YORK ‘B’ lost their Yorkshire Over-55s Bowls League division two clash against South Leeds 88-79.

York had a mountain to climb when their away teams leaked 18 shots to two over the last three ends.

Bob Blackburn’s team were level at 21-21 after 16 ends but went down 31-23, while Pete Grosvenor’s lost 30-9.

At home, Ron Kirkpatrick’s team scored ten shots over the last five ends to win 27-10 and Ken Robinson’s five over the last three ends helped them to come from 16-14 down to win 19-17, but it wasn’t enough.