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Copley may not be the big underdogs many might have expected when they travel to play Booth, the Spenser Wilson Halifax League champions for the last three years, on Saturday.

TWELVE HUNDRED runners competed in Britain’s largest club-organised off-road race, the Calderdale Way Relay, at the weekend.

Akroydon Victoria’s Dale Holdsworth won the Sowerby Bridge CGBA’s George Parkin Men’s Pairs for a third time on Sunday, this time with Daniel Barker.

The Halifax-Huddersfield Union senior side made a fine start to their Yorkshire Inter-District League campaign with a 22-14 win away to Teesside yesterday.

Barkisland got their Huddersfield League season up and running in style by gaining their first and second wins in the Premiership at the weekend.

Calderdale’s three Huddersfield League clubs were all successful yesterday, spearheaded by Barkisland who bagged a first Premiership win of the season in emphatic style at Shelley.

Siddal lost 24-18 at home to a useful Lock Lane side in a fluctuating and exciting National Conference League Premier Division match yesterday.

Blackley have a handful of new signings and one of them, Matthew Britton, hit an unbeaten century to ensure the Lindley Road side remain early leaders in the First Division of the Halifax League.

There must have been some long faces and furrowed brows in the Sowerby St Peter’s clubhouse on Saturday night.

Jim Fairhurst spearheaded a 1-2-3 for hosts Bradley Hall in Tuesday’s Halifax-Huddersfield Union Seniors’ Championship.

Halifax-Huddersfield union seniors start their campaign against Teesside at Cleveland on Sunday.

Undefeated Halifax boxer Kyle Scully is relishing a step up in class of opponent when he fights at the Elland Road Pavilion on May 25, writes Jacob Kilbride.

If Warley are to retain the Halifax Parish Cup it looks as if they are destined to have to do it the hard way.

Halifax’s clash with Bradford Bulls in the quarter-finals of the Coral Challenge Cup will be shown live on BBC 2.

Jack Sellars will take a break after failing in his bid to win the English middleweight title at the Whites Hotel, Bolton on Saturday.

Defending champions Halifax-Huddersfield juniors responded to their opening match defeat against Sheffield with a 23-13 win over East Riding at Halifax West End yesterday.

Brighouse Rangers won 46-22 away to Oulton Raiders on Saturday, racking up eight tries in a game played in bright sunshine and torrential showers.

Ex-England player Chris Schofield was in fine form as Todmorden got off the mark for the season in the Lancashire League yesterday with a shock win away to early leaders Crompton.