THE North Yorkshire Under-14 tennis Davis Cup' at Queen Mary's School, Escrick, was won by the QM pairing of Genny Owen and Poppy Ropner. They beat Ryedale School 7-6 in the final after defeating Ripon Grammar School 6-3 in the semi-final. Pairs from
North Yorkshire's Service Area representative rugby league teams gave much-improved performances against their Wakefield counterparts, but to no avail. The spirited North Yorkshire U12s ran out of steam and conceded three late tries to lose 32-4 to their
New Earswick ARLC Under-11s came back from conceding two early tries to enjoy a fine 20-12 win at Wetherby Bulldogs. Good defending kept the score at 12-0 at half-time and then All Blacks stepped up a gear with man of the match Keiran Parker scoring
YEAR 7 and 8 pupils at Archbishop Holgate School have sprung into action. The York school finished sixth in the National Schools Gymnastics Championships at Stoke on Trent. Lewis Herbert, David Wells, Danny Teasdale, James Hunt and Chris Ross headed
SEVEN St Peter's School rowing crews defied strong winds to storm to seven victories at the Tees Regatta. The wind was so strong that events for younger crews and smaller boats (single and double sculls) were cancelled. The first win for the York-based
YOUNGSTERS at Our Lady's RC Primary School in York were put through their rugby paces this week. They had a surprise guest at assembly one day - former British Lion John Bentley, an international at both rugby league and rugby union codes. Bentley
UNBEATEN Acomb continued their fine start to the Hirepoint York Under-15 Cricket League with a comfortable victory over Dringhouses. Acomb racked up 146-3 with Tom Storr, Charlie Clamp and a run-out accounting for their wickets to fall in the West Zone
OPENER Charlie Featherstone struck 21 not out as Bishopthorpe Under-13s enjoyed a ten-wicket win over Cawood. Alex Jubb joined Featherstone at the crease to contribute 12 runs as Bishopthorpe reached 42 without loss and recorded their second victory
BRITISH Sugar Minor Football League division one champions Rawcliffe FC have had a cracking season. Free-scoring Rawcliffe sealed the championship with a game to spare with a 4-2 win over Easingwold. Rawcliffe have played 21 league matches and lost
DUNNINGTON FC'S Under-16s team have shown real Eastern promise. They have lifted the East Riding County Cup after edging out Hull League division one champions Hessle Rangers in a tight final. Simon Castle scored the only goal during the first period
YORK Schools Under-13 footballers earned a share of the Yorkshire Cup after drawing 2-2 with Leeds after extra time. The undefeated York squad were presented with the league winners trophy for the third season on the trot on the night and came within
TOCKWITH Juniors Football Club Under-10s A' Team are celebrating winning the Mitchell Mini-Soccer League Division Two A'. After 16 matches, they lost only two games, scoring 48 goals, and won the division by six points from runners-up Osbaldwick Knights
WHAT a feelingwhat a season. York City Ladies Football Club's Under-13s have reeled off a dream double in this their first campaign. And the team have enjoyed the feat by winning every game they have played. The U13s topped the West Riding Under-13
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers Under-13s successfully retained their Ryedale Football Festival Trophy with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over British Sugar League division one rivals Nestlé Rowntree at Wigginton. The six-a-side tournament attracts teams
ROWAN Todd had a birthday to remember at the York RI football tournament last weekend. Son of manager Lee Todd, Rowan was named captain for the day and went on to score a hat-trick for Haxby in the 3-1 win over Heworth A' in the Under-11s final. Unbeaten
JORDAN Foster took the top boy award at the sixth annual Middlesbrough Open Swimming meet. Despite being disqualified after winning the 200 metres Individual Medley, the 11-year-old York City Baths Club ace stormed to victory claiming victories in
NEW recruit Neil Lowe will go straight into the York City Knights squad for their trip to Blackpool tomorrow - with high expectations from boss Mick Cook. The 28-year-old forward put pen to paper on Thursday, two days after The Press revealed he was
Yorkshire were rocked back on their heels by Durham at Riverside and left facing the probability of suffering their first Championship defeat of the season at some stage today. A second innings slump after Durham had built up a useful lead of 88 saw
