Veterans League
The victorious home team at Thongsbridge BC. More action photos from Thongsbridge at the foot of this page.
A big opening day 45-11 victory for the Huddersfield teams as they set about improving on last year's fourth place finish. That is a great start to the season with the away team winning 23-5 and the home team nearly matching that 22-6 for an overall 45-11 victory. That saw our side take second place in the table with only 3 points separating the top three teams.
Last year's Champions West Riding had a solid start to the season beating Castleford 43-13 to take third place whilst Bradford also had a strong start to the season when beating Wakefield 46-10 to head the table
There was one surprise result from the Week 1 programme when Leeds beat last year's runners-up Halifax by 34-22. Leeds sat out last year's competition and have rarely been a major force in this competition but are back with a vengeance this time around. Halifax were only beaten by the West Riding title winners last year so this reverse is quite a shock and looks like Leeds have a stronger presence than they have been in recent times.
All the Week 1 results
Bradford 46 - 10 Wakefield West Riding 43 - 13 Castleford Halifax 22 - 34 Leeds
Huddersfield 45 - 11 Skipton
Huddersfield remaining fixtures
19 May v Castleford
9 June v West Riding
23 June v Wakefield
28 July v Leeds
11 August v Bradford
1 Sept v Halifax
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