Clontarf Cricket Club: Mens Ladies Youths Cricket Castle Avenue North Dublin

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 4ths lost to Leinster.

@ Park Avenue, Clontarf 6ths lost to Railway Union by 2 wickets. The defeat sees the 6ths miss out on the Division 13 title to finish runners up.

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 2nds lost to Civil Service.

@ Rathmines, Clontarf 3rds lost to Leinster.

Sun 4th

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 2nds beat Oakhill by 3 wickets D/L

Sat 3rd Sept

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 1sts lost to North County by 89 runs.

@ Phoenix Park, Clontarf 2nds beat Civil Service by 6 wickets

@ Inch, Clontarf 3rds lost to North county by 9 wickets (Bryan McDermott 72)

Sun 28th

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 2nds beat Malahide by 8 wickets. Malahide hit 250 from their 50 overs. The run chase was led by Vijay Gopal (91), Richie Reid (71*) and Ross Maybury (39).

@ Sydney Parade, Clontarf 4ths lost to Pembroke.

@ Aravon, Clontarf 6ths beat Wicklow by 7 wickets.
Winning the toss skipper Tom broke his golden rule and put Wicklow into bat. At 60-1 at drinks it wasn't looking like a good choice. However a strong 2nd 20 overs restricted Wicklow to 105-8. there were two wickets for Fintan and Vidhya, one for Ian Smillie and Ben Makin (first senior wicket) and two run outs. It was always going to be a tricky run chase and it started badly with 3 wickets down with just 26 runs on the board. However, a patient 24* from skipper Tom and a big hitting 50* from Ian Smillie in an unbroken 82 partnership saw the 6ths over the line.

Sat 27th

@ Castle Avenue, Clontarf 3rds lost to Railway Union by 7 wickets

@ Wexford RFC, Clontarf 5ths beat Wexford by 6 wickets.

Mon 22nd - Fri 26th

@ Castle Avenue (ODI), Irleand lost to England by 13 runs D/L

@ Bready, Clontarf Under 13s beat Bready to become All Ireland Champions! Read Deryck's match report [here]

Sun 21st

@ Observatory Lane, Clontarf 2nds lost to Leinster

@ Bird Avenue, Clontarf 4ths lost to Merrion

Sat 20th

@ Park Avenue, Clontarf 1sts lost to Railway by 8 runs.

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 6ths beat Pembrokde by 3 wickets.
The 6ths secured promotion with a win against leage leaders Pembroke. A tight bowling display restricted Pembroke to 105 all out. Adam Craig was brilliant for his 4 wickets with great support from Rob McDermott and Ian Smillie who took two each with one for Neal Smillie. Sean Dunne was unplayable and although didnt get a wicket went for less than two an over. The chase was tense but an cool headed half century from Ian Smillie saw total reached with just 3 wickets to spare. Having leapfrogged Pembroke it's now a case of win last two games and can't be caught at the top of Division 13.

Sun 14th

@ Inch, Clontarf 1sts beat Pembroke (semi-final Near FM T20) by 58 runs (Rod Hokin 48*, Andrew Poynter, 4-13) and beat Leinster (Final Near FM T20) by 7 wickets D/L (Andrew Poynter 58*, Adrian D'Arcy 40*)

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 3rds lost to Merrion

Sat 13th

@ Phoenix, Clontarf 1sts beat Phoenix.

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 3rds lost to Phoenix

@ Bird Avenue, Clontarf 5ths lost to Merrion by 1 wicket

@ Halverstown, Clontarf 7ths lost to Halverstown by 8 wickets

Mon 8th - Fri 12th

@ Castle Ave (Monday), Ladies 1sts beat Malahide by 43 runs.
Read Olivia's match report [here]

Sun 7th

@ Balbriggan, Clontarf 2nds beat Balbriggan by 98 runs D/L.
Batting first the 2nds made 219/8 with Vijay Gopal hitting another ton. The score gave Balbriggan a par score of 234 to chase in 40 overs. Wickets for Killian Lynskey, Paul Ryan and Matt D'Arcy.

