The South Wales side won the Glamorgan & Gwent regional group and meet fellow Welsh side Carew from Dyfed in the first round. Elvaston, too, are through. They cruised through their Derbyshire group, hardly breaking into a sweat in the process. They have to travel over the border to Nottinghamshire to meet South Notts League championship contenders Gotham Village.

Also through to the first round are last year's beaten semi-finalists Wolviston from the Durham, Cleveland and Tyne & Wear group. Wolviston were narrowly beaten by Elvaston in a tense game at the Durham club. Elvaston came out top on that occasion by two wickets. The two are both in the same half of the draw again, so a repeat match is a possibility.

The full draw for the National Competition is as follows:

First round - July 7th

1. Sparsholt (Hampshire) v Rowledge (Surrey & Berkshire)
2. Kimbolton & Catworth (Cambridgeshire & Norfolk) v Dinton (Buckinghamshire)
3. Langleybury (Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire) v Bentley (Essex & Suffolk)
4. Glynde & Beddingham (Sussex) v Linton Park (Kent)
5. Dumbleton (Gloucestershire) v Shipton-Under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire)
6. Ynystawe (Glamorgan & Gwent) v Carew (Dyfed)
7. Goatacre (Dorset & Wiltshire) v Butleigh (Somerset & Avon)
8. Werrington (Cornwall) v Clyst St George (Devon)
9. Oakmere (Cheshire & Clwyd) v Great Eccleston (South Lancs, Greater Manchester & Merseyside)
10. Gotham (Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire) v Elvaston (Derbyshire)
11. Colwall (Worcestershire, Herefordshire & Powys) v Isham (Northamptonshire)
12. Tibberton (Shropshire, Staffordshire & West Midlands) v Fillongley (Leicestershire & Warwickshire)
13. Bomarsund (Northumberland) v Kintore or Freuchie (Scotland)
14. Sessay (North Yorkshire (North)) v Wolviston (Durham, Cleveland & Tyne and Wear)
15. Salesbury (Cumbria & North Lancashire) v Streethouse (West Yorkshire)
16. Staxton (North Yorkshire (South)) v Houghton Main (South Yorkshire & Humberside)

Second round - 21st July

17. Winners of match 1 v Winners of match 2
18. Winners of match 3 v Winners of match 4
19. Winners of match 5 v Winners of match 6
20. Winners of match 7 v Winners of match 8
21. Winners of match 9 v Winners of match 10
22. Winners of match 11 v Winners of match 12
23. Winners of match 13 v Winners of match 14
24. Winners of match 15 v Winners of match 16

Third round - 4th August

25. Winners of match 17 v Winners of match 18
26. Winners of match 19 v Winners of match 20
27. Winners of match 21 v Winners of match 22
28. Winners of match 23 v Winners of match 24

Semi Finals - 18th August

29. Winners of match 25 v Winners of match 26
30. Winners of match 27 v Winners of match 28

Final - 1st September at Lords

31. Winners of match 29 v Winners of match 30