# Cotswold Hills League

The Cotswold Hills League is a cricket league made up of clubs from Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The spine of the geographic area covered by the League is a picturesque part of England known as The Cotswolds.
The League was founded in 1981 when it consisted of 10 teams whose First XIs played in a single division with a completely separate division for their Second XIs.
The League had grown to 8 divisions of 10 teams drawn from 49 different clubs, But over recent years its suffered the loss of some clubs going into the Warwickshire League. In 2023 its has 6 Divisions (4 Divisions of 10, 2 Divisions of 12) drawn from 35 different clubs.
In each division, every team plays each other on a home and away basis competing for promotion or to avoid relegation at the end of the season. Matches are played on Saturdays over 18 weeks, usually commencing with the first Saturday in May. These matches, based on a limited overs one-day format, consist of 90 overs, with the side batting first allowed a maximum of 45 overs. There are restrictions on the maximum number of overs any one bowler can bowl. Points are awarded for a win, plus bonus points for batting and bowling performances.
There is also a Junior Section organised in to 5 different age groups, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17. The Junior section is open to clubs who do not compete in the senior section, This has been run successfully for a number of years.

## Previous Winners

1981: Moreton-in-Marsh
1982: Wellesbourne
1983: Dumbleton
1984: Winchcombe
1985: Broadway
1986: Broadway
1987: Winchcombe
1988: Shipston-on-Stour
1989: Bredon
1990: Bredon
1991: Bredon
1992: Bidford-on-Avon
1993: Wellesbourne
1994: Broadway
1995: Shipston-on-Stour
1996: Shipston-on-Stour
1997: Shipston-on-Stour
1998: Shipston-on-Stour
1999: Shipston-on-Stour
2000: Exhall & Wixford
2001: Bidford-on-Avon
2002: Shipston-on-Stour
2003: Stratford Bards
2004: Overbury
2005: Exhall & Wixford
2006: Bretforton
2007: Bretforton
2008: Exhall & Wixford
2009: Bretforton
2010: Bretforton
2011: Wellesbourne
2012: Bretforton
2013: Earlswood
2014: Shipston-on-Stour
2015: Exhall & Wixford
2016: Wellesbourne
2017: Wellesbourne
2018: Wellesbourne
2019: Exhall & Wixford
2020: Bretforton (Covid-19 shortened season - group stage followed by final)
2021: Wellesbourne
2022: Wellesbourne
2023: Kineton
2024: Shipston on Stour

## 2024 Divisions
### Premier Division

* Bretforton
* Elmley Castle (P)
* Exhall & Winford
* Kineton
* Lapworth
* Leek Wooton
* Long Itchington (P)
* Shipston-on-Stour
* Tanworth & Camp Hill
* Wellesbourne

### Division 1

* Adlestrop
* Alcester & Radley (R)
* Ashorne & Moreton Morrell
* Ashton-Under-Hill
* FISSC (P)
* Norton Lindsey & Wolverton (R)
* Rowington
* Stratford 3rd XI
* Temple Grafton
* The Lenches

### Division 2

* Bidford-on-Avon
* Kineton (R)
* Leek Wootton 2nd XI (P)
* Long Itchington 2nd XI (P)
* Mickleton
* Moreton-in-Marsh (R)
* Norton Lindsley & Wolverton 2nd XI
* Southam
* Stoneleigh
* Woodbourne

### Division 3

* Alcester & Ragley 2nd XI
* Broadway
* Claverdon
* Earlswood 3rd XI
* Great Alne (R)
* Henley-In-Arden
* Shipston-on-Stour 2nd XI
* Tanworth & Camp Hill 2nd XI (P)
* Welford-on-Avon (P)
* Wellesbourne 2nd XI (R)

### Division 4

* Alvechurch & Hopwood 3rd Xi
* Elmley Castle 2nd XI
* Fladbury
* Hunningham (N)
* Kenilworth 3rd XI (P)
* Lapworth 2nd XI (P)
* Overbury
* Rowington 2nd XI
* Temple Grafton 2nd XI
* Warwickshire County Council Staff

### Division 5

* Alvechurch & Hopwood 4th XI
* Ashton Under-Hill 2nd XI
* Bidford-on-Avon 2nd XI
* Blockley (R)
* Bretforton 2nd XI
* Broadway 2nd XI
* Exhall & Winford 2nd XI
* Hunningham 2nd XI (N)
* Moreton-In-Marsh 2nd XI
* Norton Lindsley & Wolverton 3rd XI
* Southam 2nd XI
* Stoneleigh 2nd XI (R)
* The Lenches 2nd XI