"It's the strongest side we have played all season and it's the weakest team we have been able to put out during this season," said Harrogate team manager Ian Woodhead.

"I got a shock when I saw their line-up but thought we might take a few points," said Woodhead.

Instead he was the only player picking up points for Gate – just two were taken from the clash against Sam Wileman.

The Pontefract side netted 20 points as they coasted home 5-0.

Harrogate gave a debut to Austrian Aqeel Rehman and he did well to restrict Beachill to 11-5 11-7 11-7 scorelines.

Match details, Yorkshire Premiership – Pontefract 5 Harrogate 0 (Pontefract names first): Lee Beachill beat Aqeer Rehman 11-5 11-7 11-7; Harinda Pal Singh beat Josh Harris 11-12 11-6 11-8; James Earles beat Simon Myring 11-5 12-10 11-3; Sam Wileman beat Ian Woodhead 8-11 5-11 11-3 11-6 11-7; Alan Norrish beat Nigel Chambers 11-7 11-5 11-7.

On Wednesday (December 3) Harrogate host Leeds side Chapel Allerton at Harrogate Squash Club (7.30pm) in the Yorkshire Premiership.

Meanwhile all Wigginton team boss Ian Tooms wanted before the start of his home match against Sheffield side Abbeydale was a phone call, letting him know weakened rivals were en route.

Had they done so, Tooms would have saved money from his tight team budget and given some lower ranked players of both sides the chance to shine.

He said: "I'm just left a bit disappointed that they did not tell us about their weakened side."

Wigginton, bidding to regain the title, took 20 points from the match.

They top the table with an excellent six victories in seven matches, followed by Hallamshire (five wins in eight); Huddersfield (four wins in six) and Chapel Allerton (four wins in six).

Match details: Wigginton 5 Abbeydale 0 Wigginton names first: Andy Whipp beat Adam Nowakowski 11-7 11-8 11-9; Peter Billson beat Charlie Wall 11-5 11-4 11-5; Neil Cordell beat Murray Scott 11-7 12-10 11-7; Jonny Duffield beat Bob Farnsworth 11-4 11-4 11-3; Tom Pepper beat Tim Turner 12-10 11-9 11-3.

Meanwhile, Chapel Allerton defeated Hallamshire 3-2. The Chapel winners were South African Rudi Willense, Neil Guirey and Richard Wade.

Hallamshire victors were Scott Arnold and Alex Cutts.

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Barnsley were unable to raise a team for their home Yorkshire Premiership match against Heaton.

It means that 20 points are awarded to Heaton which will do little to ease life at the foot of the table for the struggling South Yorkshire side.

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Simon Parke, the Heaton Squash Club's coaching professional, had to pull out of the UK Grand Prix at Manchester with an achilles injury just as he appeared to be heading for a quarter-final place.