York have taken an early 6-0 lead in White Rose Varsity 2012 against rivals Hull thanks to victories in both karting and golf this week.
On Wednesday, the York karting team beat Hull 20-16 in an entertaining race. Andrew Gilmore drove magnificently to finish in first place and York filled three of the top four positions.
Full results:
1st Andrew Gilmore (York) – 8 points
2nd (Hull) – 7 points
3rd James Wickham (York) – 6 points
4th Ben Chwistek (York) – 5 points
5th (Hull) – 4 points
6th (Hull) – 3 points
7th (Hull) – 2 points
8th Chris Timperly (York) – 1 point
And in the golf on Friday, Tom Mortimer got the ball rolling with a fantastic win followed by Charlotte Austwick with another solid performance.
Chris Forrest was involved in a much tighter match but a quick team talk from Charlotte and Tom helped him regain his focus and he ended up winning 16 and 17 to increase York’s advantage.
And Intisar Ishtiaq held a clinching 4-foot putt to make the win 5-1, just as the sun was setting, to round off an excellent day’s work for York.
After the match, Charlotte Austwick said: ‘I’m really pleased with the team since it was our first competitive match this year as we aren’t in BUCS.’
Full results:
Tom Mortimer (handicap 1) won 9 & 7
Charlotte Austwick (handicap 0) Won 6 &4
Chris Forrest won 2 & 1
Sam Skerratt lost 3 & 2
Andrew Broughton won 7 & 5
Intisar Ishtiaq won 1 up