Northcliffe did their championship aspirations no harm with an 8-0 win over Bingley St Ives in the Bradford & District Scratch League's first division on Friday.

Second placed West Bradford lost ground with a 5-3 loss at Bradford Moor, and are now 10 points adrift.

In a re-arranged match played on Monday, St Ives beat Woodhall Hills 6-2 to move into a mid-table position.

In the second division Keighley are still in second place, three points behind Ghyll, after both sides won 8-0. Silsden are losing ground at the bottom, after losing 6-2 at home to Bradford.

Branshaw are still in relegation trouble in the third division after going down 6-2 at third-placed Hollins Hall, while Skipton top the fourth division by five points after winning 8-0 at home to struggling Bracken Ghyll.

Division 1 - Baildon 4, Rawdon 4; Bradford Moor 5, West Bradford 3; Northcliffe 8, Bingley St Ives 0 (J Firth bt R Wheatley 5 & 4, S Bell bt J Mountain 6 & 5, G Evans bt M Parnaby 6 & 5, A Town bt A Brown 4 & 2); Bingley St Ives 6, Woodhall Hills 2 (J Mountain lost to A Dufton 1 down, M Parnaby bt R Lee 3 & 2, R Wheatley bt C Smith 3 & 2, A Brown bt J Morrell 7 & 6).

Division 2: Calverley 0, Ghyll 8; Keighley 8, Cleckheaton 0 (M Clarkson bt M Vertigans 3 & 2, S Murray bt D Woodcock 3 & 1, P Hartley bt N Holmes 2 up, A Utley bt L Shepherd 2 & 1); Silsden 2, Bradford 6 (A Mawson lost to M Harris 1 down, P Davies by C Goodison 3 & 2, A Lampkin lost to A Bean 4 & 3, L Stott lost to C Smith 4 & 3).

Division 3: Fulneck 4, Headley 4; Hollins Hall 6, Branshaw 2 (D Thomas bt D Eeles 4 & 3, P Stephenson lost to P Hollindrake 4 & 3, G Marsh bt J Marshall 3 & 1, D Nellis bt A Fitzpatrick 4 & 3); Shipley 7, Clayton 1.

Division 4: Ben Rhydding 5, West Bowling 3; Phoenix Park 4, East Bierley 4; Skipton 8, Bracken Ghyll 0 (J Harding bt J Stone 6 & 5, P Pethybridge bt A Cox 6 & 5, R Addyman bt D Lampkin 1 up, C Wright bt T Rishworth 3 & 2).

n Silsden failed to retain their Bradford Junior Team Championship title at Woodhall Hills on Sunday. Their team total of 226 was well behind winners Shipley, who scored 202. Keighley finished a creditable fourth on 207.

Local team scores were: Keighley 207 (L Houldsworth 67, J Marshall 71, A Houldsworth 77, L Sagar 69), Skipton 211 (M Howie 80, G Bevington 67, F Picken 73, A Barron 71), Branshaw 215 (S Shackleton 72, D Head 74, J Marshall 84, L King 69), Bingley St Ives 223 (D Jordan 75, R Ling 74, C Shaw 74, A Core 79), Silsden 226 (C Starkie 78, S McRink 85, N Tywang 75, C Morton 73), Riddlesden 274 (S Dean 79, J Emmott 78, D Hegarty NR, C Tomlinson 117).

Branshaw - July Medal, 1st Division: 1 Jonathon Portlock 63, 2 Les Drake 64; 2nd Division: 1 Jeff Wadsworth 64, 2 Dean Bailey 65; 3rd Division: 1 Tony Younger 64, 2 Bob Elders 66. Mid-Week Medal: 1 Bob Morton 70, 2 Steve Ryder 71. Willoughby Replica: 1 Andrew Fitzpatrick 40pts, 2 Peter Fonth 40pts, 3 Colin Aitchison 39pts. Ladies July Medal: 1 Lindy Jowitt 70, 2 Pat Lambert 71.

Silsden - Scratch Cup: 1 Colin Edwards 70, 74, 144; 2 Paul Davies 71, 74, 145; 3 Tom Starkie 79, 70, 149. Duncan Smith Trophy: 1 Dave Dimmock 63, 64, 127; 2 Andy Kkais 65, 64, 129; 3 Des Fretwell 67, 64, 131. 4BBB Medal: 1 Tom Starkie and John Whitaker 57, 2 Bob Thomas and Paul Egan 58.