Five Bradford League teams remain as the WEST RIDING CUP quarter-finals are staged on Friday.

The action includes one all-Bradford tie as Brighouse Sports A face Crossgates A at Elland C&BC.

Meanwhile, Pudsey A play Elland C&BC and Clayton tackle Mirfield Old Bank A at Spen Victoria and Rastrick respectively. Shipley Club face arguably the toughest task as they take on Lower Hopton A at Cleckheaton Sports.

The PILLING CUP quarter-finals also take place on Friday, with Eccleshill facing Crossgates B at Hanging Heaton and Pudsey B playing Greengates at Harold Club in another all-Bradford League clash.

West Riding Cup, first round: Shipley Club 221, Pudsey Littlemoor B 197; Rastrick 184, Lower Hopton A 234; Pudsey BC A 236, Harold Club 179; Spen Victoria B 162, Elland C&BC 241; Morton House 194, Brighouse Sports A 217; Guiseley lost to Crossgates A w/o; Mirfield Old Bank A 218, Pudsey Littlemoor A 194; Spen Victoria A 217, Clayton 222. Quarter-finals: Shipley Club v Lower Hopton A, at Cleckheaton Sports; Pudsey BC A v Elland C&BC, at Spen Victoria (bottom green); Brighouse Sports A v Crossgates A, at Elland C&BC; Mirfield Old Bank A v Clayton, at Rastrick.

Pilling Cup, first round: Hightown 222, Cleckheaton Moorend 188; Spen Victoria C 124, Cleckheaton Sports A 243; Lower Hopton B 189, Crossgates B 211; Mirfield Old Bank B 197, Hollies S&SC 216; Overthorpe Sports lost to Ossett Flying Horse w/o; Pudsey BC B 224, Brighouse Sports B 199; Greengates 220, Cleckheaton Sports B 178. Quarter-finals: Hightown v Cleckheaton Sports A, at Harold Club (church green); Eccleshill v Crossgates B, at Hanging Heaton; Hollies S&SC v Ossett Flying Horse, at Mirfield Old Bank; Pudsey BC B v Greengates, at Harold Club (club green).

* Yorkshire’s ladies tackle South Staffordshire in their opening game of the COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP on Sunday as they look to build on last season’s excellent performances. Their home game will be played at Linthwaite Hall BC, with the away game taking place at Amery BC.

The home team is made up entirely of Huddersfield League bowlers, while Louise Whiteley (Hove Edge), Marjorie Haigh (Heckmondwike), Debbie Davis (Pudsey) and Helen Gilroy (Eccleshill) appear in the away team.

Home team: Linda Gledhill (New Mill), Ann Hinchliffe (Lockwood Cons), Julie Best (Marsh Utd), Marie Lockwood (New Mill), Alicia Ormsby (Meltham), Judi Hollingworth (Meltham), Lynn Carter (Cowcliffe Libs), Karen Gant (Meltham), Jean Gee (Marsh Utd), Lynda Drury (New Mill), Andrea Buckley (New Mill), Jacqui Roper (Meltham). Reserves: Suzi Ladbrook (Lockwood Cons), Julie Mallinson (Outlane), Ellis Owen (Savile Park), Diane Radcliffe (Outlane).

Away team: Dawn Bray (Ossett Flying Horse), Pauline Wilde (Lockwood Cons), Amanda Hagen (Ossett Flying Horse), Louise Whiteley (Hove Edge), Marjorie Haigh (Heckmondwike), Karen Hill (Hanging Heaton), June Johnson (Ossett Flying Horse), Debbie Davis (Pudsey), Alexis Lunn-Gadd (Morton House), Laura Middleton (New Mill), Helen Gilroy (Eccleshill), Suzanne Howarth (New Mill). Reserves: Sharon Gadd (West Park), Sue Haigh (Savile Park), Christine Hasselby (Myrtle Park), Lisa Rice (Harold Club), Cathy Rushton (Silsden).

* The HOVE EDGE EASTER MONDAY OPEN was won by Phil Worrall after beating Ian Howard 21-17 in a superb final.

Quarter-finals: P Worrall (Gaghills BC, Rawtenstall) 21, S Pickles (Skipton) 5; L Drury (New Mill) 11, A Lunn-Gadd (Ossett Flying Horse) 21; I Howard (Holbeck Ltd) 21, M Greenwood (Siddal) 9; J Hamer (Halifax) 19, D Hartley (Hill Crest) 21. Semi-finals: Worrall 21, Lunn-Gadd 11; Howard 21, Hartley 17. Final: Worral 21, Howard 17.

A supplementary competition saw Paul Winterburn (Huddersfield) beat Mel Gilbert (Huddersfield) 21-12 in the final.

