Drighlington and lost 46-4. A good dummy from a play the ball gave Jack Appleby Acorn's only try, after which the floodgates opened. Notable work in defence from Kyle Grayson, Dean Stannard
The Barker sisters, Joy and Beth, from Clifton, York are making their mark on the racquet scene - but in different sports. Sixteen-year-old Joy, who has been at Millfield School for two years, has had a lot of success in tennis, while 13-year-old Beth
Prop Ben Church scored two tries to cap a most improved performance, but could not prevent York Acorn ARLC under-11s losing 32-20 to a skilful Dewsbury Moor side. Acorn, who lost centre Alastair Meek to a back injury, trailed 14-10 at half-time but
LIKE many fellow Yorkies, Fulford Juniors have quickly learnt that football is not just for boys. Six months ago, Fulford did not boast a single girls' team. Now, however, the club have between 30 and 35 girls playing for three sides at three different
GEORGINA GRANT bagged four goals in two games as City of York Hockey Club Under-14 girls' A' team came away with a win, a win by default and a draw in their latest Yorkshire Youth League games at Brigshaw School, Castleford. In the first game, the
SNAITH Junior Girls Under-15s football team were formed in the summer and are pictured above at the Shipley Girls tournament wearing their kit sponsored by TOTAL Lubricants.
ONLY put together a few short months ago, York RI under-12s girls' football team are already building for the future. The girls, who play in seven-a-side games in the city's girls' mini-soccer league, are facing teams every week who are older and stronger
YORK Schoolboys Under-15s romped to a 6-1 victory over Rotherham. Man of the match Lee Fisher bagged a brace while Tom Corner, Ian Blackburn, George Reilly and Michael Brown were also on target. Corner opened the scoring with a calm finish and fine
YORK City Schoolboys Under-14s had to settle for a share of the points when they drew 1-1 with Rotherham. A strong wind made it difficult for both sides but York's passing game in the early stages was very good. It was Rotherham, however, who
YORK Schoolboys Under-12s were handed their first defeat in the league after a visiting Leeds side took away a 1-0 victory. Conditions conspired against York during the first half as they struggled to cope with a strong wind - balls being kicked out
YORK Under-11s led twice against Leeds before settling for a 2-2 draw. Jamie Barkway put York in front for the first time, scoring with a quality right-footed volley after a swift counter attack. Leeds scrambled an undeserved equaliser before the break
ST Lawrence's consolidated their start to the York Primary Schools Football Legaue season with a 1-1 draw with unbeaten Burton Green in League E'. Amin Manesh scored for St Lawrence, who sit on top of the division on games played. Ralph Butterfield
DUNCOMBE PARK Under 15s have recorded their first win of the British Sugar York Minor League season. They beat Huntington 7-4 in a real thriller in the battle of the basement clubs. Huntington opened the scoring after just five minutes but Jamie Monoghan
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers Under 13s have swapped their regular green and white colours in favour of a black and white kit for some of their away fixtures in the British Sugar Minor League. The new kit was won in a competition organised by Match magazine
TEEN footballers in the York area could find themselves with a new bridge' league to play in the near future. Talks are in progress to bring a first Under-19 structure under the York and District FA umbrella to stop the massive dropout rate from under
TANYA Fawcett and Sam Brown have battled their way to national karate glory. Tanya, 15, from Almsford Road, Acomb, won second place in the Go Kan Ryu' UK Championships held at Crystal Palace in London. Her success came in the kumite' section, which
YORK Under-7s Rugby Union team had a successful trip to Goole - winning three matches and drawing one against sides from Goole and Hull. Their opening game against Goole resulted in a 3-3 draw, before York turned on the style - pulling off a convincing
ASSISTANT-COACH Jason Ramshaw reckons dipping into the amateur game is a policy that will pay off for York City Knights. York Acorn ARLC winger Johnny Waldron has now put pen to paper at Huntington Stadium, while the Knights have also recruited 21-year-old
PLANS to transform the headquarters of York Rugby and Cricket Club have been handed a massive boost thanks to a successful sportsman's dinner. More than £37,500 was raised to push forward the club's £1.3 million scheme to revamp Clifton Park, in Shipton
