OPEN T20 COMPETITION DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR THE 2022 SEASON
OPEN T20 COMPETITION DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR THE 2022 SEASON
Following on from last week's confirmation of the Open Competitions League Structures for the 2022 season. The OCC has this week confirmed the draws for the T20 competitions from the Alan Murray Cup all the way through to the Minor 2 Cup.
The top 4 competitions - Alan Murray Cup, Tillain Cup, YMCA Salver and Middle Cup - are all divided into groups of 4, with each team facing off against each other twice in the round robin stages. The top team in each group will progress to the semi-final stages of the competition. The groups for those competitions are listed below.
Alan Murray Cup
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Adamstown 1
Balbriggan 1
Leinster 1
North Kildare 1
Clontarf 1
Civil Service 1
Phoenix 1
Pembroke 1
Malahide 1
Merrion 1
Terenure 1
Rush 1
Railway Union 1
North County 1
YMCA 1
The Hills 1
Alan Murray Cup matches will be played on Friday nights across a short period of the high summer in order to provide the competition with the profile it deserves.
Tillain Cup
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Clontarf 2
Civil Service 2
Laois 1
Malahide 2
Leinster 2
Clontarf 3
Phoenix 2
Merrion 2
Merrion 3
Knockharley 1
Railway Union 2
North County 2
Pembroke 2
Rush 2
YMCA 2
YMCA 3
YMCA Salver
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Balbriggan 2
Adamstown 2
Malahide 3
Civil Service 3
Longford 1
Castleknock 1
Pembroke 3
Leinster 3
Mullingar 1
Greystones 1
Terenure 2
Sandyford 1
North Kildare 2
Phoenix 3
Wexford Wanderers 1
The Hills 2
Middle Cup
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Bagenalstown 1
Athlone 1
Carlow 1
Clondalkin 1
Clontarf 4
Knockharley 2
Lucan 1
Kilkenny 1
DLR County
North County 3
Phoenix 4
Merrion 4
The Hills 3
Swords 1
Railway Union 3
Tyrrelstown 1
Meanwhile the remaining 7 competitions - Intermediate Cup, Whelan Cup, Junior Cup, Russell Court Trophy, Minor Cup, Adamstown Cup and Minor 2 Cup - will consist of groups of 6, 7 or 8, with each team playing each other once and the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-final stages of the competition.