Bangor are the 2025 North Wales ECB Premier League champions! For those following North Wales cricket results, this win was a significant achievement in the year’s competition.
CREDIT: Grassroots North Wales (www.nwsport.co.uk)
Bangor Cricket Club were crowned North Wales Premier League champions for a fifth time after a convincing eight-wicket victory at St Asaph on Saturday.
The Citizens moved up to second in the all-time list of Premier title wins, following on from their successes in 2001, 2002, 2017 and 2019.
Before start of play on a Saturday afternoon where the wet weather caused two Premier games to be abandoned, it was likely Bangor needed a victory at Elwy Grove Park to ensure a top-place finish with Brymbo lying second 10 points behind.
That outcome became essential as it emerged only other title threat the Steelmen had beaten Conwy to temporarily hit the summit.
From back left to right… Mike Hughes, Joe Maltby, Jamie Moorhouse, Ioan Marshall (Scorer), Rob Marshall (captain), Franco Kasner, Aayushman Goswami, Deon Smith (coach), Nadeem Rehman. Front: Liam McCann, Nathaniel Scott, Cian Williams, Smit Parekh.
Picture: CHRIS DAWSON – many thanks
However, after bowling out St Asaph for a modest 126, Bangor swept to 128-2 in 22.2 overs to seal the championship in style.
St Asaph (2) 126-10 Bangor (18) 128-2
After spin kings Nadeem Rehman and Franco Kasner did most to dismiss St Asaph for a very reachable total, Nathaniel Scott played the decisive innings which sank his old club and made sure Bangor became the 2025 Premier League champions.
The Citizens won the toss and inserted the hosts, bowling them out for 126 in 36.2 overs with Duncan Midgley, in his final appearahce, top-scoring with 50.
Kasner picked up 4-15 off 5.2 and Rehman 3-9 after the seamers had earlier done a solid job.
Bangor approached their task positively and got home on 128-2 off 22.2, Scott’s 61 not out coming off 59 balls and including 11 fours and a six.
Scott shared an unbroken third-wicket stand of 64 with skipper Robbie Marshall, Rehman having earlier struck eight fours in his 37.
Job done – Bangor CC 2025 champions.
Brymbo (18) 154-1 Conwy (2) 153-10
Brymbo needed to win to maximise their chances of landing a first Premier League title and did so comfortably.
Put into bat, relegated visitors Conwy were all out for 153, Daniel Davies making a battling 50 and Latham Tawhai 34, James Claybrook taking 2-21 for the Steelmen, Joe Norman 2-26, Christopher Taylor 2-28 and Richard Deniz 2-30.
In reply, Brymbo raced to 154-1 in 17.5 overs, Jason Underwood 66 not out off 38 balls with five sixes and four fours and Taylor 65 no from 52 with eight boundaries, that pair putting on an undefeated 123 for the second wicket.
Gwersyllt Park (18) 122-2 Bethesda (1) 118-10
Iroshan De Silva returned second-best career figures of 7-40Â as Gwersyllt Park thrashed bottom team Bethesda by eight wickets.
It has been a good second season in the Premier for Gwersyllt, whose victory over Brymbo on August 23 proved pivotal in the title race.
Iroshan De Silva took 7 wickets for Gwersyllt Park. Picture: BRIAN PRYDDEN
Pesda won the toss, elected to bat, and were all back in the hutch for 118, Neil Pearson backing up De Silva’s stunning analysis with 2-37.
Park needed just 17.4 overs to reach a winning 122-2, opener Jack Billington’s 56 not out coming off 54 deliveries and including eight fours and a six.
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Northop (6) Mochdre (6) – abandoned
Denbigh (6) Menai Bridge (6) – abandoned
NORTH WALES PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2001-2025
2001 Bangor
2002 Bangor
2003 Hawarden Park
2004 Llandudno
2005 Mold
2006 Llandudno
2007 Llandudno
2008 Llandudno
2009 Llandudno
2010 Llandudno
2011 Connah’s Quay
2012 Llandudno
2013 Llandudno
2014 Menai Bridge
2015 Menai Bridge
2016 Llandudno
2017 Bangor
2018 Menai Bridge
2019 Bangor
2020 COVID-19 pandemic
2021 St Asaph
2022 Menai Bridge
2023 St Asaph
2024 Mochdre
2025 Bangor
League championship wins
9 Llandudno
5 Bangor
4 Menai Bridge
2 St Asaph
1 Connah’s Quay, Hawarden Park, Mold, Mochdre