PICKERING'S Mat Smith is one of six rally hopefuls bidding to win a free drive next season. Smith, who only started racing at the end of the 2005 season, has reached the final of the Innovation Motorsports Rally Scholarship after attending two rounds
LEEDS United manager Dennis Wise will reopen talks with Sheffield United in the hope of signing winger Paul Ifill on loan. Wise last night confirmed his interest in Ifill and is awaiting the former Millwall player's return from international duty with
A STUNNING aggregate score of 193 saw Sandburn Hall surge up the league table following round seven of the York Union of Golf Clubs' Cross Trophy. The final event of the year was held at the Flaxton course and club members excelled in a day of low
SIMON Dyson has missed the cut in the $2 million Hong Kong Open after he carded a second round 70. The Malton and Norton ace's two round total of 141 wasn't good enough to make the weekend at the event in Fanling. His round - even par - saw
IN terms of tabloid titillation, referee bashing has become as fashionable as love cheat celebrities in our Sunday morning red tops. Two weeks ago, the over-officious Graham Poll was the media's bete noir after sending off England captain John Terry
TONY Tennyson has become only the second Heworth player to capture the York Conservative Clubs' Les Hawkins Memorial Snooker Trophy. He defeated Acomb's Peter Lawson in the 11th final at Bootham Conservative Club. With the scores 9-2, Lawson (handicap
DRINGHOUSES are the clear leaders of the John Smith's York Sunday Pool League. Their 6-2 win over Crystal Palace B' included doubles from Nigel and Lisa Macdon-ald. The match also saw the league's player of the season' leader, Chris Alfieri (Palace),
HEWORTH avenged the 6-1 drumming by Fulford in their last match in the York Conservative Clubs' Slater Cup Snooker Pairs League by inflicting the same score on Fulford in the return match. They had easy wins in the first three games and a black-ball
ACOMB moved to the top of the York Conservative Clubs' Faber Shield Billiards League as a result of defeating both Bootham teams 4-3. In the first match they went 2-0 behind as Colin Robinson and John Woodall (26 break) won for Bootham A'. Keith Myers
CHINESE snooker sensation Ding Junhui will have to battle an unexpected opponent if his defence of the UK Championship is to get off to a good start - tiredness. The 19-year-old world number 27 is to fly back from the Asian Games, in Doha, on December
I AM writing about the ongoing controversy from the Fourth npower Test between England and Pakistan at the Brit Oval in the summer. I was shocked and surprised when I heard the International Cricket Council had banned Darrell Hair from officiating
THREE York women have helped the North-East region become British Super League inline puck hockey champions for the second successive year. York players Natalie Brolly and Courtney-Jo Harrison joined Great Britain international Katie Hills, who now plays
A COMPROMISE over proposals to sell the Tote must be reached to ensure crucial funds continue to drip down to North Yorkshire yards, Ryedale MP John Greenway says. Greenway, who is chairman of the all-party racing and bloodstock committee, said moves
A VIVID reminder of the thrills and spills annually produced in the Grand National every April will be much in evidence at Aintree tomorrow. The second and final day of the North-West Masters showpiece weekend features two races over the unique Grand
GUESS who's back? No, I don't mean yours truly - though thanks for the felicitations. The homecomings' I am referring to are those of Marcus Trescothick, back in Blighty before a ball is bowled in Ashes anger, and Chris Adams, who has sensationally boomeranged
A DEPUTY head teacher of a York junior school has appeared in court charged with abusing boys in York and the Lake District. Howard David Beattie, 51, of Main Street, Knapton, is alleged to have committed seven crimes between April, 1977, and July, 2006
HE was one of ten York brothers who went out to fight for their country in the First World War. The Calpin brothers' story was picked up and featured in The Press in 1914, and they even featured in a patriotic poster encouraging others to join up. Nine
SHE was 25 stone, unable to walk, lonely, miserable and desperate to change. Looking at Alexandra Ferguson today, it is incredible she is now half the size she once was. That was the astonishing result of drastic stomach surgery at York Hospital, which
33-year-old Scott David Jackson has appeared before York Magistrates Court accused of killing a 16-year-old scooter rider in a hit-and-run incident. Darryl Holland, of Crompton Terrace, Haxby, died two days after the incident near the Clifton Bridge
