Angling reports

DERWENT: 383 rods caught 7 brown trout and 826 rainbows. Best rainbow: 8lb 9oz. Heaviest basket: 15lb 4oz. Limit bags: 50.

WHITTLEDENE: 150 rods caught 333 rainbow trout. Best rainbow: 8lbs. Heaviest basket: 18lb 4oz. Limit bags: 17. Restocked during week with 260 rainbow trout.

FONTBURN: 354 rods caught 613 rainbow trout. Best rainbow: 7lb 8oz. Limit bags: 31.

KIELDER: 144 rods caught 21 brown trout and 151 rainbow trout. Best rainbiw: 6lb. Heaviest basket: 8lb 8oz. Seven limit bags.

HURY: 215 rods caught 350 rainbow trout. Best rainbow: 7lb. Heaviest basket: 16lbs. Limit bags: 13. Restocked during week with 800 rainbow trout.

GRASSHOLME: 230 rods caught two brown trout and 378 rainbows. Best brown: 6lb. Best rainbow: 5lb 8oz. Heaviest basket: 11lb. Limit bags: 11. Restocked during week with 800 rainbow trout.

BLACKTON: 104 rods caught one brown trout and 171 rainbows. Best brown: 2lbs. Best rainbow: 6lbs. Heaviest basket: 13lbs. Five limit bags. Restocked during week with 400 rainbow trout.

SCALING DAM: 158 rods caught 308 rainbow trout. Best rainbow: 4lb 10oz. Limit bags: 12. Restocked during week with 500 rainbow trout.

THORNTON STEWARD: 22 rods caught 123 rainbow trout. Heaviest rainbow: 5lb 4oz.

LEIGHTON: 95 rods caught 345 rainbow, 4 brown. Heaviest fish 8lb rainbow. Limit bags 53. Most popular flies Dawson's Olive, Daddy long legs, Bibio and Orange Muddler.

Clay Pigeon Shooting

Cleveland & North Yorkshire SCL

Urlay Nook have at least one and a half hands on the league trophy after sweeping aside Marne 160-144. Steve Masters scored a 23 for the Nook, while Tony Masters had a 22 for Marne.

Great Smeaton kept up the pressure with a convincing 183-162 home win over Urlay Nook's next opponents, South Durham and North Yorkshire. Dave Basham scored a 24 for Smeaton, while Harry Valentine notched a 23 for the visitors.

Stokesley moved up a place to third with an impressive 183-167 home victory over Thimbleby. Brian Hodgson, S White and Adam Wallace all scored 24s for Stokesley, while Bill Stockdale, currently leading the veterans' class, and W Laville scored 22s for the Thimbles.

Fox Hall moved from sixth to fourth with a comprehensive 167-138 home victory over Welbury. M Wilkinson and Trevor Salmon scored 22s for the Foxes, while A Oliver and Dave Griffiths had 19s for Welbury.

Oak Lodge beat near neighbours Spennymoor 184-155, with Andy Calvert scoring the league's only perfect of the week for the Oaks and JW Neave scoring a 22 for the Moors.

League placings after 17 matches: 1 Urlay Nook 26 pts; 2 Gt Smeaton 25; 3 Stokesley 20; 4 Fox Hall 18; 5 Welbury 18; 6 Thimbleby 18; 7 Spennymoor 14; 8 Oak Lodge 14; 9 SDNY 13; 10 Marne CC 4.

Tennis

Cleveland Womens League

Div One: Leaders Yarm A were beaten 5-4 at home by third-placed Wellfield in a crucial fixture, but are still seven points ahead of Tennis World A, whose match with Hutton Rudby A was cancelled.

Results: Yarm B 6 Saltburn A 3, Nunthorpe A 1 Norton A 8, Wellfield 5 Yarm A 4.

Placings: Yarm A 103, Tennis World A 96, Wellfield 95, Norton A 59, Nunthorpe A 56, Yarm B 47.5, Saltburn A 29.5, Hutton Rudby A 20.5.

Div Two: Great Broughton A beat lowly Leake to record a tenth win of the season and increase their lead over Stokesley A to 15 points.

Results: D Lloyd 5 Tennis World B 4, Nunthorpe B 7 Stokesley A 2, Great Broughton A 6 Leake 3.

