Snow piling up fixtures as Wetherby sides face another blank weekend
WITH many West Yorkshire League pitches resembling a winter wonderland at the moment Wetherby Athletic boss Eugene Lacy knows yet another Division One fixture looks likely to bite the dust tomorrow.
The promotion chasers have been desperate to get their fixture schedule back on track after the festive break but with
Saturday's clash against Oxenhope Recreation called off and tomorrow's trip to Howden Clough in doubt it looks likely to be more time on the sidelines for Lacy's men.
Wetherby are already game chasing having played the joint fewest fixtures in the division alongwith Baildon.
"We really want to play on Saturday but that dosen't look likely now," said Lacy.
"We were due to play on Saturday but the referee said it was unplayable. We thought it was but the referee called it off from Wakefield. We've complained to the league about it but in hindsight it wasn't that bad.
"We had a training session instead and the lads were blowing like hell. Some of them had overindulged but we really wanted to play this weekend.
"It looks like now we'll have a backlog now at the end of the season. We're already behind in games."
BARDSEY are due to travel to Whitkirk in the County Cup tomorrow and return to Premier Division football next Saturday at home to Altofts.
Meanwhile Bardsey's Keswick Lane clubhouse has now closed. The existing building will be flattened and a brand new one erected in its place. The completion date is scheduled for April/May depending on the winter weather conditions.
The start date has been repeatedly postponed due to unforeseen building problems, the need to make two Planning Permission applications and finding the money to go through with the project.
After fulfilling all the necessary formal tendering procedures the building project has been awarded to Leodis of Leeds at a final cost of 286,000.
SHERBURN'S game away at Rothwell is also in danger. Nick Peacock's men are currently flying in the league and the Barkston Ash.
They'll be hoping to kick off the new year with a bang when they eventually return to action.
In Division Two BOSTON SPARTANS have also been thwarted in their attempts to get their new year schedule underway.
Chris Conway's men are due to welcome Great Preston tomorrow but that looks unlikely now after the recent cold snap hit the area.
They then have three away fixtures to get their teeth into in the remainder of January against Featherstone Colliery, Glasshoughton Welfare and Leeds Gryphons.
West Yorkshire League
Premier Division P Pts
Beeston St Anthony's 15 32
Bardsey 12 28
Sherburn White Rose 14 26
Altofts 15 23
Field Sports & Social 13 22
Boroughbridge 14 22
Whitkirk Wanderers 14 21
Knaresborough Town 12 20
Ripon City 15 18
Leeds City 12 18
Aberford Albion 16 15
Rothwell Athletic 16 14
Otley Town 15 14
Pool 13 14
Ossett Common Rovers 12 11
Carlton Athletic 14 11
Division One
East End Park 15 34
Kellingley Welfare 14 31
Robin Hood Athletic 16 30
Horbury Town 15 27
Baildon Trinity Athletic 12 25
Wetherby Athletic 12 24
Old Headingley 16 20
Nostell Miners Welfare 13 20
Old Centralians 14 20
Oxenhope Recreation 15 19
Kippax 16 19
lkley Town 15 17
Wyke Wanderers 13 12
Hartshead 15 9
Howden Clough 13 4
Division Two
Brighouse Old Boys 17 43
Leeds Gryphons 14 34
Mount St. Mary's 16 33
Swillington Saints 13 28
Featherstone Colliery 14 25
Barwick 16 24
Stanley United 13 20
Hunslet 16 19
Glasshoughton Welfare 13 17
Rothwell Town 15 16
Great Preston 15 12
Boston Spartans 10 10
Woodhouse Hill WMC 16 7
South Milford 14 4
Alliance Division One
Wetherby Athletic Res 18 46
Beeston St. Anthony's Res 12 31
Leeds City Res 13 22
Whitkirk Wanderers Res 14 22
Horbury Town Res 16 22
Robin Hood Athletic Res 11 20
Ossett Common Rovers Res 16 20
Bardsey Res 13 19
Boroughbridge Res 13 18
Field Sports & Social Res 13 18
Ripon City Res 15 16
Carlton Athletic Res 12 16
Sherburn WR Res 16 13
Knaresborough Town Res 12 12
Rothwell Athletic Res 12 11
Aberford Albion Res 14 7
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Weather for Wetherby
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Light sleet
Temperature: -1 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
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Temperature: -8 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
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