ON the weekend that their first team slipped to the bottom of the Airedale and Wharfedale League Division A the club's youngsters gave them something to cheer about.

Bank Holiday Monday saw the mainly teenage Third X1 win the Ian Chappell Cup after the Under-12s had won the Gordon Bower final in the morning.

In the Bower final the players went off for rain after two overs and had to wait 25 minutes to resume.

This may have been a fortunate interruption for Guiseley who had already lost a wicket in the second over.

The match resumed and Guiseley after losing five wickets in the first two pairs began to settle down and finished their innings on a total of 272 runs for five wickets.

Harrison Durkin was top scorer with 18 not out followed by Sam Boyden with 12 not out.

Great Horton Church commenced their innings with their first pair also lost an early wicket, unfortunately for them the following three pairs were not able to show resolve to steady the ship and concluded having scored 87 runs in total but losing 15 wickets in the process.

This was the first time 15 wickets had been taken in a Gordon Bowers final.

Their final total was 188 for 15 wickets. For Guiseley Charlie Best took 1-12; Jack Kelly 1-10; Joe Reed 3-24; Max Helme 3-13 and Damon Reeve 3-24.

The match was played with great spirit and both teams were a credit to their respective clubs.

In the Guiseley team managed by Carol Whitaker, were: Jack Kelly, Joe Reed, Charlie Best, Thomas Pratt (9th man), Sam Boyden, Max Helme, Harrison Durkin (Captain), Damon Reeve and Will Payne-Grant.

In the Airedale and Wharfedale League's Third Teams' Ian Chappell cup final played at Green Lane Guiseley Thirds enjoyed a 50 runs victory over Burley.

Guiseley batted first and made 148-9 with Burley bowlers Richard Broadley (3-35) and J Melville (4-28) keeping them in check.

Under-17s player Sam Wilkinson top scored for Guiseley with an unbeaten 35 and after picking up a couple of wickets he was named Man-of-the-Match.

Under-15s player Alex Bell also starred with the bat making a fine 32.

Burley were always struggling against the Guiseley bowling attack with the experienced Lincoln Wray well backed up by youngsters Callum Fraser and Sam Wilkinson.

Wray finished with 4-21 while Wilkinson took 2-22 and Fraser 2-19.

David Wadsworth was Burley's top run scorer with 39 but he lacked any real support.