York Union of Golf Clubs
York make it three wins from three after 24-12 win over Leeds
YORK dominated from start to finish against Leeds as they clocked up a third successive victory in the Yorkshire Inter-District Union Scratch League.
Captain Martin Greaves' men notched up a 24-12 success and remain the only unbeaten side going into the fourth round of matches.
They took a 9-3 lead from the morning foursomes into the afternoon singles and, after Martin Brown and James Cass secured early points, York had more than enough in hand to beat their West Yorkshire counterparts.
Greaves said of the win: "It was an excellent result. This is three out of three. We have played one of the bigger Unions and we have come up trumps with a very strong team. We got off to a very good start in the morning and the spirit of the team came out in the afternoon.
"This gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the season. We have got a tough match coming up next against Halifax and Huddersfield but we go into the that having enjoyed three very good wins so far.
"It's very much in our hands, really."
Brown (Pike Hills) and Cass (Fulford) teamed up successfully in the morning as they beat Tom North (Howley Hall) and Robbie Wardle (Selby) 3&2 to get York off to a perfect start.
Although David Hague (Malton & Norton) and Ollie Adamson (Pike Hills) fell by the same score line to Andy Wiltshire (Pontefract) and Andy King (Garforth), that was the only win Leeds enjoyed in a disappointing morning.
Jamie Miller (Fulford) and Alistair Smith (Pike Hills) crushed Damien Simpson (Waterton) and Barry Hardcastle (Wike Ridge) 4&3 and the Fulford pair of Damon Coulson and Rob Moore fought back from three down to grab a half from Dan Bradbury (Wakfield) and Tom Broxup.
When the Sandburn Hall pair of Rob Heath and Will Adamson saw off Jez Howarth (Moortown) and Paddy Noble (Leeds) 3&2 and Chris Lone (York) and Will Pepper (Fulford) eased past Les Measham (Normanton) and Ryan Armitage (Pontefract) 2&1, York were in a commanding position.
Leeds needed to get out of the blocks very quickly in the singles if they were to have any chance of salvaging a result but they found themselves even further behind as Brown dominated against Broxup in a 5&4 success and Cass finished a busy week, which saw him competing in Open qualifying and at the Brabazon Trophy, with a 2&1 victory over Tom North.
Leeds struck back as Wiltshire and King beat Hague and Miller 3&2 and 2UP respectively but the writing was on the wall for Leeds as Smith (4&3 over Bradbury) and Adamson (5&3 over Howarth) put York on the brink of victory.
Wardle and Armitage beat Moore and Coulson but Will Adamson's 4&2 toppling of Hardcastle put York over the top.
Still the Minster men pushed on. Pepper produced an astonishing comeback to recover from five down to grab a half with Simpson and Heath shrugged off a heavy cold and hayfever to beat Measham 3&2.
When Lone came home last with a 2&1 win over Noble, York had recorded another fantastic victory.
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