Instonians beat Bready by 36 runs to clinch the All Ireland U15 final at Shaws Bridge.

Pembroke's U11 cricketers emulated their senior side by claiming the U11 All-Ireland final after a 19-run win against Instonians at Sydney Parade.

Instonians are through to another All-Ireland youth final as their Under 11 side beat Bonds Glen by 59 runs in the semi-final.

There was disappointment for Ardmore in the Irish National Cup final when they lost by 19 runs to Railway Union in Balrothery.

Ardmore came up agonisingly short in the National Cup final on Sunday as they lost to Railway Union by just 19 runs at North County.

Ardmore will attempt to become the first team from the NW region to lift the National Cup when they face Railway Union in the decider at North County on Sunday.

Instonians were crowned U13 All-Ireland champions after an emphatic win over Coleraine in front of a sun-drenched crowd at Shaws Bridge.

Neal Stewart took a five wicket haul as Eglinton proved too strong for Fox Lodge in the Ulster Plate final at Ardmore.

CIYMS remain on course for a four-trophy haul after adding the All-Ireland T20 crown to their Challenge Cup and NCU T20 titles.

AS Waringstown skipper Greg Thompson was quick to point out after the match, either Shaheen Khan was going to win his third successive Irish Cup winners’ medal or nine of the Waringstown team.

Pembroke totally dominated Waringstown in all disciplines, cruising to a 135-run win in the final of the Irish Senior Cup.

JAMES McCollum will be at Milverton tomorrow as Waringstown aim to become the first team to complete a hat-trick of victories in the Irish Senior Cup final - but only as a spectator.

Pembroke will be looking to deny Waringstown a seventh Irish Senior Cup triumph as they do battle in the final of the Irish Senior Cup at The Hills on Saturday (11:30).

Waringstown's Irish Senior Cup hopes have been dealt a major blow with the news that James McCollum will miss Saturday's decider against Pembroke.

Instonians beat Pembroke by ten runs in a thrilling U13 All-Ireland semi-final at Sydney Parade.

DESPITE the late cancellation of the Euro T20 Slam, the Irish Cup final goes ahead as rescheduled on Saturday with Waringstown facing Pembroke at Milverton

Cork County will face Malahide, while CIYMS await the winners of the Faughan Valley Cup between holders Brigade and Donemana on Thursday night.

Cricket Ireland has confirmed a change of date for the Irish Senior Cup Final between Waringstown and Pembroke – the new date will be Saturday 24 August.

KYLE McCallan hit the last two balls of a thrilling Irish Cup semi-final for six and four to continue Waringstown’s phenomenal run in the competition and end CIYMS’s charge for a clean sweep of the trophies this year.

Pembroke will meet holders Waringstown in the final of the Irish Senior Cup in The Hills on Saturday August 31 after contrasting semi-finals.

Railway Union and Ardmore will meet in the National Cup final at North County after semi-final wins over Derriaghy and Terenure.

Kyle McCallan scored ten off the last two balls to propel Waringstown into another final and break CIYMS hearts, while Pembroke will be their opponents after a routine seven wickets victory against Phoenix.

WARINGSTOWN’s winning sequence in the Irish Cup goes on, but only thanks to a bowl-out victory in yesterday’s twice-postponed quarter-final against Instonians.

It took until the second round of sudden death before Waringstown secured the hit that sees them progress to next weekend's Irish Senior Cup semi-final clash with CIYMS.

Irish Senior Cup holders Waringstown must negotiate two NCU rivals if they are to reach their fifth successive final after being drawn away to CIYMS in the semi-final.

CIYMS are through to the semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup for the first time after beating Leinster by six wickets in Rathmines.

CIYMS marched into the semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup after skittling 2009 winners Leinster for just 61 at Rathmines.

Waringstown will be looking to put an end to their poor run of form when they take on Instonians in the Irish Senior Cup quarter-final at The Lawn on Sunday.

Ardmore will play Terenure, whlle the winners of the Derriaghy versus Midleton match will take on Railway Union.

FORMER Waringstown professional Shaheen Khan returned to haunt Civil Service North and end their interest in this year’s Irish Senior Cup at the quarter-final stage.

