Dringhouses took over at the top of the Premier Division with a vital 2-1 home win over reigning champions Old Malton.

After a blank first half Dring-houses opened the scoring in the 50th-minute. Phil Hill levelled soon after only for Dringhouses to restore their lead.

The defeat just about ends Old Malton's chances of retaining the League title as they have played more games than their rivals.

Title-contenders Pocklington threw away vital points at Boroughbridge and had to settle for a draw.

Two quick goals inside the first 15 minutes from Paul Wilson and Owen Ellis set Pocklington on their way. But early in the second half they missed a penalty before Paul Vincent netted on the hour for Boroughbridge.

As Boroughbridge pressed they were awarded an injury-time penalty for handball and Vincent made no mistake to salvage a point.

Huntington comfortably won the bottom of the table 'six-pointer' against derby rivals New Earswick.

Jack Wilson supplied the pass which set up Paul Downes to open the scoring for Huntington.

Wilson played a part in the second, flicking on the ball for Jamie Seal to put the home side two up at the break.

Downes netted his second on the restart and Seal headed the fourth to move Huntington away from the drop zone.

Crayke also gained a vital three points in the relegation battle as they played their part in a high-scoring game at home to Dunnington.

Chris Burgess opened the scoring for Dunnington in the first minute but Crayke were 3-1 up by half-time, thanks to strikes by Mick Gosling (2) and Martin Durrant.

Second-half goals from Crayke's Dan Copleland and Tim Jackson and Durrant were countered by goals from Andy Rose and Rob Hart for Dunnington as Crayke ran out 6-3 winners.

Craig Hewitt scored the only goal of the game as Kartiers won at Bishopthorpe to continue their recent revival.

South Bank maintained the pressure on the top two in division one with a 4-2 win at Civil Service.

Matthew Knowles opened the scoring and Mark Belleh added a second before half-time.

The home side staged a revival with goals from Nick Hilton and Will Dunnitt but Dave Hyde added two more for South Bank.

A Phil McCardle goal in the 70th-minute was enough to give Norwich Union victory at home to Haxby Town who are in danger of slipping into the relegation places.

Bottom team Hammerton gave themselves hope with a 3-1 win at Wigginton Black Horse who only had a Simon Fisher penalty to show for their efforts.

Dave Reasbeck and Chris Harkin were the scorers for T&L Selby in their 2-0 home win against Easingwold in only their 12th division two game of the season. With only two months remaining they have to play another 12 league games, plus a cup semi-final.

Stamford Bridge were unable to break down the Heworth defence in the first half but goals from Pete Carpenter and James Willmoth in the second were enough to keep Stamford in the promotion hunt.

Stillington were two up at Heslington through strikes from John Anderson and Steve Johnson until the last ten minutes when super sub Gary Newbould netted twice to snatch a point.

Haxby & Wigginton remain in second place despite coming unstuck at Barmby Moor where Jim Clark (2) and Rob Bailey scored.

A Craig Parker goal gave Haxby & Wigginton some hope before half-time but Richard Allison struck late on to seal Barmby's 4-1 win.

The lead in division three changed again as LNER Builders ascended five places to claim top spot with a 4-2 home win over Strensall.

Jamie Williams bagged the opening goal for Builders in the third minute and added a second after 16. Mick Pipe netted on the half hour to keep Strensall in the game but Jonathan Dean restored the two-goal advantage on the stroke of half time.

A penalty put away by Pipe brought Strensall back into the game but Dean netted his second five minutes from time.

Wilberfoss also jumped up the table into second place as two goals from Dave Bailes gave them a 2-1 home win over Selby RSSC.

Updated: 11:57 Monday, March 04, 2002