It has become a dogfight at the bottom of the Bradford Scratch League first division with Silsden and Keighley sharing the points while Bingley St Ives won 5-3 at home to West Bradford.

At the top Northcliffe have opened up a five point lead over defending champions Baildon after winning 6-2 at Rawdon on Friday.

Woodhall Hills are still five points clear at the top of the second division. In the third division Branshaw gained four points at Headley and are now five points ahead of bottom club Ben Rhydding, and one point behind Skipton.

Hollins Hall and Riddlesden shared the points in their top of division four clash.

Division 1: Bingley St Ives 5, West Bradford 3 (A Brown bt J Townsend 2 & 1, J Mountain halved with R Ellis, M Parnaby bt C Musgrave 5 & 4, R Wheatley lost to D Berry 6 & 5); Rawdon 2, Northcliffe 6; Silsden 4, Keighley 4 (A Clarke bt D Longbottom 1 up, M Buckley lost to A Utley 2 & 1, A Mawson lost to P Wood 3 & 2, P Davies bt I Houldsworth 1 up).

Division 2: Bradford Moor 4, Bradford 4; Ghyll 2, Cleckheaton 6; Shipley 7, Fulneck 1.

Division 3: Ben Rhydding 5, Calverley 3; Clayton 4, South Bradford 4; Headley 4, Branshaw 4 (A Cordin halved with D Eeles, T Pollard lost to P Hollindrake 1 down, M Birkett bt S Smith 3 & 2, N Grant halved with P Buxton).

Division 4: Bracken Ghyll 4, The Manor 4; Hollins Hall 4, Riddlesden 4 (D Wallis bt A Barraclough 3 & 1, G Marsh bt A Heap 6 & 5, P Stephenson lost to M Scarborough 3 & 2, S Storke lost to B Dean 3 & 2); Phoenix Park 2, East Bierley 6.

n The ladies at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club enjoyed a champagne start to the season when Zandra Hymas holed in one at the par three eighth while winning the Golf Foundation Brooch competition with 35 points. Second on 34pts was Eveline Coombe. The York's Cup was won by Ros Blackburn with 35pts, Carol Howarth coming second on the same score. May Medal: 1 Sue Stones 110-34-76, 2 Shirley Dixon 104-27-77. Extra Medal: 1 Anne Newman 80-5-75, 2 Pam Newman 104-28-76.

Men's June Medal, 1st Division: 1 James Simpson 83-14-69, 2 Mark Robinson 88-16-72, 3 Peter Rishworth 82-8-74; 2nd Division: 1 Anthony Norris 93-21-72, 2 Robert Mulloy 93-18-75, 3 Paul Luxton 95-20-75.

Bingley St Ives - President's Day Stableford, 1st Division: 1 J Mountain 41pts, 2 D Beecroft 40pts, 3 J Padgett 40pts; 2nd Division: 1 D Jackson 41pts, 2 W Longbottom 39pts, 3 N Gash 38pts; 3rd Division: 1 R Craven 42pts, 2 D Bruce 41pts, 3 S Kaye 39pts. Ladies - Wilf Race Trophy (36 holes): 1 G Binns (11) 145, 2 M Priestley (31) 147.

Branshaw - Greensome Qualifier: Paul Hollindrake and Jon Currie 62.5, Graham and Alan Fothergill 63, Geoff Chadwick and John Dickinson 64, Graham Webber and Terry Long 64.5, Mark Isherwood and Terry Fahy 65, Lee Sharpe and Richard Buxton 66, Owen Bailey and David Hirst 67, Mick Narey and John Head 68.

The Ladies Am-Am at Branshaw raised £800 for Manorlands. Results: 1 K Dinsdale, J Wood, S Scarbrough and V Greaves 77pts; 2 N Peace, M Peden, J Yates and S Lund 73pts; 3 S Tattersall, S Garnett, I Massie and H Lowther 73pts.

Any ladies who would like to join the thriving Ladies Section at Branshaw Golf Club should contact the Secretary on 01535 643235 for details.

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