YOUNG footballers have celebrated their success at a presentation and race evening.

The three teams from Bishop Auckland St Mary's Juniors welcomed Martin Gray, formally of Sunderland and now at Darlington, to the event at the Belvedere Working Men's Club.

Members of the under- sevens, under-nines and under-13 teams attended the event.

The under-13s finished champions of the Teesside Junior Football Alliance Division Two. They also won the Yarm Town Boys' Six-a-side Tournament and were semi-finalists in the Blackpool 2002 Easter Tournament.

A spokesman for the teams said: "We would like to thank Stormking Windows, Beedles Chippie, Coulthard Motor Factors, Bedfords Appliance Care, Castle Hotel and Leisure and Cory Environmental for sponsoring races."