Holders Woodlands will open their bid to win the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy for the third successive year with an away tie against the Halifax League champions Mytholmroyd.

Woodlands are bidding to emulate the feat of fellow JCT 600 Bradford League side Pudsey St Lawrence who achieved a hat-trick of wins between 1986 and 1988.

And if they beat Mytholmroyd they will play away to the winners of the tie between Bradford Central League champions Hepworth/Idle and Central Yorkshire League winner Townville. That means there could be a repeat of the 2006 final when Woodlands defeated Townville.

For the first time the draw for the first round of the county's top cup competition was seeded which meant each of the eight unseeded teams were guaranteed a home tie against one of the top eight clubs who were Woodlands, Pudsey Congs, York, Honley, Collingham, Elsecar, Townville and Clifton Alliance.

Pudsey Congs, who were last season's beaten finalist, must visit the Pontefract League champions Streethouse.

If Congs are successful they will be away again in the second round to the tie between the Wetherby League champions Church Fenton and the South Yorkshire title holders Elsecar.

The venue for this year's final was revealed when the first round draw was made at Hanging Heaton today. Huddersfield League champions Honley will host the match which has been provisionally arranged for Sunday, August 17.