Slazenger Harrogate and District League: Thirsk edged home to a narrow win that put them on top of Division One.

Their 5-4 victory against Harrogate Spa meant Thirsk took over the leadership ahead of Harrogate Racquets on rubbers. Both sides have six points, Racquets having played a match more than Thirsk.

Fielding their strongest side Thirsk lost the first string clash when Andrew Parry and Carol Collinson went down to Chris Dight and Spa debutant Kim Johnson 5-6, 2-6. But two victories by the Parry-Collinson combination proved vital.

Despite finishing on the losing side Johnson made her mark with two outright wins and one clash that was halved in partnership with Dight.

Match scores - Thirsk 5 Harrogate Spa 4 (Thirsk names first): Andrew Parry and Carol Collinson lost to Chris Dight and Kim Johnson 5-6, 2-6; beat Karel Dutoit and Nicola Pratt 6-1; beat Tom Bentley and Joy Sammel 6-1, 6-4.

Nick Hatch and Tim Hannam halved with Dight and Johnson 6-4, 3-6; beat Dutoit and Pratt 6-2, 6-5; beat Bentley and Sammel 6-2.

Paul Spence and Anne Titchmarsh lost to Dight and Johnson 1-6; lost to Dutoit and Pratt 2-6, 2-6; halved with Bentley and Sammel 6-0, 0-6.

Harrogate Racquets first team were given a scare by their second stringers, the A side going down 5-4 in a tight match.

Match scores - Harrogate Racquets 5 Harrogate Racquets A 4 (first team scores first): Oliver Scaife and Cath Varley lost to Jonathan Tindall and Helen Rhodes 1-6, 3-6; beat Dominic Crowther and Pauline Edwards 6-1; beat Jeremy Reddish and Fritz Brown 6-23, 6-4.

John Hargreaves and Kate Needham halved with Tindall and Rhodes 6-1, 4-6; beat Crowther and Edwards 6-3, 6-1; lost to Reddish and Brown 5-7.

Simon Iles and Sarah Jackson beat Tindall and Rhodes 6-4; halved with Crowther and Edwards 6-5, 2-6; lost to Reddish and Brown 5-6, 2-6.

Ripon won the top of the table clash in Division Three, beating Thirsk A 7-2 away to go top.

Ripon's progress has been boosted by the arrival of promising junior Laura Gilbert, who previously played for Boroughbridge.

The partnership of Gilbert and Chris Fox netted a trio of victories for the Ripon side. And the pair did not drop a set.

Match scores - Thirsk A 2 Ripon 7 (Thirsk names first): David Titchmarsh and Tes Williamson lost to Chris Fox and Laura Gilbert 3-6, 3-6; lost to Simon Sterne and Caroline Thornley 3-6; halved with Steve Grandison and Judith Thompson 5-6, 6-5.

Howard Wilson and Debbie Williamson lost to Fox and Gilbert 4-6, 0-6; halved with Sterne and Thornley 2-6, 6-4; lost to Grandison and Thompson 3-6.

J Fraser and Carol Holmes lost to Fox and Gilbert 1-6; lost to Sterne and Thornley 4-6, 2-6; beat Grandison and Thompson 6-3, 6-5.

Division One: Thirsk 5 Harrogate Spa 4; Harrogate Racquets 5 Harrogate Racquets A 4.

Division Two: Raskelf 6 Dacre 3; Harlow A 6.5 Harlow B 2.5; The Academy A 7 Knaresborough 2.

Division Three: Masham 5 Starbeck 4; Masham 7 Harlow C 2; Starbeck 5 West Tanfield 4; Thirsk A 2 Ripon 7; Wetherby 5.5 Northallerton 3.5.

Division Four: Knaresborough a 7.5 Harlow D 1.5; Northallerton A 6.5 Wetherby A 2.5; Boroughbridge A 3 Harrogate Racquets C 6; Dacre A 3.5 Ripon A 5.5.

Division Five: Birstwith 6.5 Bedale A 2.5; Masham A 4.5 Wetherby B 4.5; Harrogate Spa A 7.5 West Tanfield A 1.5.

Division Six: Thirsk C 8.5 West Tanfield B 0.5; Harrogate Racquets D 4.5 Thirsk C 4.5; Northallerton B 5 Birstwith A 4; Rpon C 0 Starbeck A 9; Harrogate Spa B 1.5 Bedale B 7.5; West Tanfield B 3.5 Raskelf A 5.5; Dacre B 4 Burton Leonard 5.

Barkston Ash League

Division One: Thorner 40 Collingham A 68; Whitkirk A 49 Horsforth A 59; Roundhay 57 Thorner 51; Bardsey 50 Whitkirk B 58.

Division Two: Copmanthorpe 36 Barwick A 72; St Chad's 77 Selby 31; Cliffe 43 Whitkirk C 65; Barwick A 77 Boston Spa 31.

Division Three: Barwick B 60 Collingham B 48.

Knock out cup first round: Collingham 0 Castleford 9; Barwick 3 Whitkirk 6; Bardsey 5 Thorner 4; Sherburn 4 Whitkirk B 5; St Chad's 7 Roundhay 2; David Lloyd 5 Alwoodley 4.

Second round draw: Cliffe v St Chad's; Castleford v Horsforth; David Lloyd v Whitkirk; Whitkirk B v Bardsey.

* The finals of the Harrogate and District Championships will be staged at Harrogate Racquets Club, Firs Road, starting at 1pm on Saturday, June 14.