The ECB National Club Twenty20 is a knockout Twenty20 club cricket competition in England. It was established in 2008 and the inaugural winners were South Northumberland.http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/cockspur-club-twenty20/cockspur-club-twenty20-roll-of-honour,1627,BP.html , ECB National Club Twenty20 Roll Of Honour. The competition is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Club T20. In 2023 Wimbledon, won the title for the third time when they beat Sandiacre Town. The 2025 champions are New Farnley.
Format
The tournament, along with the national club competition, is aligned with the ECB Premier Leagues and to enter the tournament you must be a part of an ECB Premier League or invited to take part by one.
The early rounds of the tournament are held within each of the 33 ECB Premier Leagues, with each league putting forward a winner to go to the national competition.
All rounds are played in 3 or 4 team one-day competitions, where either 3 teams play in a round-robin to determine a winner or 4 teams play a knockout. Once the 32 Premier League winners are determines the competition hosts 8 regional finals, these are; South East Area, South West Area, South Area, East Midlands Area, West Midlands Area, North West Area, North Area and North East Area.ECB National Club Twenty20 Fixtures. The 8 winners of these knockouts go to a semi final played at 2 venues, where the 2 winners of this knock out play in a final, traditionally in September. In previous years the finals day has been a 4 team knockout but it has since been changed to a straight final.
Winners Cockspur Club Twenty20 2008: South Northumberland 2009: Bournemouth 2010: Swardeston
Natwest Club Twenty20 2011: Ealing 2012: Wimbledon 2013: Wimbledon 2014: Chester Boughton Hall 2015: Ealing 2016: Swardeston 2017: South Northumberland Vitality Club T20 2018: Hanging Heaton 2019: Swardeston 2021: Tunbridge Wells 2022: Hornchurch 2023: Wimbledon 2024: Northern 2025: New Farnley
References
External links Play-Cricket.com tournament page