Four Bradford Hockey Club youngsters have progressed towards the highest level of play in the country.

The quartet have advanced from tier two junior regional performance centres for Leeds Pumas to the Pennine equivalent, confirming them as being among the leading juniors in the north of England.

They are Ethan Hodson (under-17 high performance assessment centre), Spike Johnston (under-16 Futures Cup) and Charlie Sorton and Alex Stewart (under-15 high performance assessment centre).