TEAMS that are new to the Dales Council League for the 2023 season have been placed across all four divisions.

The only newbies to feature in Division A are Meanwood, who won Division Two of the now defunct Leeds & Wetherby League last season.

Headingley Bramhope, who were seventh in the Leeds & Wetherby top flight in 2022, and Leeds Gladiators, runners-up behind Meanwood, have been positioned in Division B.

Meanwhile, in Division C of the Dales are Meanwood’s second XI – runners-up in Leeds & Wetherby League Division Three – Leeds Gladiators’ second strings (third in Division Three) and Leeds Caribbean, who were eighth and last in Leeds & Wetherby League’s Division One.

Also in the Dales third tier are Leeds Superkings, who as Scarcroft’s second XI were fourth in Leeds & Wetherby League Division Two.

In the newly-formed Dales Council League Division D (the last time the Dales had four divisions was in 2012) are Headingley Bramhope’s second XI, who were fifth in Leeds & Wetherby League Division Three, and St Chad’s Broomfield fourths, who were bottom of Division Three.

Calverley St Wilfrid’s third XI have been placed in Division D, alongside current Dales club Shipley Providence’s re-formed second XI, who last played in the league in 2014.

Division B champions Roundhay have been promoted to Division A, while Pudsey St Lawrence’s third XI and Leeds Caribbean’s first XI have been relegated.

Pudsey Congs’ third XI, who won Division C, have been promoted to Division B, while Adel’s third XI, Yorkshire LPS B, Drighlington B and Tong Park Esholt’s third XI have been relegated from Division B.

Rodley’s third XI, Cookridge’s third XI and St Chad’s Broomfield’s fifths, who will therefore play in the same division as their fourth XI, drop from Division C to Division D.

Each of the top three divisions have 12 teams, while D Division have eight, and the season will start on April 15 and finish on September 9, apart from one match which will be on September 16.

Dales Council League constitution 2023 – Division A: Cookridge, Drighlington, Halifax Direct, Interlink, Leeds Sikh, Meanwood, One Stop, Roundhay, Savile Stars, Thornbury, Woodhouse, Yorkshire LPS.

Division B: Baildon, Cookridge B, Headingley Bramhope, Leeds Caribbean, Leeds Gladiators, Leeds Sikh B, Mayfield, Muff Field, Pudsey Congs, Pudsey St Lawrence, Shipley Providence, Thornbury B.

Division C: Adel, Baildon B, Drighlington B, Leeds Caribbean B, Leeds Gladiators B, Leeds Superkings, Mayfield B, Meanwood B, Muff Field B, New Farnley, Tong Park Esholt, Yorkshire LPS B.

Division D: Calverley St Wilfrid’s, Cookridge C, Headingley Bramhope B, Leeds Gladiators C, Rodley, Shipley Providence B, St Chad’s Broomfield, St Chad’s Broomfield B.