Dunnington and Queens continued their early domination of the 2023/4 Yorkshire Premier League as both made it three wins from three on Wednesday night. 

York club Dunnington have lost just one individual match out of 15 thus far and recorded their second successive clean sweep this week by demolishing Pontefract 2 by 20-0. 

Ponte were without several key players but Dunnington were also without new signing Owain Taylor as they flexed their title muscles by going eight points clear at the top of the table. 

Sam Gibbon and Seif Heikal gave Dunnington a quickfire start, Prithvi Singh (a product of the excellent Scarborough Squash Academy led by Lewin Marsden) and Michael Andrews swept to straight-games victories of their own and No.1 Chris Simpson finished the job by dispatching New Zealander Mason Smales. 

Despite being without their world-beating youngsters Finnlay Withington and Jonah Bryant (who will surely now be dreaming of a place in the Great Britain squash squad at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics), Queens Club of Halifax maintained their 100% record with a tight win at winless Woodfield. 

Lowri Roberts got Queens started by defeating Polly Clark in three tight games, only for Alec Tomlinson to level matters for the home side. Stephen Hearst and Bader Almaghrebi then grabbed wins to get the Halifax side over the line. 

The top string match, although irrelevant to the result, was a cracker, with Commonwealth Games gold medallist Declan James returning from a long injury to overcome veteran James Earles in five. 

Newcomers Ferriby Hall are still seeking their first win – but they came pretty close at third-placed Doncaster on Wednesday night. 

Paul Norton defeated the highly talented Asia Harris (another one who will be dreaming of LA) in a five-setter, but Donny roared back with brisk victories by Brett Schille, Lewis Doughty and Toby Ponting. Youngster Ben Smith kept up his 100% YPL record this season by seeing off Kiwi Joel Arscott at top string to reduce the home side’s winning margin to 16-6. 

Defending champions Hallamshire slumped to their second whitewash defeat of the season, crashing 20-2 at Harrogate, who move stealthily up to fourth. 

Ross Kneller and Gabriel Cox began the rout with rapid three-game victories, Lewis Harding and Lwamba Chileshe dropped one game each in sealing the hosts’ five bonus points, then Harrogate top string Stuart MacGregor, the world No.149 from York, routed his team-mate's brother, Temwa Chileshe, to seal a most emphatic win. 

The night’s other fixture was a mid-table affair which saw host Pontefract 1 win a thriller 17-6 against Abbeydale. 

Barnsley-born Canadian Hollie Naughton and Pontefract club champion Matt Godson got Ponte off to the perfect start, but the visitors from Sheffield clawed the match back to parity when Pakistani Mutahir Ali Shah and Jordan Hardwick dug in for gutsy victories after both lost the first game. 

That left 20-year-old Elijah Thomas – one of many New Zealanders learning their craft in Yorkshire – up against Welshman Elliot Morris Devred. It was the Kiwi who clinched the match by virtue of a surprisingly smooth straight-games win.