A young York Acorn Ladies side defied their inexperience to record a stunning 12-4 win at Thornhill.

The team gelled together superbly with many of the players producing their best form of the season to date.

The game was won and lost in defence with Acorn tackling their Dewsbury counterparts to a standstill, thanks to excellent performances from Natasha Armitage, Amy Littlefair, makeshift stand-off April Welch and full-back Chantel Markham.

In attack Acorn were well-served by the probing runs of player of the match Jenny Garwood and Claire Chapman, with the latter scorching in for the match-winning try.

Acorn's other points came from a try by Gill Blackburn and two Liza Miller goals.

Acorn Ladies are on the look-out for a new coach as well as new players.

Anyone interested should attend either Wednesday or Friday training sessions at the Thanet Road ground (6.45pm) or contact Gill Blackburn on 01904 795874.

* Fielding only 12 players due to illness and holidays, Heworth Under-12s produced a magnificent performance to beat a physical Milford team 36-0.

Superb defence led by Zak Douglas, Alex Redhead, Steve Huller and Callum Sullivan stopped everything the visitors could offer, while in attack Danny Allan, Ben Potter and Gareth Watson consistently broke through the defence.

Tries came from Allan (4), Watson, Douglas and Sullivan with goals coming from Allan (2) and Potter (2).

Heworth Under-18s lost a scrappy, wind-affected match at home to Keighley Albion 44-24.

Failure to control the ball for any period of time and some poor defence at crucial times proved to be their downfall.

Tries came from the impressive Matt Corr, Tom Mercer, Gareth Kirby and Joe Murphy with Gary Watkinson adding two goals.

Heworth Under-14s won a tough encounter at Crigglestone 44-12.

The first half saw Heworth tackle the big Wakefield outfit's pack out of the game and build up a commanding 22-0 lead.

Although the home side managed to get on the scoresheet in the second half Heworth doubled their tally.

Tom Holder, Paul Thompson, Sam Johnson and Joe Hodgson were powerful in defence, while try-scorers Matt Derry (3), Marcus Allan (3) and Adam Snowball (2) all caught the eye in attack. Mike Welsh tagged on five conversions and Paul Thompson one.