Skipton were handed the draw they were looking for in rugby union's Powergen Junior Vase quarter-final when they were given a home tie against Midlands side Daventry on February 9.

The club are now just two wins away from an appearance at the sport's headquarters, Twickenham.

Club chairman Mel Mason had identified the East Midlands One side as the one he was hoping might come out of the hat and his hopes were fulfilled.

"Wonderful, marvellous," was his predictable response, although that was quickly qualified. "Obviously were have to give them respect because, like us, they've reached the last eight and they can't be taken lightly. We also know nothing about them, so it's silly to get too excited, and given that they have lost fewer games in their section than we have, they're probably very pleased to have drawn us.

"The main thing is that we are at home, which is always an important financial consideration and if we are to win the competition, we have to take on whatever it puts in front of us. But a home draw is all you can hope for, although we wouldn't really have fancied going to Heath, for example."

Skipper Declan Hayes shared Mason's thinking. "We've got to be happy with that," he said. "Apart from anything else, it keeps alive the possibility of an all-Yorkshire final with Heath if we can both get through.

Looking at the other teams in the last eight, they were all either top or second of their respective divisions and all probably felt that Skipton would be a good draw.

"But maybe they aren't completely aware of the difference in the structures of the divisional set-ups.

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