YORK & District Indoor Bowls Club continued their successful season as they picked up the Yorkshire Over-55s Challenge Trophy.

They won all three matches against their nearest league rivals, North Cave White and Redcar and second division champions Harrogate.

The York Vikings faced Harrogate in their first game and won three rinks.

Harley Wenham, Gordon Fennell, Trevor Wilford and Phil Parsons were running away with their game as they led 13-1 before the Harrogate team roared back, winning three of the remaining five ends to only go down 16-7.

Ken Griffiths, Alan Hampshire, Graham Instone and John Whiteley pulled away from 7-7 to go into their last end 13-7 ahead before dropping a three.

Alan Vowles, Mick Cooney, Malcolm Lewars and Tony Horobin went from 9-3 ahead to move into their last end with only a one-shot advantage before picking up a single to finish 10-8.

Dave Dale, Malcolm Harrison, Jim Robertson and Graham Brooke struggled and only won two ends, losing 17-2. Harrogate took the game 42-41 on aggregate, 8-6 on points.

Next for the Vikings were Redcar who had lost their first game 59-46 to North Cave White, 10-4 on points.

York had to win to keep their trophy chances alive, and they made one change with Wally Darbyshire coming in for Harrison.

After five ends they were 17-11 down on aggregate. Whiteley`s rink trailed 4-2 after five ends but turned the game round and finished 14-6.

Parsons' team came from behind 5-2 to 8-5 ahead and picked up a four on the last to win 12-7.

Horobin's team had come from 10-6 down to go into the last 11-10 in front before dropping a two to go down 12-11.

Brooke’s side looked to be on course for a victory when they led 9-3 with only four ends to play but they lost 11-9.

The Vikings won 46-36, picking up ten points while North Cave White maintained top spot after beating Harrogate 57-49, picking up 12 points.

That meant they only needed to win two rinks and not lose the aggregate by more than seven shots to win the title.

However, the Vikings got off to a great start, leading 34-9 after only five ends.

Horobin's side only lost three ends throughout their game which they won convincingly 24-3, while Whiteley's team led 14-0 after only four ends – but then they struggled as they only won one more and lost their game 19-16.

Brooke’s side went into their last end 13-12 ahead before securing a four to win 17-12, and Parsons' team won a tight game 13-6.

York Vikings retained the trophy they won last season by four points over runners-up North Cave White and completed the league and cup double after being unbeaten in the league.

York's domestic finals continued with the Ladies Simpson Pairs between Joan Jackson and Carol Instone, and Lynn Tattersall and Pauline Cooper.

The early exchanges were tight with Tattersall and Cooper leading 6-4 before Instone and Jackson pulled away to take the game 20-11.

The following day, the two teams were battling it out for the Langford Pairs title and the game ran in a similar vein with Tattersall and Cooper leading 5-4 before Instone and Jackson took all but three of the remaining ends to win 19-9.

The Eric Hopwood Triples was between two teams who had played each other in the group matches, Harley Wenham's and Phil Parsons', where Parsons had won a tight game 9-6.

With Wenham in the final were Ray Clark and Allen Clapham, and they got off to a good start as they led 3-0.

However, five ends later the score stood at 13-3 to Parsons who was accompanied by Trevor Wilford and Sheila Turpin.

Wenham's team pulled back to 13-10 before a three and a five brought an early finish to the game as Clark picked up an eye injury, giving Parsons' team a 21-10 victory.

In the League Play-Off Finals there were some exciting games, none more so than in the Open Pairs where Tony Horobin and Kieran Earnshaw seemed to have the edge as they led 11-6 then 14-12.

But,with two ends to play, Dave Stroughair and Neal Macdonald had edged in front 15-14.

On the penultimate end, as Horobin and Earnshaw laid three shots, Stroughair came down with his last wood and played it perfectly to give his side two more shots and a three-shot advantage going into the last where they picked up another single to take the title 18-14.

The Vets Triples also proved to be an exciting game with Alan Hampshire's team playing Cliff Hunter's.

Going into the last end only two twos had been scored. The rest were singles and the score stood at 10-7 to Hunter's side.

Then, with his last wood, Horobin knocked a covering wood into the ditch and gave his team four shots to take the title 11-10.

Jean Williams side got off to a good start in the Mixed Triples as they led 7-0 after only three ends but thereafter it was all Dot Kennelly's team as they won all but two ends and took the title 21-9.

Charlie Arnett's team retained the Vets Fours title after coming from 4-1 down to Dennis Haw's side to win 19-8.