CONONLEY A stayed ahead of Cross Hills A at the top of the Walker Foster Division One table after the two sides shared a 6-6 draw.

Both sides went into the match buoyed by good wins, Cononley A defeated Lund Park A 11-1 at home while Cross Hills A triumphed 10-2 at Craven A.

Cross Hills A suffered a big shock in the first game when Stuart Myers recorded a 21-3 for the leaders,

The next five winners went to Cross Hills with Martin Loftus 21-12 recording the best victory, the best, before Cononley hit back to square the match.

It means Cononley A are six points ahead of Cross Hills and Colne Cricket Club who moved into joint second place after 10-2 wins over Devon A and Lund Park A.

Keighley A recorded their seventh straight win when they beat Silsden 9-3.

Cross Hills B continue to lead the way in the Andrew Town Joinery Division Two following an 8-4 home win over Steeton A, while Colne Legion B 135 points also won at home 10-2 against Keighley B.

Steeton A recovered from their loss to Cross Hills B with an 8-4 home win against Whinfield B. Oakworth's wins over Whinfield A 7-5 and Silsden PF B 8-4, moved them into fourth place.

There was a surprise at the top of the top of the Skipton Building Society Division Three with leaders Sutton B losing both their away matches at Settle B and Steeton B 7-3.

Grassington failed to take full advantage. A 9-1 home win over Silsden PF C was followed by a 7-3 defeat at Keighley C which leaves them 12 points adrift.

Third-placed Craven B won 8-2 at Whinfield C 8-2 and 7-3 at home to Gargrave C 7-3. Settle B are looking dangerous. As well as beating the league leaders they overcame Silsden PF C 9-1.

Craven bowler Robbie Ellis won the Yorkshire Parks Junior Merit at Thorner. He defeated his Shipley rival Bailey Rice 21-16 in the final after overcoming Callum Fennel 21-18 in the semi-finals.

The Clarkson and Supplementary Cup semi-finals take place tonight.

Clarkson Cup – semi-final: Sutton A 45 v Keighley A 5 (at Lund Park Top), Settle A 60, Silsden 15 (at Rolls Royce)

Supplementary Cup – semi-final: Gargrave A 45 v Steeton A 70 (at Colne Cricket Club), Craven A 30 v Silsden PF A 40 at Cross Hills

The Hargreaves Ltd Summer Doubles will be held at Broughton Road this Sunday with a 12.30pm start. There are available spaces for three pairs. Contact Peter Haworth to enter.

SKIPTON Inter District Veterans got back on the winning trail by beating league-leaders Bradford.

The home team produced a good performance at Craven with six winners. David Jacques led the way with a 21-4 victory while Brian Gore 21-13, Kevin Burnett 21-15, Len Buxton 21-15 , Alister Keighley 21-16 and Mick Duke 21-19, all returned good win.

Those results produced an overall score of 158-124, with a match points win by 21-7.

The away side travelled to Peel Park, although it was a tough match they picked up three winners, Barry Turnbull 21-12, Billy Hardwick 21-13 and David Hemsley 21-16.

They picked up ten valuable points as Bradford won the match 31-25.

The win keeps Skipton in fourth place with two games to go, it is still wide open with the top teams still to play each other.

P W L D F A Pts

Bradford 5 4 1 0 1530 1263 191

Huddersfield 5 4 0 1 1487 1348 168

Halifax 5 2 1 2 1451 1338 161

Skipton 5 3 2 0 1415 1340 154

West Riding 5 1 3 1 1389 1433 134

Castleford 5 0 3 2 1294 1463 107

Wakefield 5 1 3 1 1292 1477 103

Leeds 5 1 3 1 1275 1471 102

Tomorrow the Inter District Veterans take part in the one-day challenge for the Hickson Trophy. Skipton face a tough task as they are drawn to play hosts Bradford at Asa Briggs