County play-offs near finish

The Nationwide Building Society U15 National Club Championship is approaching the county play-off stage, as teams aim for a place in the regional finals.

The four Regional Finals start at York on Wednesday July 30, followed by Weston-super-Mare the following day, Leamington (August 4) and Horsham (August 6).

The National Finals will take place at Kibworth CC in Leicestershire on Thursday August 21 and the four teams appearing there will have battled through from a record entry of 1,750 clubs.

County Play-Offs 2008

Group 1
1st Round - Sunday 13th July
Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire) v Sheffield United (Yorkshire)
Grange (Scotland) v South Northumberland (Northumberland)

2nd Round - Sunday 20th July
Penrith (Cumbria) v Lowerhouse (Lancashire)
Lullington Park (Derbyshire) v Prestbury (Cheshire)
tbc (Durham) v Grange (Scotland ) or South Northumberland (Northumberland)
Notts Unity Casuals (Nottinghamshire) v Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire)
Group 2
1st Round - Sunday 13th July
Cambridge Grant (Cambs) v Copdock (Suffolk)
Warboys (Hunts) v Vauxhall Mallards (Norfolk)
Shrewsbury (Shrops) v Wolverhampton (Staffs)

2nd Round - Sunday 20th July
Cambridge Granta (Cambs) v Warboys (Hunts)
Kibworth (Leics) v tbc (Northamptonshire)
Banbury (Oxfordshire) v tbc (Warwickshire)
Worcester CC (Worcestershire) v Shrewsbury (Shrops) or Wolverhampton (Staffs)

Group 3
1st Round - Sunday 13th July
St Fagans (Wales) v Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire)
South Wilts (Wiltshire) v Ryde Cavaliers (I of W)

2nd Round - Sunday 20th July
Paignton (Devon) v Paul (Cornwall)
Bournemouth (Dorset) v Bath (Somerset)
Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) v St Fagans (Wales) or Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire)
Hambledon (Hampshire) v South Wilts (Wiltshire)

Group 4
1st Round - Sunday 13th July
Hemel Hempstead (Herts) v Luton Town & Indians (Beds)

2nd Round - Sunday 20th July
Slough (Berks) v Wolverton & Chesham (Bucks)
Wanstead (Essex) v Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire)
Blackheath (Kent) v Eastbourne (Sussex)
Rowledge or Selsdon (Surrey) v Harrow St Mary’s (Middlesex)

County Finals

Nationwide U15 National Club Cricket Championship - County Finals Details 2008 (88 KB)