OPEN COMPETITIONS LEAGUE STRUCTURE CONFIRMED
The 2022 Open Competitions Committee has this week confirmed the League Structures for the upcoming season, which is set to begin in just 10 weeks time.
There are now 160 teams from 45 clubs spanning 20 Divisions in the Open Competitions league structure, starting at the top with the BUAKit Premier League and Championship, all the way down to Division 20, which this year will be a 10-team development league.
Division 3 is rebranded as the 2nd XI Premier League for the 2022 season, and along with Division 4 is now sponsored by SportsHub as part of their expanded sponsorship announced earlier in the off-season.
| BUAKit Premier League | BUAKit Championship | SportsHub 2nd XI Premier League | SportsHub Division 4 | Division 5 |
| Balbriggan 1 | Cork County 1 | Clontarf 2 | Civil Service 1 | Adamstown 1 |
| Clontarf 1 | Cork Har'quins 1 | Leinster 2 | Clontarf 3 | Balbriggan 2 |
| Malahide 1 | Leinster 1 | Malahide 2 | Co Galway 1 | Civil Service 2 |
| Merrion 1 | North County 1 | Merrion 2 | Knockharley 1 | Laois 1 |
| Pembroke 1 | North Kildare 1 | North County 2 | Merrion 3 | Longford 1 |
| Phoenix 1 | Railway Union 1 | Pembroke 2 | Phoenix 2 | Pembroke 3 |
| The Hills 1 | Rush 1 | Railway Union 2 | Rush 2 | The Hills 2 |
| YMCA 1 | Terenure 1 | YMCA 2 | YMCA 3 | Wexford Wanderers 1 |
| Division 6 | Division 7 | Division 8 | Division 9 | Division 10 |
| Adamstown 2 | Bagenalstown 1 | Athlone 1 | Adamstown 3 | Civil Service 4 |
| Leinster 3 | Carlow 1 | Civil Service 3 | Ashbourne 1 | Clontarf 5 |
| Malahide 3 | Castleknock 1 | Clondalkin 1 | DLR County 1 | Leinster 4 |
| Mullingar 1 | Clontarf 4 | Dubin Uni 2 | Lucan 1 | Malahide 4 |
| North Kildare 2 | Greystones 1 | Kilkenny 1 | North County 3 | Naas 1 |
| Phoenix 3 | Merrion 4 | Knockharley 2 | Pembroke 4 | North Kildare 3 |
| Sandyford 1 | Railway Union 3 | The Hills 3 | Phoenix 4 | Railway Union 4 |
| Terenure 2 | Swords 1 | Tyrrelstown 1 | Wicklow County 1 | YMCA 4 |
| Division 11 | Division 12 | Division 13 | Division 14 | Division 15 |
| Adamstown 4 | Bagenalstown 2 | Gorey 1 | Adamstown 5 | Civil Service 5 |
| Balbriggan 3 | Finglas 1 | Greystones 2 | Clontarf 6 | Clondalkin 2 |
| Castleknock 2 | Lucan 2 | Halverstown 1 | Dubin Uni 3 | Finglas 2 |
| Laois 2 | Mullingar 2 | Leinster 5 | Dundalk | Greystones 3 |
| Longford 2 | North County 4 | Merrion 6 | Malahide 5 | Laois 3 |
| Merrion 5 | North Kildare 4 | Phoenix 5 | North Kildare 5 | North County 5 |
| Rush 3 | Sandyford 2 | Swords 2 | Tyrrelstown 3 | Pembroke 5 |
| Slieve Bloom 1 | Tyrrelstown 2 | Terenure 3 | Wexford W 2 | Railway Union 5 |
| Division 16 | Division 17 | Division 18 | Division 19 | Division 20 Development |
| Adamstown 6 | Adamstown 7 | Ashbourne 2 | Castleknock 4 | Adamstown 8 |
| Athlone 2 | Balbriggan 4 | Athlone 3 | Halverstown 2 | Balbriggan 5 |
| Carlow 2 | Castleknock 3 | Clondalkin 3 | Kilkenny 3 | Carlow 3 |
| Knockharley 3 | DLR County 2 | Leinster 6 | Lucan 3 | Finglas 3 |
| Naas 2 | Kilkenny 2 | Mullingar 3 | Sandyford 3 | Greystones 4 |
| Terenure 4 | Swords 3 | Naas 3 | Swords 4 | North Kildare 6 |
| Tyrellstown 4 | The Hills 4 | Phoenix 6 | Wexford W 3 | Pembroke 6 |
| Wicklow County 2 | Rush 4 | Swords 5 | ||
| The Hills 5 | ||||
| Tyrellstown 5 |
The T20 and Cup draws for the Open Competitions are currently being finalised, and are set to be announced next week.
Registration for the 2022 season is open and all players old and new are encouraged to register as soon as possible by following the steps at this link - https://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/registration-for-the-2022-season-now-open