It will definitely be a Northcliffe versus Keighley final when the Individual Bradford Amateur Match Play reaches its conclusion on Sunday.

But the question is: Who will be representing each club?

Both semi-finals at Cleckheaton are in-house affairs with Northcliffe's Rob Hillas taking on club-mate Jamie Mountain and Keighley's Liam O'Neill coming up against fellow member Liam Houldsworth.

Hillas will be favourite in many people's eyes, having won both the Bradford Amateur Strokeplay and Bradford Open championships last season to run away with the T & A golfer of the year title.

This campaign has yet to yield a major title for Hillas, but he has been a consistent performer in the Scratch League and with the Bradford Union.

And he was amost certain to finish runner-up in this year's amateur strokeplay before rain forced the abandonment of the second round with Hillas just two holes from home.

"I've been playing well all year," said the 22-year-old, who is bidding for his first match play crown.

"But golf is a funny game and just one or two putts haven't gone for me. Hopefully, Sunday can be the highlight of my season."

Hillas made it through to last year's final but came up against another club-mate in Gareth Evans, who was in red hot form.

"He eagled the first and then went on to make six or seven birdies to beat me six and five," said the plus one handicapper.

And whilst he might not have it quite as tough on Sunday, he is far from underestimating his task against Moutain, who beat Chris Jackson from Bingley St Ives at the 19th hole in the quarter-final.

"Jamie is a good player and on his day can give anyone a game. It would have been nice to have met him in the final but at least we have one Northcliffe player there."

Hillas, who beat another team-mate Mark Cook in the quarter-final, admitted there had been plenty of banter between him and his scratch team friend ahead of Sunday's game.

"There always is with Jamie. He's a bit of a character."

Should Hillas make the final, he is also familiar with both his potential opponents.

He is good friends with Liam O'Neill and played with Liam Houldsworth in his first ever match for Bradford Juniors.

Oakbank School pupil O'Neill has risen to prominence in a big way this season, winning the Bradford Junior Open and the Under-16 Yorkshire Boys' Open at the age of just 15.

That form has seen the Oakworth youngster break into the Bradford Union senior team and Hillas said: "We've not played a lot together but I know he's had a good year. He's only young and is definitely one to look out for in the future."

It will come as no surprise to followers of the local golf scene that Keighley will have a representative in the match play final. They are very much a club on the up at present, having returned to the top flight of the Scratch League following their Division Two championship triumph.

O'Neill beat Hollins Hall's Patrick Young in the quarter-final by one hole while Houldsworth overcame St Ives player Andy Brown by the same margin.

Brown will bid to stop Baildon gain their fourth major title of the season when he partners Martin Parnaby in the foursomes matchplay semis against James Firth and Simon Bell at Cleck on the same day.

Baildon have already won the strokeplay equivalent as well as the Scratch League and the Division One Team Championship.

Bradford's Chris Goodison and Andrew Bean take on West Bradford's Paul Thomas and Dane Bairstow in the other semi-final.