@ St. Columba's College, Clontarf 6ths beat Leinster by 18 runs.
Put into bat the 6ths were in big trouble at 7-3. A gritty knock by Paul McShane, a big hitting 38 from Kevin Mullens and 28 not out from Fintan Quinn gave a total of 138. It was a very tense affair trying to defend the total but great bowling and fielding saw the 6ths bowl Leinster out for 120. Adam Craig led the bowlers with 3 wickets, two wickets for Vidhya and one each for Amir, Orwell and Fintan.

Sat 6th

@ Sydney Parade, Clontarf Ladies 2nds beat Rush to win the The Junior Cup Final. Congratulations to the team! (details to follow). The game was rained off with the 2nds on 41-0 chasing down 82. With the game resuming on Sunday morning the Ladies bring home the trophy!

@ Claremount Road, Clontarf 1sts v YMCA, rained off.

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 3rds v Pembroke, rained off.

@ Ballyeigan, Clontarf 5ths beat Ballyeigan by 138 runs.
Batting first the 5ths knocked up a big score with Andy Delany hitting 45, David Delany 29, Ian Smillie 29 and Kev Mullens 27.

Mon 1st

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 6ths beat Railway Union by 74 runs. Batting first the 6ths were all out for 133 (Tom James 32, Kevin Mullens 26). A strong bowling performance saw Railway all out for 59(Amir Panjvani 4-4)

Sun 31st

@ Oak Hill, 2nds v Oak Hill match abandoned due to fog.

@ Mount Temple, Clontarf 5ths beat Ballyeigan.

@ Castle Ave, (Minor Cup Semi-Final) Clontarf 6ths lost to Merrion by 1 wicket. Batting first the 6ths made an underpar 123 (Tom James 42). Merrion just got over the line in a tense finish. Read Rob McDermott's match report [here]

Sat 30th

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 1sts lost to The Hills by 21 runs.
The Hills made 238-9 (Rod Hokin 4-42, Niall Delany 3-63). The lads fell short in the run chase, all out for 217 (Bill Coghlan 51).

Mon 25th - Fri 29th

@ Castle Ave (Mon) Clontarf Ladies 1sts beat Pembroke by 9 wickets. In a reversal of the result just a few days earlier the ladies proivided a great run chase. Pembroke made 139-5 with Gladys Shaw taking 4-13 including a hatrick! Emmma Thompson showed her class hitting an unbeaten 96 ably supported by Marguerite Burke who hit 23 not out.

@ Milverton (Fri) Clontarf Ladies 2nds lost to Rush by 8 wickets. Lauren Maxwell hit 69 not out in Tarf's total of 119. Rush managed to chase it down for the loss of just two wickets.

Sun 24th

@ Claremount Road, (Storm Trophy Final), 2nds lost to Merrion.

@ Castle Avenue, 4ths beat Ireland ladies.

@ Sydney Parade, 6ths beat Pembroke by 112 runs.
Batting first the 6ths made 193-7 with a magnificent 88 from Vidhya Gompa. The 6ths bowlers continued their great season bowling Pemboke out for 81. Fintan Quinn took 4-6 from his four overs with 2 wickets for Amir Panjvani and one each for Orwell, Adam Craig and Neil Smillie. A special mention to Kev McDermott who took 3 outstanding catches.

Sat 23rd

@ Terenure, 3rds lost to Terenure

@ Bird Avenue, (Middle 2 Cup semi-final), 4ths lost to Merrion by 2 wickets.

@ Mount Temple, 5ths beat Sandyford by 62 runs.
Batting first the 5ths were173 all out in 27.3 overs - Ian Smillie 69 and Kevin Mullins 35 Sandyford were 111 all out in 24.2 overs - Neal Smillie 4/3 and Samuel Ritchie 3/27

@ Castle Avenue (Minor Cup QF), Clontarf 7ths lost to Rush.

Mon 18th - Friday 22nd

@ Castle Avenue (Mon), Clontarf Ladies 2nds lost to Merrion by 7 wickets. Batting first the ladies made 108-3 (S Lawless 40). Merrion chased it down for the loss of 3 wickets.

