Queens stay third after hard-fought victory
Queens remain third in the Yorkshire Premier squash league after a tight 17-8 victory at sixth-placed Harrogate.
Danny Bray and Josh Taylor both mopped up fourgame wins but Harrogate number four Lewis Harding won a corker 13/11 in the fifth and second string Lwamba Chileshe overcame veteran James Earles in four to set up a top-string decider.
Finnlay Withington, the 18-year-old whizzkid coached by team-mate Taylor, ensured the bonus points went back to Halifax by beating Stuart MacGregor in three.
Doncaster, who have never won the country's top regional squash league in its 64-year history, regained the top spot they last held in November by virtue of their 19-4 home victory over Pontefract 2.
Only Ponte 2's number five Joe Royle was able to inflict any damage on the hosts with a barnstorming fivegame win (12-10 in the fifth) over Ed Walker.
Elsewhere, Doncaster's Will Donnelly, Lewis Doughty (who's still unbeaten this YPL season) and skipper Joel Arscott all won in three. At top string, world number 56 Simon Herbert polished things off with a four-game victory over Rhys Evans.
Pontefract 1 would've been hoping for a favour in South Yorkshire from their stablemates, but the second team's defeat, coupled with only a narrow 15-8 home win over Hallamshire, saw them slip to second place.
Dunnington lost their home clash with Abbeydale. The hosts’ bottom three all lost - but consolation wins at the top of the order by Seif Keikal and Owain Taylor meant the blow was cushioned, with the final score 17-9 in the visitors' favour.