The Northern Cricket Union (NCU) Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the NCU jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Antrim, Armagh, Down and south Tyrone of Northern Ireland. The league was formed in 1897 and is currently divided into four sections, namely the Premier League, Sections 1, 2 and 3. It is sponsored by Robinson Services and marketed as the Robinson Services Premier League, Robinson Services Section 1, etc.
There are a total of 32 league members: ten in the Premier League; ten in League 1; and twelve in League 2. There is promotion and relegation of two clubs between each division.
Teams play each other twice per season, once at home and once away, each season, with four points awarded for a win and two for a tie or for "no result". When two or more teams finish with the same number of points, the team with the best net run rate is placed highest. Matches consist of one innings per side, with a maximum of fifty, and a minimum of twenty overs bowled per innings.
Waringstown are the most successful side in the Premier League with 31 wins (6 shared) and the current champions are Lisburn after winning the 2022 competition. This was their first title since 1993
In 2020, the season was abridged due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Premier League was played as a single round of fixtures with the top four teams progressing to semi-finals and the champions declared after a final.
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The Northern Cricket Union NCU Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the NCU jurisdiction in Ireland which covers counties Antrim Armagh Down and south Tyrone of Northern Ireland The league was formed in 1897 and is currently divided into four sections namely the Premier League Sections 1 2 and 3 It is sponsored by Robinson Services and marketed as the Robinson Services Premier League Robinson Services Section 1 etc LisburnCarrickfergusCIYMSCSNIInstoniansMuckamoreNorth DownWaringstownclass notpageimage Location of teams in the NCU Premier League There are a total of 32 league members ten in the Premier League ten in League 1 and twelve in League 2 There is promotion and relegation of two clubs between each division Teams play each other twice per season once at home and once away each season with four points awarded for a win and two for a tie or for no result When two or more teams finish with the same number of points the team with the best net run rate is placed highest Matches consist of one innings per side with a maximum of fifty and a minimum of twenty overs bowled per innings Waringstown are the most successful side in the Premier League with 31 wins 6 shared and the current champions are Lisburn after winning the 2022 competition This was their first title since 1993In 2020 the season was abridged due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Premier League was played as a single round of fixtures with the top four teams progressing to semi finals and the champions declared after a final Contents 1 Members for 2022 season 2 List of champions 3 Performance by club 3 1 Summary of winners 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksMembers for 2022 season EditPremier League Carrickfergus C I Y M S Civil Service North of Ireland Cliftonville Academy Cregagh Instonians Lisburn North Down Waringstown Woodvale League 1 Armagh Ballymena Bangor Derriaghy Donaghcloney Mill Dundrum Lurgan Muckamore Saintfield Templepatrick League 2 Ards amp Donaghadee Belfast B I S C Cooke Collegians Downpatrick Drumaness Super Kings Dunmurry Holywood Laurelvale Larne Monaghan VictoriaSource Northern Cricket UnionList of champions EditSeason Champions1897 North Down1898 North Down1899 North of Ireland1900 North of Ireland1901 Holywood1902 North of Ireland1903 North of Ireland1904 North of Ireland1905 North of Ireland1906 North Down1907 North of Ireland1908 North of Ireland1909 Holywood1910 North Down1911 Waringstown1912 Holywood1913 Banbridge1914 Holywood1919 North Down1920 Cliftonville1921 North Down1922 Ulster1923 North of Ireland1924 Waringstown1925 Waringstown1926 Cliftonville1927 North Down1928 Armagh1929 North Down1930 North Down1931 Armagh1932 North Down1933 Lisburn1934 North Down1935 Woodvale1936 North Down1937 Lisburn1938 Cliftonville1939 Armagh1940 North of Ireland1941 Lisburn1942 Lisburn1943 Woodvale1944 Waringstown1945 Cregagh1946 North of Ireland1947 Cregagh1948 Woodvale1949 Waringstown1950 Lisburn1951 Lisburn1952 Lisburn1953 Waringstown1954 North of Ireland1955 Woodvale1956 Holywood1957 North of Ireland1958 Holywood and Woodvale shared 1959 Queen s University1960 North of Ireland1961 North of Ireland1962 Instonians1963 Lisburn and North of Ireland shared 1964 Lisburn1965 North of Ireland1966 Woodvale1967 Waringstown1968 Downpatrick1969 Lisburn1970 Muckamore and Waringstown shared 1971 North of Ireland and Waringstown shared 1972 Waringstown1973 Waringstown1974 Downpatrick1975 Downpatrick1976 Waringstown1977 Waringstown1978 Waringstown1979 Waringstown1980 Lisburn1981 Waringstown1982 Waringstown1983 Downpatrick1984 Waringstown1985 Waringstown1986 Downpatrick and North of Ireland shared 1987 North of Ireland1988 Waringstown1989 North of Ireland and Waringstown shared 1990 Lurgan and North of Ireland shared 1991 Waringstown1992 Waringstown1993 Lisburn1994 Downpatrick1995 Cliftonville1996 Cliftonville and Lisburn shared 1997 Cliftonville1998 Ballymena1999 North Down2000 Waringstown2001 North Down2002 North Down2003 North Down2004 Bangor2005 North Down and Waringstown shared 2006 Waringstown2007 North Down2008 North Down2009 Instonians and Waringstown shared 2010 North Down2011 North Down 1 2012 CIYMS 2 2013 Instonians and Waringstown shared 3 2014 Instonians 4 2015 Waringstown 5 2016 Instonians 6 2017 Waringstown 7 2018 CIYMS 8 2019 CIYMS 9 2020 North Down 10 2021 Waringstown 11 2022 Lisburn 12 2023 Instonians 13 Performance by club EditSummary of winners Edit Team WinsWaringstown 31 6 shared North Down 24 1 shared North of Ireland 20 5 shared Lisburn 14 2 shared Cliftonville 6 1 shared Downpatrick 6 1 shared Holywood 6 1 shared Woodvale 6 1 shared Instonians 5 2 shared Armagh 3CIYMS 3Cregagh 2Ballymena 1Banbridge 1Bangor 1Queen s University 1Ulster 1Lurgan 1 shared Muckamore 1 shared See also EditNCU Challenge Cup NCU Junior Cup Irish Senior Cup Leinster Senior League Ulster Cup North West Senior LeagueReferences Edit North Down champions yet again Historic CIYMS crowned NCU Premier Champions News Letter 10 September 2012 News Letter 2 September 2013 News Letter 15 September 2014 Northern Cricket Union Northern Cricket Union Cricket Europe News Letter NCU News Letter Cricket Europe News Letter Belfast Telegraph CricketEuropeExternal links EditNorthern Cricket Union Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NCU Senior League amp oldid 1173868350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
