Lancaster duo help Lancashire to victory on home soil
Jack Clarkson and Adam Stone were part of the successful Red Rose side that beat Northumberland 12.5-5.5 to keep alive their hopes of a third successive Daily Telegraph Northern Counties League title.
At one stage the outcome was in the balance as the visitors, a point down after the foursomes, gained the ascendancy early in the singles by winning two of the opening three matches.
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Hide AdBut the Red Rose men asserted their authority, claiming the next eight ties to put the issue beyond doubt and move to the top of the table.
Stone and Clarkson, both on golf scholarships in America, won their foursomes matches partnering Richie Blundell, from Hillside Golf Club, and Ciaran Doherty, Bury, respectively before also triumphing in the singles.
Clarkson beat Russell Hayhoe, Ponteland, 5&4, while Stone saw off Mark Wharton, Newcastle United, by a single hole.
There were also comprehensive victories for newly-crowned county champion Ian Kenwright and Sean Blinkhorn, who both prevailed 6&5.