Harrogate Hockey Club Ladies 1s suffer fifth straight loss, while Men's 1s also come up just short
Harrogate Hockey Club Ladies 1s find themselves four points from safety at the wrong end of the Yorkshire & North East Premier Division following their fifth consecutive loss.
Relegated from the Conference North at the end of last term after a season of real struggle, Evie Barnard's side were beaten 2-1 at Newcastle 1s on Saturday afternoon.
Emma Waud was on target for the third game in succession when she found the back of the net in the 10th minute to cancel out the home side's early opener.
But the students retook the lead on the half-hour mark and managed to see the game out from there.
In their previous outing, goals from Waud and Seren Melling saw Harrogate fight back from 2-0 down at home to Sheffield University Bankers, only for them to then concede again in the 65th minute on their way to a 3-2 reverse.
This Saturday, second-from-bottom 'Gate entertain Lindum 1s at Ainsty Road (1.30pm).
Harrogate's Ladies 2s are also struggling in Yorkshire Division One, but did manage to end a sequence of five games without a victory when they thrashed Brigg 5-1 at the weekend.
That result sees them pull six points clear of the bottom two heading into this Saturday's trip to Pocklington 1s.
Harrogate Men's 1s are without a win in three matches following their 2-1 defeat at Whitley Bay & Tynemouth in the Yorkshire & North East Premier Division.
Tom Gugan fired home a 43rd-minute equaliser after the hosts had edged ahead on 25 minutes, however they then struck again just before the hour-mark to take the spoils.
Joe Horne's men remain eighth in the table ahead of this Saturday's home showdown with Stockton 1s (1.30pm).
Harrogate Men's 2s are enjoying a much more productive campaign and remain hot on the heels of Yorkshire Division Two leaders City of York 3s.
The Ainsty Road outfit consolidated second spot courtesy of a comprehensive 5-1 success over Leeds Adel 3s.
Oliver Sanderson opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour, then added a second goal 10 minutes later.
Stuart Norman then made it 3-0 to the Ainsty Road outfit before Adel pulled one back.
William Quinn registered a 55th-minute strike to restore 'Gate's three-goal cushion, with George Leeson wrapping things up late on with his side's fifth of the afternoon.
This Saturday, the Men's 2s are on the road at Sheffield University Bankers 3s (1.30pm).