York Ladies swept comfortably past Menwith Hill 3 sets to 0, in only 60 minutes at York College, for their first Yorkshire Premier League victory of the season. York fielded a large squad of 11 players, and all 11 saw time on court. By the end of the match the York coach Will Bromley managed to switch the starting 6 players onto the bench and give valuable match experience to the newer players, without jeopardising the final result.

The 1st set started slowly, with the York team thrown an early challenge, when their coach started them in an untried rotational order. But this did not faze them and the players settled down quickly. The serve of experienced Sarah Godson, took York from 4-5 down into a convincing 11-5 lead, with Emila Zielinska setting a big middle block and Yvonne Wright providing powerful spikes in attack. Menwith Hill never got back into the game and York cruised to a 25-20 set.

In the 2nd set, the line-up was changed, with an even taller middle blocker, Andrea Albrecht replacing Zielinska and Norwegian student, Cathy Wold, replacing Wright. York captain Elle Tovey served York into an early 9-2 lead. The York setters, Katie Thorn and Mandy Litton, displayed good teamwork, distributing the ball to all the spikers and even tried some cheeky, 2nd ball attacks. But Menwith Hill showed good defensive skill and levelled the scores at 19-all. But Tovey punished them from the service line again and on front court Jane Dobranska impressed in attack. York pulled away to win the set 25-20.

The 3rd set saw more changes, with French setter Barbara Harnist replacing Litton and Julie Rorvik, another Norwegian student, replacing Dobranska. Menwith took advantage of some initial hesitance to take a 6-2 lead, but York levelled straight away at 6-all, then took the lead 9-7. Setter Katie Thorn served York into a comfortable 18-11 lead, which allowed all the York players to get valuable court time. Towards the end of the 3rd set, all the starting 6 were on the bench and York still managed to hold their own against some very experienced American players. Menwith managed to pull back to within 1 point at 21-22, but it was too little, too late. Julie Rorvik's precise serve took York to match point at 24-21 and the final 3-0 victory was inevitable.

Will Bromley, the York coach was very pleased by the performance. He said: "This will give the squad a confidence boost to take into some tough games before Christmas."