Congratulations to Sean Currie, Neil Currie, Sean McCullagh, Declan Adamson and Andrew Vincent on their selection for the Leinster Under 11 training squad. The full squad can be seen here.
Congratulations to Robert Forrest and Jordan Coghlan who were named in the Ireland U-18 squad for winter training and the upcoming summer fixtures. Full squad here.
The draw for the 2010 Alan Murray Twenty/20 Cup was conducted by the Leinster Cricket Union last night and is;
SECTION A; Leinster, Merrion, North County, Old Belvedere,
SECTION B; Phoenix, YMCA, Rush, Pembroke,
SECTION C; CYM, Clontarf, Railway Union,
SECTION D; Malahide, The Hills 2nds, The Hills 1sts.
Fergus Carroll,
P.R.O.
The first committee meeting of 2010 will take place on Monday January 25th in the clubhouse at 8pm.
Over the winter 2 youth cricket academies have been running in North County (Tues and Wed) and Wesley (Sat). They are run by Reinhard Strydom and Albert Van de Merwe and having seen them operate I can vouch for their excellence. They wll run again from February and will bring players up to the beginning of the season. Details of times and costs are on this link
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000072/007220.shtml
You will see that they are also catering for girls in their Saturday sessions from February. Anyone interested should contact them as soon as possible as places will surely fill up quickly.
Deryck
The committee page of the website has been updated for 2010, click the tab above to see who your representatives are! And the Ireland U-19s won their first warm up match, with major contributions from the Clontarf lads… click here for the match report
We ended 2009 on a sad note and must begin 2010 in similar circumstances, noting the death of John Lyon. John was coach in Clontarf for many years, and continues to have an immeasurable influence on the on-field successes of the club. Generations of players were coached by him in Castle Avenue, many of whom earned subsequent representative honours.
The President, Honorary Secretary and executive committee express condolences on behalf of the club.
The President and the executive committee note with sadness the death of past president Dermot Sweeney after a short illness. Funeral mass tomorrow (Thursday 31st December) at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Marino, at 10am.
Ahead of the U-19 World Cup, Cover Point magazine have an interview with Jordan here (thanks to JoeMo for the link). Best of luck to Jordan and Adrian who head off on New years Day, first to Australia for a training camp and then for warm up games and the finals in New Zealand.
Merry Christmas to everyone still looking at these pages! Thanks for sticking with us through the winter, 2010 is set to be the biggest year in the history of the club and Thursday June 17th will require the entire membership to come together, so remember when the call comes, answer it! Many thanks to everyone who has helped out throughout the season, written reports, posted in club news etc. and best of luck to the incoming President and committee taking the reigns in January!