THE end of Richard Blakey's long playing career in 2003 saw Yorkshire struggle to find a permanent replacement behind the stumps. But both Gerard Brophy and Simon Guy are now so much on top of their game that few counties can boast two better wicketkeepers
THE IT Sports York Mixed Tennis League is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and will be holding a Golden Tournament' on Tuesday, July 11 at 11 venues around the city. Each division will have a tournament in which each club will be asked to
YORK City Knights closed ranks and came out fighting - and so far it has paid off. Head coach Mick Cook unsurprisingly came under fire from certain sections of fans after just one win in nine games, and the players too faced a fair amount of criticism
AMATEUR player Lee Copley won't have far to go in the bid to land a luxury five-day trip to Turkey. Copley carded a nett 59 to win the Sandburn Hall club qualifying competition of the PGA National Pro-Am Championship and now goes to the regional final
TWO decades of away-day hurt were finally ironed out thanks to the mettle of York Union of Golf Club's inter-district team. The York ranks toppled their Leeds hosts in their opening Yorkshire Inter-District League match of the campaign for the second
BARBICAN, RI Amateurs, Scarcroft and Shipton all have four points at the top of division one of the York Veterans Bowls League, but Barbican have only played two games while the others have played one more. Bootham A' have a maximum six points at the
THIRSK trainer David Barron, whose horses are in fine form, has identified a winning opportunity for Ingleby Arch at Newmarket tomorrow. The four-year-old, who ran a fine first race of the season at York last week, is napped to score in the hands of
AT 54, he might be one of the oldest swingers in town, but Stillington Cricket Club all-rounder Peter Dalton has just claimed the best bowling figures of his life. HGV driver Dalton took 9-18 in his team's two-wicket York and District Senior League division
WHEN in doubt, blame the fans. So it goes time and time again in football just as it did in the wake of Liverpool's exit from the Champions League final to a shade classier AC Milan. The latest to put the boot in is William Gaillard, UEFA's head of
MORE than 4,500 jobs and an extra £185 million a year - that is the windfall secured for York after a key Government decision. Massive expansion plans for the University of York were given the green light, described as "great news for the university
A BAND of budding Jenson Buttons turned up at Elvington Airfield to see the Renault Formula One team. The youngsters from Elvington primary school were invited to the airfield by Chris Hudson, company secretary of Elvington Events, to see the Renault
A MIGRANT worker from York has won compensation from her former employer in an employment tribunal. Barbara Szmida, a Polish woman who came to live in the UK in 2006, worked as a cleaner in the Tancred Hall care home in Whixley, Green Hammerton, near
A MOTORCYCLIST was last night fighting for his life after a horror smash on the outskirts of York. The man came off his bike when it collided with a red Citroen Saxo, near the Monks Cross shopping park. He was rushed to York Hospital with injuries which
POLICE have released this e-fit of a robber who threatened a car park attendant with a gun near York Railway Station. The attendant was left shaken after the robber made off with a substantial amount of cash after the raid. The kiosk attendant was forced
"WE'RE the victims of this crime and yet we're being treated like the criminals." That was the angry reaction of a York mum who was forced to pay a fee of £105 when she let police take her teenage daughter's car away for finger-printing after a break-in
A VITAL service which helps the elderly feel and stay safe in their homes is under threat of closure. Age Concern York's practical services strategy has been running in various guises for the last 20 years, but unless new funding is found it could be
A BENEFIT cheat from York who falsely claimed more than £8,000 has been sentenced by magistrates. Donna Hepton, 32, of Burlington Avenue, Tang Hall, had for years been claiming housing and council tax benefit as a single parent on low income, as well
THESE students donned their finest garb and danced the night away, at their summer ball. York St John University's annual celebration took place at the university site, in Lord Mayor's Walk, last night. Among the attractions at the event were a number
