Yorkshire League success was gained by York IBC – 80-74 winners over South Leeds in division one – and New Earswick toppling fellow division two promotion rivals Hornsea 93-71.

Stand-in York skip Phil Parsons was drawn to play rising county star Mark Hughes and it didn’t go well as the visitors raced into a 16-3 lead after only eight ends.

But the home side stemmed the tide to limit the damage and only lose 24-14.

Fortunately, Paul Humphreys’ team led from start to finish winning 24-11.

In Leeds, Paul Mooring’s team did well coming back from 10-8 down after ten ends to lead 17-11 six ends later to underpin a 21-17 triumph.

David Stroughair’s team looked to have won their game when they led 19-13 with four ends to play.

But they were hit by a surge of nine shots before falling to a 22-21 loss.

York collected 14 points from the game to stay in joint second place.

In division two, New Earswick rattled up a superb win to collect 16 valuable points from their clash with Hornsea.

At home, Bob Edwards’ team got off to a flier leading 19-0 after only nine ends. They went on untroubled to win 31-13.

Ralph Tiplady’s team led 16-14 with six ends to play but went into the last 20-16 behind before getting a single.

Away, Paul Dawson’s team were rocked after a good start which saw them leading 15-4.

They dropped a four, then a five, but got straight back on course and finished winning 24-18.

Barry Johnson’s team came from 13-7 down to lead 21-17 with two ends to play before hanging on to win 21-20.