Inter-District News

  • The Inter-District matches kick off 2 May when Huddersfield will try and regain their preeminence in the competition having last won the grouse trophy in 2021 and sinking as low as 5th in last seasons competition. It was felt that last year the draw gave...

  • One of the highlights of the veterans bowling season is the Hickson Trophy, last won by Huddersfield in 2021. Thirteen 12 person district teams compete for Yorkshire Veterans’ Crown Green Bowling Competition, aka the Hickson Trophy after the original sponsors.  In 2025 the honour for...

  • David Armitage, the Home team manager writes… The Huddersfield vs Aire & Wharfe fixture on Friday 23 August saw good wins for both home and away teams. The home side won 24 – 4 and the away side won 16 – 12 giving us 40...

  • Huddersfield’s last match of the season is versus new opponents – Aire & Wharfe who entered the league for the first time this season. Huddersfield are currently sitting fourth in the table with Aire & Wharfe in sixth 37 points behind. Bradford are just one...

  • Bradford give us another crucial match in the Yorkshire Veterans Inter District League on on Friday 9 August 1pm. Playing away at Asa Briggs  the team is: T Poulter, R Stopford, E Haigh, P Hopkinson, D Pollard, M Gilbert (c), T Butterfield, A. Cooper. Reserve:...

  • Disappointing, or disastrous according to the Home team manager David Armitage in his report. Disastrous day for the Huddersfield Inter-District teams in their latest match against West Riding. Only two winners home and away and losing both games by 20 points to 8. John Bloomer...

  • On Friday 12 July Leeds, the current Inter-District league champions, added the Hickson Trophy to their trophy cabinet. This year 13 inter-district teams competed on a round robin basis for the Yorkshire Veterans Crown Green Bowling Competition, aka the Hickson Trophy names after the original...

  • The Hickson Trophy is an annual team competition in which all the Yorkshire regions compete together with our near neighbours Barnsley and Sheffield. The event has become an annual celebration of Veteran’s bowling and its scale requires venues with two greens. It is hosted on...

  • Shepley bowling club have landed the largest investment deal in bowling history. Ex-Shepley resident and multi-billionaire businessman Richard Ambrose-Pringle (93) has announced his intention to make available an astonishing amount of money to his old bowling club. A great headline, and a nice thought, but...

  • Most bowlers won’t be suffering from post-election blues and will be glad it’s all over but for those that voted for an unsuccessful party we have the antidote with the Hickson Trophy. This is an annual team competition named after the original sponsors and hosted...

  • Huddersfield’s next match is against Wakefield on Friday the 28 June commencing at 1.00 pm. The Away venue is Outwood WMC and the team is as follows: D Pollard, T Poulter, A Cooper, G Senior, M Gilbert (c), R Stopford, D Hewitt, T Butterfield. Reserves: E Haigh,...

  • Report by David Armitage, the Huddersfield home team manager. A good win for the Huddersfield home side beating Halifax by 20 points to 8. 3 winners and 1 loser in each half. Good wins for Andy Carter and Peter Kain and a brilliant comeback for Stephen Haigh...

  • Our Huddersfield Inter-District team is currently lying third in the table on 96 points and breathing down the necks of leaders Bradford on 102 and second placed Halifax on 101 who we play this Friday 14th June. Playing to an away/home format the away fixture...

  • Reported by David Armitage, manager of the Huddersfield Home team. A much better result for Huddersfield in third round of Yorkshire County Vets League. Home side winning 26-2 and away side losing 12-16 and an overall score of 38-18. However this result was bettered by...

  • On Friday 31 May our opponents are Castleford, 1 pm start and the teams and venues are: Away at Allerton Bywater Green, Community Centre, Station Road, WF10 2BP. T Butterfield, A Cooper, M Gilbert (c), Edwin Haigh, P Hopkinson, D Pollard, G Senior, R Stopford. Reserves: D...

  • Report from David Armitage, the home team manager. An improvement in Huddersfield home result with 5 winners and a score of 17 – 11 but we lost ground overall with the away side going down by 19 – 9 and the overall result showing a...

  • This coming Friday, 17 May, Huddersfield face their first stiff task of the 2024 campaign against Leeds who surprised everyone in 2023 coming from nowhere to win the title. The away team play at Harehills Park, directions below, and the team is: T. Butterfield, A....

  • Match report from David Armitage, the home team manager. An under par performance from home team at start of the Yorkshire County Vets season.   Fortunate to scrape a 14 – 14 draw with Skipton. Only 3 winners and winning the aggregate by 1 point....

  • The date is Friday 3 May, the venue Meltham S&SC and the time is 1 pm and Huddersfield line-up against Skipton. The home team squad is Alan Bamforth, John Bloomer, Andy Carter, Tony Cross, Ashley Daykin, Robert Dickinson, Stephen Haigh, Peter Kain, Ray Whitwam and...

  • The 2024 fixtures for the Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans league have been published on Bowlsnet. There’s yet another addition to league structure with Aire and Wharfe joining the league from 2024. This follows their entry to the Hickson Trophy in 2023 and a very creditable semi-final...

