Garforth suffered an early setback in their bid to retain the Kall-Kwik first division championship when they were beaten 2-1 by Harrogate side Harlow.
* Click here to sign up to free news and sport email alerts from Garforth Today.It was the start of Garforth's second season in the Harrogate-based league after a runaway success in their debut season.
* Click here to make Garforth Today your friend on Facebook.Garforth finished last season with 216 points while nearest rivals Collingham posted 198. Chapel Allerton were third on 175.
This season Garforth went into their first match with a problem for team skipper Alex Tate.
He has so far been unable to trace David Perry, a science teacher in Hull who played a part in the east Leeds side's success story last term.
Tate, a PE teacher at Bruntcliffe High School, Morley, said Perry had been nominated to play for the side this season and would play as soon as possible.
In their setback Garforth's lone winner was Tate who won all his three games.
Harlow Vocalink 2 Garforth 1 (Harlow names first): Richard Leondard beat Anton Green 9-3 9-1 4-9 9-6; Seth King beat Neil Thackery 9-1 3-9 9-3 5-9 9-0; Nigel Chambers lost to Alex Tate 2-9 8-10 5-9.
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