NCL Round-Up | August 9

Congratulations go to both West Hull and Heworth who, with their results at the weekend, secured the league leaders crown in the Premier Division and Division Two respectively. Both sides deserve immense credit for the way they have conducted themselves this season, West Hull winning all but two of their games so far with three games to play in the regular season and Heworth dropping just five points and having a point differential of plus 400 in a very competitive division. 
Siddal enjoyed a convincing second half, keeping Leigh Miners Rangers scoreless to run out 38-8 victors while Lock Lane put on 98 points in a clinical display over now relegated Egremont Rangers, Pilkington Recs edged a high-scoring game at Rochdale Mayfield while Thornhill Trojans dented York Acorn's Premier Division survival bid with a 20-10 win. Wath Brow prevailed against Thatto Heath while West Hull eked out a close result at home against Hunslet Club Parkside.
Division One remains the most competitive of divisions in the National Conference with Hull Dockers just holding off a youthful Stanningley and Ince Rose Bridge collecting a home win over West Bowling. Leaders Kells had a comfortable home win over Milford and Oulton Raiders were pushed all the way by Myton Warriors before the Raiders won 18-6. Skirlaugh held off a spirited challenge from Featherstone Lions and Wigan St Pats had a 46-12 road win at Saddleworth Rangers.
Barrow Island enjoyed a solid home win over Dewsbury Moor in Division Two while a close encounter saw Bradford Dudley Hill prevail 10-6 against Beverley. The battle for play-off spots is hotting up with Woolston Rovers overcoming Normanton Knights in a close encounter while Heworth were too strong at Wigan St Judes.
East Leeds were pushed all the way before seeing off Drighlington while there was a comfortable home win for Oldham St Annes against Hensingham. Elsewhere, games could have gone either way in Division Three as Bentley won 32-24 at Eastmoor Dragons, Leigh East won 22-18 at home to Millom and Seaton edged a great game at Shaw Cross Sharks 18-16.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE RESULTS

Tuesday 2 August 2022

DIVISION TWO

Wigan St Judes 30 Clock Face Miners 24

Judes. T – Kneafcy, Cassidy, Dugdale, Melling, Dudley, Fagan; G – Cassidy, Fallon 2.    Miners. T – Topping, Forber 2, O’Donnell; G – Costello 4
Saturday 6 August 2022

PREMIER DIVISION

Leigh Miners Rangers 8 Siddal 38

Miners. T – Badrock 2.    Siddal. T – Turner, Chatterton 2, Ainley, Ackroyd, Hosty; G – Pogson 7
Lock Lane 98 Egremont Rangers 4

Lane. T – Duncan 2, C Siddons, Bloomer 2, Newbould, Pick,Matamosi 2, Price 3, J Siddons, Robinson 2, Cranswick 2; G – Fozzard 15.    Rangers. T - Mumberson

Rochdale Mayfield 20 Pilkington Recs 30

Mayfield. T – L Butterworth, Higgs, Fowden, J McDaid; G – Higgs 2.     Recs. T – Abel 2, Morris, Elliott, Key; G – Knapper 5

Thornhill Trojans 20 York Acorn 10.     Trojans. T – Joss Ratcliffe, W Gledhill; G – Gibson 4.    Acorn. T - Shepherdson, Lee; G – A Chilton

Wath Brow Hornets 32 Thatto Heath Crusaders 25

Hornets. T – Pearce, Farrer, Molyneaux, Dawson, D Rooney; G – Curwen 6.     Crusaders. T - Pike, Rearden, McGahan 3; G – Jones 2; FG – Heyes

West Hull 16 Hunslet Club Parkside 8

Wests. T – Moss, Arbon, Jones; G – Wilson 2.    Parkside. T – K Murphy, Cohen
DIVISION ONE

Hull Dockers 24 Stanningley 22

Dockers. T – Agar, Fletcher, C Lyth, Bade; G – D Suddaby 4.    Stanningley. T – Wepener, Phipps, Sykes, Hart; G – Flannery 3

Ince Rose Bridge 22 West Bowling 12.    

