BURYTHORPE continue to make the pace at the top of division one of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League following their defeat of Stockton and Hopgrove.

York and Burn, who both won on Saturday, are waiting in the wings for any slip up the leaders may make.

At the bottom, Heworth and Hemingbrough are becoming stranded although a couple of wins for either will put pressure on Stamford Bridge, who won off the last ball and Bishopthorpe.

The top of division two is tight with British Sugar taking over as leaders following their third successive win which pushed Westow into the relegation zone.

Drax, 10-wicket winners over Thixendale, are in second place while a third win on the trot for Fulfordgate keeps them in contention.

Copmanthorpe have a slender lead at the top of division three after their sixth successive league win, which came against Stillingfleet.

North Duffield are just a few points behind after their comfortable win at Hirst United. Melbourne lead the chasing pack following their win over bottom club Askham Bryan.

Tollerton's, seventh victory on the trot leaves them with a big lead in division four.

Second-placed York University Staff went down to Burton Salmon who have closed the gap to a mere three points mainly due to a century from Max Driscoll.

Last season's scenario of a vibrant Heworth and struggling Selby seems to have reversed itself as Selby move into the top half of the table while Heworth have slipped to the bottom.

Ovington's strong youth policy is playing dividends as they moved up into mid-table after a 9-wicket defeat of Acomb.

Scrambled runs from the last ball saw York salvage a tie from their high-scoring home game against Wistow in division five. The visitors' skipper, Ian Jennings, hit an unbeaten century.

Leaders Stockton and Hopgrove lost for the first time this season when going down to Tadcaster Magnet by six wickets.

Selby's second string recorded their third successive win as they dished out a walloping to neighbours Thorpe Willoughby.

Woodhouse Grange made the most of their excellent wicket to beat Pocklington by 9 wickets and move away from the bottom. Wheldrake, boosted by the return of Dave Fenton from five years in the wilderness, defeated Copmanthorpe.