SPORTS SHORTS
BURNOPFIELD motorcycle racer Chrissy Rouse could be forced to miss the next round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship after a serious crash at Cadwell Park.
Rouse (pictured) had moved up from his 20th-place qualifying spot to 16th in the day’s first race when he hit the deck at the tight Hall Bends section of the Lincolnshire circuit - and ended up in the barriers.
He suffered a broken left hand, broken right wrist and concussion.
Rouse said: “I feel like things were starting to come together and after the highs of Brands Hatch, then the low of my Thruxton crash, this is just devastating.” ■■KAMIL Leski, Sam Murphy and Joel Mukunka of Heaton-based Goju-Ryu Karate Academy missed out on medals at the Japanese Goju-kai Karate Championships.
However, Leski, 15, and Mukunka, 14, passed their black belts under a panel of Japanese and European master instructors. ■■THE North East Midweek Cricket League’s Cup and Plate finals will be staged at Percy Main CC on Sunday, September 8 after rain called off Sunday’s scheduled action. ■■SOUTH Northumberland host Tynemouth tonight in Group A of the Dukes NEPL Third XI Twenty20 Cup. ■■ENGLAND Rugby’s Inner Warrior campaign is staging a trial session at Alnwick’s Winnington Park Rugby Club on Friday, Septmber 7 (6.15) for any women interested in taking up the game.
The campaign is designed to increase the number of women engaging in rugby, whether that is through playing, coaching or refereeing. ■■TWO Newcastle athletes have been selected for the England North squad for the 2018 School Games at Loughborough University from August 30 to September 2.
Gateshead Harrier Emily Stewart, 19, will compete in the ambulant shot put and the ambulant long jump.
Wallsend Harrier Sam Charlton, 16, will contest the 3,000m. ■■ROLLER derby team Tyne and Fear are holding a taster session at Benfield Centre for Sport on September 29 (11.30-1.30).