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  • Promotion is in sight for Old Grovians

    SSE Yorkshire Division Three: Old Modernians 6 Old Grovians 28AFTER this win at third-placed Old Modernians, a bonus-point win at home to Old Otliensians next weekend will clinch promotion for Old Grovians.Mods had won all nine of their previous home

  • Defence is plus for below-par Baildon

    SSE Yorkshire Division Three: Stocksbridge 18, Baildon 3BAILDON'S warm-up was disrupted by the ten-minute walk from the changing rooms to an exposed desolate pitch, with players arriving at different times, and Stocksbridge hit the ground running.The

  • Keighley Cougars roar into quarter-finals against Lions

    KEIGHLEY Cougars secured a home quarter-final against Swinton Lions on the weekend of March 14-15 after blitzing amateurs East Leeds 64-0 in the opening round of the iPro Sport Cup at Cougar Park. Lewis Graham opened the scoring after just four

  • Defeated Wibsey still setting the bar high

    SSE Yorkshire Division Five: Rotherham Clifton 60 Wibsey 14WIBSEY, who only travelled with 14 men, did well to hold their third-placed hosts to a 23-14 half-time advantage.However, with Rotherham Clifton having a full complement of players and replacements

  • Eccleshill fightback ends long wait for Jones

    ECCLESHILL United finally got their first home win under Gerard Jones but they had to come back from 2-0 down against Teversal to do it in a seven-goal thriller. The visitors opened the scoring when Oliver Roome followed up the rebound after Joe

  • Three and easy for Congleton as Silsden stuck in rut

    Silsden 0 Congleton Town 3 Silsden returned to action after a fortnight but their poor run continued with a defeat. The free flowing football that brought a run of five straight victories at the start of the year has dried up and the Cobbydalers

  • Another defeat for Bradford & Bingley but they aren't panicking

    SSE North One East: Bradford & Bingley 22 Ilkley 39BRADFORD Salem v Bradford & Bingley – a fixture that was unthinkable in 2006-07 when the Bees were in National League Two (third tier) and the Heaton club in Yorkshire Division One (seventh tier) is looming

  • Greens edge win as defences hold sway

    SSE National League One: Wharfedale 8 Esher 6WHARFEDALE took the honours in a match that was competitive from the start. The defences of both sides were magnificent, and this was the reason for the low score and only one try. Esher had the advantage of

  • Mediocre Cleck throw away advantage

    SSE National League Three North: Burnage 22 Cleckheaton 22ANOTHER mediocre performance from Cleckheaton sacrificed a winning position on the 3G pitch of the south Manchester club, leaving the match as a draw.The home side opened the scoring on three minutes

  • Bonus-point try is elusive for Keighley

    SSE Yorkshire Division Two: Sheffield Medicals 0 Keighley 17KEIGHLEY dominated the early stages of this game, with their forwards controlling both scrum and loose play. After a midfield arm wrestle, the visitors forced a scrum on the opposition five-metre

  • Bradford Salem take giant leap towards promotion

    SSE Yorkshire Division Two: West Leeds 15 Bradford Salem 37BRADFORD Salem's promotion bid received a major boost as they earned five valuable league points against third-placed West Leeds in a bruising encounter at Blue Hill Lane. With second-placed West

  • Bradford Park Avenue extend Hotte streak

    Bradford Park Avenue 1 Hednesford Town 0 A SUBLIME finish from Bradford skipper Nathan Hotte earned his side another vital victory as promotion-chasing Hednesford Town lost their first game in eight and their discipline. The Pitmen had won

  • Bower hails Lions' battling display

    Solihull Moors 0 Guiseley 1 A WAYNE Brooksby penalty nine minutes from time saw Guiseley record a hard-earned away victory as both teams ended a tight contest with ten men. The Lions had been reduced in numbers before the 81st-minute penalty

  • Widow seeks details of how husband was exposed to asbestos

    THE widow of a Bradford man who died from asbestos-related cancer only weeks after he was diagnosed is appealing for his former workmates to come forward and help find out how he was exposed to the deadly material.Jeffrey Rushworth was 82 when he died

  • Ossett keeper's head injury mars Farsley win

    Ossett Town 1 Farsley 2FARSLEY edged a tight West Yorkshire derby in the Evo-Stik First Division North but the game was overshadowed by a bad injury to Ossett Town keeper Brad Dixon in the second half.With the game poised at 1-1, Jones went down under

  • Eye surgeon carries out emergency relief in Sudan

    BRADFORD eye surgeon Izzy Mahomed is getting set for a fact-finding trip to Sudan to help save refugees' sight.Mr Mahomed, who is a consultant at the Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital in Harrogate Road, Greengates, will fly out with Mercy Mission Uk to North

  • Full-time: Featherstone Rovers 4 Bradford Bulls 40

    4:49pm Featherstone Rovers 4 Bradford Bulls 40 LEE Gaskell and Chris Ulugia both scored twice as the Bulls destroyed promotion rivals Featherstone this afternoon. After being forced to defend their line during the opening

  • Driver, 69, dies after crash near Oxenhope

    A DRIVER has died following a crash near Oxenhope, police have confirmed. Police believe the man, aged 69, was taken ill at the wheel of his car, which then veered off the road in Hebden Bridge Road, Peckett Well. No other vehicle was said

  • Racist abuse led to brawl on train in Bradford

    POLICE are investigating a racially-aggravated incident which led to a fight on a Bradford-bound train. British Transport Police (BTP) officers want to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, which took place on the 6.10pm Leeds to Bradford

  • House damaged by burning clothes

    A HOUSE was left badly smoke-damaged after a pile of clothes caught fire after being left on top on an electric cooker last night. Firefighters from Idle attended the incident in Rowantree Drive, Thorpe Edge, at about 9.30pm. A fire service

  • Bus and van in crash in Baildon

    A BUS and a van were involved in a crash at a busy roundabout in Baildon on Saturday. The incident (pictured) occurred at about 11.30am, near the exits from the roundabout on to Northgate and The Grove, during the town's market day. A spokesman for West

  • Car destroyed in arson attack in Bradford

    ARSONISTS destroyed a car outside a house in Bradford early today. The Seat Leon was parked on the drive of the property in Myers Close, Idle, when it was set alight at about 2.45am. Firefighters from Idle station tackled the blaze. A spokesman

  • Chance to perform with pros in ballet

    FRIDAY the 13th next month could be lucky for some young aspiring ballet dancers in Bradford. One hundred dancers are wanted to join the English Youth Ballet in their ghostly full-length production of Giselle at St George’s Hall, from June 5-6.

  • How I built up to my move to Bradford Bulls

    Etu Uaisele column: I played for Featherstone last year and I’m looking forward to going back there. We have watched them on video and I think there are only a couple of players left from last season. It’s a big game for both teams and it will