Saturday sports update – cup joy for football teams; league win for Barney RUFC

There were some excellent performances from the dale's sports teams this afternoon.
Barnard Castle RUFC ran out 30-15 winners against Middlesbrough at the Demesnes.
The visitors scored straight from the kick-off, but once Barney took the lead with a converted try, they were never behind in the game again.
On the football field, it sounds like an amazing match between Marske and West Auckland Town in the Northern League.
West battled back from 2-0 down at half time to make it 2-2 before Marske ran out 5-2 winners with both sides down to ten men.
Locally, Bowes FC, Evenwood Town FC and Glaxo Rangers FC all won,
Bowes were in imperious form at Shaw Bank when they hit five against their Durham Alliance visitors Sherburn in the South Durham Charity Bowl.
Glaxo Rangers won 4-1 at home to Ferryhill Town in the first round of the Colin Waites Cup while Evenwood came away with a 3-1 win at Bishop Hogans in the Auckland Charity Cup.
Full reports, pictures and reaction in next week's Mercury