Ilkley U-17S 10

HULL IONIANS 15

ALL conquering for most of the season, Ilkley Under-17s suffered a second consecutive deafeat, this time losing narrowly to Hull Ionians in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup.

Ilkley began well and after ten minutes went ahead with a penalty kicked by Nick Thackeray.

Hull responded immediately when weak Ilkley defence allowed the away side in for an unvonverted try.

Hull dominated the rest of the first half but only added to their score just before half-time with a converted try.

Ilkley raised their game in the second half and were rewarded with a converted try from Duncan Setterington which Mick Thackeray converted.

Ilkley came within inches of a second try but is was not to be and a Hull penalty put the game out of Ilkley's reach.

ILKLEY UNDER-8s 25

SANDAL 30

ILKLEY Under-8s met a side who were well-organised and very determined. Sandal's running and passing was very positive and they took the Ilkley boys by storm.

Ilkley quickly found themselves two tries behind.

The game to and fro'd and gradually through better support play, Ilkley pulled themselves back into the match.

The try scorers for Ilkley were Ryan Cooper 2, Tom Ross 2, and one for Michael Murray. Overall, Ilkley's tackling was poor and contributed to this loss.

Ilkley Under-8s 40

Sandal 35

This game started much the same as the first with Sandal scoring two early tries. Ilkley all of a sudden seemed to change their attitude.

Their running, passing and especially tackling became first class.

They put Sandal under immense pressure. Tries by William Marlow 2, Ryan Cooper 2 and one for Tom Ross, Robert Spivey, William Kyle and Callum Gillom secured a win.

The second- half display by Ilkley was excellent. Man of the match Robert Spivey.

Ilkley Under-10s tour of Darlington and Tynedale saw them beat Darlington 25-10, lose to Tynedale 10-5 and beat Westoe 40-5.

Ilkley started slowly against Darlington but were soon spurred on by an excellent display from Wood. He was able supported by Riley who scored Ilkley's first try.

Wood then crossed the line and Riley scored his second to put Ilkley in control. the defence now tightened with good work from Lamb, McNiece and Hepplewhite with Kershaw looking good at hooker.

Victory was rounded off by two Excellent tries from Broadley.

The Tynedale game was a case of the morning after the night before with the Ilkley boys very slow to wake up.

They finally did with a try from Riley and some great support from Gomersal and Beer.

The final whistle came with Ilkley camped on Tynedale's line, and unlucky not to tie the game.

For the final game, Ilkley pulled out all the stops with Wilson scoring four tries, two more from riley and one apiece for Wood and Broadley.

Ilkley's scrum settled well with Richardson working hard whilst another excellent performance from Wood in the backs earned him man of the tour, whilst Wilson picked up player of the season.

A big thanks to all those who helped to make this such an enjoyable weekend.

ILKLEY UNDER-9S 40

SANDAL 65

THIS was a high scoring match and a much closer contest than the final score would suggest.

After an early torrent of tries from Sandal, Ilkley came back strongly with most of the play involving John Henry Johnson who scored seven tries in the match and put in some excellent tackles.

Andrew Maclean scored a try from his scrum half position. Ilkley were capable of winning the match but in the end poor tackling let them down.

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