Blackpool and Fylde League
The area covered by this League includes the Blackpool, Lytham, Fleetwood, and Preston, Lancaster and Morecambe. Unfortunately the number of players in this league has dropped off in recent years, although it remains very well organised. Preston have 2 teams in division one of the Blackpool and Fylde League, and one team in division 2, and one team in division 4. Teams play each other twice per season, once home and once away. Home matches are played on Wednesdays at the club, and away matches are played at the opposing teams venue.
In past years Preston first team have won this league many times. The team in division 4 exists to give opportunities to new players, and has a rating limit, so we always need new players with no ratings or low ratings to run this team. If you want to play, contact the team captain. You can find out who the team captain is from the team captains page on the ECF League Management System (LMS)
Central Lancashire League
The Central Lancashire League currently includes teams such as Preston, Leyland, Heywood, Rochdale, Blackburn. Teams play each other home and away. Currently Preston have one team in division 1. In the 2023/24 season, Preston won division 1 of this league.
Lancashire Clubs
Preston enter a team in the Lancashire Clubs competition held one weekend day per year.
Club Championship
There is an internal individual competition every year, open to all members, to decide the overall club champion.
Weekend Individual Tournaments
In addition to the internal and league competition, some players take part in individual competitions, which take place at the weekends. These normally consist of about 5, 4 hour games over the course of a whole weekend, and are called weekend congresses. Players are usually divided into a number of sections, according to playing strength. The sections are usually run under the swiss system, which means that all players play in all 5 games, but winners are paired against each other. See the ECF events calendar