We will enter preliminary round 1 by virtue of winning the East Region Superleague last season. Joining us in PR1 will be South & East cup winners Shield winners and fellow Conference B rivals Tynecastle, West Junior SL champions Beith Juniors, Scottish Junior Cup champions Auchinleck Talbot and Scottish Amateur Cup champions Shortlees. Nine other sides will be picked from fourteen teams (full list below) to enter PR1.

The winners of the seven PR1 ties will join the five teams who received byes from PR1 to contest six ties in PR2. PR1 fixtures will be played on August 11th and PR2 on Setpember 1st.

Format

PRELIMINARY ROUND ONE - Saturday 11 August 2018
(7 ties and 5 byes)

Will play in Preliminary round 1
Tynecastle (South & East Cup Winners Shield Winners)
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (East Junior Super League Winners)
Auchinleck Talbot (Scottish Junior Cup Winners)
Beith Juniors (West Junior Super League Winners)
Shortlees AFC (Scottish Amateur Cup Winners)

May enter in Preliminary round 1 (9 teams will, 5 will receive byes into Preliminary round 2)
Banks O’Dee
Burntisland Shipyard
Coldstream
Girvan
Glasgow University
Golspie Sutherland
Hawick Royal Albert
Linlithgow Rose
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (Pending Club Licensing Decision)
Newton Stewart
Preston Athletic
St. Cuthbert Wanderers
Threave Rovers
Wigtown & Bladnoch

PRELIMINARY ROUND TWO – Saturday 1 September 2018
12 Clubs (6 ties) –
7 Preliminary Round One Winners
5 Preliminary Round One Byes