11.   After two laps Grandon fell back slightly leaving Lyons and Murray to forge ahead with Murray seeming set for his first victory in the province.

12.   HTV last night claimed a first victory in its fight to prevent a rival ITV company swallowing it up.

13.   The town is busy taking advantage of its first City Challenge victory by implementing plans aimed at revitalising East Middlesbrough.

14.   Vaux Durham Senior League FELLING, on a day when the weather was the real winner, created history when they recorded their first league victory.

15.   Nigel Coupe, back in action after breaking a leg in March, scored a spectacular first day victory with Crosby in the Royal Interntional Horse Show at Hickstead.

16.   NORTH-EAST haulage contractor Nigel Shield had good excuse to celebrate recently when he notched up his first victory on an international rally.

17.   Prosser is top of the table after her first victory as a professional in Kuala Lumpur last weekend.

18.   Not only was it their first victory since early December but it moved them above their vanquished opponents at the foot of the table.

19.   But a first victory at Filbert Street ensured another landmark in the amazing rise and rise of Rovers.

20.   And as fate would have it, one of them likely will limo away from Texas Stadium tonight with his first victory of the season.