Harrogate and Bedale are heading for a showdown finale in the race for the First Division title.

The two sides are limbering up for a key clash against each other at Bedale on March 20.

Harrogate won the first meeting 3-0 this season and both sides gathered 12 points from their latest victories.

Harrogate beat their second team 3-0 but each match went to five games.

Defeat for Harrogate second team realistically puts them out of the running for the championship, leaving league leaders Harrogate first team and Bedale to battle it out.

Harrogate currently have 155 points with 14 wins from 15 matches.

Crucially Bedale have a match in hand against mid-table Northallerton with everything pointing to a kinfe-edged finish. Harrogate II remain third but have only 127 points and have already lost six of their 15 clashes.

Harrogate II 0 Harrogate first team 3 (Winning team's names first): Paul Hotchkiss beat Bob Peacock 9-5, 2-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-7; Mark Harding beat Nicola Pratt 2-9, 9-3, 5-9, 9-5, 9-8; Dave Townsend beat Ivan Patchett 9-4, 9-7, 6-9, 2-9, 9-7.

Patchett was making his first appearance following a shoulder injury which forced him off court for several weeks.

Wensleydale 0 Bedale 3 (Bedale names first): Dave Smiley beat Gary Hynes 7-9, 10-8, 9-6, 9-3; Alan Peirson beat Dave Booth 9-4, 6-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-1; Phil Martin beat Nick Brown 0-9, 9-1, 9-6, 9-7.

Division One: Bedale II 0 Harlow 3 (Nigel Chambers, Dave McGrath, James Hannaway); Otley 2 (Chris Lawton, Steve Thackwray) Wensleydale II 1 (Keith Parlour); Knaresborough 0 Northalleton 3 (Steve Hodgson, Keith Johnson, Peter Pinkney); Wensleydale 0 Bedale 3 (Dave Smiley, Alan Peirson, Phil Martin); Harrogate Squash II 0 Harrogate Squash 3 (Paul Hotchkiss, Mark Harding, Dave Townsend).

Division Two: Thorp Perrow 0 Thirsk 3 (Paul Goacher, Steve Lacey, Derrick Jenkinson); Thirsk II 3 (Steve Whiteley, Steve Snodgrass, Jon Harrison) RAF Leeming 0; Beale IV 1 (Mike Lumley) Pateley Bridge 2 (Steve Terry, Steve Ball); Harlow II 3 (Peter Craddock, Martyn Hall, Dave Allenby) Wensleydale III 0; Knaresborough II 2 (Adrian Forge, Peter Bottomley) Bedale III 1 (Geoff Coles, walk-over).

Division Three: Thirsk III 2 (Mark Fox, Joe Coomber) Harrogate Squash III 1 (Ian Woodhead); Boroughbridge 3 (Stuart Rennison, Colin Leftly, Dave Flintoft) Harrogate Squash V 0; Harrogate Squash IV 2 (Ian Simmons) Knaresborough III 1 (Phil Smelt); Catterick Garrison 3 (Jason Hughes, Joe Rawthorne, Mick Taylor) Pateley Br. II 0.

Kall Kwik Harrogate League Cup

Holders Harrogate Squash will meet winners of the Chapel Allerton-Scott Hall semi final clash in the final of the League Cup.

Scott Hall came through 3-2 against Ilkley, winning the vital top-string match by a single point when Ian Cawthorne edged home 10-9 against Gareth Hutchinson.

Meanwhile Chapel Allerton beat Harlow 5-0. The semi-final between Scott Hall and Chapel Allerton will be held at the Chapel Allerton Club, Leeds, on March 27.

Earlier, Harrogate had claimed their place in the final by defeating Moortown 3-2.

Quarter Final match scores - Chapel Allerton 5 Harlow 0 (Chapel Allerton names first): Nick King beat Steve Smith 7-9, 9-6, 10-8, 0-9, 9-1; Mark Pinkerton beat Nigel Chambers 9-2, 9-4, 9-1; Peter Edwards beat Dave McGrath 9-7, 9-1, 9-3; ; Miles Gooseman beat James Hannaway 9-6, 9-1, 9-4; Peter Little beat Rob Cunningham 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.

Scott Hall 3 Ilkley 2 (Scott Hall names first): Ian Cawthorne beat Gareth Hutchinson 7-9, 9-7, 9-1, 1-9, 10-9; Mark Sellers beat Andrew Hutchinson 9-7, 9-0, 5-9, 8-9, 9-3; Scott Wilson beat Phil Maunsell 9-5, 9-3, 2-9, 3-9, 9-5; Ben Milner lost to Matt Dieudonne 1-9, 7-9, 1-9; Richard Milner lost to Tom Songhurst 1-9, 2-9, 5-9.

B Cup Competition Semi Finals: Ilkley 3 (Matt Dieudonne, John Pownall, Neil Cowan) Harrogate Squash 2 (Steve Whiteley, Adam Hughes); Collingham B 3 (Simon Procter, Nick Johnson, Dave Rushton) Knaresborough 2 (James Lambley, Peter Bottomley).

C Cup Competition Semi Finals: Harlow D 2 (Paul Fairhurst, Sophie Jacob) Ripon 3 (John Bailey, Tony Rennison, Val Gears); Bedale 5 (Phil Martin, Keith Parlour, John Abbotson, Andy Hawkswell, Mike Lumley) Collingham C 0