@ Castle Avenue (Weds), Cup Semi-final, Ladies 2nds beat Pembroke by 9 wickets. Pembroke made a competitive score of 164-5 off their 25 over (Liz Kirk 3-35). A superb run chase saw the 2nds into the final with an unbeaten 103 by Fiona Manning and 58 by Annette McKeon.

@ Milverton (Thurs), Cup Final, Under 11 girls lost to Rush.

@ Sydney Parade (Fri) Under 13As beat Pembroke to win the Under 13 Leinster Cup. Congratulations to the lads who have brought home the first silverware of the year.

@ Sydney Parade (Fri) Ladies 1sts lost to Pembroke by 9 wickets. Batting first the ladies made 149-6 with Emma Thompson hitting 74. Pembroke chased it down in the 18th over losing only one wicket.

Sun 17th

@ Castle Avenue, the 1sts won their two T20 games against The Hills and Merrion.

Youth Roundup
CUP Final Week.

It is not just the Senior teams involved in big Cup matches this week. The Clontarf Under 11 Girls team have qualified for the Final and will play away in Rush this Thursday. The match starts at 2.30pm so hopefully the girls can pick up the Club's first silverware for the season. The girls are having an excellent season. The hard work by coaches Emma Thompson, Laura Erskine and Laura Cullen is certainly producing results.

On Friday the Boys Under 13s play away in Pembroke in the Leinster Cup Final. This match starts at 3.30pm so come down to support in what is promising to be a very competitive match.

In recent matches the Boys 15B team made it 3 wins in a row by defeating Malahide and Old Belvedere. Sean Dunne claimed 4 wickets and Oisin Hoy 3 whilst James Foxe top-scored with an excellent 35. The 15A team then continued the great results by posting 220 against Merrion. Andrew Delany retired on 75 and Kevin Mullins made a quickfire 43 in the 35 over score. In reply Adam Craig and Rory Sullivan (with 5 wickets) demolished the Merrion top-order as the home team collapsed to be 27 all out.

Mon 11 - Friday 15 July

@ Sydney Parade (Monday) Clontarf Ladies 2nds lost to Pembroke by 59 runs.

@ Castle Avenue (Weds), Clontarf 3rds beat Leinster by 203 runs.
Batting first the 3rds made an impressive 277-5 off their 45 overs. Ross Maybury top scored with 72 not out off just 70 balls. There were also half centuries for Dan Ashton (52) and Conor D'Arcy (51 off 38 balls).

Leinster were all out for just 74 runs with Neil Blair leading the wicket takers with 4-14 off 9 overs. Fergal Sullivan and John Norton took two each with one each for Rory Kirk and Conor D'Arcy.

Youth Roundup

Clontarf's youth teams have made it 5 from 5 over the last few days. The 13As started of the run by defeating YMCA in the Cup Semi-Final. Colin Currie (25) and Andrew Delany (37*) made a solid start before a quickfire 38* from David Delany saw the young Tarf team post a winning total. The team have now qualified for the Leinster Cup Final to be held in Pembroke on Friday 22nd of July.

Also on Saturday, the 11Cs had 5 players on debut but still managed to record a 35 run victory. The Club has over 80 players in this age group and players are being rotated through this team. Despite this the side is still undefeated after 7 matches. On Sunday the 13A team were back at it in the league this time against 2nd placed Merrion. Wickets were shared before an unbeaten stand by Peter Hoy and Eoghan Brennan saw the team record a 10 wicket victory.

On Tuesday the Under 17s hosted Rush but after winning the toss batted poorly being bowled out in 29 overs for 130. Killian Lynskey and Kevin Mullins were the best of the batsmen. Two early wickets from Ferghal Sullivan got the home team started before Captain Mark Collier bought himself on to take 5 wickets in 5 overs to bowl Rush out for 85. Tuesday also saw the Club's 15B team travel to Malahide. Batting first Tarf were in early trouble before Peter Hoy (36) and Caleb Slane-Long (25) turned things around. An excellent bowling and fielding performance saw Clontarf win by 40 runs.

