Sessions 'A' increased their lead in Focus Fireplaces York and District Table Tennis League division one with a 10-0 win over second-placed York RI 'B'.

Fulford Road WMC 'A' closed the gap on RI 'B' after an 8-2 win over Coneysthorpe 'B', John Farmery and Graham Hatfield each winning three.

Richard Moss was unbeaten as Pop-pleton 'A' won 7-3 against Bootham Conservative Club 'A', whose 'B' team beat INL 'B' 7-3 despite Martin Hood's winning all three for INL 'B'.

Coneysthorpe 'A' had a 7-3 win over INL 'A', for whom Mick Kenyon was unbeaten, while Alfie Potter won all three for INL 'A' in their 9-1 victory over Bootham 'B'.

Poppleton 'B' top division two after an 8-2 win over INL 'C', Dave Rawlings winning all three for Pop.

York RI 'C' lost ground when they only beat Fulford Road WMC 'B' 6-4, Richard McCarthey taking all three.

Sessions 'B' have dropped to third after losing 6-4 to Bootham Conservative Club 'C', for whom Richard Ingleby was unbeaten, and 7-3 to Nestl Rowntree 'B', Jill Schofield winning three for Nestl.

Howard Broadbent was unbeaten for BT 'A' as they beat York RI 'D' 7-3, while Bob Lee and Dave Simpson both won three for Rowntree 'A' as they beat lowly Northern Electric 9-1.

Poppleton 'C' top division three after 7-3 and 8-2 wins over their 'D' team and Shepherds 'A', with Chris Armstrong winning three both times.

At the bottom, Terry's beat Shepherds 'A' 8-2, Jim Logan and John Graham each winning three.

Fulford Road WMC 'C' lost 7-3 to Poppleton 'E' with Richard Collier winning all three for Pop, while York Police lost 7-3 to BT 'B', Brian Milner winning all three for BT.

A 9-1 win over Coneysthorpe 'C' put BT 'B' second, Bill Carter and Jim Stevenson each winning three.

Norwich Union 'A' have a slender lead in division four after an 8-2 win over Shepherds 'C', Adrian Church winning all three.

York RI 'F' stay second after an 8-2 win over Norwich Union 'B' and a 5-5 draw with Nestl Rowntree 'C', Dennis Chapman winning three both times.

Three wins from Rick Gledhill helped Shepherds to a 5-5 draw with Poppleton 'F', who were beaten 6-4 by York RI 'G', while Steve Potter won all three for INL 'D' in their 8-2 win over Shepherds 'B'.

Updated: 11:57 Friday, March 01, 2002