  • The 2024 Yorkshire Veterans’ Crown Green Bowling Competition (Hickson Trophy) is due to be hosted by Bradford. The rota for hosting now runs to 2036 when it will return to Halifax after they hosted a very successful competition in 2023. 12 teams competed in Halifax...

  • Can you help run our Veterans Association? The Association currently has a vacancy for an individual, or alternatively two people in a ‘job share’, to act as Competition Secretary next year. We have to fill this position if singles and pairs competitions are to take...

  • With all the intriguing possibilities of the last matches in the Yorkshire Veterans Inter-District League the league table looks surprisingly similar to that before this round of matches, with Leeds topping the table ON 250 points, Huddersfield just 8 points behind on 242, West Riding finished...

  • On Friday 1 September the destination of the Grouse trophy will be determined but it could go to any one of 5 times. A helicopter will be circling with the trophy between Halifax, Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield and wherever West Riding call their home. Leeds currently...

  • On Friday 11 August Huddersfield suffered their second consecutive defeat this season in the penultimate round of a very tightly contested league but are still in with a shout of the title thanks to their early season form. Bradford won the match 30-26 but other...

  • Friday 11 August at 1.00 pm is the start for Huddersfield’s final push for the 2023 title versus Bradford. We’ll be trying to bolster our narrow 6 point lead over West Riding and the new kids on the block Leeds ahead of the final match...

  • Round 5 of the Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans League resumed on Friday 28 July after a five week break for the Hickson Trophy. The Huddersfield home team played Leeds at Marsh United whilst Leeds entertained the away team at Rothwell. Huddersfield lost both legs of the...

  • The Inter-District league continues this coming Friday, 28 July when one of the key features will be Huddersfield taking on one of the title challengers, Leeds. This is the first year that Leeds have entered the competition since 2019, pre Covid and pre the reduction...

  • WEST RIDING What a contrast on finals day compared to the blistering sunny day of the round robins on 7 July. Friday 14 July started with a drizzle at both semi-finals venues, two more testing greens were chosen by the hosts Halifax. Halifax having qualified...

  • Huddersfield bowed out of this years Hickson Trophy narrowly losing to West Riding. The results of the round robin stage of the tournament played Friday 7 July was: Group 1 played at Hipperholme BC, Aire & Wharfedale 488, Wakefield 419, Castleford 352 Group 2 played...

  • The Yorkshire Veterans’ Crown Green Bowling Competition, proverbially known as the Hickson Trophy after the initial sponsors, kicks off on Friday 7 July. Inter-district teams are on a rota to host the competition and this year the honour falls upon Halifax. Entrants have traditionally been...

  • Huddersfield took on Wakefield in the Round 4 match of the Inter-District League on Friday 23 June. The first away team defeat of the season took place at Outwood WMC, report from Alan Sharpe, the away team manager. Just one man for them and one...

  • The next round of the Yorkshire Veterans Inter-District League takes place this coming Friday 23 June where Huddersfield take on Wakefield. The home team have opted for a change of venue to Marsh United, Thongsbridge having already hosted 3 of the 4 permitted games, the...

  • On Friday 9 June Huddersfield came up against what they considered their main rivals for the championship and whilst they played out a 28-28 draw over the Home and Away fixtures Leeds sneaked up on the rails to pip Huddersfield by 2 points at the...

  • Round 3 of this years Yorkshire Veterans Inter-District Bowling League takes place this coming Friday, 9 June when Huddersfield take on West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire are the reigning champions from 2022 when Huddersfield were unusually ranked fourth. Huddersfield are currently top of the table with...

  • There’s no news like old news! Photo shows Peter Kain who played number 1 with his opponent John Lynch and the referee Ray Tunnacliffe at the start of the game. John Lynch got off to a good start and was 10 – 3 up after...

  • Huddersfield’s next opponents are Castleford and the match is once again being playing at Thongsbridge on Friday 19 May commencing at 1300, the team is the same as played against Skipton. J Bloomer, R Dickinson, B Gibson, S Haigh, P Kain, G Sigsworth, R Whitwam,...

  • Friday 5 May saw the first round of the seasons Inter-District Veterans Bowling League where Huddersfield had a commanding win against Skipton. The overall result was a 45 -11 in favour of Huddersfield with the away team contributing 23 of those points. Our picture shows...

  • The 2023 Inter-District kicks off Friday 5 May with Huddersfield playing Skipton. The home match starts 1 pm at Thongsbridge and the away team are at Skipton Whinfield. The teams are: Away at  Skipton Whinfield Donald Booth, Tony Butterfield, Malcolm Gilbert (Captain), Edwin Haigh, Derek...

  • The fixtures for the Yorkshire Inter-District Veterans League have now been published on Bowlsnet. 2023 sees the return of Leeds to the fold so we have a league of 8 districts without any byes this year. The fixtures for Huddersfield are: Friday 5 May versus...