A GIRLS football team is celebrating after narrowly winning a tournament by beating their local rivals in the final.

Richmond Methodist School won the Richmond and Catterick Girls Football Competition for primary schools, beating Ravensworth Primary School 2-1 to lift the cup.

Nine schools sent ten teams to compete in the event. The winning team was (clockwise from left): Harriet Fawcett, Jennifer Snape, Hannah Pugh, Amy Fawcett, Chloe Richardson, coach and deputy head Stephen Simper, Bethany Edgar, Beth Lightfoot, Emma Morris, Jessica Miller, Georgia Hill.