Yorkshire golf: Erstwhile champions York edge title holders Sheffield in thriller at Fulford

York Union's side pictured ahead of their match with Sheffield Union at Fulford GC.

Both unions put out very strong sides and after the morning’s foursomes the game was evenly balanced at 6-6.

All four players in the top game were Yorkshire team members and it required an eagle on the 18th by Ben Brewster and Nick Poppleton to take the points from York and Yorkshire stalwart Martin Brown and his county colleague James Cass.

In the afternoon’s top match Brown and Brewster halved to take a point each.

With Nick Poppleton and Bailey Gill winning the next two, Sheffield edged in front, but the hosts then won the subsequent three games with strong performances from David Hague, Charlie Thornton and Rob Moore.

Sheffield’s Tim Brind edged Damon Coulson only for Fulford-based Mark Christie to defeat Jordan Perry.

Experienced Alastair Smith, of Pike Hills, won convincingly before York lost two of the last three games. But Rob Heath (Sandburn Hall GC) earned the crucial points for York with a 3&2 win over Gary Fulwood .

Leeds went down 24-12 to Teesside at Cleveland GC where captain Nigel McKee felt a lack of links experience cost his team.