A NORTH-EAST roller hockey club is to host a children's tournament with teams competing from an area between Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

The Spectrum Spartans, based at the Spectrum Leisure Complex in Willington, near Crook, will host the Northern Counties under-13s competition on Sunday, January 14.

Teams from Manchester, Grimsby, Sheffield, Halifax, Retford and Middlesborough will take part in the tournament, from 9am to 6pm.

The Spectrum Spartans train every Saturday, from 10am to 11am, and new players, aged between eight and 15, are welcome to go along. New members must be able to skate