Poacher maintained a three-point York John Smith's Men's League division one lead by beating Osbaldwick 6-3.

For the latter Craig Wedge included a 180 while Poacher's continued drive for the title was aided by a bull finish for 21 darts by Shaun Day.

A 94 finish with two by Roy Sadler secured Dringhouses' 5-4 win at Shepherd.

Prior to that Chas Ramsden won in 18, Mick Coupland hit 90 bull finish for 21 and Barry Noble checked 119 for 21.

A 130 finish on bullseye from Rose and Crown captain Mark Addinall settled the match with Green Tree 'B'.

A last game win by Paul Calpin-Dave Dobson stole Flag the aggregate by one against Slip 'B', who won 7-2.

A fabulous 15-darter from Tony Cooper and 180 for 17 darts by Chris Thompson failed to save Sun but they took the aggregate.

Cygnet 'A' won 6-3, which saw splendid 140, 100, 100, 137 scores to game in 17 by John Mooring.

Good backing came in the shape of 21 darters by Mark Hartley and Dave Gibbons.

Barry MacLaughlin gamed in 18 and Ged McMahon in 19 at Slip 'A' as Swan maintained a one-point advantage in division two with a 6-3 win.

Second-placed Saddle also won 6-3, at Blacksmith's, Andy King forcing the pace, while Holgate's Pete West-Rob Atkinson ended Sun 'B's challenge.

Old Ebor saw their efforts dashed when Rich Beddous found 21 darts and John Holtby-Colin Hodges took Green Tree 'A' to victory.

Pete Watson topped Institute 'A's performance but Cygnet 'B' were well armed with good games from Gary Farthing, Derrick Elliott and Derek Hartley.

Institute 'B' registered their first win of the season, 5-4 over Groves.

Updated: 12:31 Tuesday, November 05, 2002