C.I.Y.M.S. Cricket Club

C.I.Y.M.S.
Team information
Home groundCircular Road

C.I.Y.M.S. Cricket Club is a cricket club in Belfast, Northern Ireland, playing in the NCU Premier League. C.I.Y.M.S. is an acronym for Church of Ireland Young Men's Society, a body initially established for young men belonging to the Church of Ireland, but the society is now open to men and women of all religions and denominations.[1]

History

The club was founded by members of the Church of Ireland Young Men's Society whom were working in a soup kitchen by Belfast City Hall.[1] In 1964, CIYMS moved from central Belfast to a new ground at Circular Road, Belfast. The ground-breaking ceremony was overseen by the Church of Ireland bishops Mitchell of Down and Dromore and Eliott of Connor[2]

In 2015, CIYMS won the NCU Senior Challenge Cup for the first time.[3] In 2019, CIYMS won the All-Ireland T20 Cup. This also enabled them to take part in the 2020 European Cricket League, becoming Ireland's first entrant.[4] However, they were unable to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain cancelling the tournament. They won a play-off in 2020 against YMCA Cricket Club to compete the next year but this was also cancelled.[5] CIYMS would eventually be able to compete in the 2023 European Cricket League after winning the All-Ireland T20 Cup in 2022, despite a broken down bus delaying their arrival to Spain for the tournament.[6][7] They finished third behind France's Dreux and England's Hornchurch though CIYMS' Jason van der Merwe was awarded the MVP trophy.[8] CIYMS qualified for the 2024 European Cricket League. After winning their group and progressing to the Championship Week,[9] they were eliminated following a loss to Jersey's Old Victorians.[10]

Honours

References

  1. ^ ab"About CIYMS". Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ^"Sod-Cutting at CIYMS". Digital Film Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  3. ^"CIYMS edge out Instonians but North West final abandoned". BBC Sport. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  4. ^Beswick, Daniel (30 January 2020). "CIYMS CC of Belfast joins as ECL20 Ireland entrant". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  5. ^"European Cricket League Play-off: CIYMS beat YMCA at Belmont". BBC Sport. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. ^Easdown, Craig (14 March 2023). "All you need to know: CIYMS in the European Cricket League". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. ^"CIYMS ready for European adventure: "We're packed for three days and for a week-and-a-half!"". Belfast News Letter. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  8. ^"'We didn't win the whole thing but at least I got to bring some sort of trophy home.'". Belfast News Letter. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  9. ^Easdown, Craig (16 March 2024). "Blog: CIYMS in Europe". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  10. ^"European Cricket League: Jersey's Old Victorians end day three with win and defeat". BBC Sport. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  11. ^"Irish Senior Cup Winners 1982–2024". The ACS. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  12. ^"Northern Cricket Union League Winners 1897-2023". The ACS. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  13. ^"NCU Senior Challenge Cup Winners 1887–2024". The ACS. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  14. ^"NCU Archives". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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