Bradford’s youngsters have made an impressive start to the new Yorkshire Inter-District Union Junior League season with two big wins.

They kicked off with a 23-13 victory over Harrogate at Baildon and followed up by defeating East Riding 26-10 at Northcliffe to lie top of the early table.

Next up is Teesside at Cleckheaton on Thursday, June 2, followed by a trip to Wike Ridge to take on Leeds the following day.

YORKSHIRE INTER-DISTRICT UNION JUNIOR LEAGUE – Bradford 23, Harrogate 13: Foursomes (10-2): M Atter & W Whiteoak bt W Rushworth & J Taylor 3&2, D Hawksworth & C Benn bt H Taylor & B Sardo 2&1, C Hey & B Mountain bt S Brown & T Dunne 1up, J Devanny & J Laybourne bt J Walls & D White 2&1, J Flesher & G Grant lost to K McGowan & J Backhouse 2up, L Batty & T Pattinson bt J Kelley & A Wade 7&6; singles (13-11): Whiteoak (St Ives) halved with H Taylor, Atter (Bradford) bt Rushworth 1up, Hawksworth (Hollins Hall) halved with Sardo, Benn (South Bradford) bt J Taylor 4&3, Mountain (Bradford) bt Brown 2&1, Batty (South Bradford) bt White 6&5, Hey (Keighley) lost to Dunne 2up, Devanny (St Ives) halved with McGowan, Grant (Bradford) lost to Backhouse 1up, Flesher (Bradford) bt Walls 3&2, Pattinson (South Bradford) lost to Kelley 2&1, Laybourne (St Ives) lost to Wade 3&1.

Bradford 26, East Riding 10: Foursomes (8-4): Atter & Whiteoak bt M Wray & S Robins 3&1, Hawksworth & Benn bt J Pearce & S Dillon 6&4, Hey & Mountain bt J Gregory & D Barnes 1up, Devanny & Laybourne lost to G Thorp & A Haorang 4&3, Flesher & Grant lost to K Smith & J Coyle 1up, Batty & Pattinson bt R Lamb & R Gray 4&2; singles (18-6): Whiteoak (St Ives) lost to Pearce 1up, Atter (Bradford) bt Dillon 1up, Hawksworth (Hollins Hall) bt Smith 3&2, Benn (South Bradford) bt Coyle 2up, Mountain (Bradford) bt Robins 4&2, Batty (South Bradford) bt Haorang 7&6, Hey (Keighley) lost to Wray 1up, Devanny (St Ives) bt Thorp 6&4, Grant (Bradford) lost to Gregory 1up, Flesher (Bradford) bt Gray 3&1, Pattinson (South Bradford) bt Lamb 1up, Laybourne (St Ives) bt Barnes 5&4.

Other results: Harrogate 17, Teesside 19; Teesside 19, Leeds 17; East Riding 20, Sheffield 16.