PAUL SIGSWORTH just loves the Colne Valley Pairs event.

And he has just clinched a third successive victory in the Arthur Sheard, this season with new partner and Yorkshire County colleague Jack Dyson (Netherton Con).

It was a nip and tuck final at Thorpe Green BSC, but they came through to beat Mark Wood and Andy Harper (Lockwood Con) 21-17.

Quarter-finals – M Wood & A Harper (3) (Lockwood Con) 21 J Martin & A Heaume (3) (Syngenta) 19, P Dickinson & B Shaw (5) (Milns Lib) 21 J Webster & M Pogson (4) (Meltham) 18, A Bamforth & A Crowther (3) (Longwood ) 21 M Hinchliffe & A Byrnes (4) (Linth CBC) 14, P Sigsworth & J Dyson (scr) (Neth Con) 21 M Atkinson & K O’Prey (3) (Cros Moor) 17.

Semi-finals – Wood & Harper 21 Dickinson & Shaw 9, Bamforth & Crowther 12 Sigsworth & Dyson 21.

Final – Wood & Harper 17 Sigsworth & Dyson 21.

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