Only one game went ahead as planned this past Monday night as Fox Lodge took center stage with a solid 9 wicket victory over hosts Eglinton.

Centuries by David Barr and Kyle Magee see holders Brigade through on DLS, Bready and Strabane lose in Irish Cup, while Fox Lodge and Ardmore progress in National Cup.

A busy weekend of league and cup cricket got under way across the North West on Saturday and although there was plenty of rain around throughout the day, all games did manage to play through to a conclusion.

Brendon Louw and Stuart Thompson scored unbeaten half centuries in wins for Ballyspallen and Eglinton, while Bilal Iqbal made 88 as Donemana beat Glendermott on DLS.

The weather has played havoc with the recent domestic cricket schedule, meaning yet another busy weekend ahead for many of the local clubs.

Only two North-West teams remain in the last 16 of the Irish Senior Cup, with Strabane and Bready facing tough ties this Sunday. The competition has been a barren wasteland for the region in recent years, with Limavady the last winners back in 2004.

Jason Milligan takes six wickets for nine runs as Fox Lodge beat Killyclooney by 142 runs in their rearranged Championship match.

With perfect conditions on a sunny Monday evening only one ladies game managed to go ahead as we saw Killyclooney pick up their first win of the season against Eglinton.

Brian Allen hits 119 as Fox Lodge take control of their Championship clash with Killyclooney.

GLENDERMOTT are the only team through to the semi-finals of the North West Senior Cup after rain wiped out the other three games, including the big one at Donemana.

Heavy rain put paid to three of the four North West Senior Cup quarter-finals on Sunday leaving the region's Fixture Secretary with a backlog to contemplate over the next couple of weeks.

Brigade have strengthened their position at the top of the Premiership table with an emphatic win against nearest challengers Donemana at Beechgrove.

The latest round of Eric Cooke T20 matches saw Fox Lodge edge out Newbuildings in a thriller, St Johnston were too strong for Bonds Glen, while Killyclooney defeated Burndennett.

A look back and ahead of the latest events involving the Tyrone sides.

There's a double-header weekend looming for most of the Premier Division side's with Saturday's league action followed by the quarter-finals of this year's North West Senior Cup the following day.

Eglinton were the surprise winners this past Monday evening as they defeated favorites Bready by 10 runs in the North West Women's League.

Burndennett are the early pacesetters in the Championship, making it four wins on the bounce, closely followed by Ardmore after both teams won their rearranged games on Sunday.

With the points safely in the bag from Saturday's wim at home to Balltspallen, Brigade then travelled to Coleraine on Sunday and posted another decisive victory in their search for the title.

There were wins on Saturday in the Championship for Fox Lodge, Killyclooney and Burndennett.

With last week’s fixtures all being washed out, this coming Monday night sees a return to action in the North West Women’s League.

Brigade took advantage of an unexpected slip-up by Donemana on Saturday afternoon which means that after the first month of action in the Premier league, the Beechgrove side are now protecting the Premier Division's only unbeaten record.

Saturday night's Champions League final in Madrid has already had a bearing on the fixtures in this weekend's Premier Division. The regular 1pm start times have been abandoned in favour of earlier slots with the game between Coleraine and Strabane now scheduled to start as early as 10:30 a.m.

Burndennett have certainly hit the ground running this summer, Eddie McGettigan's sides only defeat so far coming at Beechgrove in the first round of the Senior Cup.

There was a little bit of special history made on Sunday as the NW Women’s team took to the field at Ardmore for the first time.

There was a somber mood among the NW cricketing fraternity this week with the death of Alan Dunn following a short illness.

The latest round of T20 action in the Faughan Valley and Eric Cooke T20 cups saw victories for Bready, Coleraine, and Fox Lodge.

Strabane recorded their first win in this season's Premier Division when edging out Glendermott by a single run in a real thriller at the Rectory.

Burndennett and Bready set the tone in North West Women's League with comprehensive victories in the opening games of the 2019 season.

Donemana extended their lead at the top of the Long’s SuperValu Premiership table but the match of the day on Saturday was Strabane’s victory, by the minimum margin, over Glendermott.

Donemana cemented their place at the top of the Premier Division on Saturday on a day when rain again took a hand in proceedings across the league.

Wins for holders Brigade, Donemana, Eglinton and Coleraine, while Ardmore prove too strong for Newbuildings in the only Championship game.

There's another busy weekend ahead for NW Premier Division sides with the start of the new T20 blast on Friday night followed by a full programme of league fixtures on Saturday.