Sun 10 July

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 1sts loss to Pembroke by 70 runs.
Pembroke made 263 all out. Eoghan Delany top scored with 41 as the 1sts made 193 all out.

@ Rathmines, Clontarf 4ths lost to Leinster.

@ Aravon (Minor Cup QF) Clontarf 6ths beat Wicklow by 98 runs.
Batting first the 6ths made a decent total of 148. Brendan Duggan top scored with 46. It could have been a lower total had it not been for the big hitting 9th wicket partnership from Orwell and Rob McDermott. The bowling performance was excellent. Opening bowlers Vidhya and Orwell took 2 wickets each for 6 runs in their 5 overs. Rob McDermott also took 2 wickets and there was one each for Adam Craig, Amir Panjvani and Daniel Nolan. The bowlers were supported with good catching as three were taken behind the stumps and three good catches in the field and a brilliant direct hit run out from Vidhya. The 6ths will be play their semi-final (draw yet to be made) on 31st July.

Sat 9 July

@ Angelsea Road, (LHW Senior Cup Semi-Finals) Clontarf 1sts lost to Merrion by 125 Runs.
Merrion made 294-8 off their 60 overs. The 1sts came up well short with only Rod Hokin (66) offering any resistance.

@ Castle Ave, Clontarf 2nds beat Balbriggan by 2 wickets.
Bryan McDermott made 47 and a 60 run 8th wicket partnership from Ross Maybury and Conor D'Arcy saw the 2nds get their second league win in 2 weeks.

@ Kentstown, (Junior Cup QF) Clontarf 5ths lost to Knockharley by 5 wickets.

@ Mount Temple, Clontarf 6ths lost to Rush by 6 wickets.
The 6ths made 120 batting first. Rush chased it down in less than 20 overs.

Mon 4 - Fri 8 July

@ Milverton (Monday) Clontarf Ladies 1sts lost to The Hills by 4 wickets.
The ladies made 120-4 (Laura Erskine 35, Marguerite Burke 28) in their 20 overs. The Hills chase down the total for the loss of 6 wickets.

@ Cabra, (Weds, 20/20) Clontarf 1sts beat Old Belvedere by 39 runs.
In a game reduced to 10 overs Tarf made 139/3. Andrew Poynter hit a swashbuckling 88 off just 34 balls!

@ Sydney Parade (Thurs) Clontarf Ladies 2nds lost to Rush by 8 wickets

Sun 3 July

@ Castle Ave, Storm Trophy semi-final, Clontarf 2nds beat Balbriggan by 4 runs

Youth Roundup
It has been a busy week for youth matches. Johnny Barry's 11B team traveled to North County and lost only one wicket in their 20 overs. Some excellent bowling saw them achieve a comfortable 100 run victory to keep their unbeaten run going.

On Sunday Sean Dunne took a hat-trick and Harry Opperman 2 wickets as the 13A team bowled The Hills out for just 25 to achieve a comprehensive victory. The Club's 11C team also defeated The Hills by 50 runs. Thanks to Ian Smiley for travelling to Milverton with these boys.

On Monday Colin Currie top scored with 60 to help the Leinster Under 13 team win its opening match against the NCU. With a number of players missing our Under 15A team lost in a close game against Rush. Kevin Mullins continued his devastating form with 73 in 34 deliveries. Luke Opperman was the best of the bowlers with 2 wickets.

Sat 2 July

@ Castle Ave, 2nds beat Pembroke by 77 runs

@ St Finian's Clontarf 7ths lost to Mullingar

Sun 26 June

@ Castle Avenue Clontarf 1sts lost to Merrion by 6 wickets
Batting first, the 1sts had a top order collapse and were 39-5. Only Richard Forrest 44 and Joe Morrissey 24 offered any resistance as Tarf were all out for 176. Merrion chased it down for the loss of 4 wickets.

