BOTH New Earswick and York ‘B’ lost their opening Yorkshire Over-55s League games of the season.

New Earswick fell 79-73 to Redcar in division one and York lost 96-51 to division two favourites Hornsea.

At Huntington Road, Bob Edwards’ New Earswick rink were in excellent form, getting off to a good start to lead 13-3 after ten ends, extending their advantage to 21-8 five ends later. They won 27-15.

Ralph Tiplady’s team, however, trailed 6-1 after five ends and this proved crucial. They pulled it back to 10-7 and 15-10 but lost 21-15.

Away, Barry Johnson’s rink had a great comeback win.

They were struggling after ten ends but fought back from 11-3 down to take a 14-13 lead after 15.

This rose to 17-14 after 18 and they just held on to win 18-17.

Barry Harrison’s team were in touch at half-way, trailing 11-7, but the hosts pulled away to win 26-13.

York ‘B’s tough opener went according to the forecast with Hornsea running away with the game to win 96-51.

York’s consolation came from Ron Munro’s away rink, who held their nerve after dropping a four to go 10-9 behind after 11 ends to win all but three of the remaining ends to take the game 22-14.

John Birch’s team won eight ends but only scored more than a single on two of them and they lost 23-10.

At home, Derrick Clarke’s side led 10-7 after ten ends but they only won one more and lost 25-13.

Bob Blackburn’s team got off to an awful start – trailing 18-0 before getting on the scoreboard with a two – and went on to lose 34-6.

• New Earswick surprisingly lost their second North Eastern League fixture of the season – going down 83-75 to Leeds.

Earswick had only one winning rink – Marjorie Watson’s home team, who came from 6-5 down to lead 18-6 on their way to a 23-17 victory.

Annette Prosser’s team led 19-17 with three ends to play but lost 21-20 after only scoring a single on the last end.

Away, Margaret Morgan’s rink did well early on, leading 9-4, but found themselves 18-10 behind with four ends to play, three of which they won to only go down 20-16.

Peggy Walker’s team only trailed 16-14 after 16 ends but nine shots dropped over the following three ends cost them the game as they lost 25-16.