The NW senior cup action got underway at the weekend with most of the big guns emerging unscathed. The only exception was Bready whose indifferent start to the campaign saw them bowing out after defeat at Glendermott.

One of Northern Ireland's biggest companies is extending its support of cricket. Robinson Services already sponsors the NCU's Leagues and has now become the sponsors of Brigade in the North-West Union.

NORTH West Senior Cup holders Brigade and Donemana, whose six-year reign was ended in last year’s semi-final by the Beechgrove side, were yesterday drawn together in the quarter-finals of this year’s competition.

The draw for the last eight of the NW Senior Cup has pitted the two competition favourites together.

Conditions proved to be perfect on Sunday for the six replays of the senior games in the Premiership and Championship that were washed out on the opening day of the season.

The first round of this year's North West Senior Cup was played in glorious sunshine on Saturday and there was one big-name casualty in the opening exchanges when champions Bready where knocked out by newly-promoted Glendermott.

Brigade begin their defence of the Senior Cup at home to Burndennett tomorrow with a trophy already in the Beechgrove pavilion.

It’s hard to believe but 26 years have passed since Strabane last lifted the NW Senior Cup. Back in 1993 Tony Johnston and Terence Patton senior combined to easily beat pre-game favourites Brigade. Patton starred with the ball taking 14 wickets and Johnson smashed 92 off just 52 balls to set-up a ten-wicket win.

There's a really busy programme of local cricket lined up for this weekend, with the first round ties in this season's Senior Cup taking place on Saturday, followed on Sunday by the replays of the league matches washed out on the opening day of the season.

Andy Britton and Tommy Orr starred with the bat as the NW Chairman's XI beat the Emerging Warriors in a T20 contest at Donemana.

Stephen Kennedy and Jonny Robinson starred as Ballyspallen and Brigade won the Sam McConnell Charity Cups at The Rectory.

Ian Callender's take on the weekend fixtures in the North West.

After last weekend's false start there were no problems this time around as the Premier Division season got up and running in Saturday's bright sunshine.

While Storm Hannah caused major disruption across the north last Saturday, one match did manage to beat the weather, as Donemana’s endeavours and patience was rewarded with a home win against Glendermott.

It's something of a 'Take Two' scenario across the North West Cricket Union this weekend as teams try again to get their 2019 campaigns up and running.

If Donemana can make it two out of two against Coleraine they will prove they are in for the long haul this time round.

The Premier league matches that were washed out last weekend will now be played on Sunday May 12th.

The Euro T20 Slam wasn't the only competition this week to unveil their fixtures. The details of the NW matches were also published, albeit without the Bollywood glamour.

The North West’s new Warriors Challenge series got under way last week with two victories for the Tyrone U20 side against their County Derry counterparts at Bready.

Glendermott's playing squad has been boosted with the arrival of Stevie Moore from Drummond.

It was to be something of an anti-climactic start to the North West cricket season on Saturday as heavy overnight rain meant that just one game in the Premier Division was played to completion.

The new North West cricket season gets under way this coming Saturday and there are several mouth-watering games in the Premier Division to mark the start of another summer.

It has been another fairly quiet winter at the Park with the only confirmed leaver being Rachit Gaur who has joined Brigade.

A look at this weekend opening fixtures in the North West Premiership.

As the 2019 season looms expectantly on the horizon, and everyone begins to rummage around their house to try and find the foldable chairs and the warm fleeces – typical essentials for any cricket match. I think now is the best time to advertise the fact that this season is most definitely ‘exceeding boundaries’.

Strabane defied the critics expectations in 2018 with an excellent campaign that saw them challenging for honours on two fronts, reaching the Irish Cup semi-finals and finishing fourth in the Premier League.

The Bee Gees have been busy in the weeks leading up to the start of the summer with several new faces set to appear at the Glen this season.

The Tyrone side are another team who could easily be capable of more than we've seen over the last couple of seasons.

The NWCU have announced details of a new ‘Warriors Challenge Series’ this season that will see Co .Derry versus Co. Tyrone go head-to-head in a series of 50-over and T20 games.

He's 19 year-old South African Jacques Moss, who is a top order batsman and right-arm off-spinner.

IT wasn’t quite on a par with Leicester City winning the Premier League but Bready lifting the Premiership last season defied all predictions.

It's more of the same this summer for Killyclooney after a very competitive Championship season last time around.

It's probably fair to say that any season that ends in relegation won't be top of the highlights reel, however one thing about the Foxies is that they never dwell on these things for too long.

