Yorkshire were crowned winners of the 2024 Boys' County Finals after beating Gloucestershire, Kent and Cambridgeshire at Teignmouth Golf Club.

And there were two Bradford & District Golf Union representatives in their team, with Benjy Saia (Shipley) and Huey Cunningham (Bradford) both playing a key role in the triumph.

After beating Gloucestershire (5.5-3.5) and Kent (6-3) on the first two days, Yorkshire saw off Cambridgeshire 6.5-2.5 in their final game to secure the trophy.

Tai Naylor was Yorkshire’s star performer and one of only two unbeaten players at the event, while 14-year-old Thomas Hartshorne and Alex Boyes won five out six points in superb showings.

Tai Naylor was outstanding for Yorkshire, the key man in their triumph.Tai Naylor was outstanding for Yorkshire, the key man in their triumph. (Image: Leaderboard Photography.)

Naylor said: "It's been a brilliant week all week, with a lot of hard work from the boys."

Yorkshire coach Steve Robinson added: "Previous finals we've lost closely.

"We tend to do the same things and go through the same processes, so there's been a lot of work in the preparations, which went very well and we've come out winners the other side.

"The county invest an awful lot of money into junior players and hopefully they'll continue do that and develop world-class players.

“We've got three going on international duty with England this month and that's a testament to the county programme."

At the other end of the age scale, the Bradford Union’s Seniors and Veterans’ Championship took place last week at West Bradford Golf Club.

In a closely fought affair, Ben Rhydding’s Stephen Senior pipped Baildon’s Andrew Burgess on countback.

Mark Smith of Fulneck Golf Club was only a stroke further back in third place.

And yesterday saw the Bradford Past Captains Day take place at Woodhall Hills Golf Club.

Home favourite Ian Long was agonisingly pipped into second place on countback, which meant Phil Thornton of East Bierley took home the title.

Finally, Bradford rounded off their Yorkshire Inter-District Union campaign with a heavy 24-12 defeat at Sheffield last Sunday, which meant they finished the season at the foot of the table.