Bridge. T – R Valentine 3, Malone; G – R Valentine 3.      Bowling. T – Simpson, Fontaine; G – Williams 2

Kells 50 Milford 0

Miners. T – J Burns 2, L Smith, Parker, A Burns, Lofthouse, Nelson, Lewthwaite, Watson; G – R Gainford 6, G Gainford

Oulton Raiders 18 Myton Warriors 6

Raiders. T – Jagger, Waters, Milner; G – Milner 3.      Warriors. T – Oades; G – K Walker

Saddleworth Rangers 12 Wigan St Patricks 46

Rangers. T – Gosling 2; G – McManus 2.      Pats. T – Storey, Hyland, Taylor 3, Brown, Kendrick, Thomas; G – Thomas 7

Skirlaugh 26 Featherstone Lions 16.    

Skirlaugh. T – Townend, Steward 2, P Roberts; G – Gilbey 2, Puckering 3.     Lions. T – J Roberts 2, Bell; G – Perkins 2

DIVISION TWO

Barrow Island 24 Dewsbury Moor Maroons 12

Island. T – Anderson-Moore 2, Stockdale, B Marwood; G – A Jackson 4.      Maroons. T – Hepworth, Davies; G – Walker 2

Bradford Dudley Hill 10 Beverley

6Hill. T – D Smith, Batey; G - Dickinson.    Beverley. T - Parker; G – J Poskitt

Clock Face Miners v Hunslet Warriors - Postponed – Warriors unable to raise a team.
Wigan St Judes 12 Heworth 48

Judes. T – Dudley, Melling; G – Cassidy, Rothwell    Heworth. T – Allan, Elliott 3, Earl, Dent, Payne, Richmond 2; G – Allan 6

Woolston Rovers 26 Normanton Knights 22

Rovers. T – H Files 2, Hoarty 2, Moore; G – Barber 2, Leonard.    Knights. T – Jacob Crossland, Brown, Clark, Millward; G – Barker 3
DIVISION THREE
Drighlington 20 East Leeds 38

Drig. T – M Sanderson, Bownass 2, L Hallas; G – M Sanderson 2.     Easts. T – Dean, Keedy, Wooffitt, Longbottom, Russell, Plunkett, Edwards; G – Littlewood 5

Eastmoor Dragons 24 Bentley 32

Dragons. T – Bayliss, Nicholson, Taylor, Javens; G – Johnson 4.     Bentley. T – Flounders, Roach 3, Seaman, Bates; G – Roach 4

Leigh East 22 Millom 18

East. T – Prescott, Davies, Wharton, Wilkinson; G – Wilkinson 2, Holland.   Millom. T – Sibley 2, E Kelly; G – Newbegin 3

Oldham St Annes 44 Hensingham 6

Saints. T – Pilling, Etchells 3, Martindale, Berry, Cashin, McGinnity; G – Flanagan 6.   Hens. T – Sharp; G – Branthwaite

Shaw Cross Sharks 16 Seaton Rangers 18

Sharks. T – Wright, Ashen, Chandler; G - D Tomlinson 2.    Rangers. T – Nixon, Wallbanks, Curwen; G – Smallwood 3

Fixtures

Thursday 11 August 2022

DIVISION THREE

• Shaw Cross Sharks v Waterhead Warriors

Friday 12 August 2022

PREMIER DIVISION

• Siddal v Thornhill Trojans

Saturday 13 August 2022

PREMIER DIVISION

• Egremont Rangers v Rochdale Mayfield
• Hunslet Club Parkside v Leigh Miners Rangers
• Pilkington Recs v Lock Lane
• Wath Brow Hornets v West Hull
• York Acorn v Thatto Heath Crusaders

DIVISION ONE

• Milford v Ince Rose Bridge
• Myton Warriors v Hull Dockers
• Oulton Raiders v Saddleworth Rangers
• Stanningley v Featherstone Lions
• West Bowling v Kells
• Wigan St Patricks v Skirlaugh

DIVISION TWO

• Beverley v Woolston Rovers
• Dewsbury Celtic v Wigan St Judes
• Dewsbury Moor Maroons v Bradford Dudley Hill
• Heworth v Barrow Island
• Hunslet Warriors v Crosfields
• Normanton Knights v Clock Face Miners

DIVISION THREE

• Bentley v Seaton Rangers
• East Leeds v Oldham St Annes
• Hensingham v Leigh East
• Millom v Drighlington