* Yorkshire Cup qualifying round (Saturday): Golcar Lib v Lindley BC A, at Milnsbridge BC; Netherton Con B v Wyke BC, at Slazengers; Eccleshill BC v Swillington Welfare, at Outwood WMC; Cowcliffe Lib v Almondbury Lib B, at Springwood; Clayton West v Wibsey Park, at Brighouse Sports No 1; Springwood BC v Tadcaster BC, at Peel Park; Outland v Roundhay Park, at Royds Park (Liv); Slaithwaite C&BC v Mirfield Old Bank B, at Greenroyd; Lindley Lib v Broad Oak, at Longwood BC; Sowerby Bridge Hillcrest v Bradley & Colne, at Heckmondwike BC; Rastrick PSBC v Lockwood Con C, at Outlane; Thongsbridge BC B v Crosshills & District, at Clayton Victoria; Marsh Utd v Chapel St BC, at Guiseley; Longwood BC B v Crossgates A, at Horbury WMC; Greengates v Cleckheaton Sports B, at Bradley & Colne; Heptonstall v Crossgates B, at Queensbury; Hemplow A v Kingston, at Wyke BC; Pudsey Littlemoor v Canalside SC A, at Sowerby Bridge Hillcrest; Crosland Moor B v Netherton Con C, at Newsome WMC; Allan Park v Linthwaite C&BC, at Mirfield Old Bank; South Leeds Cons v Milnsbridge Lib A, at Sandal BC; Hemsworth Con v Hemplow B, at Eccleshill; Elland WMC v Grange Moor, at Grove Hill; Brighouse Sports A v Crosland Moor A, at Colton; Shepley BC v Elland CA&BC, at Almondbury Lib; Old Town v Kirkheaton C&BC, at Rufford Park; Clayton Victoria v Jackson Bridge, at Overthorpe Sports; Borough BC v Skelmanthorpe Windmill, at Sherburn BC; Lindley BC B v Greenroyd, at Denby Grange; Sowerby Bridge West End v Kirkheaton Con, at Morton House; Castleford Town v West Yorkshire S&SC, at Crossgates; Lower Hopton WMC B v Sandal BC, at Akroydon Victoria; Mirfield Old Bank A v Guiseley, at Hemsworth Con; Spen Victoria B v Newsome WMC, at Asa Briggs; Milnsbridge Lib B v Lockwood Con B, at Broad Oak; Farnley Tyas v Cononley, at Northowram; Morton House v Hemsworth Welfare, at Jackson Bridge; Canalside BC B v Asa Briggs, at West Yorkshire Sports; Netherton Con A v Brighouse Sports B, at Kingston; Linthwaite Hall v Longwood BC A, at Crosland Moor; Horbury WMC v Skipton Broughton Road, at Hove Edge WMC. Exempt clubs: Alverthorpe WMC, Crossroads, Pudsey BC, Lower Hopton WMC A, Thongsbridge BC A, Spen Victoria A, Almondbury Lib A, Brockholes BC, Lockwood Con, Moldgreen Con, Cleckheaton Sports A, Milnsbridge A.

* Eric Hutchinson qualifying round (Saturday): Ossett Flying Horse v Rufford Park A, at Elland WMC; Bilton Dragon v Harold Park, at Whitkirk; Dalton BC v Golcar Lib, at Hemplow; Pudsey Littlemoor v Bridlington Bay, at Castleford Town; Hightown Lib v Millbridge Park, at Cleckheaton Sports (back green); Dukes Park Bridlington v Pontefract BC, at Bilton Dragon; Morton House v Holbeck Ltd, at Halifax No 2; Horton Park v Guiseley, at Oxenhope; Hanging Heaton v Linthwaite C&BC, at Drighlington Park; Hunmanby v Wakefield BC, at Boston Spa; Spen Victoria v Clayton Victoria, at Almondbury BC; Boston Spa v Hemplow, at Hightown Lib; Almondbury BC B v Allerton Bywater, at Lower Hopton WMC; Grove Hill v Cleckheaton Sports, at Crosshills & District; Birkenshaw Park v Brockholes A, at Holbeck Ltd; Castleford Town v Brockholes B, at Horsforth Woodside; Slazengers v Cowcliffe Lib B, at Pudsey BC; Whitkirk v Oxenhope, at Lindley BC; Ossett C&AC v Overthorpe Sports, at Marsh Utd; Eccleshill v Drighlington Park, at Huddersfield RUFC BC; Broad Oak BC v Colton, at Greengates; Settle v Sherburn BC, at Rastrick PSBC; Horsforth Woodside v Crowghyll Park, at Linthwaite C&BC; Almondbury Lib A v Royds Park (Liv), at Old Town; Northowram v Asa Briggs, at Linthwaite Hall; Denby Grange v Pudsey BC, at Meanwood Park; Shepley BC v Peel Park, at Roundhay Park; Magnet Sports v Akroydon Victoria, at Thornhill C&BC; Tadcaster BC v Newsome WMC, at Ossett C∾ Heckmondwike BC v Hove Edge WMC, at Cononley; Outwood WMC v Rufford Park B, at Kirkheaton C&BC; Queensbury v Skelmanthorpe Central, at South Kirkby MW; Garforth Rec B v Bradley & Colne, at Horton Park; Horbury WMC v Marsh Lib, at Scholes; Aberford v Almondbury BC A, at Spen Victoria; Scholes v Whitby, at Allerton Welfare; South Kirkby MW v Thornhill C&BC, at Lockwood Con; Almondbury Lib B v Cranmore, at Cleckheaton Moorend; Huddersfield RUFC BC v Meanwood Park, at Savile Park (Cas); Rastrick PSBC v Halifax BC, at Shipley BC; Kirkheaton Con v Thorner, at Sowerby Bridge West End. Exempt clubs: Shipley BC, Garforth Rec A, Skipton Craven, Glasshoughton Welfare, The Hollies S&SC, Hebden Royd Park, Cowcliffe Lib, Cleckheaton Moorend, Savile Park (Cas), Ripponden Park.

* Clubs are reminded that Tuesday, May 1 is the deadline for entries to the HOWARTH CUP, the PAIRS KO (sponsored by Leeming & Peel Ltd) and the FOUR-A-SIDE KO (sponsored by Kolorco (Printers). Anyone interested should contact John Preston on 07746-716183.