Holders fight back to claim round one win
ELYSEES PAL ACE
MISS BATES BERYL THE PETAL MASTER DIVER
FAYEZ KEN’S SAM’S
RED PIKE MANSFIELD
16-1 Held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, effort between horses and every chance when short of room towards finish, unable to quicken close home, 4th of 13, 1l behind Claire Underwood at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) in Dec. 9-4fav Reared start, missed break, took keen hold and made up lost ground after 2f, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Paparazzi at Newcastle 1m hcp 0-80 (4).
8-1 Raced wide in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 12l behind Matterhorn at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
15-2 Led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 2l behind Lucky Violet at Musselburgh 1m flls hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep. 25-1 Mid-division, outpaced over 1f out, soon ridden, never a threat, 11th of 15, 6l behind Bezos at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct. ONCE again the handicapping contributed to a number of close finishes in the first round of the Royds Hall Printing Trophy, none more so than the single point victories gained by Woodfield Park B and Deighton G over Marsh Con B and U3A A respectively.
Last year’s winners, Deighton B, were trailing by 69 points with 2 sets to play in their match with Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth but the experienced division one leaders managed to claw that back to go through to the next round with an eight points win.
Other narrow victories were achieved by Kingsmith Engineering C over New North Road Baptist Church B (by 3 points), Deighton C over Scissett (by 9 points) and Greetland over New North Road Baptist Church A (by 12 points).
Woodfield Park B 501 Marsh Con B 500, New North Road Baptist Church A 472 Greetland 484, Deighton D 467 Paddock 453, Deighton F 549 Kingsmith Engineering B 428, New North Road Baptist Church B 560 Kingsmith Engineering C 563, Kingsmith Engineering A 335 Woodfield Park A 302, Marsh Terriers 353 Deighton A 391, U3A A 571 Deighton G 572, Kingsmith Engineering D 632 Kingsmith Engineering E 59, Marsh Con D 565 U3A B 539, Deighton C 489 Scissett 480, Deighton B 477 Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth 469, Wilshaw A, Deighton E and Marsh Con C received a Bye into the next round, Kingsmith PW conceded their match to Wilshaw B.
Marsh Con D v Deighton D, Woodfield Park B v Kingsmith Engineering D, Greetland v Kingsmith Engineering C, Kingsmith Engineering A v Deighton F, Deighton E v Deighton G, Wilshaw B v Deighton A , Deighton C v Deighton B, Marsh Con C v Wilshaw A.
Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth v Marsh Con B, Kingsmith Engineering E v BYE, Woodfield Park A v Paddock, Kingsmith Engineering B v Kingsmith PW, U3A A v BYE, New North Road Baptist Church A v Marsh Terriers, Scissett v U3A B, BYE v New North Road Baptist Church B.
HUDDERSFIELD No 2 team ended the year at the top of the Yorkshire Veterans League Division Two table.
Singles wins for Russell Senior (2), Rafal Aleksandrzak (1) and Steve Brailsford (3) gave them a narrow victory over Dewsbury No 2.