A pensioner given a prison sentence for stabbing her husband of 52 years because she felt he did not show her enough affection is to go on an anger management course instead. Doris Aspinall, 76, was told by three appeal judges that she must stay at a
A DRINK-DRIVER claimed he only got behind the wheel because he heard voices telling him his son was in hospital. Alan James Reid, 47, of Margaret Street, York, was stopped by police on March 12 in Wigginton Road. He was found to have 222 milligrams of
POLICE are warning residents to be wary of thieves who have been using wheelie-bins for their criminal activities. An outbreak of roof tile thefts in the Fishergate area of York has prompted police to circulate warning letters to residents. The letters
PRIMARY school youngsters from five small schools across York entered a contest for £300. The former Lord Mayor, Coun Janet Hopton, chaired a debate attended by Year 6 pupils from Skelton, Naburn, Stockton-on-the Forest, Rufforth schools and St Mary's
A TOURISM chief who overcame a debilitating illness to make a trip to teach English in Outer Mongolia is back in York. Julian Cripps, the director of York Tourism Bureau, planned a trip to Outer Mongolia two years ago, but had to postpone it due to a
SUMMER is just around the corner - and what better way could there be to celebrate than visiting a glorious English garden? That is the invitation from Patricia Markwick, who is throwing open her garden in Acomb, York, to raise more vital funds for our
THIS Miss Charity is continuing to throw herself behind our Guardian Angels appeal - as a thank you to the hospital where she spent time as a child. Miss York contestant Claire Pulpher, of Dunnington, carried off the Miss Charity prize at this year's
CAPTURING the real spirit of the roadhouse, Richmond Fontaine rode in to the strains of a mariachi trumpet. The Oregon band sprinted through their opening songs as if looking to overpower a half-full venue. It was only when they slowed the pace did
IRRESPONSIBLE, antisocial and law-breaking road users will be targeted by North Yorkshire Police over the Bank Holiday Weekend, the force has pledged. The county's 6,000 miles of roads are expected to be heaving with cars and motorcycles as people flock
THIS six-foot floral sculpture can be seen at a new exhibition in York Art Gallery. It is the work of Cheshire-based sculptor Lorna Green, who was commissioned to create a tribute to the French painter Henri Fantin-Latour. The exhibition - called Henri
A CHARITY shop in Acomb has had a refurbishment to make it look like a new outlet. Store manager Jayne Sanderson is pictured with volunteers at the reopening of the British Heart Foundation shop in Front Street, which has been closed for the past two
AT THE TURN of the century, it was a thriving brewery in the heart of York - but this Grade II listed building is now under the shadow of demolition. Local electrical contractor and retailer House and Son Ltd has applied to knock down the historic building
"We couldn't survive without his help. He will come and assist us at the drop of a hat." Those were the words of Peter Brown, director of Fairfax House, as he nominated Alan Dinsdale for the York Community Pride Volunteer of the Year award. Peter has
PARAMEDICS have teamed up with police and City of York Council to help young cyclists stay safe this summer. Organised by the council's youth service, On Your Bike, is a 12-week programme focusing on cycle maintenance and road safety. The course is
PEOPLE who have been affected by strokes are being urged to take advantage of a special support group. The Stroke Club meets every month, which gives its members a chance to talk to other people who have been through a similar experience. But organisers
A WOMAN from North Yorkshire whose partner died from asbestos-related cancer has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £250,000. John McElhinney, 60, died from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs or abdomen
A SOFTWARE company from East Yorkshire has scooped the top prize at a national ceremony. Phoenix Software, based in Pocklington, beat off stiff competition to win the title of software reseller of the year at the MicroScope awards for channel excellence
IT'S time to celebrate at Norton College after the green light was given for a sixth form. College staff, pupils and governors are all celebrating after the North Yorkshire School Organisation Committee approved their application to have a sixth form
IF I were a Viking, I would have been married for 14 years. I would have wed whoever my parents told me to, had nine children and could have been divorced for not covering my hair. If my husband had rolled his sleeves up or bared his hairy chest (before
