The NWCU will hold a Club Forum this Wednesday 21st April at 7pm via Zoom to update clubs on Return to Cricket and the upcoming season.
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The North West Warriors youth squads will return to training from tomorrow with their biggest programme to date.
The NWCU has welcomed the positive announcement from the NI Executive of a return to competitive cricket in Northern Ireland.
The NWCU have announced the launch of two new Cricket Ireland kids programmes available to participating clubs this summer and the re-start of our Primary Schools Initiative.
The first grass pitch training of the new Interprovincial season took place at Bready on Thursday as new Warriors Head Coach Gary Wilson was joined by Ireland Head Coach Graham Ford to oversee the start of a new era in the North West. The session was split up into groups in keeping with current protocols with Stuart Thompson, Andy McBrine, Stephen Doheny and Shane Getkate among the first to have a net.
It was certainly cool enough at the Magheramason venue, however there was no doubting the relief among the cricket community to see the first tentative steps taken in what many will hope will be a full domestic season.
The Warriors announced their 17-man squad earlier this week with Getkate and Doheny the only additions to the new line-up albeit the inclusion of Thompson, Aaron Gillespie and William McClintock is great news for local supporters.
Training is set to gather pace in the coming weeks ahead of the start of competitive action at the beginning of next month.
The North West Cricket Union has confirmed an extended Warriors training squad ahead of this year’s Interprovincial series that gets under way at the start of May.
The North West Cricket Union is to pair up with our neighbours in the NCU this month as part of the Pedal4Patto charity cycle across cricket grounds in the two Unions.
The NWCU will hold a Club Forum next Thursday 8th April at 7pm via Zoom to update clubs on Return to Cricket and the upcoming season.
The North West Cricket Union are delighted to announce that William Porterfield has agreed to take on the role of Assistant Coach to the North West Warriors where he will work alongside newly appointed Head Coach, Gary Wilson.
The North West Warriors selection committee is set to meet this week to name their 16-man panel for the 2021 Interprovincial campaign.