SOME 500 primary school children took part in the Littlewoods Merseyside Mini Games held at Kirkby Sports Centre with each of the five competing boroughs gaining a first place in at least one of the six tournaments contested.

The St Helens team continued their domination of 'New Image' Rugby, a mini form of Rugby Union where boys compete alongside girls, winning all four games.

Results:

High 5 Netball: 1st Knowsley; 2nd Wirral; 3rd Liverpool; 4th Sefton; 5th St Helens.

Short Tennis: 1st Sefton; 2nd Wirral; 3rd Knowsley; 4th Liverpool; 5th St Helens.

Netball Shooting Awards: 1st equal, Terry Ann Evans (Sefton), Adam Clinton (Sefton); 3rd equal, Kalea Ellison (Knowsley), Katie Metcalf (Knowsley). 5th Andrew Preston (St Helens); 6th Vicky Harry (Liverpool).

New Image Rugby: 1st St Helens ; 2nd equal Wirral, Knowsley; 4th equal Liverpool, Sefton.

Girls Soccer: 1st Liverpool; 2nd equal St Helens, Sefton; 4th equal Knowsley, Wirral.

Fair Play Awards: Short Tennis - Sefton; Adaptive Kwik Cricket - Sefton; High 5 Netball - Liverpool; Girls Soccer - St Helens; New Image Rugby - Sefton; Kwik Cricket- Knowsley.

Adaptive Kwik Cricket: 1st Liverpool; 2nd Knowsley; 3rd St Helens; 4th Wirral; 5th Sefton.

Kwik Cricket: 1st equal Liverpool, Wirral; 3rd St Helens; 4th equal Knowsley, Sefton.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.