Keighley golfer Alistair Houldsworth has qualified for the Grand Final of the prestigious Golf Foundation Weetabix Age Group Championships.

The competition will be played at the Marriott Forest of Arden club on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

Alisatair is one of 105 junior golfers to qualify out of thousands of 10 -16 year olds who entered.

Sixteen-year-old Alistair, who plays off three handicap, qualified for the finals after competing in the regional round at Howley Hall.

n Bingley St Ives went out of the Bradford Union Scratch League's top flight with a bang on Friday, beating Cleckheaton 6-2 in their final match of the season.

By contrast Keighley, who had also already been relegated, went down 8-0 at runners-up Northcliffe. Baildon clinched the championship - by just one point - with a 6-2 win at Bradford Moor.

In Division Two Calverley lost 6-2 at Rawdon but still finished champions by one point ahead of Hollins Hall. Relegated were Ghyll and Woodhall Hills.

Skipton clinched the Division Three championship with their 8-0 demolition of Silsden on Friday, while runners-up Bradford were held 4-4 by West Bowling. Branshaw ended the season in third place, just one point ahead of fifth-placed Silsden. The two relegated sides, Headley and The Manor, shared the points in their final match clash.

Bracken Ghyll finished as champions of Division Four despite losing 6-2 at Fulneck, with Riddlesden also promoted in second place.

First Division: Bingley St Ives 6, Cleckheaton 2 (J Mountain bt M Gaffney 1 up, A Brown bt J Lavin 3 & 1, D Jordan lost to M Day 2 & 1, C Jackson bt D Woodcock 1 up); Bradford Moor 2, Baildon 6; Northcliffe 8, Keighley 0 (A Town bt A Houldsworth 6 & 4, G Evans bt G Shrimpton 8 & 6, M Cook bt S Murray 3 & 2, M Bell bt N Northrop 1 up).

Second Division: Rawdon 6, Calverley 2; Shipley 6, South Bradford 2; Woodhall Hills 4, Hollins Hall 4 (P Andrews lost to I Martin 3 & 2, C McDermott lost to D Wallis 1 down, N Robinson bt G Knaresborough 1 up, P Smith bt A Clarke 6 & 5).

Third Division: Bradford 4, West Bowling 4; Headley 4, The Manor 4; Skipton 8, Silsden 0 (A Robertson bt A Isherwood 7 & 6, P Pethybridge bt A Kkais 3 & 2, J Harding bt P Davies 2 & 1, R Addyman by A Mawson 2 & 1).

Fourth Division: Ben Rhydding 8, Phoenix Park 0; Clayton 8, East Bierley 0; Fulneck 6, Bracken Ghyl 2 (I Holdsworth bt J Stones 1 up, R Marshall bt A Cox 6 & 4, G Spence lost to D Wood 3 & 2, P Carass bt D Lampkin 3 & 2).

Bracken Ghyll - The first team of Andy Cox, Dave Lampkin, Jon Stones and Duncan Wood achieved the point they needed at Fulneck to consolidate first place in Division 4 of the Scratch League, thereby securing promotion to Division 3 as champions.

The 8-15 team finished in third place in Division 2 after a 4-4 draw in their last match at Woodhall Hills, while the Rabbits also finished in third place in Division A of the Bradford District league, only three points behind the winners.

In last weekend's Jerome Jug flag competition, open to all male members, 12 year old Junior member Oliver Naylor left the grown ups in his wake, finally dropping his flag on the third fairway second time around. Ollie finished the first 18 on 10 under his 22 handicap for a fantastic win.

Branshaw - Bert Jolly Trophy, 1st Division: 1 Graham Fotheringill 65 (best gross, 71) 2 Jason Procter 67, 3 Alan Fetheringill 67; 2nd Division: 1 Colin Procter 63, 2 Neil Bancroft 63, 3 Billy Dakin 65.

Invitation Day: 1 D Browse and T Green 59, 2 G O'Hara and S Crowther 60, 3 P Driver and P Lockwood 61, 4 C Cardwell and N Pickles 61, 5 DJ O'Driscoll and A Clarke 62. Nearest pin on 18th P Davies, longest drive on 14th B Jefferson.

Riddlesden - August Stableford, 1st Division: 1 Michael Scarborough 42pts, 2 George Hanson 41pts, 3 Michael Bland 40pts; 2nd Division: 1 Brian Barraclough 37pts, 2 Brian Bell 37pts, 3 Andrew Heaton 35pts; 3rd Division: 1 Jon Gunnell 41pts, 2 Peter Winterburn 41pts, 3 Terry Ingham 38pts.