The club has come to be widely respected in Irish cricketing circles, with local man John Caldwell having been recently inaugurated as the ICU’s chairman, while 2004 witnessed several notable anniversaries; 150 years of Ballymena Cricket Club, 50 years of the club at Eaton Park, 40 years of Senior League cricket. Presently, Ballymena is ranked seventh in terms of playing strength out of the thirty-eight clubs affiliated to the NCU; with the exception of the 1st XI, who regularly finish mid-table in Section II, all of the clubs’ Saturday sides are finishing as high, if not higher, in the leagues than they have ever done before and it is from this peak that Ballymena CC looks forward confidently to its future.
Major successes of the recent past
1974: NCU Senior Cup finalists
1974: NCU Senior League Section III champions
1976: NCU Senior League Section II champions
1979: NCU Senior League Section II champions
1981: NCU Senior League Section II champions
1981: NCU Senior Cup finalists
1984: 2nd XI Junior Cup champions
1991: 3rd XI Minor Cup champions
1988: NCU Senior League Section II champions
1997: NCU Senior League Section II champions
1998: NCU Senior League champions
1998: Irish Senior Cup finalists
1998: Britannia ‘Team of the Year’
1999: 2nd XI Intermediate Cup champions
2002: U-15 League champions
2002: U-13 League champions
2004: Graham Cup (U-15) champions
2004: Colts Cup (U-17) champions
International Caps:
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Dessie Kane (1981)
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Adrian McCoubrey (1999)
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David Kennedy (2002)
