YORK & District Indoor Bowls Club's decision to field three teams in both the Yorkshire League and the Yorkshire Over-55s League has proved to be popular with more than 80 players putting themselves forward for each league.

The representative season begins tomorrow as York Knights take on the newly formed York Romans in an over-55s fixture which starts at noon.

On Saturday, all three of York IBC's Yorkshire League teams are in action, taking on Redcar in division one, Doncaster in division two and Selby 'A' in division three, all games starting at noon.

York IBC are running free coaching sessions for people wanting to take up the game. Anyone interested can phone 01904 704180 to make a booking.