Mid West Cup

The Mid West Cup was a rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales. The premiers were awarded the Blayney Citizens' Cup, the oldest continuously award trophy in Country Rugby League, with Neville the first recipients in 1913.[1] In its last season in 2021, encompassed teams from Bathurst, Lithgow Oberon, Orange and Portland.[2] For all intents and purposes, it was a second division competition in the Group 10 area. The remaining clubs in the competition merged into the Woodbridge Cup in 2022 after two incomplete seasons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mid West Cup
SportRugby league
Ceased2022 (Merged with Woodbridge Cup)
Country Australia
Most recent premier CSU Mungoes (2021)
Most titles Carcoar Crows (13 titles)
WebsiteGroup 10 Homepage

Former Clubs

Most recent teams

Five teams competed in the 2021 season, including former Group 10 side Oberon Tigers. The teams were:

Club City Home Ground No. of Titles Premierships Notes
CSU Mungoes Bathurst Diggings Oval 4 1975, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2021 Joined Woodbridge Cup
Lithgow Bears Lithgow Tony Luchetti Showground 2 2010, 2011 Folded
Oberon Tigers Oberon Oberon Sports Ground 2 2003, 2020 Joined Woodbridge Cup
Portland Colts Portland Kremer Park 3 1984, 1998, 2008 Folded
Orange United Warriors Orange Wade Park 0 N/A Joined Woodbridge Cup

Former Clubs

More than 40 teams have reportedly featured in the Mid West Cup over the course of its history.[3] They include:

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.[4]

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 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, Oberon Tigers (who have been relegated from Group 10) and the newly-formed Orange United.

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

See also

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, 4 December 2019
  3. 100 years of Lithgow football
  4. Stanbridge, Gwende (2019). The Blayney Citizens' Cup 1913-2019.

Vought Engineering Lithgow Storm Under 11s - 2008 Champions

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