Youth Roundup
What a weekend for the youth teams in the club. Firstly on Friday the under 15s won their semi final and will play the
delayed Final at home on Tues at 5pm against North County. Please support the team if you can. Then on Saturday the
under 13B1 team game was postponed due the ground conditions however the Under 11 girls played YMCA and won,keeping their great form going. Meanwhile in Leinster the under 11A team bounced back after an indifferent batting display to win comfortably. They got a good start defending 86 for 10 wkts but the spin twins took 9 wickets in 8 overs before the seamers came back to polish the game off. On Sunday, the under 13 made sure we did the double over Leinster and the 100% record remains intact while in Malahide the under 13 girls won a tight game. The girls are making great sides and are very competitve this season. Finally in a non competitive game (they didnt know that!!) the under 9s beat North Kildare while also at North Kildare a very tidy under 11Bs also won with a fine performance. A great finish to a great weekend.

Sat 25 June

@ Sydney Parade, Clontarf 1sts beat Pembroke by 110 runs.
The 1sts were put into bat and showed their batting strength by putting up 248-8 in their 50 overs (Alex Cusack 60, Andrew Poynter 52, Joe Morrissey 30). Pembroke were all out for 138 in the 45th over with Rod Hokin taking 3-31 and Niall Delany 2-24 to give the lads maximum points.

@ Castle Avenue (Round 2 Middle 2 Cup) Clontarf 4ths beat Leinster by 2 wickets.
Batting first, Leinster were all out for 136 (Rory Kirk 3-12, Muhammed Amir 2-20, Rory Sullivan 2-12). The 4ths were in a spot of bother with the run chase at 71-8, but a match winning partnership from Muhammed Amir (46*) and Emma Thompson (31*) means the 4ths march on to the semi-final.

@ Inch Clontarf 5ths beat North County.
Put into bat the 5ths made 177 all out with Amir Panjvani hitting a half century. In what could only be described as a hostile environment, the 5ths showed great spirt and determination to bowl North County out for 140 odd. The bowling and fielding was excellent with wickets shared around. (full details to follow) The game was covered by local media and pictures can be seen [here]

Mon 21 June - Fri 24 June

On Monday the Ladies 1sts was rained off.

Tuesday @ Castle Ave, 5ths beat Civil Service bt 4 wickets (Junior Cup Rd 1)
In a refix of the cup game (20/20), Civil Service made 114 all out (V Gompa 7-28). Tarf chased it down with 4 wickets to spare (A Delany 48*, E Thompson 20) Read the full match report [click here]

Wednesday @ Castle Ave, Ladies 1sts lost to Merrion by 6 wickets (Senior Cup)

Youth Results
This week saw a full schedule of midweek games, with Junior and Leaving cert students finishing up their exams. The U15B team travelled to Rush however a downpour half way through put an end to the game. At least they got to bat but the 17 team went to North County and a sodden square meant no play was possible. On Wednesday the U11Bs hosted YMCA and won in an even game that swung our way close to the end while on Thursday evening in beautiful sunshine the U13A's kept up their winning ways, this time in the cup when beating North County.

Sun 19 June

@ St Finian's (Minor Cup Rd 1), Clontarf 6ths beat Mullingar by 131 runs.
The 6ths made 150 all out (V. Gompa 43, N Smillie 39*, S Dunne 21) before bowling Mullingar out for 19 (V Gompa 4-4, A Craig 3-1, N Smillie 2-1). Read the full match report [click here]

Youth Roundup
On an extremely busy weekend for youth fixtures we had 5 games on Saturday and another 3 on Sunday. On Saturday the
U11 girls won again when beating Rush. A great result. The u11B boys team went to Cabra but a downpour meant the game could not continue after we had batted. Meanwhile the U11A team were in Pembroke for a 2nd Rd Cup match. Unfortunately, an ordinary performance in the field left just too much to do for the batters and despite a brave effort we fell 6 runs short. Nearby in YMCA the U13As continued their winning ways with a victory. The final game on Saturday saw the u13B2 team in Leinster where the lost but again this team might not be getting the victories but the young side are putting together some good individual performances and are benefitting from the experience.

