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Best Ever Performance For Ilkley Colts To Win Yorkshire Plate Final
To adapt a famous piece of commentary by Bjorge Lillelien - Harold Wilson, James Mason, Derek Ibbotson, Billy Currie, David Tindle your...
Apr 30, 20245 min read


Ilkley scrap and scrape their way into Aire Wharfe Cup Final!
Aire Wharfe Cup, Wednesday 23rd April 2024, Venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Result: Ilkley 22 pts, Wharfedale 13 pts This competition is...
Apr 25, 20243 min read

ILKLEY into semifinals of Aire Wharfe Cup - AWC Round 2
Aire Wharfe Cup, Wednesday 16th April 2024, Venue: Burley RUFC, Kirkstall, Leeds, Result: Burley 0 pts, Ilkley 70 pts Another big win...
Apr 22, 20242 min read


A tale of two halves - AWC Round 1
Aire Wharfe Cup, Tuesday 9th April 2024, Venue: Utley, KEIGHLEY, Result: KEIGHLEY 20 pts, Ilkley 50 pts KEIGHLEY took advantage of an...
Apr 9, 20242 min read


A Valiant Final Performance
Saturday 6th April 2004, Ilkley RFC vs Heath RUFC, Venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Result: Ilkley 28 pts, Heath 46 pts It’s official - size...
Apr 8, 20246 min read


Ilkley Colts Take A Competitive Win Over Ensians
Otliensians 10 v Ilkley 26 The sun shone at Chaffers Field for the delayed encounter between Ensians (Otley now moved down the road)...
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Ilkley Fall Short At Driffield
Driffield v Ilkley, 23rd March 2024, FT Result Driffield 34 - Ilkley 20 The Dalesmen travelled to the Wolds hoping to avenge the defeat...
Mar 25, 20244 min read


Ilkley Fail To Perform Against Phoenix
Ilkley v Doncaster Phoenix, 16th March 2024, FT Result Ilkley 24 - Doncaster Phoenix 35 It was nice to see the sun making a rare...
Mar 18, 20244 min read

Cleck Triumph in Rescheduled Revenge Clash
FT Result: Cleckheaton 29 - Ilkley 23 The Moorenders finally avenged their narrow, last kick of the game defeat at Stacks Field back in...
Mar 11, 20244 min read

Ilkley Colts Edge Out Ripon To Go Through To Yorkshire Plate Final!
FT Result: Ripon 12 v Ilkley 19 The Semi Final of the Colts Yorkshire Plate saw Ilkley visit the picturesque city of Ripon. Torrential...
Mar 5, 20244 min read

Dalesmen fail to take their chances as Woldsmen go second
Saturday 24th February 2024, Ilkley RFC vs Driffield RUFC, Venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Result: ILKLEY 17pts, Driffield 37 pts With the...
Feb 25, 20245 min read


Dalesmen Put Blaydon To The Sword
Saturday 17th February 2024, Ilkley RFC vs Blaydon RUFC, Venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Result: ILKLEY 43pts, Blaydon 8pts Following a...
Feb 19, 20244 min read


Minstermen frank their position at the top
Saturday 3rd February 2024, York RUFC vs ILKLEY RFC, Venue: Clifton Park, York, Result: York 25 pts, Ilkley 5 pts A large crowd had...
Feb 5, 20244 min read

Ilkley Colts Topple Keighley In A Match That Had It All
As the country recovered from the recent meteorological storms, Stacks Field braced itself for the visit of the league leaders Keighley. ...
Jan 29, 20244 min read


Prophets of doom confounded by sparkling display from the DalesmenÂ
Saturday 27th January 2024, Ilkley RFC vs Pontefract RUFC, Venue: Stacks Field, Ilkley, Result: Ilkley 25pts, Pontefract 3 pts With eight...
Jan 29, 20244 min read

Colts Defence Waivers In Second Half
Harrogate 12 v Ilkley 3 Rather surprisingly, the away match at Harrogate was on. On a pitch deemed unfit less than 24 hours earlier, the...
Jan 23, 20243 min read


Colts Hold Out Middlesborough For Well-Deserved Victory!
Ilkley 29 v Middlesborough 24 The "Smoggies" from Teesside brought a chill wind as the temperature dropped to near zero. A crystal clear...
Jan 15, 20243 min read

Another Close Defeat For Ilkley
An oft heard remark about Regional One North East is that any side can beat any other and starting a match as bottom Club does not...
Jan 15, 20244 min read


Ilkley suffer from a Christmas hangover
Having comfortably despatched one of the league’s top sides immediately before the Christmas break, Ilkley were red-hot favourites by...
Jan 8, 20244 min read

Gutsy Ilkley Win Over The Gate
HARROGATE V ILKLEY, 16TH DECEMBER 2023, Harrogate 13 Ilkley 18 Well, away to Harrogate was always going to be a big ask of the Dalesmen...
Dec 18, 20234 min read
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