York and District youngsters had a great chance of winning their section of the Yorkshire Under 18s Bowls League when they beat rivals Hornsea at home, 35-14 on aggregate, writes Ian Clough.

Phil Scott, Josh Cahill and Katrina Smith were trailing 5-4 when they went on a great run scoring 17 shots over the next five ends to lead 21-5 en route to a 21-10 success.

In the other rink, Liam Cahill, Adam Tattersall and Phil Herridge had an equally convincing win being in control from the start to the finish winning 20-4.

But in the rearranged game at Hornsea York's same-again rinks took time to find the pace of the green. Cahill narrowly lost 15-14 and Scott went down 12-7 thus giving the aggregate score of 27-21 and the maximum six points to the home side.

In the same group, New Earswick's youngsters had a fantastic victory from an unusually high scoring game against Huddersfield which included a maximum nine shots on the penultimate end from Alistair Domville, Robert Domville and Nick Ollis in their 33-4 triumph.

Stephen Long, Michael Ollis and Tom Aveyard staged a marvellous fight back. After trailing 8-2 they won six out of the remaining eight ends to take the game 18-11.

Both New Earswick and York have some outstanding young talent which will no doubt bring the clubs many honours in the future. If any juniors wish to try the game then please contact the clubs for further details - New Earswick on 01904 750230, York and District on 01904 704180.

York and District take on North Cave in the final of the Yorkshire League at Scarborough IBC starting at 1.30pm on Saturday.

As reported in Tuesday's Evening Press, Yorkshire were beaten 116-98 by Berkshire in the Atherley Trophy final at Harlow, Essex. Yorkshire last won the trophy two years ago.

Updated: 12:28 Thursday, April 05, 2001