Warriors Challenge Series

The NWCU have announced details of a new ‘Warriors Challenge Series’ this season that will see Co Derry vs Co Tyrone go head-to-head in a series of 50-over and T20 games. The first round of fixtures take place on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th at Bready CC. Both games start at 11am with a 50-over match on the Thursday followed by a T20 game on Friday.

The squads are made up of Under 20 players from the NWCU and General Manager, Peter McCartney, outlined the thinking behind the new series

We are looking to close the gap between Under 17 Warriors and the Warriors team. This new series is predominately aimed at our Under 20’s and will give coaches a good opportunity to see not only those players in our current Under 17 set-up but also those players who are impressing in the club game. We have players from 13 clubs being represented and it should be a great way to start off the season. Whilst the focus may be on our Senior Warriors over in La Manga this week, we are working hard to ensure local talent continues to be developed within the Union. Our coaches Kevin Martin and Mark Olphert have been excellent at pushing on the Under 17 programme and this is another important stage in the process.

Ian McGregor has organised an expanded Emerging Warriors programme this year with 6 games already planned for the season, the first of which is an Emerging Warriors vs Chairman’s XI at Donemana on Monday 6th May.

Co Derry Under 20

Alex Boyd – Glendermott
V Chopra – Coleraine
M Hutchison – Coleraine
S Kennedy – Ballyspallen
S Khan – Coleraine
T Killen – Newbuildings
C King – Ardmore
K Magee – Brigade
R Millar – Eglinton
B Mills – Glendermott
T McKeegan – Newbuildings
T Orr – Eglinton

Co Tyrone Under 20

Adam Boyd – Fox Lodge
A Doherty – Fox Lodge
L Dougherty – Donemana
W Finlay – Killyclooney
C Graham – Strabane
T Harpur – Strabane
C Knight – Bready
A Logue – Fox Lodge
R Logue – Strabane
J Macbeth – St Johnston
M McCloskey – Bready
G McFaul – Bready