On Sunday the U13 girls played a strong Railway side and lost. Again it was a good performance and we are now competing in all our games. There are some very promising girls coming through. Our u11C team travelled to Malahide and maintained their unbeaten record. Back on home soil the u13B1 beat Phoenix with another strong performance.

Sat 18 June

@Phoenix, LHW Leinster Senior Cup Rd 2) Clontarf 1sts beat Phoenix (D/L)

The 1sts made a good total of 325-5 in their 60 overs. Opener Alex Cusack made 89 in a partnership of 189 with Rod Hokin who made a century, eventually falling on 119. Adrian D'Arcy hit a brisk half century off 33 balls before falling on 54.

@ Castle Avenue (Middle Cup Rd 2), Clontarf 3rds lost to Merrion by 6 runs.
The 3rds came up 6 runs short chasing 195, despite Bryan McDermott hitting 53.

@Mt Temple (Minor Cup Rd 1), Clontarf 7ths beat Railway Union by 2 wickets.
The 7ths bowled Railway out for 120, with Pavan Vadlamudi taking 4 wickets and 3 wickets for Ross McCullagh. The total was chased down for the loss of 8 wickets with Abhilash Krishnan hitting 30 and Rob McDermott hitting 28. With Railway playing a divison above the 7ths this was a big scalp to take the 7ths into the second round

Mon 12 June - Fri 17 June

On Monday the 2nds beat Civil Service in the Tillian Cup (20/20) by 3 wickets. Civil Service were all out for 86 with Vijay Gopal pick of the bowlers with 3-10. In a nervous run chase Paul Ryan kept a cool head to see the 2nds over the line finishing unbeaten on 28.

On Tuesday the 3rds beat Old Belvedere by 9 wickets in the YM Salver (20/20) with Rob Abbott hitting an unbeaten 50 and 3 wickets each for Sunny and John Norton.

Both the 2nds and 3rds are now in the semi-final of their respective 20/20 competitons.

On Weds the Ladies 1sts continued their great start to the season with another great win against Leinster by 5 wickets. Read Olivia's match report [click here] or see Deryck Vincent's pictures of the game [click here]

Sun 12 June

2nds, 5ths and 7ths cup games were all cancelled due to rain.

It was a quiet weekend for youth cricket, with Sunday's under 11 and under 9 games against North Kildare rained off while on Sunday the U13s were given a walk over in the 1st round of the cup. They will now play North County. However the one game that did take place was the Under 13 girls against Leinster and it resulted in a win for our girls, which is notable as Leinster are one of the top girls clubs, well done.

Sat 11 June

@ Castle Avenue (Irish Senior Cup), Clontarf 1sts lost to Brigade by 9 wickets.
Losing the toss the 1sts were put into bat. Eoghan Delany top scored with 34 not our and the total of 169-7 for always going to be difficult to defend. Brigade got there in the 40th over for the loss of just one wicket, which means the quest for the first ever Irish Senior Cup must wait another year.

Weds 8 June

@ Castle Avenue , Clontarf Ladies 1sts beat The Hills by 73 runs.
Match report:
A second victory makes for a great start to the season from the ladies firsts. On Wednesday the ladies beat the Hills by 73 runs in very wet conditions. We put a 157 runs on the board with the main contribution coming from Emma Thompson who made 96 runs and one broken window, not out. Laura Cullen made a nice 36 runs and looked to be getting some of her old confidence back despite the rain. The second innings was more of an all round team effort with catches taken by Laura Cullen, Marguerite Burke and two for Vivienne Shaw. Gladys took three wickets for 15 runs off 4overs and Laura Erskine took her first senior wicket followed closely by her second and third for just 4 runs in 2 overs. She even threatened to get her first senior hat-trick! The bowlers were Emma Thompson(14 runs off 3 overs), Laura Cullen(28 runs off 4 overs), Olivia Golden(12 runs off 3 overs) and Cecily McGeer had a very nice spell keeping the Hills at 9 runs off her 4 overs. Next week we play Leinster at home on the Wednesday and Malahide away on the Friday so I’ll keep you posted. Well done again to all the girls.

