The Mid West Community Cup is a

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competition in the Central West area of

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. The premiers are awarded the Blayney Citizens' Cup, the oldest continuously awarded trophy in Country Rugby League, with Neville the first recipients in 1913. For all intents and purposes, it is a third division competition in the Group 10/11 area. In its last season under its original model in 2021, the competition encompassed teams from Bathurst,

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, Lithgow,

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. Some of the remaining clubs in the competition merged into the

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in 2022 after two incomplete seasons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, the competition reformed in late 2022 under a new community cup model similar to

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. The three clubs that emerged from the ailing original format of the competition to join the

did not rejoin the competition as they sought a higher standard of football, paving the way for the return of other older clubs.

Current Clubs

Four clubs are currently listed as part of the new Mid West Community Cup competition. The inaugural edition of the competition is likely to run as a double round robin with finals to follow, with a total seven week season in 2022.

Former Clubs

2021 Season Teams

Five teams competed in the 2021 season including former Group 10 side

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, with the women's grade having six teams (Kandos being the extra). The teams were: ‡ indicates active participant in the Mid West Community Cup

Former Teams

More than 40 teams have reportedly featured in the Mid West Cup over the course of its history. They include:

History

The Mid West Cup was originally organised as a

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competition but made the switch to

after the

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. The first winner of the competition was Neville and the club awarded the Blayney Citizens' Cup, the oldest trophy still in regular use in Country Rugby League. While the competition was traditionally based in around the Blayney region, in the 1950s it expanded into Rockley,

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and Cullen Bullen before it was absorbed in the

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and renamed the Group 10 Second Division in 1970. It adopted its current name of the Mid West Cup in 1990. The competition only featured four teams in 2019, including CSU Mungoes, Lithgow Bears, Orange Barbarians and Portland Colts, but will expand to eight in 2020 with the inclusion of the reformed Blackheath Blackcats and Kandos Waratahs,

(who have been relegated from Group 10) and the newly-formed Orange United. The competition's last season under its original model was in 2021, and encompassed teams from Bathurst,

, Lithgow,

and

. The three remaining clubs in the competition (CSU, Oberon and Orange United) merged into the

in 2022 after two incomplete seasons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, the competition reformed in late 2022 under a new community cup model similar to

. The three clubs that emerged from the ailing original format of the competition to join the

did not rejoin the competition as they sought a higher standard of football, paving the way for the return of other older clubs such as Carcoar, as well as the introduction of Burrangong for the first time.

Premierships

* 1913: Neville * 1914: Newbridge * 1918: Mandurama * 1922: Blayney Bears * 1923: Blayney Blues * 1924: Blayney Milita * 1925: Blayney Milita * 1926: Blayney Waratahs * 1927: Browns Creek * 1928: Browns Creek * 1931: Carcoar * 1932: Barry * 1948: Blayney Institute * 1949: Carcoar * 1950: Carcoar * 1951: Milthorpe * 1952: Barry-Neville * 1953: Barry-Neville * 1956: Rockley * 1957: Carcoar * 1958: Carcoar * 1959: Carcoar * 1960: Carcoar * 1961: Cullen Bullen * 1962: Carcoar * 1966: Carcoar * 1967: Carcoar * 1968: Carcoar * 1969: Carcoar * 1970: Blayney Bears * 1971: Carcoar * 1972: Kandos * 1973: Carcoar * 1974: Kandos * 1975: Mitchell College * 1976: Wallerawang * 1977: Wallerawang * 1978: Rylstone-Kandos * 1979: Rylstone-Kandos * 1980: Blackheath * 1981: Rylstone-Kandos * 1982: Carcoar * 1983: Woodstock * 1984: Portland * 1985: Carcoar * 1986: Blackheath * 1987: Gulgong * 1988: Carcoar * 1989: Blackheath * 1990: Blackheath * 1991: Wallerawang * 1992: Blackheath * 1993: Blackheath * 1994: Carcoar * 1995: Blayney Bears * 1996: Mudgee * 1997: Gulgong * 1998: Portland * 1999: Gulgong * 2000: Wallerawang * 2001: Wallerawang * 2002: Blackheath * 2003: Oberon * 2004: Gulgong * 2005: Blackheath * 2006: Blayney Bears * 2007: Gulgong * 2008: Portland * 2009: Kandos * 2010: Lithgow Bears * 2011: Lithgow Bears * 2012: CSU Blue * 2013: Kandos * 2014: CSU Yellow * 2015: Blackheath * 2016: Villages United * 2017: Wallerawang * 2018: Blackheath * 2019: CSU * 2020: Oberon * 2021: CSU

References

External links

Group 10 ladder
- from Sporting Pulse
Group 10
on Country Rugby League's official site
Lithgow Storm Junior Rugby League
{{Rugby league in New South Wales Rugby league competitions in New South Wales Central West (New South Wales)