Keighley’s home Pennine League match against Dewsbury Moor was the only Championship Division fixture to escape the weekend rain and resulted in a 32-10 win for the hosts.

The victory enabled Keighley to move within two points of their second-placed opponents with a game in hand.

Leaders Halifax Irish are six points ahead of the Crossflatts outfit, who are third, but have played two more matches.

Just a handful of fixtures throughout the league survived the bad weather but Keighley took full advantage of playing and had the points in the bag by half-time as they built up a 28-6 advantage.

But they had to come from behind after Dewsbury took an early lead with a good individual try from scrum half Peter Robinson, full back James Etherley converting.

This stung Keighley into action and they replied within three minutes as full back Andy Stokes backed up a Daz McNulty break to cross for an unimproved try.

The hosts then hit a purple patch with four tries in 12 minutes, with winger Jack Copperwaite the first to score closely followed by second-rower Matthew Mount.

Copperwaite’s brother Joe then ran a good line to break the defence and score, before McNulty went over at the posts when a gap suddenly opened up for him.

Scrum half Callum Hudson improved all four tries, one with a fine kick from the touchline.

The pitch began to cut up after the break and it was not until midway through the half that Jack Copperwaite crossed for his second try from a pass by brother Joe.

Dewsbury scored a consolation try through hooker James Delaney with ten minutes left but it was too little to affect the outcome.

Two late tries denied WEST BOWLING A a first Division Two win of the season as they lost 36-26 to Boothtown Terriers on the short trip to Halifax.

Bowling fielded a young side, with 14 players aged under 21, but they were backed by experienced forwards Glenn Barraclough and Lee Hutchinson.

Boothtown were the first to score but Bowling quickly drew level when Ryan Patchett moved on to a short ball from Barraclough to crash over.

The loss of Hutchinson with a knee injury midway through the first half was a blow but Bowling rallied to score an outstanding try.

Moving the ball quickly through hands in their own quarter enabled Tom Martin to make a break and he charged in from 70 yards out.

Bowling scored again before the interval when Mike Batty showed some neat footwork to give his side a 20-14 lead.

They kept pressing in the second half but were to pay the price for not closing the game out.

Richard Lumb helped himself to a try when he held off a number of would-be tacklers to dive over.

But despite Danny Heald’s five successful kicks, Bowling were undone by their mid-table hosts’ late scoring burst.

Coach Mark Dunning said: “The boys showed some real effort and we are building in confidence but we just need that elusive win.”

Reece Salt picked up the Bowling man of the match award for an outstanding display in the second row.