Bradford face West Riding in the YORKSHIRE VETS INTER-DISTRICT LEAGUE on Friday and will be looking to close the gap on Skipton, who are currently second in the table.

The home match is at Pudsey Littlemoor and the away match at Thornhill BC.

Bradford teams – Home: T Brocksom, A Standing, W Hutchinson, J Ramsey, G Oliver, G Clare, B Jennings, G Hogg. Away: K Green, M Lambert, R Baines, A Roundhill, DM Burns, M Jowett, D Firth, L Hanson. Standings (played six unless stated): Huddersfield 210pts, Skipton 190, Bradford 177, Castleford 166, West Riding 146 (five), Wakefield 145, Leeds 136, Halifax 118 (five).

Yorkshire Ladies struggled to compete on a large and heavy green at Victoria BC in Preston as they lost 441-400 overall to North Lancs & Fylde in their latest INTER-COUNTIES LEAGUE fixture.

In the home match at Meltham BC, Yorkshire carded nine winners but only won the aggregate by 27 points. This proved decisive as in the away match as they went down by 68 chalks, despite carding four winners.

Home – Yorkshire 230, North Lancs & Fylde 203 (Yorkshire players): A Hinchliffe 21-18, J Hollingworth 21-20, L Gledhill 21-20, S Howarth 21-14, L Drury 21-14, J Best 20-21, K Whitefoot 21-11, L Carter 16-21, S Gibson 21-18, M Haigh 21-14, C Harpin 5-21, H Gilroy 21-11. Away – North Lancs & Fylde 238, Yorkshire 170 (Yorkshire players): D Bray 21-18, B Lunn 0-21, L Dye 13-21, J Law 8-21, L Rice 19-21, S Holdsworth 0-21, A Lunn-Gadd 21-17, L love 9-21, S Gadd 21-17, A Hagen 21-18, P Wilkinson 19-21, J Roper 16-21.

The finals of the HOWARTH and SUPPLEMENTARY CUPS take place on Sunday at West Bradford.

Birkenshaw (55) take on Greengates (20) in the Supplementary final at 1pm, with the Howarth final between Drighlington (45) and Shipley Club (Scr) following at 3.30pm.

The PAIRS KNOCK-OUT, sponsored by Leeming and Peel Ltd, reaches the quarter-final stage on Thursday, August 12.

Draw: Asa Briggs B v Tyersal, at Wibsey; Shipley Club v Harold Park, at Greengates, Lister v Clayton A, at Peel; Asa Briggs A v Bradford Moor, at Queensbury.

The FOUR-A-SIDE KNOCK-OUT, sponsored by Kolorco (Printers) will now take place on Thursday, August 5. The full draw and handicaps will be submitted direct to clubs.