It was a real stop-start summer on the Limavady Road and despite coming into the season as title favourites, two defeats in their first four league games left Brigade playing catch-up from the outset.

Over the past few years the end-of-season promotion/relegation play-offs have failed to ignite with clubs from lower divisions struggling to bridge the gap in the season finale.

The final piece of silverware for 2016 was handed over to Fox Lodge on Saturday after they won a really low-scoring Midweek Cup final against Killyclooney at Burndennett.

In his pre-season interview, skipper Ricky-Lee Dougherty acknowledged the impact that their talisman’s decision had had on the rest of the club and said bringing the league trophy to the Holm was now top of the agenda.

The much delayed midweek cup final was also played at the weekend as Burndennett was the venue for an all-Tyrone contest between Fox Lodge and Killyclooney.

It’s a case of “as you were” following the last weekend of action in the 2016 cricket season after Drummond and Bonds Glen retained their places in the Premiership and Championship with wins over Newbuildings and Sion Mills respectively.

A century from Orain Williams ensured North West Warriors achieved their first objective of maximum batting points but Leinster Lightning are well placed to make it a hat-trick of inter-provincial trophies.

The North West Warriors have named their squad for their final Interprovincial game of the summer- a 3-day Championship contest against Leinster Lightning at Malahide.

Graham Kennedy has received his birthday present a couple of days early after being drafted into the Warriors team to play Lightning at Malahide this week following the late withdrawal of Ricky-Lee Dougherty

The Warriors have named their squad for Sunday's interpro cup clash with the Northern Knights at Eglinton.

The North West Warriors have pulled off something of a coup by announcing that William Porterfield will be in their team for Sunday’s Interprovincial one-dayer against the Northern Knights at Eglinton.

The NW Warriors have named a strong squad for Sunday's trip to Waringstown for their 50 over clash against the Knights.

In a whole this season has been one of the most successful seasons to date with a lot of young girls taking part in every team that has showcased how much talent there is in girls cricket within the North West.

This year however, Jemma Rankin’s girls have been very much the team to beat and currently sit two points clear at the top of the table and with the cup trophy already resting in the Magheramason clubhouse.

Bready ended Strabane Saints’ recent dominance in the women’s cup competition on Friday evening as the Magheramason outfit beat the holders by 37 runs in this year’s final played at Burndennett.

It was back to league action this week in the women's game and Donemana kept up their winning ways with a victory over local rivals Killyclooney.

They say all good things must come to an end and that was certainly the case last week as Bready de-railed Strabane Saints’ excellent run in the Ladies’ league and cup competitions with a thumping win up at the Park.

Three of the four scheduled ladies league games were completed on Monday evening – the Strabane Saints versus Fox Lodge game being postponed.

The annual end of July party took place at the usual time at the Holm on Saturday night after a stunning fifth consecutive Bank of Ireland senior cup triumph was secured by this all-conquering Donemana team.

Experience and a will-to-win were the key ingredients at Strabane Park over the weekend after Donemana collected the Bank of Ireland senior cup for a stunning fifth year in a row.

SOME top cricketers can go through a whole career without playing in a cup final but for three of the Donemana team that will play in the Bank of Ireland Senior Cup final this weekend, it will be their fifth in a row – and they are still teenagers!

Friday sees the start of the North West’s showpiece domestic game, the Bank of Ireland senior cup final, and all roads are leading to Strabane Park for the local cricket fraternity at the start of the “high noon” showdown between Coleraine and Donemana.

As the build up to the senior cup final is set to get underway over the weekend, there is plenty of interest in whether or not Donemana can go on to make it five wins in a row at Strabane Park