County games led by Jones; Bowls.

ALAN Jones, the popular Locke Park Secretary, dominated the Yorkshire County semi-finals when he qualified in three of the four main competitions.

Middlesbrough's Vinny O'Neill also had a successful week; his only defeat was in the Pairs competition.

In the Singles semi-finals Jones had a 21-19 win over Tony Longfield (Selby).

O'Neill beat John Whiteley 21-10 to ensure an all Teesside final.

In the Pairs competition Alan Jones partnered Chris Thomas to a 26-15 win over Vinny O'Neill and his dad Vincent.

Dominic Kelly (Nafferton) was the winner of the other semi final with a 26-7 win over Dave Tooley (Hull).

Jones, Thomas and Dennis Shaw made it a hat-trick with a 17-12 win over Nafferton in the Triples.

In the final they will play Vinny O'Neill, Vince O'Neill and Dennis Chapman (Middlesbrough) who beat Driffield 22-13.

Tommy Addison (Smiths Dock) was beaten in the Fours semi-final but qualified for the Two Bowl Singles final with a 21-20 win over Mark Goodfellow (Hull).

The County Finals will be played at Driffield on Sunday, July 19.

* Yorkshire suffered a humiliating 49 shots defeat in their Muras Trophy game against Durham last Saturday.

The Tykes only winning rink was skipped by Steve Slaughter (Middlesbrough) who had a 17-10 win over Tony Macey. The score was Yorkshire 85 (2pts) Durham 134 (20pts).

This was the worst possible preparation for the crucial Middleton Cup Game against Lancashire on July 4, a game they must win to progress in the competition.

* Middlesbrough A extended their lead at the top of the North Yorkshire EBA league with a 6-2 win over Albert Park on Thursday.

Second placed Marske A were beaten 2-6 by Smiths Dock and Brotton lost their unbeaten record when they were beaten 2-6 at Thornaby Village.

Ian Daniell, E Race, C Davies and T Keay) were best for Smiths Dock with a 26-12 win over Neil Cummings.

The final score was Marske A 71 Smiths Dock 84.

* Cleveland County had games against Derbyshire in both the Adams Trophy and the Newton Trophy last weekend.

In the Adams Trophy they still have a slim chance of topping their division after a resounding 42 shots win in their fourth game of the season.

Richard Serginson (I Serginson and P Bostock) were top rink with a 39-18 win and Colin Moore (J Walker and S Milner) also did well with a 37-22 victory.

The overall result was Cleveland 182 (18pts) Derbyshire 140 (4pts).

* Northumberland are the current leaders of the northern division with 46 points from four games.

Durham and Humberside have the same number of points (40) as Cleveland but the both have a game in hand.

The Newton Trophy team is out of the running for honours but they recorded their first win of the season against Derbyshire.

Derek Hunter (K Blackburn and D Mallaby) won 45-23 and Jonathon Bowes (G Allen and A Kilburn) won 37-19, the overall score was Cleveland 192 (18pts) Derbyshire 163 (4pts)..