KEIGHLEY second-team skipper Allan Birkett has been suspended for six weeks.
The ban, imposed by a JCT600 Bradford League disciplinary panel at East Bierley, comes following an incident during a second-team match at home to Yeadon on Saturday, June 13.
Birkett was found guilty of showing serious dissent at an umpire's decision by word or action and his suspension runs from Saturday, June 20 until Friday, July 31.
Yeadon's Stephen Simpson was also reported by the umpires in the same match for using language that is obscene, offensive or insulting and has a suspended two-week ban hanging over him until the end of the season on Saturday, September 5
The disciplinary panel for both hearings was chairman Brian Pearson, Naz Hussain and Alan Carter.
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