ABOUT 1,500 staff at railway operator GNER are set to be balloted for strike action to press for changes to their working hours. Members of the RMT railway workers' union will be asked to vote on whether to take industrial action over the firm's failure
THE festive season is now officially underway in York. York's Parliament Street sparkled with seasonal cheer as the Magic Children's Christmas Tree was lit up before a delighted crowd last night. The giant tree, which was switched on by the Lord
A night of Christmas entertainment will be presented by Dringhouses Dramatic Society at Woodthorpe Primary School, on Saturday, December 9, at 7.30pm. Admission is £5, children £4, including a drink and mince pies. Tickets are available from Woodthorpe
MORE than 100 civil service posts are at risk in York after a Government department announced huge job cuts across the country. Staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in the city now face an uncertain future after proposals were published to
VILLAGERS have won a major - if not total - victory in their battle against noisy vehicle testing on an airfield near York. A district judge has told the owners of Elvington Airfield that Formula One racing cars cannot be tested there on more than ten
BIG-HEARTED fundraisers pulled out all the stops to make Children In Need 2006 bigger and better than ever. Across York, North and East Yorkshire, toddlers have been dressing up, security guards have been dressing down and pilots have been eating cake
A COMMUNITY leader fears drilling rigs probing a primary school playing field for possible contamination could lead to building on the site. The Press revealed yesterday that City of York Council is carrying out detailed investigations and digging boreholes
IN response to the letter regarding bad behaviour outside and around Canon Lee Specialist Arts College, York, (Pupils swear and behave so badly, November 8), I would like to apologise but also defend the school. The school's motto, "A school where every
FOLLOWING up the recent criticism of children returning home from school, and in particular those of Canon Lee School and in support of Robert Greave's letter (Positive Youth, November 9), I would like to highlight an experience I had recently in
I AM writing to support the York and Selby Alzheimer's Society in its protest against the cost-cutting decision made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (The Press, October 25) to deny people in the early and late
PLEASE tell Francine Clee not to be rude about Jeremy Clarkson (In the forest of our spite, The Press, November 15). He is the only Yorkshireman working in the "media" who does not ram this fact down one's throat at every opportunity Mike Usherwood
I enjoy my job as a sales assistant and have done for 18 years at the same family-run firm, local in York, and I have to agree with the lady in The Press (Service with a smile? Don't make us laugh! Letters, November 9). After all, we are all customers
REGARDING the proposed bus link between York and Leeds/Bradford airport, would not the ftr purple people eater be the ideal vehicle? If some of the seats were removed from the rear section it would make luggage storage at either end of the trip
I WOULD just like to thank (NOT!) the person who nearly rendered myself and a work colleague yet another potential fatal road accident statistic on Saturday evening. Driving along the A64 eastbound I noticed a car coming down the slip road at Copmanthorpe
SO David Quarrie thinks that a lethal injection would be the best way to deal with criminals that murder or rape (Lethal injection is the cost-effective solution, Soapbox, The Press, November 13). I wonder how the relatives of Stefan Kiszko or
IT'S World Toilet Day tomorrow (Sunday November 19). I know most people don't like to talk about toilets, but could you imagine not having one? What if for one day only, no one in York had a toilet - it's pretty unthinkable isn't it? Yet for 2.6
THROUGH the good offices of The Press, I would like to thank the people of York for their generous response to our Battle Of Britain Wings Appeal collection on September 16, when the magnificent sum of £2,001 was raised. I would also like to thank
THE lunatics are quite definitely now running the madhouse! The news that prisoners are to be compensated for having to withdraw from drugs too quickly surely demonstrates how far down the road to national insanity we have now gone. Starting in school
"THEY say cut back - we say fight back!" That was the rallying cry from more than 100 campaigners who marched through the centre of York in protest at the decision to stop providing drugs to people in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Sufferers of the
