YORK'S Inter-District Union League hopes were given a huge boost with a 21-15 victory at Teesside.

A side shorn of York Amateur champion Jamie Miller, Martin Brown and Damon Coulson produced a magnificent performance at Seaton Carew.

Tied at 6-6 after the morning foursomes, York pressed forward in the singles and a 15-9 success in the man-on-man format saw them make it two from two in the senior golf league.

Neil Bellamy, York Union of Golf Clubs president, said: "This is a fantastic result. All the players here performed extremely well. We keep the memory alive of Russ Chilton and the team continue to keep playing for him.

"They played out of their skins. We had a debutant, Ciaran Matthews, who won his singles match, and all the team performed really solidly. It was a great performance from everybody.

"I think this is a bigger result than our victory over Sheffield - purely because we had some inexperienced players turning out for us but they rose to the occasion superbly. This is a big boost for us to go on and win the IDU League."

James Cass (Fulford) and David Hague (Malton & Norton) got the foursomes off to a bright start with a 4&2 victory over Tom Smith and Adam Bates.

Ben Plaxton (Fulford) and James Walsh (Malton & Norton) soon made it two victories with a 3&2 success over Llloyde Bond and James Rogers (Eaglescliffe).

Sandburn Hall duo Rob Heath and Will Adamson brought the third victory after seeing off Cameron Wallace and Lewis Wharton.

With the scores tied at the half-way mark, York front-loaded their singles order in a bid to get off to a strong start.

Hague had to settle for a half with Eaglescliffe's Tom Smith, but Cass crushed Rogers 4&3.

Walsh and Plaxton were not able to add to their morning win but Oliver Adamson (Pike Hills) was an emphatic 7&6 victor over Blackwell Grange's Adam Bates.

When Chris Lone (York) added another half and Ciraran Matthews (Fulford) and Adamson struck gold, York began to take the upper hand.

Heath was three up with six to play, but found himself one down standing on the 17th in his match with Ryan Elliott. He recovered manfully, winning the final two holes, to grab a vital victory.

When Sam Wilkinson (The Oaks) beat Will Skipp (Eaglescliffe) 2&1 and Ben Statters (Easingwold) managed a half with Lewis Wharton (Eaglescliffe), the York Union had secured a fabulous result.