Irish League Senior Cup S59-date *** PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ***

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Welcome to the Irish League Senior Cup.

• All teams in the Irish League receive an invite.

• Teams are invited in the order or their One Day ranking at the end of S62

• There will be 32 teams in the cup, or 64, if sufficient numbers accept.

• So the top 32 (or 64 teams) that accept are guaranteed place in the draw.

Later, all Division 3 and 4 sides that not making round two of the cup are invited to the Irish League Senior Plate.

Competition Details:

• It is a knock-out cup.

• The draw is random (there is no seeding).

• Games are played on a Saturday.

• Games played are T20 friendlies

• Games do not impact player fatigue for league matches.

• Local weather conditions are applied

Pitch preparation is at the whim of the home team’s groundskeeper (random).

What's the catch?

• There is none, entry is free.

• We ask, but don't enforce, that those who can pull Irish youth players as a contribution.

• Both finalists win an award of Pavilion membership.

Then why?
As always, my hope is to:

• Develop a sense of identity, belonging and community to the Irish league setup.

• Support the Irish national side by encouraging youth pulls where possible.

• Offer teams in lower divisions the chance to test themselves against higher league opposition.

• Have fun.

It would be great if you would join in by hitting the accept button when you receive your invite.

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Timeline - S63

• 15 Nov 2025 - Entry deadline

• 22 Nov 2025 - Round of 32 / Round of 64

• 29 Nov 2025 - Round of 16 / Round of 32

• 6 Dec 2025 - Quarter-finals / Round of 16

• 13 Dec 2025 - Semi-finals / Quarter-finals

• 20 Dec 2025 - Final /Semi-finals

• 27 Dec 2025 - --- / Final

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Team Roll of Honour

Season 62:

• Winner: Shaktar Senseless

• Runner-up: Rebel Spinners

• Semi-finalists: Applewood Crossing; Chesney Champions

Season 61:

• Winner: Chesney Champions

• Runner-up: Donna's Kebabs

• Semi-finalists: Applewood Crossing; kilkenny

Season 60:

• Winner: Chesney Champions

• Runner-up: Weston Super Mud CC

• Semi-finalists: Ballingeary Lakers; Me & My Buddies

Season 59:

• Winner: Ballingeary Lakers

• Runner-up: Donna's Kebabs

• Semi-finalists: Applewood Crossing; Cork City Cobra's

Individual leaders
Player of the Tournament, for most fantasy points:

• S62: 389 Philip Kendrick (Rebel Spinners)

• S61: 319 Jackson Caulfield (Chesney Champions)

• S60: 414 Donk Niebeling (Chesney Champions)

• S59: 412 Gregor Coupar (Ballingeary Lakers)

Golden pads, for most runs scored by a batter:

• S62: 318 Oscar Pearse (Rebel Spinners)

• S61: 201 Julian Landry (Donna's Kebabs)

• S60: 227 Akshey Verma (Corleone)

• S59: 292 Gregor Coupar (Ballingeary Lakers)

Golden cap, for most wickets taken by a bowler:

• S62: 14-127 Philip Kendrick (lf, Rebel Spinners)

• S61: 11-68 Jackson Caulfield (lf, Chesney Champions)

• S60: 11-134 Brock Woodward (rfs, Chesney Champions)

• S59: 13-91 Marc Melksham (lfm, Ballingeary Lakers)

Golden gloves, for most dismissals involving the keeper:

• S62: 13 (11c, 2st) Antonio Goggin (Applewood Crossing)

• S61: 6 (4c, 2st) Bhupesh Dibyendu (Corleone)

• S60: 11 (8c, 3st) Tasesa Dummett (Ballingeary Lakers)

• S59: 11 (9c, 2st) Tasesa Dummett (Ballingeary Lakers)

