In 2017, the club merged with Academy Cricket Club to form a new club called Cliftonville Academy Cricket Club.
(meta data) TITLE: NCU cuts number of senior cricket leagues in 2018 - Belfast News Letter (meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: Thursday 18 January 2018 Advertise My Business Edit Account Sign Out More Sport Traffic and Travel Read This Rugby Union More Sport Sport Opinion What's On Arts & Entertainment Things To Do Must Read # NCU cuts number of senior cricket leagues in 2018 Jonathan Terrett will be representing the new Cliftonville Academy in 2018 #### Alistair Bushe ##### Email Published: Thursday 18 January 2018 Sign Up To Our Daily Newsletter ### The Northern Cricket Union's (NCU) management board has voted to cut the number of its senior leagues from four to three. In an email to clubs on Thursday morning, the NCU's general secretary Bryan Milford said that the management board had decided that Sections Two and Three should play as a single league in 2018 because continuing with just five teams in Section Three would not be "viable". This decision means Section Three has been scrapped and that the new 'Senior League Two' will consist of 15 clubs who will play each other once over the course of the season. The NCU needed to act after Cliftonville and Academy merged in the autumn to become Cliftonville Academy and both Dungannon and Newforge said they would not be participating in Section Three in 2018. In his email, Mr Milford said: "The Management Board after considering the view of clubs have concluded that a five team Senior League 3 is not viable and that the fifteen clubs in Senior Leagues 2 and 3 should play as a single league in 2018. "The Management Board will consult with clubs on ideas for the restructuring of the Senior Leagues for the future." A source at one Section Two club said he had "concerns over the disparity in playing standards within the new league" and called for an extraordinary general meeting. He added: "The NCU needs to give assurances regarding league structures for the 2019 season. What if a club wins promotion this season but then the decision is taken to change to nine team leagues the following year? Will that club not be promoted? Perhaps an EGM should be called so all clubs know exactly what they are playing for this season." A consultation with clubs took place and it is understood that only three agreed with the current status quo. The majority of those who responded favoured the 15-team single league at this stage. The matter was passed at the December management board and ratified by the board of directors on Wednesday night. The 15 teams in Senior League Two will be Cliftonville Academy, Ballymena, Ards, Belfast Super Kings, Cooke Collegians, Dundrum, Donghadee, Dunmurry, Templepatrick, Larne, Drumaness, Saintfield, BISC, Victoria, Monaghan. ### Ireland: Full-time contracts for Alan Neill, Paul Reynolds, Roland Black and Mark Hawthorne ## Trending ### These are all the mobile speed camera locations in Northern Ireland ### Police urged to act over 'IRA imagery' at parade ### Village community in shock after man shot dead ### Take a look inside this stunning property which could be yours now for only £2,850,000 ### Tributes pour in for NI businessman and rally sponsor John Mulholland ### The Essentials ### Visit inews.co.uk Visit inews.co.uk
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Cliftonville Cricket Club
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Cliftonville Cricket Club was a cricket club in Northern Ireland, playing in the NCU Senior League. 
 The club was formed as Enfield in 1870, using a pitch in Clifton Park, now Clifton Park Avenue in north Belfast, disbanded in 1873, and reformed in 1874. In 1880, the club adopted its present name and moved to the Cliftonville Cricket Ground on the Cliftonville Road, where it played until 1972. In that year, the club was forced to vacate the ground after a series of sectarian attacks against members and the looting and burning of the clubhouse by a hostile mob. The 1973 season was played at Mossley, 1974 at Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, and in 1975 the club found a permanent base at Mallusk. 
 In 1979, Cliftonville merged with Greenisland Cricket Club (founded 1930), continuing to play at Mallusk until a move to new facilities at Greenisland in 1990. In 2007, however, the owners of the Greenisland pitch, Greenisland War Memorial Sports Club, decided to replace the cricket pitch with an artificial hockey pitch and for the 2008 season, Cliftonville had to play all its matches away from home. Since 2009, the club has returned to Mallusk.