HOLMFIRTH were never headed as they claimed a 6-3 away win at Valley St James in their Huddersfield Badminton League Division I clash.

The men’s rubbers were close, but Keith Sandford, Zainal Mohammed and Mick Pearson put Holmfirh 2-0 up and they never looked back.

Austin Paul and Doug Fletcher did pull one back, but from 1-2 down Valley were soon 1-4 down with Holmfirth’s Racheal Dawson, Janet Mitchell and Jan Sykes taking control in the ladies, and after that there was simply no way back for the hosts, although Wendy Bok played up for the C team and won her rubber with Jayne Walker.

Men: Andy Ward & Austin Paul lost to Keith Sandford & Zainal Mohammed 16-21, 17-21; Ward & Doug Fletcher lost to Sandford & Mick Pearson 17-21, 20-22; Paul & Fletcher bt Mohammed & Pearson 21-17, 21-19.

Ladies: Anne McDonald & Jayne Walker lost to Racheal Dawson & Janet Mitchell 16-21, 11-21; McDonald & Wendy Bok lost to Dawson & Jan Sykes 19-21, 11-21; Walker & Bok bt Dawson & Sykes 21-16, 10-21, 21-16.

Mixed: Ward & Walker lost to Sandford & Dawson 15-21, 14-21; Paul & McDonald bt Mohammed & Sykes 21-17, 21-17; Fletcher & Bok lost to Pearson & Mitchell 20-22, 9-21.

As the scores show in the Valley St James B match against Kirkburton A, several of the rubbers were closely contested, four of them going to three ends.

Jayne Walker played up from the C team and held her own, helping the B team to a couple of their three points, but overall Kirkburton proved that bit too strong.

Men: Hadrian Clarke & Rob Field lost to Luke Denby-White & Dave Lyons 19-21, 19-21; Clarke & David Walker bt Denby-White & Jarem Ellam 21-19, 16-21, 21-16; Field & Walker bt Lyons & Ellam 21-19, 20-22, 21-17.

Ladies: Jade Hildred & Alex Loy lost to Anne Bricklebank & Jenny Oldroyd 19-21, 24-22, 9-21; Hildred & Jayne Walker lost to Bricklebank & Sarah Potter 19-21, 24-22, 9-21; Loy & Walker lost to Oldroyd & Potjter 19-21, 13-21.

Mixed: Clarke & Hildred lost to Denby-White & Potter 13-21, 18-21; Walker & Loy lost to Lyons & Oldroyd 20-22, 9-21; Field & Walker bt Ellam & Bricklebank 21-14, 21-17.

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Men: Tony Fox & Ian Pescod bt Steven Slack & Richard Stephenson 21-18, 21-15; Fox & Ian Ellis bt Slack & Tony Bullock 21-17, 21-12; Pescod & Ellis lost to Stephenson & Bullock 21-11, 21-16.

Ladies: Judith Halliwell & Hannah Young lost to Debbie Jackson & Julie Lindley 16-21, 18-21; Halliwell & Christine Hildyard bt Jackson & Carol Meir 21-16, 21-15; Young & Hildyard bt Lindley & Meir 21-15, 21-12.

Mixed: Fox & Halliwell bt Slack & Meir 21-12, 21-15; Ellis & Young bt Bullock & Lindley 21-16, 21-14; Pescod & Hildyard bt Stephenson & Jackson 21-15, 21-8.