Placings: Great Broughton 98.5, Stokesley A 83.5, Great Ayton A 73.5, Nunthorpe B 73.5, Tennis World B 65, D Lloyd 55, Leake 55, Hartlepool 38.5.

Div Three: Third-placed Hutton Rudby B defeated leaders Yarm C to improve their outside chance of a promotion spot, but with only one fixture left the gap behind Norton B might be too great.

Results: Tennis World C 4 Great Broughton B 5, Norton B 6 Middlesbrough 3, Stokesley B 3 Guisborough 6, Hutton Rudby B 6 Yarm C 3.

Placings: Yarm C 98.5, Norton B 92.5, Hutton Rudby B 85, Stokesley B 78.5, Great Broughton B 6.5, Guisborough 55, Tennis World C 49.5, Middlesbrough 35.5.

Div Four: Great Ayton B have still lost just once, but Sedgefield held them to 5-4.

Results: Nunthorpe C 7 Saltburn B 2, Sedgefield 4 Gt Ayton B 5, Gt Broughton C 0 Thirsk 9.

Placings: Gt Ayton B 108.5, Sedgefield 76, Eldon Grove 70.5, Saltburn B 64.5, Thirsk 64, Nunthorpe C 42.5, Gt Broughton C 39, Marske 12.

Darlington League

Mixed Division: New Blackwell need only three more points to make sure of this year's honours. With one to play, against lowly Railway Nomads, they lead by nine points from Northallerton, who they recently beat to put themselves in a winning position for the league.

Results: Barnard Castle 4.5 RA Nomads 4.5, New Blackwell 7.5 Northallerton 1.5, Northallerton 8.5 Bishop Auckland 0.5, Blackwell 9 B Auckland 0.

Placings: Blackwell 41.5, Northallerton 32.5, Wellfield 25.5, B Auckland 22, RA Nomads 12.5, Barnard Castle 9.

League Cup: Wellfield and New Blackwell will contest this season's cup final following their respective 2-1 wins over RA Nomads and Northallerton.

Results. - Quarter-finals: Wellfield bye, RA Nomads 2 B Auckland 1, New Blackwell 2 B Castle 0, Northallerton bye. Semi-finals: Wellfield 2 RA Nomads 1, Blackwell 2 Northallerton 1.

The North East Men's Winter League, for top level players throughout Durham, Cleveland, Yorkshire and Northumberland, will have 16 teams competing in only its second season.

The competition for teams of four has been extended to include more teams from Yorkshire and the top four in the two divisions will contest quarter-final play-offs next spring.

Northern Division: David Lloyd Newcastle, David Lloyd Stockton, Durham University, Invicta Sunderland, Puma Sunderland, Ripon, Tennis World and Westoe.

Southern Division: Carnegie RTC Leeds, David Lloyd Leeds, Doncaster, Hallamshire Sheffield, Halifax Queens, Hull YPI, South Leeds, York.

Harrogate League

Latest results. - Div Two: Thirsk A 2 Boroughbridge 7. Div Five: Dacre B 3 Knaresborough B 6. Div Six: Bedale B 9 Harrogate Grammar 0; Northallerton 6.5 Birstwith B 2.5; Ripon B 9 Burton Leonard 0.

Orienteering

The sixth and final event of Cleveland Orienteering Klub's midweek summer series was held at Stewart Park, Middlesbrough on August 9.

Results. - Long course: 1 M Adamson, Stockton M55, 1000 pts; 2 D Murphy, Norton M35, 984; 3 A Mackenzie, Sadberge M40, 983; 4 A Elder, Kirklevington M20, 973; 5 P Truran, Yarm M18, 971; 6 J Selby, Kirklevington W55, 970. Short course: 1 J Adamson, Stockton W50, 500.

Series leaders after all six events. - Long course: 1 M Adamson, Stockton M55, 3,903; 2 M Conway, Eaglescliffe M60, 3,500; 3 A Mackenzie, Sadberge M40, 3,480; 4 A Elder, Kirklevington M20, 3,465; 5 J Elder, Kirklevington M50, 3,423; 6 W Dehany, Maltby M45, 3,005. Short course: 1 M Conway, Eaglescliffe W60, 1,887; 2 E Bedwell, Nunthorpe W65, 1,500; 3 J Bedwell, Nunthorpe M65, 1,179; 4 C Dean, Northallerton W40, 1,101; 5 J Adamson, Stockton W50, 500; 6 A Dehany, Maltby M20, 397.

