Sporting Digest: Hockey

YORKSHIRE won their first women's county championship title at Prescot yesterday when they beat Kent 2-0.

WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Finals (Prescot) Pool A: Herefordshire 0 Lancashire 6; Staffordshire 2 Herefordshire 0; Lancashire 0 Staffordshire 1. Pool B: Kent 0 Berkshire 0; Yorkshire 1 Kent 1. 5th/6th place: Herefordshire 0 Berkshire 4. Semi-finals: Staffordshire 0 Kent 0 (Kent won 2-1 aps); Yorkshire 2 Lancashire 2 (Yorkshire won 3-1 aps). Final: Yorkshire 2 Kent 0.

AEWHA PLATE Semi-final: Hampstead and Westminster 2 Chester 3.

OTHER MATCH: Old Loughtonians 4 East Grinstead 2.

EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP QUALIFIER (Gibraltar): (Saturday) Gibraltar 1 Portugal 0; (Yesterday) Scotland 2 Denmark 0; Wales 2 Gibraltar 1.

HA YOUTH CUP Under-16 (Birmingham University) Pool A: Rugby 1 Merchant Tailors 1; Millfield 0 Wellington 0; Millfield 9 Rugby 0; Wellington 2 Merchant Tailors 0; Rugby 2 Welling 4; Merchant Tailors 0 Millfield 3. Semi- final qualifiers: Millfield and Wellington. Pool B: Homerton 3 St George's 1; Welton 1 Simon Langton 4; Welton 2 Homerton 7; Simon Langton 0 St George's 1; Homerton 3 Simon Langton 1; St George's 4 Welton 1. Semi-final qualifiers: Homerton and St George's. Under-18 (Cannock HC) Pool C: Kingston 2 Rugby 0; Langley Park 0 Millfield 1; Langley Park 0 Kingston 0; Millfield 5 Rugby 3; Kingston 2 Millfield 0; Rugby 2 Langley Park 3. Semi-final qualifiers: Kingston and Millfield. Pool D: Winchester 1 Bedford 1; Kings 1 Hall Cross 1; Kings 0 Winchester 0. Hall Cross 0 Bedford 0; Winchester 0 Hall Cross 0; Bedford 3 Kings 1. Semi-final qualifiers: Bedford and Winchester.