By DESMOND HICKIE

Chester.....................34
Hull Ionians............32
CHESTER snatched victory over Hull Ionians in a topsy-turvy match with the lead fluctuating until the final minute.
It was a tribute to both sides that they created scores while battling the elements as well as each other.
Ionians started fast with well-worked tries in the first and ninth minutes by James Sanderson and Lewis Minikin.
Such was the visitors’ dominance that Chester did not enter Ionians’ 22 until the 27th minute.
Ionians’ problem was that they could not score points, de...