Swimming

Thirsk White Horse

The Thirsk swimmers produced 36 personal best times and 30 first placings from a possible 48 when they took the third round of the Ridings League.

Still unbeaten in the league, the team took nine of the first 11 events. Excellent best ever times came from girls club captain Jodie Chamberlain, Caroline Heyworth, Rachel Syers, Alexander Fish, Laura Willis, Debbie Pollard, Gillian Hare, Michael Todd, Megan Hare, Josy Chambers and boys captain Nicholas Coulson.

Hannah Creelman, 15, had her last competitive race before she travels to Coventry for the National Age Group Championships where she will compete against the best age groupers in Great Britain.

Ex-county champion Jason Smith had some good swims and, after a two and a half year stint in Australia, has set his sights on another county title. Other great swims and personal best times came from Thea Wilson, Richard Syers, Oliver Putnam, Emma Wood, Emily Jeff, Chris Riddlestone, Charlotte Merson, Mark Wilkinson and Stuart Cross.

The rest of the team and winners included Andrew Walkland, Phillip Coulson, Catherine Trueman, Andrew Wright, Richard Walkland, Adam Wood, David Stebbings and Jo Sherwood.

Homing

MORPETH

Ripon City NR. - 10 members sent 222 birds. B Nelson & son 1404, 1389; Mr & Mrs Bumby 1345, 1335; Mr & Mrs Jeffries 1340, 1317; P Holdworth & Son 1318, 1316; J Smith 1315, 1279; K Hogan 1297; Hudson Bros 1194; Mr & Mrs Dowell 1165, 1159; M & A Lofts 1158, 1136; Mr & Mrs Armstrong 1145.

HUNTINGDON

Northallerton HS. - Five members sent 73 birds. J M Binns 1220.31, 1213.83, 1201.73, 1153.99; R Barker 1205.71, 1174.58, 1160.78, 1120.14, 1100.71, 1097.22; M Cornforth 1154.72, 1085.60, 1082.45; G Milner & Son 1132.36, 1083.16.

Thirsk Social FC. - 16 members sent 214 birds. Mr & Mrs Jeffries 1286.760, 1238.279, 1236.047; Mr & Mrs Bumby 1259.189, 1217.552, 1209.370; J A Sleights 1230.209, 1129.228; H Clark 1217.048, 1215.864; K & P Coltman 1214.824, 1206.945; B & M Haw 1205.555, 1189.952; S Butterworth 1199.314; R White 1197.370, 999.709; S Aconley 1170.110, 1111.061; R Nasby & Son 1124.850, 1053.171; A Robinson 1118.047, 1102.768; M Robinson 1101.275, 1092.585; D Bartram 1083.553; A E Jenkins 1012.699.

SELBY

Northallerton Midweek FC. - Nine members sent 140 birds. R Barker 1397.15, 1390.34, 1373.19; M Cornforth 1395.31, 1391.53, 1382.81; Baines Bros 1394.38, 1383.74; G Milner & Son 1393.22, 1374.76, 1371.04; Trenholme Family 1372.42; R Padgett 1329.08; J Lambert 1328.42.

Bowls

Bateson League

Table to August 18. - 1 Ripon Spa pld 16, 93 pts; 2 Easingwold 16, 79.5; 3 Dishforth 16, 72.5; 4 Thirsk Athletic 16, 60.5; 5 Sessay 16, 55; 6 Boroughbridge 16, 50; 7 Bedale 16, 44; 8 Masham 16, 41; 9 Northallerton 15, 31.5; 10 Sowerby Flatts 15, 26.

Results from August 18. - Ripon Spa 6 Dishforth 1; Easingwold 6 Boroughbridge 1; Sessay 2.5 Bedale 4.5; Northallerton 1.5 Thirsk Athletic 5.5; Masham 6 Sowerby Flatts 1.

Galtres Triples League

Results, Aug 14 & 15. - Dishforth 7 Boroughbridge 0; Easingwold 6 Thirsk AC 1; Topcliffe 5 Sowerby Flatts 1; Stillington 6 Sessay 1; Thirsk AC 0 Dishforth 7.

Final league positions. - 1 Dishforth 76 pts; 2 Topcliffe 64; 3 Boroughbridge 55; 4 Easingwold 52; 5 Stillington 49; 6 Sowerby Flatts 41; 7 Thirsk AC 29; 8 Sessay 23.

