Poppleton end Park's title challenge

Poppleton pair Rob Jones and John Moore set up the win with an unbeaten 27.

Poppleton's remaining fixture sees them take on second placed Dunnington, who also beat Rowntree Park (67-41) in a rearranged match - Phil Spencer and Andy Peake-Vout were unbeaten on 24.

Although Wigginton did not play over the Bank Holiday, other results sent them to the top of division two.

Knaresborough stay in second place, with Sutton upon Derwent closing in third after beating Bishopthorpe 66-42.

Paul Colbeck and Paul Swift scored 24 for Sutton, but went down 5-7 to Rob Moore and Alan Yarwood, who scored 24 unbeaten.

In division three Copmanthorpe's two wins, 67-41 over Dunnington and 75-33 against Poppleton II, means that only Appleton Roebuck can equal their points.

Graham Butcher and Carl Addison scored 29 and 24 in Copmenthorpe's victories.

In the relegation zone Poppleton III beat Castlegarth 55-53.

Poppleton took 24 in the first rubber which was reversed in the second, but John Major and Bob Jones scored seven in the last rubber to save the match.

Castlegarth ended their fixtures with a win conceded by New Earswick who are, no doubt, glad to see the end of a bad season.

For relegation-haunted Castlegarth their future lies in the hands of the three clubs beneath them.

The only match in division four pushed Cliffe nearer the drop as John Downes and Jason Clark scored 26 in Heworth's 68-40 win.

Appleton Roebuck II moved into second place in division five with a 56-52 win over Knaresborough II who scored 23 in the final rubber. Knaresborough have four matches to play.

Rufforth's successful, unbeaten year ended with a 64-44 win over Civil Service II and they confirmed themselves as champions of division six.

Andy Ivel and David Laws ended with three 8-4 wins to keep their year's average at just over 30 games per match.

In Cawood's II's 80-28 win over New Earswick II, Tony Gosling and Graham Bond scored 34 including two 12s.

York Tennis Club men's veterans' team have reached the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Veterans' Competition with a victory at David Lloyd Centre in Leeds.

York won by three-and-a-half points to a half, as R Audsley and H Welsh halved with S Gluxman and R Jackson and beat E Pickard and P Common 6-4 4-6 6-1, while J Linfoot and P Sutherland defeated Gluxman and Jackson 7-6 6-3 and beat Pickard and Common 6-3 6-2.

QUICK ON THE DRAW

THE draws for the City of York Tennis Championships are:

Men's Singles (York) 1st Round: A Cooke bye, N Linfoot bye, A Walker bye, T Baker bye, R Jones bye, R Ekers bye, J Ogan v A Dearing, J Ellis v P Goodall, A Moore v I Mitchell-Innes, G Butcher v A Smith, P Nolan v P Adams, R Moore bye, P Langley bye, M Goodwin bye, A Precious bye, J Moore bye.

Men's Doubles (York): A Cooke and S Smith bye, G Butcher and C Addison bye, P Adams and P Richardson bye, P Sutherland and P Witherwick bye, A Smith and M Melsom bye, P Langley and M Goodwin bye, J Logan and P Whurr v P Burgon and G Tattersall, K Storey and A Walker v R Moore and A Moore, P Blackett and P Goodall v J Ellis and A Dearing, J Bush and P Moss v N Skelton and N Haw, N Linfoot and N Robinson bye, S Robertson and S Ewing bye, R Audsley and N Giltrap bye, A Precious and M Bland bye, S Sangster and S Sangster bye, R Jones and J Moore bye.

Mixed Doubles (York): Preliminary Round: T Baker and A Baker v J Jaram and R Skeels, P Adams and C Broomhead v R Burton and J Jaram. First Round: S Smith and T Bush v P Langley and D Baker, A Precious and C Lowe v A Smith and R Smith, J Moore and H Smith v Prelim 1, A Potter and H Leach v P Blackett and M Whitehead, A Moore and R Fong v R Audsley and R Cantrell, R Ekers and D Ekers v Prelim 2, G Butcher and K Hornby v J Langley and C Woodward, G Tattersall and J Mathers v A Cooke and W Shepherd.