The under 11As travelled to Phoenix for a league game and followed on their victory in the cup with solid batting and bowling performances in beating the home side

Mon 6 June

@ Milverton , Clontarf 1sts lost to the Hills by 2 runs.
The Hills batted first and made 235/7 off their 50 overs. In a desperately close run chase Tarf came up just two runs short all out in the last over.

@ Castle Avenue , Clontarf 7ths lost to Halverstwon by 53 runs. (game reduced to 39 overs per side)
John Watson took 3-10 in 5 overs with Halverstown scoring 156 in 39 overs. The run chase was going was well with Neal Smillie making 27 until 4 wickets fell in one over with Tarf being bowled out for 104. Adam Gilbride was left stranded on 30 not out.

Sun 5 June

@ Castle Avenue (Middle 2 Cup), Clontarf 4rds beat Wicklow by 2 wickets.
Wicklow made 216. The 4ths chased down the total with 2 wickets to spare in 37 overs. Trent Dickenson top scored with 93 with support from Dereck McGeehan who got 40.

@ Kenure, Clontarf 6ths beat Rush by 186 runs. (game reduced to 38 overs per side)
Put into bat on the new mat Rush the Traf top order had a great day. Opener Vidhya smashed 38 before being run out. A partnership of 103 from Paul McShane and Brendan Duggan pushed the score on before Paul was run out on 36. Despite a rain break Brendan and Muhammed Amir took full advantage of the short boundaries with an exibition to push the score onto 265-2 off the 38 overs. Brendan finished on 91 not out with Muhammed smashing 58 not out which included two huge sixes.

If Rush thought the Tarf lads would be complacement with runs on the board they were sorely mistaken. Vidhya led the charge with 3-22 off 6 overs including the wicket of F Ismail who hit a ton for Rush the previous week. Credit to Neil Smillie for taking the one handed catch to ensure Rush's danger man didn't trouble the scorers. There was also two wickets for Kevin Mullins, Neal Smillie and one each for Adam Craig and Orwell and a super run out when Vidhya dived and stopped one in the covers and managed to get the ball back to keeper Tom who gratefully took the bails off. It was without doubt the best all round performance by the 6ths since they started 3 years ago and gives them maximum points to bring it to 3 wins out of 4.

The under 13s continued their good run of form with a win over Phoenix in a game of high quality. We came out winners by about 30 runs with solid all round performamces. The under 13B(2) team travelled to Rush but without success. this is a young and inexperienced team who are learing and improving all the time. Finally the U11Cs were comprehensive winners over Phoenix and are unbeaten to date. The team took 17 wickets while only losing 3. A good weekend.

Sat 4 June

@ Castle Avenue (Middle Cup), Clontarf 3rds beat Old Belvedere by 10 wickets.
Tarf bowled Old Belvedere out for 168 with Rory Kirk showing his class taking 5-33. The openers made short work of the chase with Brian Nolan making 81 not out and run machine Dan Ashton making 79 not out. Great win lads.

@ Mount Temple, Clontarf 7ths lost to Dundrum.

The under 11A team advanced to the 2nd round of the cup with a very impressive all round performance in beating Leinster. Having bowled and fielded brilliantly, including 3 exceptional catches, they reached their total of 80 without losing a wicket and with 6 overs to spare. A real team performance.

Weds 1 June

@ Phoenix (YM Salver 20/20), Clontarf 3rds beat Phoenix by 6 wickets.
Tarf won the toss and decided to bowl. Phoenix got 111 runs off 20 overs. Des McCann 4-19 off 5 overs. Jack McGreal 3-36 off 5 overs, S. Nakka 1-19 off 5 overs. Tarf Batting 112 for 4 off 13.5 overs. T Dickenson 44 out, B McDermott 31 not out.

@ Castle Avenue (Ladies Minor Cup), Clontarf Ladies 2nds beat North Kildare.

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