Dunnington'S fine run in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League continued with 63 games against nearest rivals Wigginton.

Paul Birch and John Sumner inflicted most of the damage with 23 games.

Riccall earned their first win, 59-49 against bottom club Bubwith, with 19, 20 and 20 from the three pairs.

Rowntree Park also based their excellent win over Poppleton with scores of 22 (Peter Richardson and John Neary).

Wheldrake's first win of the season was a crashing 70-38 victory against Sutton, Graeme Taylor and Paul Gowland scoring 28.

Matt Ward and Richard Pears scored 23 of Strensall's 63 against Copmanthorpe to stay top of division two with a 100 per cent record.

York, in second place, could manage only a draw against mid-table Appleton Roebuck. York's Howard Pallister and John Dyson scored 23, while Appleton's John Giles and Dave Bradley scored 24.

Boston Spa leap-frogged visitors Civil Service with a 63-45 win, Gordon Milne and Pete Smith scoring 26 answered by 23 from Philip Sinton and Andy Crockett.

Castlegarth retained top spot in division three by beating Wigginton III 77-31, Brian Manson and Mike Butterworth amassing 30 games.

Castlegarth II stayed in second place after a 60-48 win over Bishopthorpe, whose Paul Fawcett and Alan Yoward won their club's only set.

Highlight of Cawood's 74-34 win against Knaresborough II was the appearance of late substitute Danny Butts, who top-scored with partner Richard Taylor with 28 games.

Division four leaders Sherburn beat Rufforth 61-47 with 23 games from Peter Vause and Barrie Manson despite losing 9-3 to Chris Laws and Andy Goodchild.

Poppleton III beating Wilberfoss 57-51 in a tight match. while Riccall II seemed to have Heworth well beaten until a 10-2 from Adam and Simon Gray halved their lead.

New Earswick had the better of the match of the two bottom clubs, beating Copmanthorpe II 64-44 with 24 games unbeaten from Daz Sheriston and Martin Thornton.

In division five, three matches finished 72-36 - Sheriff Hutton (Chris Burnham and Kevin Fairclough 29) beat Cliffe, Wheldrake II (Dave Fenton and Bryn Jones 29) beat Selby and Sutton II (Dave Nowell/Mark Pryce 27) beat Nestl.

Matt Brown and Dave Coverdale were the only unbeaten pair in Strensall's draw with Fulford.

Roger Wood and Peter Thirsk scored 30 in Dunnington's III's 72-36 win over New Earswick II in division six.

Appleton Roebuck II scraped a 55-53 win at Next Generation despite 21 games from Damon Deamer and Reza Ghadiri.

Updated: 08:52 Tuesday, June 10, 2003