2024 Season

For the 2024 season there will be 14 teams.

• All teams will be entered into a new team knockout format
• The league itself will be split into 2 divisions. 

• The season will start on Tuesday 9th July with the pool phases of the Mac Turner Team Knockout Competition
• Division 1 League fixtures will start on Tuesday 7th May
• The Presidents Cup will be played on Tuesday 9th July at Bewdley Cricket Club
• The knockout stages of the Mac Turner Team Knockout Competition will start on Tuesday 3rd September
  
  • Quarter-finals: Tuesday 3rd September
  • Semi-finals: Tuesday 10th September
  • Finals: Tuesday 17th September
• Finals of the doubles and singles knockout competition will be played on Tuesday 24th September

League Structure 2024

• There will be 2 leagues
  • Division 1 will consist of 7 teams
  • Division 2 will consist of 7 teams
• Each team will play each other home and away in the league
• Division 1 teams will have 12 league games
• Division 2 teams will have 12  league games
• There will be  up and 2 down and the end of the 2023 league season. The winners and runners-up of the 2023 league 2 will be promoted to league 1 and the bottom placed team in league 1 will be relegated to league 2
• Footloose the winners of 2023 Division 2 will be promoted to League 1
• Bewdley PC 'B' the runners-up of 2023 Division 2 will be promoted to League 1
• Top Pub, the last placed team in 2023 Division 1 will be relegated to League 2
• K.C.R.F.C have renamed to Bewdley Wayfarers and will be based at Bewdley Cricket Club
• We welcome a new Lakes team into the league so we will have 14 teams for 2024
• Lakes 'C' have been renamed to Lakes Renegades, Lakes 'D' have been renamed to Lakes Admirals and the new team is Lakes Phoenix
• League 1 will consist of Lakes Admirals, Lakes Renegades, Kinver Con Club, Nomads, Footloose, Bewdley PC 'B' and Alveley Royals
• League 2 will consist of the Top Pub, Bewdley P.C. 'A', Bewdley Wayfarers, Bewdley Institute, Lakes Phoenix, Oaks and Claverley Lions

Team Knockout 2024

• The Team Knockout will be in two stages, a pool stage and a knockout stage
• There will be a single pool of 14 teams
• Each team will play 4 games, this will be the 2 teams above them and 2 teams below them in the initial draw 
• The initial draw was taken at the SVPL 2024 registration meeting on 
• The draw for Team Knockout pools was undertaken at the 2023 registration meeting on Tuesday 27th February
  1. Bewdley PC 'A'
  2. Claverley Lions
  3. Nomads
  4. Bewdley PC 'B'
  5. Lakes Renegades
  6. Alveley Royals
  7. Kinver Con Club
  8. Bewdley Wayfarers
  9. Bewdley Institute
  10. Oaks
  11. Top Pub
  12. Lakes Phoenix
  13. Lakes Admirals
  14. Footloose
• Each team will play 2  home and 2 away in the pool stages
• The top 8 teams at the end of the pool stages will enter the knockout stages
• The draw for the knockstages will take place upon completion of the pool stages
• During the pool stages all games in a match need to be completed as the final positions will be decided by points, then games difference and if required, points difference
• During the knockout stages, the first team to 4 games is the winner
• There will be no Team Plate Competition 

2024 Singles/Doubles/Triples Competitions

• Singles, doubles and triples competitions will be ran as normal by the SVPL
• The singles plate competition will only be ran if 16 or more entries are received in the main singles competition
• The doubles plate competition will only be ran if 16 or more entries are received in the main doubles competition

Please Note:

 No food needs to be provided this season after matches.