Keighley had the better of the clash with local rivals Bingley St Ives in the Bradford Scratch League's first Division on Friday, chalking up a 5-3 home win.

In the 3rd Division Silsden went down 2-6 at home to Bradford, but Skipton started their campaign with an excellent 8-0 home win over Headley. Branshaw lost 6-2 at The Manor.

Riddlesden top the 4th Division after a 4-4 result at Phoenix park.

1st Division: Baildon 5, West Bradford 3; Keighley 5, Bingley St Ives 3 (A Clarke halved with R Wheatley, S Murray beat A Brown 2 & 1, H Tyrer lost to J Mountain 1 down, A Utley beat I Owens 7 & 5); Northcliffe 4, Bradford Moor 4.

Second Division: Calverley 6, Ghyll 2; Shipley 7, Rawdon 1; South Bradford 4, Woodhall Hills 4.

Third Division: Silsden 2, Bradford 6 (A Kkais lost to A Bean 3 & 2, A Coates lost to J Coldwell 4 & 3, P Davies lost to C Goodison 2 & 1, A Mawson beat M Myers 1 up); Skipton 8, Headley 0 (P Pethybridge beat S Heslop 4 & 2, D Grant beat A Speak 1 up, J Harding beat S Taylor 4 & 3, A Robertson beat P Gittings 5 & 4), The Manor 6, Branshaw 2 (N Tallett beat T Walton 5 & 4, A Mitchell beat A Fitzpatrick 5 & 4, J Hutton beat R Chester 5 & 4, D Thompson lost to S Busfield 2 & 1).

Fourth Division: Bracken Ghyll 4, Clayton 4; Fulneck 4, Ben Rhydding 4; Phoenix Park 4, Riddlesden 4 (M Guest beat A Barraclough 5 & 3, S Coates beat B Dean 5 & 4, G Dunn lost to A Heap 1 down, J Smith lost to M Scarborough 8 & 7).

Bracken Ghyll - Division 2 of the May Medal was a family affair as Mark Hunter beat father Ken into second place. 1st Division: 1 Chris Naylor 81-15-66, 2 Rob Mulloy 79-12-67, 3 Iain Hall 82-14-68; 2nd Division: 1 Mark Hunter 82-22-62, 2 Ken Hunter 86-22-64, 3 Lisle Richardson 96-28-68.

Lisle Richardson also won the Chapman Challenge for 24-28 handicappers run in conjunction with the Medal.

Ken Hunter had further cause to celebrate after notching up a hole in one at the 145 yard thirteen, using a 5 iron. Amazingly, Ken's ace was followed by another from Mick Tennant a few days later at the same hole, this time with a 6 iron.

Branshaw - Mid-Week Medal: 1 Sean Hagyard 68. Whittaker Qualifier: 1 Wayne Halligan 58, 2 Terry Driver 61, 3 Steve Busfield 63, 4 Paul Driver 64.

Keighley - The 8-15 team halved the first match of the season at home to Northcliffe, Steve Smith and Leigh Marklew winning their matches for Keighley. The Seniors Open was played in very blustery conditions and was won by Burnley pair B Henderson and A Airey with 43 points. In second place, also with 43 points, were B Appleyard and R Bladen of Keighley, and third with 42 points were W Lowe (Keighley) and R Birch (Dewsbury).

The May Medal, 1st Division: 1 A Kkais 68-5-63, 2 P Waterhouse 74-8-66; 2nd Division: 1 K Plumb 79-14-65, 2 L Keenan 82-17-65; 3rd Division: 1 S Driver 86-20-66, 2 J Brownless 93-26-67.

The first Mixed Greensome of the season was won by Dave and Beverley Holroyd with a net 71. Second with a net 74 were Val Churchman and Mike Webb.

On Tuesday, in wet and windy conditions, the Ladies played the Dr Neilson qualifying round. 1 Val Churchman 100-28-72, 2 Sue Holmes 101-26-75.

Keighley Rabbits won their first home match of the season, beating Bingley St Ives by 4 points to 2. Both Geoff Greenwood and Mike Hildred posted 4 & 3 victories against a strong team from St Ives. Rob De Matteis found his opponent too strong on the day and lost out by 4 & 2. In the Chippendale Foursomes the Section A pairing of Mal Thornton and Rip Wilson narrowly lost at East Bierley, but in Section B Duncan McGee and Harry Emmerson beat their Silsden opponents 5 & 3.

Riddlesden - Anniversary Weekend Scramble: 1 Brian Dean, Paul Greenwood, Ian Roberts and Brian Hudson 44.8; 2 Michael Scarborough, Tim Walsh, Tito Arana and Colin Bottomley 46.9; 3 Raymond Bolton, James McLean, Steve Bradshaw and David Butlin 49.4. Anniversary Invitation: 1 Adrian Greenwood (Branshaw) and Mick Tetley 53, 2 Mark Mitchell (Fardew) and Stuart Nauman 55, 3 G Binns (Branshaw) and John Jickells 56, 4 P Fielden (Hollins Hall) and Peter Fox 56, 5 I Mackereth (Nelson) and Ian Roberts 57.

Silsden - Rosebowl: 1 Peter Scally 44pts, 2 Robert Cave 43pts, 3 Ian Sewell 43pts. 4BBB Medal: 1 John Barraclough and Richard Tywang 54, 2 Tom Lonsdale and Nick Twigg 57, 3 Tom Berry and Nick Twigg 58.