Ladies Doubles (Poppleton) First Round: T Bush and D Baker bye, A Williams and J Jones bye, C Broomhead and J Mathers v W Shepherd and J Ashley, J McCreedy and A Baker v C Pawson and C Smithard, J riley and J Heels v H Leach and C Place, L Waudby and S Wilson v D Ekers and N Deamer, B Gallagher and R Skeels bye, W Stirke and L Lister bye.

Men's Vets Singles (York Prov) Preliminary Round: S Langley v D Moore, First Round: K Todd v S Robertson, P Sutherland v prelim winner, J Bush v D Dearing, D Tree v K Storey.

Men's Vets Doubles (Poppleton) first round: K Todd and P Spencer bye, S Langley and R Moir bye, J Jaram and C Stuart bye, D Moore and A Yoward v P Witherwick and P Sutherland, C Dixon and A Lawrence v K Storey and S Robertson, D Tree and N Giltrap v D Dearing and R Machin, J Bush and J Major bye, R Audsley and R Cantrell bye.

Ladies Vets Doubles (Poppleton) - Round Robin.

Order of play to be published later.

The IT Sports Ladies doubles tennis tournament has expanded each season and the 11th IT Sports Championships needed an extra venue with Riccall Tennis Club being added to make nine host tennis centres around the York area.

Louise Lister and Wendy Stirke (York), will be defending their title against some of the strongest pairings in the leagues.

Last year's beaten finalists Jackie Heels and Julie Reilly (Fulford), along with Helen Leach and Karen Reteif and Alison Taylor and Philippa Ashley (York), Debbie Godwin and Pam Campbell (Selby), Rosie Cantrell and Sue Peach (Poppleton), Lorraine Pearey and Debbie Young (Tadcaster) and a grand entry of 108 ladies have been drawn at the following tennis centres.

Dunnington Tennis Centre: Debbie Holmes and Judith Moks, Jackie Heels and Julie Reilly, Frances Critchley and Sue Yoward, Annette Williams and Jennifer Jones, Janet Jackson and Mary Pepper, Jo Johnson and Pauline Hull.

Fulford Tennis Centre: Jill McCreedy and Anna Baker, Viv Williamson and Shirley Leak, Anne Henderson and Janice McMillan, Sandra Burley and Wendy Adams, Mary Smith and Ann Wattage, Jean Thompson and Sandra Jennings.

Civil Service Tennis Centre: Rosie Cantrell and Sue Peach, Barbara Plummer and Liz Stacey, Jackie Ritchie and Wendy Catchpole, Linda Tennant and Jane Thompson, Ed Hope and Ann Thompson, Mary Kemp and Jeanne Loadman.

Wistow Tennis Centre: Denise Neary and Helen Hadfield, Ann Murray and Judith Peek-Vout, Kirsty Godwin and Karen Espiner, Valerie Bell and Sue Hudson, Pat Brisbane and Eileen Lavender, Kate Faulkner and Jane Parkin.

Tollerton Tennis Centre: Jill Schofield and Margaret Stevenson, Cath Jackson and Chantal Lancaster, Georgina McKenzie and Sheena Jackson, Carol Martin and Jill Jackson, Louise Lister and Wendy Stirke, Lesley Rennolf and Joan Williamson.

Bishopthorpe Tennis Centre: Helen Leach, Karen Reteif, Margaret Jenkins and Kate Jenkins, Beryl Bean and Beverly Tebbutt, Dot Hornby and Alison Thompson, Cynthia Jewitt and Jill Norton, Dorothy Edwards and Judith Pearse.

Cawood Tennis Centre: Linda Irving and Georgina Worley, Diane Wrigglesworth and Linda Molloy, Lorraine Pearey and Debbie Young, Sue Wilson and Denise Thornton, Carla Pawson and Kathryn Smithard, Jenny Rossington and Louise Wallace.

Riccall Tennis Centre: Alison Taylor and Philippa Ashley, Caryl Raven and Charlotte Todd, Sue Shouksmith and Karen Hutchinson, Jean Haw and Anne Appleton, Lyn Minto and Jill Hodges, Angela Howercroft and Caroline Benson.

Selby Tennis Centre: Jackie Williamson and Jenny Grant, Anna Airaksinen and Liz Bramley, Sheelagh Stephenson and Denise Bolam, Joan Oxtoby and Margaret Stanford, Debbie Godwin and Pam Campbell.