KENDAL Rugby Union Club return to National League action after three weeks with a home match against Blaydon on Saturday (2pm kick-off).

Kirkby Lonsdale are set to entertain Carlisle in the North Lancs & Cumbria League (2pm).

Football fixtures see Kendal Town carry on their promotion challenge when hosts to Ilkeston Town in the UniBond League's first division on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

Town are scheduled to travel to Bishop Auckland for their previously postponed first-round tie in the UniBond President's Cup on Tuesday evening (7.45pm).

Elsewhere, Kendal men's hockey team play Formby Thirds in the North-West Men's League at Queen Katherine School, off Shap Road, on Saturday (2.30pm).