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First Round draw
Note: Rankings used are as of the start of the season.
#25 Royal Eleven ( One Day 2.2 ) vs. #43 Chester Ducks ( One Day 3.3 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#37 Ella XI ( One Day 3.2 ) vs. #26 Vegas Venoms ( One Day 3.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-1]
#27 Weston Super Mud CC ( One Day 2.1 ) vs. #11 Corleone ( One Day 2.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 10-8]
#23 Spinney Wanderers ( One Day 3.1 ) vs. #22 Staindrop Lordies ( One Day 3.3 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#19 Rebel Spinners ( One Day 2.2 ) vs. #09 Cork City Cobra's ( One Day 1.1 ) [Senior Rivalry: 23-11]
#12 Barnsley St. Peter's ( One Day 1.1 ) vs. #44 The WaddiWallas ( One Day 3.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#29 Balls Deep ( One Day 3.2 ) vs. #38 Dunbrody CC ( One Day 3.4 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#02 Save the Rhino ( One Day 1.1 ) vs. #40 North Cardiff Cosmos ( One Day 3.4 ) [Senior Rivalry: 1-0]
#28 Woodlands CC ( One Day 2.1 ) vs. #17 The New Originals ( One Day 2.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-2]
#04 Donna's Kebabs ( One Day 1.1 ) vs. #13 All Leeds Aren't We ( One Day 2.1 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#06 Ballingeary Lakers ( One Day 1.1 ) vs. #33 Billericay Bluebirds ( One Day 3.1 ) [Senior Rivalry: 14-2]
#42 Belmont CC ( One Day 3.1 ) vs. #30 Meeting Mr Miandad ( One Day 3.1 ) [Senior Rivalry: 1-4]
#08 Applewood Crossing ( One Day 2.1 ) vs. #03 Jolly Boys Of Peckham ( One Day 2.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 1-6]
#01 Chesney Champions ( One Day 1.1 ) vs. #31 Celtic Wolves ( One Day 3.4 ) [Senior Rivalry: 5-3]
#34 North Saxe ( One Day 3.2 ) vs. #36 Blwe Scavengerz ( One Day 3.1 ) [Senior Rivalry: 0-0]
#18 The Hurlutown Partnership ( One Day 3.3 ) vs.#24 Shaktar Senseless ( One Day 2.2 ) [Senior Rivalry: 3-7]

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First Quarter of the Draw
Unlike the Youth Cup, the Senior Cup is bottom loaded with six of the top eight ranked teams in the lower half. #11 Corleone is the only of these in this quarter, making it look quite open.

No team in this quarter have ever made the semis, so someone is going to break their duck. Corleone will surely fancy their chances, #27 Weston Super Mud CC will be the first of three teams hoping to disrupt their progress.

Only two of the teams in this quarter have ever progressed to the quarter final stage and #22 Staindrop Lordies and #23 Spinney Wanderers meet in round one.

#25 Royal Eleven and #26 Vegas Venoms look likely to meet in round two to contest for a quarter-final place.

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Second Quarter of the Draw
This quarter looks to be be well contested by three Division One sides. #2 Save the Rhino, competing for the first time, seem to have an easy opener against #40 North Cardiff Cosmos. #12 Barnsley St. Peter's also seem to have a gentle warm-up playing #44 The WaddiWallas.

#9 Cork City Cobra's have a tougher game versus the #19 Division 2 Rebel Spinners, but the Spinners have history on their side with a 23-11 lead in head-to-head matches. The Spinners were also losing finalists of this competition last season, none of the other seven have made the quarters.

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Third Quarter of the Draw
By comparison the third quarter has six sides who have reached the quarter-finals of beyond, for example the inaugural winners #6 ranked Ballingeary Lakers. They would hope to make their way past #33 Billericay Bluebirds and likely #30 Meeting Mr Miandad to reach the quarters for the third time.

In contrast, #4 ranked Donna's Kebabs hadn't won a game in this cup until making the semi-finals last season. #13 All Leeds Aren't We will be looking to make sure they don't progress this year. #17 The New Originals and #28 Woodlands CC contest to play the winner.

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Fourth Quarter of the Draw
Holder #24 Shaktar Senseless begin their defence against the higher ranked #18 Hurlutown Partnership, the winner would hope to make the quarter final. #34 North Saxe and #36 Blwe Scavengerz may be an enticing first round draw but are unlikely to provide much opposition in round two.

Two-time champions Chesney Champions play the first International Series game at the old Emon Warriors 07 ground in India. They play against the Celtic Wolves to demonstrate the prowess of the Irish League to a wider FTP audience. Don't tell anyone, but it was a computer glitch, but I thought this was a good cover.

Two of the strongest sides outside of Division 1 meet when our own #8 Applewood Crossing play #3 Jolly Boys Of Peckham for the right to play Chesney in round two.