THIS dramatic new shelter has been installed at North Yorkshire Police's headquarters. Staff based at Newby Wiske will be able to hold meetings in the open air, under a new canopied area in a courtyard. Chief Constable Della Cannings, said: "I have
YORK could be set for its first 24-hour take-away, if a city-centre sandwich shop near a nightclub is given the go-ahead to open non-stop. Subway, Clifford Street, wants to stay open all day every day and says that if it gets the go-ahead, it would place
A SCHOOL head teacher has thrown his weight behind proposals to revamp swimming facilities in the west of York. David Ellis, Oaklands School head teacher and soon-to-be head of the city's new high school, has urged councillors not to use their cash to
TWO controversial development schemes have been given the green light by Selby planning chiefs. Councillors passed the applications from Dransfield Properties to allow a unit in the Market Cross shopping centre to be used for office use, and to allow
MULTI-AWARD winning journalist Kate Adie gained a degree of pride at York Minster. Kate was one of three individuals to be awarded an Honorary Fellowship at York St John University's graduation ceremonies at the Minster this year. Her most high-profile
IT started in York with a single office and a £15,000 grant to tackle growing drug problems - now it employs more than 300 staff nationwide and is breaking new ground in helping drug users. Compass, a specialist drug treatment charity, which has established
DANIEL Craig was stepping into some very big shoes when he took on the role of the world's most famous spy. James Bond is a national treasure - as British as the bulldog, Buck House and a pint of beer. He epitomises those qualities so associated with
"THAT was a rubbish party," a friend said, as she took her leave of a soiree I threw recently. "Thank you," I replied, because it's the kind of compliment an eco-hostess likes to get when she's been promoting pencil cases that started life as car tyres
Enter the dark and dangerous world of counterfeiters in the Vale of York in the wild and woolly 1800s. No mere printers of fake paper notes these: instead, they shaved clippings off gold coins - and used the shaved gold to mint new coins of their own
THOSE of us of a certain age will never forget 1963 - the coldest winter on record, when ice floes choked our rivers, the sea froze, and the snow drifts lay deep in fields and in front of doors. But there were two other icy winters in the 20th century
THE Victoria Cross (VC) is this country's highest award for gallantry in warfare. But did you know that the youngest recipient was just 15, and the oldest 61? Or that more VCs were given out in the Vietnam War than the Falklands? (Australian servicemen
As titles go, Crossing The Boundary is particularly apt. Kevin Pietersen's autobiography really is a young sportsman's memoir too far. Having suffered the works of countless footballers already this year, it was hoped 26-year-old Pietersen's
An interview with urban poet Benjamin Zephaniah, a look at alternative theatre, and a spread on urban art - just a few highlights of Issue 15 of Aesthetica, the York-based arts and contemporary writing magazine. Launched in 2003 by former York St John
DOES Shakin' Stevens still shake? We were about to find out. The venue was split by an obvious divide, a tale of two tiers you might say. For down in the stalls were the livelier lot, the hen-night goers, so often found in our beloved city centre, clad
TS Eliot's old boy J. Alfred Prufrock measured out his life in coffee spoons. In Thatcher The Musical, the mode of life measurement is the handbag, the ubiquitous symbol of the Tory reign of Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher. Purvin's set design for
Find your sea legs and take a break with Goldcrest Holidays on a mini-cruise to Spain. Relax and be entertained onboard the Pride Of Bilbao and then go on to explore the city of Bilbao in northern Spain. On departure day, you will travel by coach
DOES your corkscrew knock-off work after the main course has been served at dinner? If so that's a shame, because sweet wines are a great way to round off a meal. Sure, some pudding wines can be very expensive, Germany's very high quality trockenbeerenauslese
IT IS mid-November and the climbing hydrangea has just changed into its autumn coat of buttery yellow leaves, which clothe the rough brown branches and stems of this tough shrub. The foliage glows on a damp and dull November day, creating a block of
Wetwang was a mile away, and that's about the nearest this route gets to a Wolds village. It's a walk on a stalk, but the opening and finishing length is a pleasure you won't mind twice. It's named Green Lane these days but The Long Plantation on an
