First round draws for the three SIL Cups

The draws for the three SIL cups has been completed today.
Below are the games and byes for each cup along with the match date.

Morrison Freight Cup – 42 entries
1st Round October 15th
Witnesham Wasps v Bardwell Sports
Bacton United 89 v Somersham
Ipswich Athletic v Stowupland Falcons
Capel Plough v Thurston
Grundisburgh v Woolverstone United
Kesgrave Kestrels v Tattingstone United
Kirton Athletic v Cockfield United
Elmswell v Saxmundham Sports
AFC Kesgrave v Wenhaston United
Bramford Road Old Boys v Stonham Aspal
Byes Achilles, Stanton, Melton and Ufford United, Bramford United, Great Blakenham Chequers and Needham Market Phoenix.
The winners of these ties and the teams having byes will be in the 2nd Round on December 10th along with the 16 Senior Division teams.

Reserve Cup – 35 entries
1st Round September 24th
Bacton United 89 Reserves v Saxmundham Sports Reserves
Old Newton United Reserves v AFC Kesgrave Reserves
Wenhaston United Reserves v Elmswell Reserves
Byes Henley Athletic Reserves, Claydon Reserves, Ransomes Sports Reserves, East Bergholt United Reserves, Halesworth Town Reserves, Trimley Red Devils Reserves, Haughley United Reserves, Ipswich Vale Exiles Reserves, Bildeston Rangers Reserves, Coplestonians Reserves, Benhall St Mary Reserves, Westerfield United Reserves, Leiston St Margarets Reserves, Sporting 87 Reserves, Wickham Market Reserves, Capel Plough Reserves, Achilles Reserves, Stowupland Falcons Reserves, Stanton Reserves, Grundisburgh Reserves, Woolverstone United Reserves, Cockfield United Reserves, Thurston Reserves, Kirton Athletic Reserves, Somersham Reserves, Bramford United Reserves, Needham Market Phoenix Reserves, Debenham LC Reserves and Kesgrave Kestrels Reserves.
The winners of these ties and the teams having byes will be in the 2nd Round on October 8th.

Divisional Cup – 23 entries
1st Round October 1st
East Bergholt United A v Stowupland Falcons A
Unity FC v Eye Saints Youth
Framlingham Town A v Bacton United 89 A
Samuels FC v Ipswich Wanderers Under 23’s
Capel Plough A v Old Newton United A
Coplestonians A v AFC Kesgrave A
Gipping Gnats v Walsham Le Willows A
Byes Occold, Laxfield FC, Claydon A, Hope Church, Sporting 87 A, Coddenham Athletic, Hadleigh Brettsiders, Kesgrave Kestrels A, and Mendlesham.
The winners of these ties and teams having byes will be in the 2nd Round on November 12th.

All these games from the three competitions will be entered onto Full Time once the FA have completed the changeover from last season. Teams having byes will be given a league game if it can be arranged.

Alan Sparkes
SIL Fixture Secretary
July 6th 2022