ON your marks... Schoolchildren in Barnsley are under starters' orders for the launch of South Yorkshire's 2014/15 school games programme.

Pupils from across the borough, along with students from Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster, are preparing to take part in qualifying events ahead of the South Yorkshire Sainsbury's School Games finals next year.

Schools will be going head to head to qualify for the Winter Finals at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield on Wednesday March 18.

More than 1,000 primary and secondary students will compete in eight sports – basketball, gymnastics, cheerleading, netball, boccia, new age kurling, sports hall athletics and inclusive sport zone.