New Earswick beat York on aggregate in a barnstorming finish to their North Eastern Ladies League match in which both sides scored two rink victories.

York went into a 19-15 lead but by halfway New Earswick led 45-37. Their aggregate success was due mainly to Judith Hill's quartet at Huntington Road. In a sensational second quarter Liz Jerrum, Maureen Wood, Carol Williams and Hill scored 4, 3, 4 and then a full house 8 to lead Sheila Turpin's foursome 24-5.

York's home rinks were in good form. Doreen Giles, Madge Dunn, Maureen Wallace and Pat Bracken led 23-8 against Margaret Moss, while Joan Jackson, Norman Reed, Cath Blease and skip Renee Stathers recovered from a slow start to lead 15-9 against Val Fort.

York edged 62-60 ahead and their success continued to the 18th with Maureen Robinson, Sheila Jones, Joyce Botting and Marilyn Andrews gaining a 22-18 advantage at New Earswick against Jean Bartnett.

Bracken moved 25-8 ahead against Moss, but the home four then got stuck as Moss, Nora Clarkson, Brenda Atkinson and Christine Beavers staged a superb recovery to lose only 25-19.

Skip Jean Bartnett took two singles but finished on the final end with a five to snatch victory from Marilyn Andrews 25-22, and Hill finished 3, 2 and 1 to win 35-9.

Only Stather's foursome managed a score for York on the closing ends to win 22-12 as New Earswick scored 20 to only four in reply to gain aggregate success by 89-78.

New Earswick and York teams scored important victories last week in the Hebden Trophy League to ensure the most exciting finish to the season since the league started five years ago.

York are top of the top of the table and with two matches left to play are seeeking to win the title for the fifth year in succession. On Saturday they play Hull and for the last match they face New Earswick.

New Earswick set the ball rolling with an 89-54 win against North Cave, but let slip two vital league points because they won only three rinks. New Earswick's victory was worth 12 league points and puts them level with Hull at the top of the table.

At North Cave the rinks of Bob Edwards and Ray Clark led 10-6 and 10-3 respectively at halfway.

At home Ron Newton, Harry Rhodes, Mick Pearce and skip Ken Carter were 12-7 ahead but David Kermode, Harold Hill, Bob Howland and Mick Beavers were 7-5 down to North Cave skip Lindsey Sargent.

When an excellent third quarter took New Earswick 64-36 ahead they seemed well placed to get the six aggregate points.

Carter's foursome moved 26-11 ahead and, restricting their opponents to singles, went on to win 27-14.

Ralph Tiplady, Bill Paylor, Barry Johnson and Edwards dropped five on the 17th but quickly recovered to win 2-17.

Gordon Storey, Frank Williams, Alan Spencer and Clark had led from start to finish and won 23-5.

The tension came at New Earswick. Beavers won four ends in succession to lead 17-13 at the 19th, but Sargent's foursome tied the score with a four and then snatched victory with a single.

York got the maximum 14 league points from their 104-69 win over league newcomers Thornaby, the third match in a row York have gained maximum league points.

Andrew Mooring, Dennis Haw, Tex Stevens and skip Ted Boyle raced 15-0 ahead while York's other home rink, Phil Parsons, Neil Chilton, Alwyn Johnson and Geoff Mooring, went 8-1 up.

From 33-10 ahead York went 53-24 up by the 10th end, all their rinks leading.

David McCowan, John Harkner, Graham Brooke and skip Fred Clayden had a difficult spell in the third quarter as Ray Summerhill brought his foursome into a 17-15 lead. The York four recovered and it was 20-20 with the final end to play, where Clayden got the winning single.

Phil Alexander, Denis Sanderson, Eric Hodgson and Brian Thomas gained supremacy with a scoring run in mid-game and they went on to beat Colin Roberts 21-14.

Boyle's four were given a more equal contest as Jack Smart's foursome found the pace of the green, but the York rink won 29-18.

Mooring's foursome gained a full-house eight in the second half as they left Bill Pierson trailing 33-17.

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