Amateur RL: All three Bradford Premier sides had little difficulty in progressing into the third round of the Pennine Presidents Cup following comfortable victories against clubs from the lower ranks.

Queensbury lacking four regulars accounted for Division One pace setters Illingworth 30-8 at Hill Top.

Bury soon found themselves behind when they were penalised for offside but the Halifax sides lead was short lived with second row forward Andrew Senior powering his way up the slope to cross unopposed, wingman Steve Gallagher adding the extras.

Illingworth made their final contribution to the game when they took full advantage of some sloppy home tackling to post a converted try but man of the match hooker Matthew Galtress crossed for his first touchdown to allow Bury to change ends 10-8 to the good at the break.

Bury turned up the heat in the second half with Galtress crossing for his second soon followed by further efforts from Gary Prentice and Carl Smith.

Gallagher kicked a further two goals in the extremely windy conditions and put the match firmly to bed when he scored the final try. The Queensbury duo of Dougie Lumb and Martin Potts were outstanding.

Holders Clayton gave a lack lustre performance against Division Three outfit Boothtown Terriers but still managed to come up easy winner 30-10.

The Villagers raced into a 20-0 lead thanks to tries from wingman Jeremy Robertshaw second row forwards Craig Pickthall, Mark Schofield and prop Mark Anderson. Adam Mitchell converting two of them.

They were then guilty of taking their foot off the peddle which gave their lowly visitors a life line in avoiding a drubbing. Clayton's Johnny Bruce added a second half try as did centre Paul Cornforth who them blotted his copy book by being given his marching orders for an attempted head butt.

Mitchell posted a final goal which earned him a share of the man of the match award together with team mate Scott Pendlebury.

West Bowling gave visitors Calder Valley a lesson in consistency with a workman like 36-14 victory that owed much to the promptings of veteran half back Kevin Morgan.

Bowling took the lead after just two minutes when Mick Gorman took a short ball to cross without a glove being laid on him, Jason Woolham adding the extras. Calder levelled the matters with an easy converted try when a huge gap opened up in the home backs with rookie wingman Shah Bashir caught out of position and then took the lead with a drop goal.

Bowling scrum half Dean Garside then punished the visitors with two jinking runs which gave him a couple of fine tries both converted by Woolham against a further drop goal to make the score 18-6 at the interval.

It was the Bowling forward who took the game by the scruff of the neck on the restart when loose forward Lee Hunter and prop Lee Hutchison crossed the white wash.

The best try of the game came on the hour when the outstanding second row forward Johnny Metcalfe broke clear from twenty metres out to crash over in the corner with two defenders hanging on for dear life.

Wingman Steve Gregory put in his customary strong run which Woolham goaled to see Bowling home with a flourish.

Birkenshaw must think they are part of the pantomime season following a farce of a game against Todmorden which they lost 18-14.

The match eventually kicked off forty minutes late when most of the Todmorden managed to get themselves lost on the way from the dressing room to the ground.

The game as a result was played thirty minutes each way. Birkenshaw trailed 10-8 at the break following tries from Anthony Billcliffe and Andy Redmond. A second half try to Simon Armitage which he also converted brought the scores level to 14-14. With extra time looking a certainty the match was decided with a hotly disputed try.

The touchdown looked clearly forward with the player stepping into touch and then adding insult to injury by failing to ground the ball properly.

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