MICHELLE Hall and Angie Spivey led Selby/Drax to a 5-4 victory over University Students in Ladies Division One of the York Badminton League.

Hall and Spivey's three wins included a tough 17-16, 2-15, 15-8 victory over Heather Turner and Sarah Myers.

The University Students Men's 'A' team turned the tables with a 7-2 home win over Selby/Drax 'A'. Phil Brunyard and Dennis Bradley took both Selby wins, but lost 13-15, 15-11, 10-15 to the top student pairing of Chris Hunt and Jeff Birch.

Nestl Rowntree whitewashed Pocklington in Men's Division One with Mark Barker and Phil Grant heading the home returns after straight wins.

University Students 'B' came back from RI Tuesday/Thursday 'C' in Men's Three with an 8-1 win under their belts. C Stewart and P Clarke topped the student averages with 90-48. Ho Wong and Bill Clemmit took RI's consolation with a 15-8, 3-15, 15-5 success over T Moor and P Jennings.

Nicky Milsted and Russell Binns returned 103-63 for York RI 'A' but their team lost 5-4 at home to University Students 'A' whose Manik Chakravarti and Katie Marchbank sealed their side's double over RI with a 4 and 8 victory over Ros Ellis and Richard Pauw.

Huntington Mixed 'A' were in good form when beating Pocklington 'A' in Mixed Two 7-2. In a close match where five rubbers went to a deciding end, Huntington's Clive Debenham and Lisa Turner chalked up three wins for 108-85.

Fulfordgate lost 6-3 to St John's in Mixed Four and were beaten 5-4 at home two days later against University Students 'C'. The St John's match saw Dave Dearsley and Debbie Hale top the student teacher averages with Matt Hobman and Hazel Winfield winning twice for Fulfordgate.

Hobman and Winfield took three straight wins against the University Students for a total of 90-30, but the students won overall when L McCann and P Jennings beat Geoff Hepworth and Caroline Ryder 15-11, 7-15, 15-3.

Fulfordgate 'B' notched a 7-2 Mixed Five win at Terry's whose Pat Santin and Chris Smethurst took two wins but lost 15-12, 14-17, 7-15 to Andrew Johnson and Lorraine Gregory, who enjoyed a maximum return of 104-65.

York and District

Badminton League results

Ladies Div 1: Univ Students 4, Selby/Drax 5.

Ladies Div 2: Pocklington 3, Huntington 6.

Men's Div 1: Univ Students 'A' 7, Selby/Drax 'A' 2.

Men's Div 2: Nestl Rowntree 9, Pocklington 0.

Men's Div 3: RI Tues/Thursday 'C' 1, Univ Students 'B' 8.

Mixed Div 1: York RI 'A' 9, Univ Students 'B' 0; York RI 'A' 4, Univ Students 'A' 5.

Mixed Div 2: Huntington 'A' 7, Pocklington 'A' 2.

Mixed Div 4: Fulfordgate 'A' 4, Univ Students 'C' 5; St John's 6, Fulfordgate 'A' 3.

Mixed Div 5: Terry's 2, Fulfordgate 'B' 7; Tadcaster 86 'B' 6, Fulfordgate 'B' 3.

Updated: 11:01 Wednesday, April 06, 2005