TWO young badminton players from the Wensleydale school, Leyburn, have collected trophies in the Hambleton and Richmondshire championships.

Laura Spence and Rachel Wheeler, both year 11 students, collected the doubles award, while Laura also won the ladies' singles championship.

PE teacher Lee Wasden said: "We are very proud of both of them. Rachel's main sport is hockey, but the school has a very strong badminton tradition which they have both managed to maintain."

The success was the latest in a run of sporting triumphs for the school, which already has runners in this year's county cross-country squad and its girls' soccer team are area champions.