South Wales Premier Cricket League

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South Wales Premier Cricket League
CountriesFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Administrator Cricket Wales
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1999 (Founded)
2001 (ECB Premier League)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (Premier Division One 1st XI)
Current championSt Fagans
Most successfulSt Fagans CC (4)
Website https://swpcl.play-cricket.com/

The South Wales Premier Cricket League, is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in South Wales. The league was founded in 1999 as the South East Wales League, being renamed following its accreditation as an ECB Premier League in 2001.

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The original South Wales Premier Cricket League did not include all of South Wales's leading clubs. Its clubs came from South Glamorgan and the traditional county of Monmouthshire, while clubs from further west played in the South Wales Cricket Association, a league which has been in existence since 1926. That league too sought ECB Premier League status, but the ECB was not willing to accredit two Premier Leagues in South Wales.

In 2010, the South Wales Premier Cricket League was reorganised. The top five clubs in the 2009 season, together with the top five clubs in the South Wales Cricket Association in 2009, formed a new Premier Division. The original league became a feeder to it and was renamed as the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League, and in 2016 it was renamed again as the South East Wales Cricket League. The South Wales Cricket Association continued to operate, and became the other feeder to the South Wales Premier Cricket League. Before the 2015 season, the South Wales Premier Cricket League formed a Division Two by taking five further clubs from each of the two feeder leagues. [1]

Winners

Winners from 2010

YearChampions
2010 Sully Centurions
2011 Cardiff
2012 Ammanford
2013 Mumbles
2014 Cardiff
2015 Bridgend Town
2016Newport
2017 Cardiff
2018Newport
2019 St Fagans
2020 no competition
2021 St Fagans
2022 St Fagans
2023 Swansea
2024 St Fagans

    Winners 1999 to 2009

    YearSouth Wales Premier Cricket LeagueSouth Wales Cricket Association
    1999 Abergavenny Pontarddulais
    2000Newport Ynysygerwn
    2001 Pentyrch Swansea
    2002 Sudbrook Swansea
    2003 Sully Centurions Swansea
    2004 Sully Centurions Briton Ferry Steel
    2005 St Fagans Briton Ferry Steel
    2006 St Fagans Neath
    2007 Sully Centurions Pontarddulais
    2008 Sully Centurions Ammanford
    2009 Cardiff Ammanford

    Performance by season from 2001

    South Wales Premier Cricket League from 2010

    Key
    GoldChampions
    BlueLeft League
    RedRelegated
    South Wales Premier Cricket League from 2010
    Club20102011201220132014201520162017201820192021202220232024
    Ammanford7911085847768
    Bridgend Town246314698584
    Cardiff5139122133873
    Clydach1010
    Mumbles62129778910
    Neath876322447
    Newport3585731214332
    Panteg10
    Penarth10
    Pentyrch
    Pontarddulais2773668466956
    Port Talbot Town43685435756910
    St Fagans91051115
    Sully Centurions [lower-alpha 1] 1454
    Swansea8107910221
    Usk1010
    Ynystawe9
    Ynysygerwn6892459910
    References [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    1. Sully Centurions resigned from the Premier League after the 2013 season and moved to the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League.

    South Wales Premier Cricket League 2001 to 2009

    Key
    GoldChampions
    RedRelegated
    South Wales Premier Cricket League 2001 to 2009
    Club200120022003200420052006200720082009
    Abergavenny699129
    Blackwood Town12
    Bridgend Town12
    Cardiff22 ? ?43771
    Chepstow9 ?8912
    Croesyceiliog106910
    Miskin Manor1011
    Newport46 ? ?36252
    Panteg1085811
    Penarth8 ? ?611108
    Pentyrch139107927
    Pontypridd851012
    St Fagans74 ? ?11343
    Sudbrook31 ? ?781066
    Sully Centurions [lower-alpha 1] 112115
    Tondu1145811
    Usk57 ? ?52434
    References [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
    1. Sully Centurions were relegated for disciplinary reasons after the 2005 season.

    South Wales Cricket Association 2001 to 2009

    Key
    GoldChampions
    RedRelegated
    South Wales Cricket Association 2001 to 2009
    Club200120022003200420052006200720082009
    Ammanford6210711
    Briton Ferry Steel39116879
    Carmarthen Wanderers7
    Cowbridge810
    Dafen Welfare1099
    Gowerton22487429
    Llanelli971010
    Llangennech810
    Maesteg Celtic859
    Mumbles5106
    Neath558321468
    Pontardawe610
    Pontarddulais47749153
    Port Talbot Town68345
    Skewen10
    Swansea111242524
    Ynystawe8365379
    Ynysygerwn743653632
    References [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

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