Bolton Woods continued their fine start to the Bradford Sunday Alliance League season yesterday when they visited Baildon Trinity and came away with all three points after a 6-1 victory.

Skipper Andy Howland was once again on the mark, hitting a hat trick.

Relay Recruitment hit 14 goals without reply against a young Silsden team, with Atif Tanvir hitting four and Shazad Iqbal and Andrew Wilson adding braces.

Newly-promoted Dudley Hill Athletic came close to the prize scalp of champions West Bowling in a entertaining encounter at Bierley Lane.

Bowling were in a two-goal lead with strikes from Damian Melvyn and Tony English but a defensive lapse 15 minutes from the whistle allowed Phil Licence to pull a goal back for the hosts, and this caused the visitors some anxious moments in the closing stages.

Westwood Park re-arranged their away fixture to their home ground and took full advantage, beating visitors Clayton Orient with strikes from Danny Nolan, John Penn and James Morrell in a 3-1 triumph. James Gelder replied for the visitors.

Stephen Drake, son of Ventus Sports secretary Kevin, was on the scoresheet when they beat visitors Oakenshaw.

Andrew Patterson, former manager of Thackley Reserves, is the new team manager at Sports for this season.

Queensbury found Buttershaw White Star in goal-scoring mood when the visitors ran in five goals.

Jordan Missin, Jamie Bairstowe, Glyn Beal, Graham Sides and John Selby scored for the visitors, with Lee Ashwood replying.

Ventus United visited Keighley in the First Division and came away from their match against Oakworth Juniors with four goals and all three points, an own goal and strikes from Anthony Burke, Andy Holmes and Ryan Lambert proving too much for the hosts, who lost 4-1.

There was an own goal in the match between Prince and Gaping Goose, who also had a top-corner cracker from Adam Sharkey in a 2-0 victory.

A penalty for both teams was the only way that Cuedos Rangers and Wyke Wanderers could get on the scoresheet in the first half, skipper Nick Wade scoring for the visitors and Daniel Duckworth converting the hosts' spot-kick.

White Eagles hit three goals at home to George Hotel but a Danny Royal hat-trick and one each for Brad Northrop and Gurdip Bhambra secured the points for the visitors.

Liam Charles bagged a double hat-trick - three goals in the first half and three in the second - in Mill Lane's 10-2 win at Allerton. Liam Moore added two and David Pemberton and Stephen Hollingworth one each.

In Division 1A, Bradford Phoenix were ruthless finishers against Thornbury Celtic, with Deroy White grabbing a hat trick and Ryan Hudson and Stuart White both grabbing braces in a 9-1 success.

James Crossland and Nathan Ramsden both hit braces for Buttershaw Celtic against Stocks Lane Rangers in a 5-2 triumph.

Thornton United also hit five against Victoria Rangers, Danny Walker netting a brace for the hosts and Dave Wilson, Lee Taylor and Joel Ettienne also being on the scoresheet.

Thornbury Quarry Gap and Sandy Lane played a five-goal, end-to-end thriller, with the lead changing hands on three occasions. James Barker and Danny Fisher were on the mark for the hosts in a narrow defeat.

Sam Prest hit a brace for Wrose Bull in their Division 1B fixture against Woodman Rovers, Andy King and Liam Brown also scoring.

In another five-goal match, Gareth Smith and Sam Isles were on the mark for Prospect in a narrow defeat against St George.

Jamie Lee and club secretary's son Adam Hird were both on the mark for Dudley Hill Rangers Reserves in their 2-0 victory at Fleece, while in a ten-goal thriller at Ravenscliffe, Richard Davids hit a hat- trick and James Royle grabbed a brace as George pipped a gallant home team 6-4, Paul Mitchell also beiung on the mark for the visitors.

Jamie Kitchening, with a brace, Garry Padgett and Phil O'Brien replied for the hosts.