Mid West Cup

The Mid West Cup is a rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales, under the auspices of the Group 10 Rugby League. It is currently the second tier competition of Group 10. The premiers are awarded the Blayney Citizens' Cup, the oldest continuously award trophy in Country Rugby League, with Neville the first recipients in 1913.[1] It currently encompasses teams from Bathurst, Blackheath, Kandos, Lithgow Oberon, Orange and Portland.[2]

Mid West Cup
Current season or competition:
2020 Mid West Cup season
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers CSU Mungoes (2019)
Most titles Carcoar Crows (13 titles)
WebsiteGroup 10 Homepage

Current teams

Seven teams will compete in the 2020 season, including former Group 10 side Oberon Tigers. The teams will be:

Club City Home Ground No. of Titles Premierships
Cargo Blue Heelers Cargo Cargo Oval 0 NA
CSU Mungoes Bathurst Diggings Oval 4 1975, 2012, 2014, 2019
Kandos Waratahs Kandos Waratah Park 4 1972, 1974, 2009, 2013
Lithgow Bears Lithgow Tony Luchetti Showground 2 2010, 2011
Oberon Tigers Oberon Oberon Sports Ground 1 2003
Orange Barbarians Orange Max Stewart Park 0 N/A
Orange United Warriors Orange 0 N/A

History

The Mid West Cup was originally organised as a rugby union competition but made the switch to rugby league after the First World War. 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.[3]

While the competition was traditionally based in around the Blayney region, in the 1950s it expanded into Rockley, Carcoar and Cullen Bullen before it was absorbed in the Group 10 Rugby League and renamed the Group 10 Second Division. 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, Oberon Tigers (who have been relegated from Group 10) and the newly-formed Orange United.

More than 40 teams have reportedly featured in the Mid West Cup over the course of its history.[4] They include:

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
  • 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

See also
  • Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References
  1. 100 years of Lithgow football
  2. Mid West New Era Cup to feature eight and possibly nine clubs in 2020 in Western Advocate, December 4, 2019
  3. Stanbridge, Gwende (2019). The Blayney Citizens' Cup 1913-2019.
  4. 100 years of Lithgow football

Vought Engineering Lithgow Storm Under 11s - 2008 Champions

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