It was to be a disappointing 2018 for the Bleachgreen side, culminating in relegation to the Championship in the end-of-season play-off.

Union Administrator David Bradley has been a busy man over the past few weeks as he tries to unravel a new format for the region's Qualifying Leagues.

Quite a few comings and goings at Newbuildings ahead of the new season including a change of overseas player--former Ballyspallen wicket-keeper/ batsman Darnell McCallum replacing Clinton Pienaar at the club.

After a couple of seasons knocking on the door, it is a welcome return to the Premier Division for Ballyspallen.

While there may not be that much actual movement at Sandel Lodge this season, there is still some uncertainty surrounding the availability of some of Coleraine's big-game players for the upcoming summer.

The new North West champions enjoyed a year to savour in 2018 and no doubt having tasted title success they will be desperate now for more.

It is with very deep sadness that we have learned and must report the passing of one of Strabane Cricket Club’s most reverently respected former players, Eddie McGurk.

After a few seasons of consolidation there is little doubt that an air of optimism has started forming again at the Boathole.

It's a return to the Premier Division for the first time in five years for the Rectory boys after an impressive league campaign last time around.

The villagers looked to be a club in disarray at the end of last season but seem to have rallied considerably since the start of the year.

The North West Championship will be a 7-team affair this year after Drummond formally requested to opt out of the senior division due to a lack of players.

It was a largely successful season at Beechgrove last time with the Waterside club taking home two of the three domestic trophies- the senior cup and the Faughan Valley.

Having carried all before them domestically for a number of seasons, 2018 was a very quiet year at the Holm, in the senior ranks at least.

Ryan Barr has left champions Bready and will play the 2019 season at The Rectory.

The league and cup fixtures for Q1 have been confirmed and once again it will be last season's double champions Donemana that will be the team to beat.

At a time when the trend is for clubs to fold, there's a good news story with the formation of a Letterkenny side that will play in the Derry Midweek League this season.

Last week's North West AGM saw a number of changes approved by delegates, one of which was the announcement that Ian McGregor is set to take on an expanded coaching and talent development role in the Warriors set-up.

Glendermott have confirmed the signing of seamer Gareth Burns from Ballyspallen.

Coleraine teenager Marcus Poskitt will be playing the 2019 season with Bready after agreeing a move to the Premier league champions.

There's a new sheriff in town for the North West Cricket Union as Brian Dougherty has taken over from Andrew Fleming as Union Chair following this week's AGM.

There was a major boost for the NW region with five players named in representative squads - three in the Ireland Academy and two in the Women's Super 3 Series.

The latest news of moves and signings in the North West as the season approaches.

After a quiet winter in the North West, there have been a number of personnel changes in recent days with another couple confirmed over the weekend. Stephen Dunn has joined Eglinton having spent the last couple of seasons at Ardmore.

Bready's hopes of retaining their Premiership title have been dealt a severe blow with the departure of Craig Young to North Down.

Eglinton all-rounder Ross Allen has confirmed to CricketEurope that he will be joining Brigade for the 2019 season.

The opening round of the Senior Cup takes place on May 11th, while the final is a week later from its traditional date due to Ireland's Test match at Lord's.

The NW have announced the Championship and Sammy Jeffrey Shield fixtures and dates for the forthcoming season.

The NWCU have unveiled the Premier League fixtures ahead of the start of the season on Saturday April 27th.

Former Railway Union and Strabane all-rounder Rachit Gaur has decided to join Brigade ahead of the new season.

Ireland pace bowler Boyd Rankin has confirmed he will be staying in England to play for Moseley in the Birmingham Premier League.

Fox Lodge have signed 22 year-old South African all-rounder Coenie Nel as their overseas player for the 2019 season.

Bready's Alana Dalzell and Eglinton's Zara Craig have been named in the Ireland Girls Under 19 and 15 squads.

There was mixed news for the NW in the various Ireland squads which were named for the Oman Quadrangular tournament, and the subsequent series against Afghanistan in India.

The NW Warriors have been given a boost ahead of the new season with the news that pace bowler Boyd Rankin will be available for all the campaign following confirmation of his release by Warwickshire.

The NW Warriors will start the defence of the their interpro championship title with an away trip to the Northern Knights at the end of May.

Davy Scanlon is one of 12 nominees shortlisted for the 2018 Derry Sports Personality of the Year.

This year's NW Senior Cup decider will take place at Eglinton following a meeting of the Union's Match Allocation Group.

The draws have been made for the Sammy Jeffrey and Qualifying Cups for next season.