Yorkshire league 2026/7 Season

[MartinCarpenter]

Off we went again last Saturday.

York had two captains and various players on holiday but won very well vs Bradford who have - recruiting Phil Watson - continued to morph into Bradford central redux.
(Still issues lower down though, are Ilkley et al basically eating their younger players?).

Huddersfield look properly scary, with Ashton (x 2 for now (?)), Rughani over from Eccles and Alan Walton lurking on board 1 in Division 2. They managed 5-3 vs a very strong Doncaster.
(Who I think have drawn a few of the top players from Lincolnshire.).

Ilkley had a huge set of top boards but lost a close saving match Vs Harrogate.

Rose Forgrove got a draw Vs Leeds in that Derby.

Sheffield - Hull got postponed.

I suppose probably Forgrove and I dunno, one of Leeds or Bradford to go down? Who knows who'll win it.

The top few boards look set to be slightly stronger than last year which was already as strong as I could remember.

I guess that York B (who'll be a fair bit stronger at times than this week) and Calderdale will go up from the IMB. They both started well.

[Stephen Westmoreland]

Yes for HDCA. Crystal was working and could not make it. Due to the trains been out at Huddersfield, we could not get Alan to Doncaster, so he played for our B team this round.

With three teams, drivers are a god send!

[MartinCarpenter]

Yes for HDCA. Crystal was working and could not make it. Due to the trains been out at Huddersfield, we could not get Alan to Doncaster, so he played for our B team this round.

With three teams, drivers are a god send!

They are! One day they'll stop messing with Huddersfield station, it must be quite maddening.

You're a perfectly real chance to win the league then, but someone like Harrogate or Ilkley could easily do that too. Although to judge by Hull B's line up in this round, Hull A are/were due to be really stacked against Sheffield.

[Stephen Westmoreland]

It certainly is maddening. Having to pick my daughter up from Brighouse station every Sunday for work. A rail upgrade that has knocked out services every weekend for the last year.

[Steve Wild]

The league does seem to be getting stronger and stronger. Nearly all the teams on Saturday were clearly over 16000 combined. I wonder how it compares with other seasons.

There are 5 teams who could possibly win it and while Rose Forgrove will find it tough despite a great result who else will be in a relegation battle. A lot will depend on the team Leeds can put out week to week. Even though Bradford and Harrogate (normally 4th and 5th in recent years) look strong, they need to have good seasons to keep clear of relegation zone.