BIRKBY Rose Hill have been voted out of the Foster's Halifax League's Sunday section after just one year.

Hill had to apply for re-election after failing to fulfil two fixtures and their representative to the Sunday section annual meeting did not turn up until after the vote had taken place, having struggled to find the Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club venue.

Club representatives still voted in another Huddersfield League club for next season's third-team competition.

Hall Bower were admitted – along with Bridgeholme and Luddenden Foot, who are fielding teams in the section for the first time, and the returning Mytholmroyd.

With Elland and Triangle dropping out during last season, Divisions One and Two will have eight teams and Division Three will have nine.

Teams will have to bowl a minimum of 17 overs in an hour or face points deductions, while batsmen will have to retire on reaching 100.

Clubs can link up with a fellow Halifax League club which does not have a Sunday side to borrow players not used earlier in the weekend.

Rastrick will host the Rod Warhurst Cup final on a date to be decided, with Queensbury the reserve venue.

Sunday section business will now be dealt with at the main Halifax League meetings, with Sunday secretary Gordon Ackroyd informing Sunday sides of relevant matters.

It is anticipated that there will be only three Sunday section meetings a year – pre-season for captains, a meeting to discuss potential rule changes and an annual dinner in November.