People are being urged to lace up their trainers and get into the spirit of Sport Relief.

The Wetherby area is to host three Mile events at Stockeld Park, Tadcaster, and Sherburn on Sunday March 25.

Entrants can complete a mile around Stockeld’s countryside which even goes through the enchanted forest.

The event opens at 8.30 and closes at 1pm with the on Mile starting at 10.30 and 11.30am and the three Mile at 10.30am.

Sherburn’s Mile starts at the Eversley Park Centre in Lower Street and then back to enjoy a variety of activities.

There are three start times - 11am, noon and 1pm - to choose from for the one, three and six Mile events.

Tadcaster Harriers are organising the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile at Tadcaster Grammar School.

Participants can do the Mile around the school playing fields and then back for entertainment.

The one Mile starts at 10.30 and the three and six Mile events at 11am.

This year, over one million people are expected to pull up their Sport Relief socks and take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile to raise vital funds for vulnerable people across the UK and the world’s poorest countries.

To enter any of the events in the area log on to www.sportrelief.com.

A FIRM of landscape architects and ecologists has swapped the bustle of a town centre location for more peaceful surroundings at a business park between Harrogate and Knaresborough.

Smeeden and Foreman has taken the lease on the ground floor of Somerset House at Scotton Business Centre after relocating from East Parade in Harrogate.

The new space totals 1,800ft sq, and Smeeden and Foreman’s director Mark Smeeden said it emabled the company to be based on one floor rather than spread across four.

He added: “There are some things we miss about the facilities of Harrogate itself but we certainly don’t miss either the traffic or the parking restrictions!”

Smeeden and Foreman’s team of landscape architects, urban designers, ecologists and horticulturalists works throughout the country for clients in both the public and private sectors and on schemes from marinas to supermarkets.

The letting agents were Carter Jonas. Chris Hartnell of Carter Jonas said: “We are delighted that Smeeden and Foreman have relocated to Scotton Business Centre to take advantage of the peaceful surrounds, modern office space and ample car parking.”

The business park offers both small and large suites in two main buildings totalling 8,000ft sq, with flexible arrangements available.

AN APPRENTICE at a Harrogate firm has reached the finals of the Heating & Ventilation Industry Awards.

Rory Percival has been shortlisted in the Apprentice of the Year category in the competition. He recently completed his three year apprenticeship with ventilation manufacturer, EnviroVent, and now works as a fully fledged product development engineer at the company’s head office on Hornbeam Park.

EnviroVent’s chairman, Ron Russell-Hobbs, said. “Rory can be described as a model apprentice. He has worked diligently to understand the demands of our industry, especially in regard to product development, and through this effort he has increased his knowledge and effectiveness to the point that he is assured of a successful career.

“As a result of his success, we have now recruited another apprentice which in these difficult times should send a message to the Government that apprenticeship places create positives for the economy.”

Rory began his apprenticeship as part of EnviroVent’s research and development team. Over the last three years, he has gained experience in product development, installation and system design. He also played an important role in liaising with external bodies such as the Buildings Research Establishment (BRE) to ensure EnviroVent’s latest products meet legislation and achieve the required certification.

The winners of the Heating & Ventilation Industry Awards will be announced at a ceremony in London on April 26.

ripon’s Olympic hope Jack Laugher will get his first chance to sample the facilities at London 2012 this coming week.

Laugher is one of five City of Leeds divers taking part in the FINA VISA World Diving Cup.

Alongside Rebecca Gallantree, Sarah Barrow, Hannah Starling and Alicia Blagg, Jack will be competing in the event from February 20-26 which also doubles as the test for the diving facilities at the Aquatics Centre ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The quintet will be taking on the world’s best in the event which also determines Olympic spots for countries in each of the diving categories, with the full Team Great Britain squad taking part in the Games due to be announced in June.

Laugher will be looking to carry on his form from a stellar 2011 which saw the 17-year-old from Ripon become the first British male diver in eight years to qualify for the final of the men’s 3-metre springboard event, finishing in a highly creditable eighth place.

Jack goes into the event in confident mood after winning both the 1m and 3m individual titles at the recent British Gas National Diving Cup in Southend.

Olympian Rebecca Gallantree will be looking to secure a place at her second successive Games when competing in the women’s 3m individual and synchronised events, and tuned up by winning two golds and a silver in Southend.

Sarah Barrow will be competing with 10m synchro partner Tonia Couch of Plymouth the in the London event looking to improve on their fourth-place finish in last year’s world championships in Shanghai.

The duo combined to win gold in the National Diving Cup in Southend.

The two youngest City of Leeds divers taking part in London will be 15-year-old Alicia Blagg from Woodlesford (3m synchro) and 16-year-old Hannah Starling from Alwoodley (3m individual).

The City of Leeds squad again dominated at national level in Southend, winning seven of the nine events and a medal haul of 15 in total. Other notable performances came from Callum Johnstone and Matt Roberts who won the men’s 3m synchro title, while Garforth diver Callum also claimed bronze in the 3m individual.

The City of Leeds divers are all part of Leeds City Council’s Diving Training Scheme overseen by senior diving coach Adrian Hinchliffe and former world champion Edwin Jongejans at the Aquatics Centre at the John Charles Centre for Sport.

Senior diving coach Adrian Hinchliffe said: “Next week will be an invaluable experience for our divers to compete, feel and see what the Olympic facility is going to be like in the summer. They are all really excited and rightly so.

“It is hugely important too for their development as well as trying to secure as many places for Great Britain at London 2012 as we can.

“We are very proud of them all but what they do in the next few months could make all the difference and they know that. The final countdown to the Olympics really does start here.”

Also competing at the FINA VISA World Diving Cup will be divers from Australia, Russia and the USA who will train at the John Charles Centre for Sport ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

For more information on Leeds and its work towards the London 2012 Olympic Games, visit www.leedsgold.co.uk

Jack Laugher has also been part of a smash-hit YouTube video which went viral last week.

Alongside fellow Brit divers Tom Daley, Chris Mears, Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow, Nicolas Robinson-Baker and Max Brick, the squad took time out from their preparations to perform a dance routine on an Australian beach.

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