Adlington

Captain: Andrew Robinson

Professional: Iain Critchley

Player departures:

New players: Matthew Taylor (Ex-pro reverting to amateur)

ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY

Captain: Steve Walsh

Professional: Suresh Raina (India A/Central Zone/Uttar Pradesh misses first game)

Player departures: Robert Bennett, Bevan Thompson (Golborne)

New players:

ATHERTON

Captain: Paul Walsh

Professional: Yogesh Golwalkar

Player departures: Neil Bannister (Chorley), Karl Brown (Northern)

New players: Robert Clews, Michael Bond (Leigh)

BLACKROD

Captain: Graeme Walsh

Professional: Will Halton

Player departures: Terry Southworth (Ret)

New players: Jack Southworth (Heaton)

CLIFTON

Captain: Ian T Morris

Professional: Chinthaka Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka)

Player departures: David Garner (Radcliffe)

New players: Chris Tye (Egerton)

DAISY HILL

Captain: Peter Kirkman

Professional: Faisal Khan Aldredi

Player departures:

New players:

ELTON

Captain: Graham Bushell

Professional: Dexter Fitton

Player departures:Chris Read (Leigh), Mark Goddard (Australia), Peter Kay (Greenmount)

New players:

GOLBORNE

Captain: Dale Tyrer

Professional: Rob Turnbull

Player departures: Barry Greenwood, Tony Greenwood

New players: Rob Bennett (A&T), Bevan Thompson (A&T)

DARCY LEVER

Captain: Paul Smethurst

Professional: Devendra Bundela

Player departures:

New players:

EDGWORTH

Captain: Chris Locke

Professional: Adam Syddall

New players

player departures:

LITTLE HULTON

Captain: Mike Edwards

Professional: Brett Collins

Player departures:

New players:

LOSTOCK

Captain: Danny Cockton

Professional: Pervez Suma

Player departures:

New players:

SPRING VIEW

Captain: Paul Matthews

Professional: Ari Sarkar

Player departures:

New Players: Tony Kelly, Ibrer Ali (Widnes)

STANDISH

Captain: Nigel Geary

Professional: Mike Crookson

Player departures:

New players:

WALSHAW

Captain: Rob Faulkner

Professional: Jonathan Fielding

Player Departures: Brett Collins, Tony Kelly (Both To Spring View), Gary Dyson (Ret)

New Players: Jason Whittaker (Oulton Park and Cheshire county)