The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has fifteen members. The season begins with the teams divided into two groups, and after playing each other once the top four teams from each group play off as the Premier League to determine the champions, while the remaining seven clubs play a separate competition.Cricket Europe It is sponsored by Long's Supervalu. Teams play each other twice per season, once at home and once away, each season, with two points awarded for a win and one for a tie or for “no result”.
The league began as the County Derry League from 1894 until 1897, when it stopped after only five teams entered. It resumed again in 1904.Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.41
Sectarian attacks forced the City of Derry club to withdraw from the North West League at the start of the Troubles.Siggins (2005), p.81
Members for 2021 season
Ardmore Ballyspallen Bonds Glen Bready Brigade Burndennett Coleraine Donemana Eglinton Fox Lodge Glendermott Killyclooney Newbuildings St Johnston Strabane
List of champions SeasonChampions1894unknown1895BallymoneyJ. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.621896unknown1897BallymoneyJ. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.631898-1903no competition1904Sion Mills1905Waterside1906Waterside1907Sion Mills1908Clooney1909Sion Mills1910Strabane1911Sion Mills1912Strabane1913Sion Mills1914Clooney1915-18no competition1919Sion Mills1920Sion Mills1921City of Derry1922City of Derry1923Sion Mills1924City of Derry1925Sion Mills1926Sion Mills1927Sion Mills1928Sion Mills1929Sion Mills1930Brigade and Sion Mills (shared)1931Strabane1932Strabane1933Sion Mills1934Strabane1935Strabane1936Brigade1937Brigade1938Sion Mills1939Strabane1940Sion Mills1941Strabane1942no competition1943Strabane1944Brigade1945Brigade1946City of Derry1947Sion Mills1948Donemana1949Donemana1950Donemana1951Donemana1952Donemana1953Sion Mills1954Sion Mills1955Sion Mills1956Eglinton1957Sion Mills1958Sion Mills1959Strabane1960Donemana1961Limavady1962Sion Mills1963Donemana1964Sion Mills1965Donemana1966Strabane1967Donemana1968Strabane1969Donemana1970Eglinton1971Brigade1972Eglinton1973Brigade1974Donemana1975Sion Mills1976Limavady1977Donemana1978Sion Mills1979Donemana1980Donemana1981Donemana1982Donemana1983Brigade1984St Johnston1985Donemana1986Donemana1987Donemana1988Donemana1989Donemana1990Donemana1991Donemana1992Donemana1993Donemana1994Limavady1995Limavady1996Limavady1997Limavady1998Limavady1999Limavady2000Limavady2001Brigade2002Brigade2003Donemana2004Brigade2005Donemana2006Brigade2007Brigade2008Donemana2009Limavady and Strabane (shared)2010Strabane 2011BrigadeTitle back at Beechgrove after soggy end to race2012DonemanaDonemana complete the League and Cup double for the first time in 20 years2013ColeraineBannsiders clinch historic first title2014StrabaneSTRABANE CLAIM NORTH WEST PREMIERSHIP CROWN2015ColeraineNWCU statement on Premiership play-off2016DonemanaCricket Europe2017DonemanaCricket Europe2018BreadyCricket Europe2019BrigadeNorth West Cricket Union2020no competition (COVID19 pandemic)2021Bready2022NewbuildingsCricket Europe2023ArdmoreBelfast Telegraph2024DonemanaBelfast Telegraph2025BrigadeNorth West Cricket Union202NewbuildingsCricket Europe
Summary of winners TeamWinsDonemana32Sion Mills27 (1 shared)Brigade16 (1 shared)Strabane15 (1 shared)Limavady10 (1 shared)City of Derry4Eglinton3Ballymoney2Bready2Clooney2Coleraine2Newbuildings2Waterside2Ardmore1Eglinton1St Johnston1
See also North West Senior Cup Irish Senior Cup Leinster Senior League Ulster Cup NCU Senior League
References for list of league champions CricketIreland Archives J. Clarence Hiles (2003), A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, Comber:Hilltop Publishing Ltd
References
External links North West of Ireland Cricket Union