NEW Earswick and York continued their good starts to the Hebden Trophy with wins against Doncaster (111-59) and Thornaby (91-73) respectively.

There were easy wins for both Pete Ransom and Jim Bone's teams, 29-11 and 33-10, at Huntington Road for New Earswick. Ransom led 12-0 after only five ends while Bone won ten of the last 13 ends.

At Doncaster, Barry Harrison's rink had their game won by the half-way stage as they led 22-10 in their 28-16 victory, though Bob Howland's team missed out as they lost 22-21 after scoring a three on their last end.

York made the most of home advantage with Alwyn Johnson's rink leading 20-6 after only nine ends, finishing up 31-17 winners. Tony Bryan's four led 12-1 after only seven ends and kept the lead throughout to win 21-16.

Eric Hodgson's rink continued their excellent away form, thanks to another good start which saw them losing only one of the first nine ends to lead 15-4, going on to win 25-13.

In the other away rink, Brian Thomas' four had a tough time but won five of the last six ends to go from 25-7 to a 27-14 defeat. They just failed to get a share of the away aggregate points after picking up a two on the last, to miss out by one shot.

York Red kept the Thanet Road club's flag flying in the Mason Trophy after they trounced South Leeds 65-28.

Melanie Brooke's team took all the pressure out of the game as they led 16-2 with only eight ends gone and kept up the momentum throughout to win 33-16, scoring a six on the penultimate end.

Maureen Thomas' rink were involved in a close game which was tied at 12-12 with six ends to play, but then they stepped up a gear to score 20 unanswered shots to win 32-12.

York Red now play either Huddersfield or Harrogate Red in the next round.

It wasn't good news for York Blue, who were beaten 38-35 by Selby in an exciting game which was tied at 35-35 going into the last end.

Selby's Cynthia Wright picked up a two on the last end to complete a run of three winning ends to win 24-19 against Betty Richardson, while Doreen Carpenter scored a single on her last end but went down to Linda Harrison's York team 16-14.

Selby face the winners of the Doncaster v Harrogate Blue fixture in the next round.

New Earswick's Ladies could only pick up two points from their 84-73 North Eastern League defeat against Doncaster as they lost 84-73.

The only successful Earswick rink came from Margaret Moss, who won a tight away game 20-19.

York's Under-25s progressed through to the next round of the EIBA Double Rink Championship when Copeland failed to raise a team. They now play The Parks, whom they defeated in last year's competition.