I HAVE the greatest respect for actors. Their ability to take on a completely different persona fills me with awe, especially since I can't act for toffee. I was invited to the cast party for an amateur production last weekend and I was very relieved
I FEEL Californian wine is overlooked by many wine drinkers. If sickly sweet white zinfandel and characterless, mass-produced wines were all the US state had to offer, I could understand the lack of interest. But that isn't the case. If you like
OVERCROWDED maternity units might not get the best press these days, but it has not always been the case. Retired York midwife Dorothy Warriner has fond memories of her days at Fulford Maternity Hospital, which closed in 1983. "There was a lovely atmosphere
Burton Agnes, near Driffield. The stately home is just off the A614 between Driffield and Bridlington. Tel: 01262 490324; email burton.agnes@farmline.com; website: www.burton-agnes.com Why go there? Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan gem built in
HARDRAW is way up Wensleydale, near Hawes, and is famous for its waterfall, England's highest', as once sketched by Turner. We had water on the brain as we erected our tent in the rain, expletives on the wind, and the campsite to ourselves, until a little
CLIMBERS are beginning to cover the walls, now the weather has given us the sunshine and showers we expect at this time of year. Gardens and the countryside seem to have suddenly sprouted into life this past couple of weeks, enough for even my usually
Can you truly trust the person you have married? This is the question posed by FBI agent Alexandra Morse to small town doctor Chris Shepard. Chris maintains that he can, but Alex presents disturbing evidence: Chris's rich young wife has been seen
IN his last book, AD 500, historian Simon Young gave us a glimpse of the post-apocalyptic nightmare that was Britain after the Romans had left. The book was a kind of fictionalised travel guide to Dark Age Britain, in which a party of appalled Greeks
Every family holds secrets. In Afterwards, Rachel Seiffert examines the tangled truths and silences in the relationships between a young couple, a grandfather and granddaughter, and a brother and sister. At the centre is a love story between nurse
So, yet again, the Government has slammed on the emergency brake, just days before it was due to implement a major policy. For months and, indeed, years, the professional bodies have been telling the Government that the Home Information Pack (HIP),
I am appalled at the decision by the Government to go ahead with its planned closure of 2,500 post offices across the country, despite being sent a protest petition signed by four million people, including my wife and I. How can the Government
My daughter Claire held a charity line dance demonstration at York Designer Outlet on Saturday May 12 to raise funds for your Guardian Angels appeal. With fantastic help from her friends Susannah, Sinead, Sarah, and my wife Gill, they managed to
When the coalition arrangements are made for governing York over the next three years, I think it would be manifestly fair to allocate seats on the various committees, in proportion to the total number of votes cast for each mainstream political
I would like to raise a couple of points in response to Penny Chaplin's letter (The ftr is doing a very good job, May 24). My experience of the ftr appears to differ from hers, as I certainly am not confident that a bus will turn up within ten minutes
I TOO share the horror expressed by Mrs J Hardy, in respect to the money to be spent on employing two smoking wardens, (Waste of time, Letters, May 17). The NHS made the decision to employ two people to manage the enforcement and also provided the
AS chair of the board of trustees of Shopmobility York, I am writing to thank Jennie Cook for organising the Chinese Banquet at Maxi's Restaurant on April 18, in aid of Shopmobility York. The event raised £628 for our organisation. Unfortunately
On a trip with my sciatica to see Jo, my physio at the hospital, who is doing a grand job at gradually persuading the lower links of my spine to make friends again and work in harmony with my legs, I was outnumbered in a waiting room full of glum female
What more experience do we need before we all accept that one party government with lame duck opposition soon becomes completely out of touch and ineffective? We have had 20 years to suffer it and still stick to the same old formula. Maggie shot her
