CHAMPIONS Dunnington made it four wins it out of four with victory over Pontefract 2 to open up an eight-point lead at the top of the Yorkshire Premier League.

The York club – who won the title last year by a mammoth 44 points – dismantled Pontefract’s seconds 20-5.

New signing Rob Downer, the world number 144, finished the night with a 3-0 victory over Ponte’s leading tyro Sam Todd and at fifth string young Benjamin Cross defeated Dominic Pegg 3-1.

Julian Tomlinson, Michael Andrews and Matthew Stephenson all did the job in the middle order, although all three dropped games.