Keighley got off to a poor start in the Bradford Union Scratch League's first match of the season on Friday, losing their Division 1 match 6-2 at Bradford Moor. Bingley St Ives also suffered a setback, going down 3-5 at home to Baildon.

In the third division Branshaw won 6-2 at home to West Bowling, while Silsden had a good 6-2 win at Headley. Riddlesden got off to a flying start in Division 4 with an 8-0 drubbing of visitors East Bierley, and Bracken Ghyll had a good 5-3 win at Ben Rhydding.

Division 1: Bradford Moor 6, Keighley 2 (N Harker-Bell bt H Tyrer 6 & 5, R Barrett bt S Murray 4 & 3, I Helliwell lost to M Clarkson 3 & 2, D Wright bt A Utley 2 up); Bingley St Ives 3, Baildon 5 (J Mountain halved with M Roche, I Owens bt C Hargreaves 1 up, D Jordan lost to J Firth 1 down, A Brown lost to D Teece 1 down); West Bradford 8, Cleckheaton 0)

Division 2: Ghyll 4, Hollins Hall 4; Rawdon 4, South Bradford 4; Woodhall Hills v Calverley - match abandoned.

Division 3: Branshaw 6, West Bowling 2 (J Marshall bt M Mullaney 2 & 1, S Busfield lost to D Court 1 down, A Fitzpatrick bt B Hannan 6 & 4, R Chester bt D Scarf 2 up); Headley 2, Silsden 6 (P Gittings lost to A Mawson 6 & 5, S Heslop lost to P Davies 5 & 4, A Speak bt A Coates 6 & 4, S Taylor lost to A Kkais 3 & 1); Bradford v The Manor - match abandoned.

Division 4: Ben Rhydding 3, Bracken Ghyll 5 (T Lockwood bt D Wood 4 & 3, N Brook halved with P Rishworth, J Kirton lost to J Stones 4 & 3, T Rockett lost to D Lampkin 3 & 2); Riddlesden 8, East Bierley 0 (P Greenwood bt P Moore 5 & 4, M Scarborough bt P Newlove 1 up, B Dean bt T Smith 4 & 2, A Heap bt M Priestley 5 & 4); Clayton v Phoenix Park - match abandoned.

Bracken Ghyll - April Weekend Stableford, 1st Division: 1 David Enion 43pts, 2 Mick Powell 37pts, 3 John Bowles 36pts; 2nd Division: 1 Graham Abbey 43pts, 2 David Noble 39pts, 3 Martin O'Toole 38pts. April Weekday Stableford: 1 Willi Michiels 36pts, 2 Andy Johnson 35pts, 3 Terry Walker 33pts. April Weekday Medal: 1 Harry Johnson 81-18-63, 2 Allan Starkie 90-26-64, 3 Chris Hainsworth 81-17-64.

Branshaw - Invitation Day: 1 G O'Hara and I Dickie 40pts, 2 D Eeles and B Hudson 40pts, 3 G Driver and A Charlesworth 40pts, 4 S Jefferson and J Haggerty 39pts, 5 O Bailey and J Crabtree 39pts, 6 R Chester and L Clayton 39pts. G O'Hara won nearest the pin on the 13th and the 17th.

May Medal, 1st Division: 1 D O'Driscoll 66, 2 S Buckley 67; 2nd Division: 1 D Bailey 65, 2 C Boston 70; 3rd Division: 1 A Gow 70, 2 I O'Neill 74. C McNally scored a hole in one on the 11th.

Keighley - The Ladies Daily Mail pair of Elaine Pearson (6) and Cheryl Brown (13) have progressed to the third round by beating Settle at home. The Ladies played the Dinsdale Foursomes and a qualifying round for the LGU Coronation Foursomes on Tuesday. Dinsdale Foursomes: 1 Janet O'Neill and Norma Peace 76.5, 2 Sue Hey and Janet Lowe 77. Coronation Foursomes: 1 Val Churchman and Sue Holmes 78, 2 Elaine Pearson and Pauline Brook 78.5.

On Saturday members competed for the Sir Frederick Butterfield Trophy, a 4BBB strokeplay competition. The winners with a superb net 61 were R Northrop and AJ Smith, and runners-up were P Waterhouse and M Waterhouse with a net 62. Brian Appleyard also had cause to celebrate with a hole-in-one on the second hole, the second time he has scored an 'ace' at the hole.

"There have been rumours that it went in off a tree, but they are not true," Brian said.

On Sunday the Bradford Foursomes were played at Keighley. The course was in superb condition with competitors commenting that they were the best greens they had played on so far this year. 1 G Evans and A Town (Northcliffe) 72, 72; 2 P Pethybridge and A Harding (Skipton) 74,74; 3 P Crosby and T Wright (Shipley) 76,73.

Riddlesden - May Stableford, 1st Division: 1 Peter Healey 43pts, 2 George Hanson 41pts, 3 Raymond Bolton 37pts; 2nd Division: 1 Barry Arnold 41pts, 2 Steve Bradshaw 41pts, 3 Chris Clark 40pts; 3rd Division: 1 Peter Winterburn 44pts, 2 Trevor Christian 44pts, 3 Greg Mason 44pts.

Silsden - May Medal, 1st Division: 1 Andrew Isherwood 67-8-59, 2 John Driver 72-10-62, 3 Phil Tedder 73-9-64; 2nd Division: 1 Andrew Wade 80-18-62, 2 John Malley 81-17-64, 3 David Butterworth 82-17-65; 3rd Division: 1 Steve Convery 88-25-61, 2 David French 85-21-64, 3 Phil Lakeland 90-23-67. Individual Stableford, 1st Division: 1 Giles Paley 41pts, 2 Leonard Stott 41pts, 3 Bob Johnston 40pts, 4 Robert Cave 40pts; 2nd Division: 1 Glen Brown 42pts, 2 Ed Sendrowski 40pts, 3 Roy Miller 40pts, 4 Chris Isherwood 39pts.

Yeadon-based charity Epilepsy Action is appealing to businesses for teams of golfers to take part in a fundraising golf day on June 25.

The Team Golf Challenge, now in its third year, is supported by Bentley Jennison Chartered Accountants and last year's winners Yorkshire Bank.

Company teams are invited to enter a team of four players in the event which is being held at Huddersfield Golf Club. The cost of the golf day (£450 per team plus VAT) includes the 18 hole competition, refreshments and a prize dinner presentation with after dinner speaker.

The top three individual players from the challenge will be invited to take part in Britain's biggest corporate golfing event at the regional finals of the Times JP Morgan Fleming challenge held in October.

Corporate teams wishing to enter the event should contact Keeley Sellars on 0113 210 8800.