RUTH Bielby came within a few points of upsetting the York and District Ladies Veterans Squash Championships after taking second seed Suzie Booth to five sets in last night's quarter finals.

Booth took the first 9-2 but Bielby hit back 7-9 in a battle that included a fourth set 8-10 in Bielby's favour before Booth eventually took the fifth 9-4.

In the plate competition, Linda Craggs came back after losing the first set 9-10 to beat Amanda Selvarantum 3-1 and set up a semi-final tie with top plate seed Rosey Taylor tonight.

Results

Quarter-finals: Caroline Wyatt (3) bt Linda Craggs 9-1 9-2 9-6, Suzie Booth (2) bt Bielby 9-2 7-9 9-4 8-10 9-4, Lesley Booth (1) bt Annette Enzor 9-2 9-0 9-2. Plate quarter-final: Craggs bt Selvarantum 9-10 9-3 9-0 9-2.

Tonight's order of play

Semi-finals: 7pm Lesley Booth (1) v Denise Bigg (4), 8pm Suzie Booth (2) v Wyatt (3). Plate semi-finals: 7.40pm Taylor (1) v Craggs, 8.40pm Jackie Sedgwick (2) v Brenda Walkington.

Updated: 11:16 Wednesday, April 13, 2005