Darlington Town Primary School football team has won the Durham County five-a-side football championships.

The youngsters won four and drew one of their five matches against South Tyneside, Peterlee, Felling, Chester-le-Street and Derwentside.

The top scorer in the competition, Nathan Wilson, was also from the Darlington team. The team are now preparing to represent the North-East in the Northern seven-a-side final in March.

Team manager Tony Cox said: "The youngsters are true role models for the thousands of Darlington schoolchildren."

The team were: Nicholas Petch from St Bedes primary, Nathan Wilson from Dodmire primary, Jack Johns, Lee Gibbon and Matthew Carnelley from North Road primary, Craig Swainston from Firthmoor primary and Jack Binks from Hurworth House School.