Pembroke held their nerve in a tense chase to beat CSNI by three wickets in the quarter-final at Sydney Parade.

PHOENIX reached the semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup yesterday, with victory over Carrickfergus, but the action was overshadowed by the devastating news from Waringstown of the sudden death of popular player and supporter Paddy Allen. He was just 35.

Phoenix are the first side into the semi-finals of the Irish Cup after beating Carrickfergus in a game that threatened to boil over at times.

Terenure, Ardmore and Railway Union are through to the semi-finals of the National Cup, and await the winners of the Midleton versus Derriaghy game.

CARRICKFERGUS have been dealt a hammer blow on the eve of the biggest match in the club’s history with the news that CJ van der Walt is banned from today’s Irish Cup quarter-final against Phoenix.

Holders Donemana have made it an all NW semi-final line up after beating CIYMS by 34 runs at Belmont.

The North West have three semi-finalists with the possibility of making it a clean sweep.

Three of the four Ulster Plate ties will take place on Sunday with the CIYMS versus holders Donemana tie being postponed due to Belmont being required for the Gallagher Senior Cup clash.

Holders Waringstown have been drawn to face fellow NCU side Instonians in the quarter-final of the Irish Senior Cup.

An exceptional 145 from Andre Malan helped CSNI progress to the Irish Senior Cup quarter-final with a 14-run DLS victory over North Down at The Green.

There will be 3 Leinster, 2 NCU, 2 NW and one Munster side in the last eight of the National Cup after seven of the eight ties were completed.

There’s a thin line between success and failure and that was never more in evidence at Malahide with holders Waringstown squeaking through by two runs on DLS.

Jones has an extra incentive for beating the Ballsbridge side, going back to his playing days with Civil Service North. He has played them four times down the years and has four narrow losses, so he feels the ledger is due to change.

BREADY and Strabane carry the North West flag in the Irish Senior Cup on Sunday as they bid to improve the union’s miserable record in the all-Ireland competition.

The Ulster Plate gets under way this weekend with the first round in the competition between the top eight intermediate teams in the NCU and NW regions.

Phoenix hammered Eglinton, while NW woes continued as a Ruhan Pretorius inspired North Down ended Donemana's hopes in the rearranged Irish Senior Cup games.

NORTH Down bounced back from the disappointment of their Challenge Cup exit on Saturday to reach the second round of the Irish Senior Cup with a four wickets victory over Donemana at The Green.

CIYMS have an early chance of revenge in the Irish Senior Cup after being drawn against Merrion, the team who knocked them out last year, in the second round of this year’s competition.

The draws have been made for the second round of both the Irish Senior and National Cups, with six times winners Waringstown facing Malahide and CIYMS hosting Merrion in two of the top ties.

The first round of the National Cup saw runs aplenty and also some controversy as Longford scored 316 but were unable to produce a DLS sheet and forfeited the game.

JACQUES Snyman scored his third century of the season as Carrickfergus led four NCU teams into the second round of the Irish Senior Cup.

Nine ties went ahead with two games postponed due to the death of Alan Dunn. Leinster and NCU both won four ties and lost two, while the NW had only one winner in their five games.

The first round of this year's Irish Senior Cup turned out to be another difficult day for North West clubs, with only Bready of the five local sides who set out, progressing to the draw for Round 2.

Peet Pienaar and Mark Chambers' first-wicket stand of 378 for Ardmore against Sligo is a record in an Irish senior match, behind 623 an army match back in 1895, and 459 for Fox Lodge seconds 15 years ago.

Clint Hinchcliffe scored a century and took a hat-trick as Balbriggan beat Kerry in the opening round of the National Cup.

PEMBROKE host the match of the day in the first round of the Irish Senior Cup when they welcome North West Senior Cup holders Brigade to Sydney Parade.

Ian Callender previews Saturday's first round ties in the Irish Senior Cup.

It's been meagre pickings for the NW in these competitions in recent times and you have to go back to 2004 for the last winners, Limavady, and ten years since Donemana became the last team to make the final.

Three times winners and holders Donemana have been handed a home draw against Instonians in the 2019 Ulster Plate competition.