Athletics

Richmond & Zetland Harriers

A group of ten young athletes from the club travelled to Jarrow for their annual open track and field meeting, where Peter Akers won the 200m final for Under 13 boys in 28.5secs after taking the silver medal in the 100m in 14.3.

The promising Laura McAlhone reached the finals of both the 100m and 200m for U15 girls, finishing fourth in each of them with times of 14.0 and 29.9 respectively. In the U13 girls 100m, Georgina Zissler took the silver medal in 14.5 and followed up with sixth place in the 800m in 2.56.7.

The improving Matthew Prosser ran 13.1 in his heat of the U15 boys 100m and went on to finish fourth in the final of the 200m in 28.5. In the U13 boys age group, Kevin Hooper was sixth in the long jump (3.89m), the 100m and the 200m (32.5).

In the senior 1500m, Andrea Woodvine was third in 5.13.9, while her older sister, suffering from a slight hamstring injury, had to be content with fifth in the 100m in 13.7.

Emma Metcalfe finished third in the U15 girls 75m hurdles in 14.6 and second in the long jump with 4.25m. In the same age group, Amy Baines was fourth in the 1500m in 5.34.9 while Samantha Coulson took the bronze medal in the long jump (4.08m), fourth in the discus (17.85m) and ran 32.1 in her heat of the 200m.

Golf

Bedale Junior Open

Overall nett winner: M Potter (Wensleydale) 51 pts; overall gross winner: M Marsh (Richmond) 44.

Div one: 1 M Johnson (Bedale) 42; 2 G Atkinson (Bedale) 42; 3 L Kelly (Richmond) 42; 4 S Marshall (Catterick) 41.

Div two: 1 D Pearse (Teesside) 50; 2 L Spence (Crook) 49; 3 L Eaglen (Bedale) 49; 4 E Falshaw (Masham) 43.

Div three: 1 M Watson (Thirsk & NA) 47; 2 A Watson (Thirsk & NA) 45; 3 M Hughes (Crook) 40; 4 T Boardsworth (Bedale) 38.

Longest drive: L Kelly & D Wayne (Richmond/Teesside); nearest pin: M Marsh (Richmond) 61cm; putting: C Brown (Bedale) 33; prize for endeavour: J Edmondson (Bedale); no handicap: A Johnson & M Hope (Bedale).

Romanby GC

August Medal. - The winner was Colum Lagan with a gross score of 76.

Div One: 1 C Lagan 76 (11) nett 65; 2 A Yardley 78 (11) nett 67; 3 P Harding 86 (15) nett 71. Div Two: 1 G Bellwood 88 (20) 68; 2 K Pearson 92 (23) 69; 3 M Raby 86 (17) 69. Nearest the pin on the 4th: J Darke. Longest drive on the 16th: C Gorman.

Ripon City GC

Ladies invitation day, 4 BBB Stableford: 1 S Brunt & D Slater (Pannal) 43 pts; 2 S Clark & J Hayton (Woodhall Hills) 42; 3 M Brown & W Marsh (H'gate) 42; 4 J Blackburn & C Collinson (Thirsk & Northallerton) 41.

Seniors Open: 1 B Stevenson (Oakdale) & T Rolf (Wetherby) 45 pts; 2 B O'Connor & D Hill (Ripon) 44. Longest drive, 11th: R Cook (Hunley Hall) 293yds. Nearest pin, 14th: D Holroyd.

Bedale GC

Maxwell's Open Day (sponsored by Bill and Mavis Burton): 64 nett, R Duncan & K Griffiths (Blackwell Grange); 65 Slater & Pearson (Gotts Park), J Shaw & A Ross (Bedale), R Cullen & C Kirby (Bedale & Romanby), Hughes & Howarth (Crook); 66 S Black & R Lee (Bedale), C Tipton & R Calvert (Bedale & Catterick), I Johnston & P Simmons (Bedale); 67 S Metcalfe & P Astwood (Catterick).

Best gross: G Catt & J Lancaster (Catterick) 70. Nearest the pin, 9th: A Isbister (Bedale) 3'6" & at 16th: C Kirby (Romanby) 3'4".

Maxwell's Guests: 40 pts R Sunley & K Sayers.