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LEINSTER CC THANKS THE FOLLOWING CLUB SPONSORS FOR 2010 FOR THEIR SUPPORT |
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LATEST CLUB NEWS - July 29th
| Plenty of squad announcements with Leinster players involved at the moment.Congrats to the following! Leinster Boys under 11s - Conor O'Gorman and Tom Murray, Irish Academy side - Hugh McDonnell , Ireland A Womens County Chammpionship - Laura Delany, Amy Kenealy, Suzanne Kenealy, Eimear Richardson, Melissa Scott-Hayward. |
The men's 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths and 7ths team pages and stats are now back up-to-date. Other teams to follow tomorrow. |
Registrations for all LCU clubs are now kept on the LCU website. They can be accessed here. Men's selection for the August bank holiday weekend can now be found here. It is currently password protected, so get in touch with me here for details |
It is with much regret that we last week heard about the death of Jerry Ryan, former President of Leinster CC, cricket taverner and member of the tennis section. He passed away in Spain on Monday 20th July. May he rest in peace. |
The following mens matches are waiting to be refixed
3rds - Phoenix (league) - postponed from 24th July - Now on August 7th - Venue either Kenilworth or Columba's - TBC
3rds vs Clontarf (league) - both fixtures rained off - Venue in Clontarf but date TBC
4ths - Dundrum (league) - postponed from 25th July - Saturday 22nd August - Kenilworth Square
6ths - Halverstown (league) - still on August 14th - new venue St Columba's College
7ths - North County (league) - postponed from 17th July - Date and venue TBC |
Results - Sunday 25th July - A bit of doom and gloom from the club's premier team yesterday. The 5ths lost their Inter Cup semi final to Adamstown, and will not now grace the final in Rathmines. The 1sts made if four (losses) on the trot at home to the Hills, whilst the 6ths and 7ths both lost. The site will be fullu updated on Wednesday |
Results - Saturday 24th July - Highlight of the weekend goes to the mens 4ths, who beat Sandyford 1sts, to reach the Middle 2 Cup final. The final is in North Kildare on Saturday 7th August. The 5ths completed a double over Sandyford with a low scoring win. Peter May and Colm Byrne put on 22 for the last wicket to win it (chasing 98) |
Leinster CC Tour 2010 - A great week was had by all. A win against Rockhampton (Mark Jones 100) was followed by a tie against Chipping Sodbury (Will Lennon five wicket including three in the last over). The final day saw a washout against Lansdown, whic did at leasy give us the opportunity to sample the local cider (for 8 hours). More details later (not too many obviously). Many thanks to the ten others who came - a great week, and hopefully the next installment will have many more tourers. For a taste of the action, check out the YouTube toolbar on the roight hand side of this page |
| A great day in Rathmines earlier in the season, with the Australia and Ireland teams going through a full work out ahead of June's ODI. The club looked great, and there was a large attendance of youth players down to have a look at some of the world's greatest players. With the Australia players there as well, they were in for a treat. A few club members even got a chance to join in with the sessions, with Anton, Hugh and Carlos all bowling at some point in the day. There is some video on the YouTube tool bar on the right hand side of this page, and Rob O'Connor's photo coverage of the day can be got from clicking the Cameron White/Ricky Ponting photo on the right. |
New gear - There will be white training t-shirts available from this weekend with the club crest for 15 euro. There are 48 available (20 x M, 20 x L, 8 x XL). Orders by text (087 7555165) or email . If the demand is big, another order can be made. |
Many thanks to all those who are supporting the sports predictor quiz. There were 75 entries, and so far the leader board is as follows -
Sharon Smyth and Stuart Walker guessed that Renault would win the Monaco Grand Prix
Judy Cohen, Valmai Gee and Deidre Lyons guessed that Englans would win the T20 World Cup
Next event is the u20's IRB Rugby World Championships on June 21st. Best of luck to all |
LCC Caps for sale - Rob Kenealy has found time between the hoovering and the rolling to source 25 new LCC crested caps. Photos can be seen here and here. The caps are 15 euros each, and you can get one by contacting Rob Kenealy by email or by ringing him on 087 7976303. |
Mens Training - A change of plan! - Firstly, many, many thanks to all those who have been training over the last few weeks. The numbers involved have been phenonomal. As you may have realised though, 50 people turning up every Tuesday and Thursday has been a bit difficult to manage. So with immediate effect, we will be changing to the following schedule. Mens 1sts, 2nds, 3rds and all youth players playing adult cricket - Tuesday and Thursday 6pm-dusk. Adult 4ths, 5ths, 6ths and 7ths players - Monday and Wednesday. We will monitor the situation over the next few weeks, but it was felt that a change had to be made before the frustration at not getting a bat or bowl spilled over. All new members, feel free to come down when ever suits you, and you can be directed on to the other net if need be. Many thanks, the Cricket Committee. |
| More congratulations to be heaped upon Rob O'Connor, as his award winning photo of the LCU u13 side has now won the ICC Global Photo of the Year in the Pepsi ICC Development Programme Awards for 2009. All the plaudits that were offered last month when Rob won the European award can now be repeated. Rob (or rather Cricket Ireland) wins a $2000 ICC Equipment voucher. Rob's portfolio can be seen here on www.rocshot.com. Photo reproduced courtesy of Rob O'Connor. |
| The 2009 4fm Alan Murray 20/20 Cup winning team - the first senior trophy in the club for 11 years. Back row: Catherine Goodman (President), Sean Jennings (Scorer), Dave Lucas, Mark Jones, Carlos Braithwaite, Ian O'Herlihy, Rob Miley, Will Lennon, Rob Kenealy, Marty Block (Chairman). Front row: George Dockrell, Chris Byrnes, Anton Scholtz, Craig Mallon, Hugh McDonnell. Jason Molins was in the clubhouse putting his shirt on! |
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| ALL IRELAND RANKINGS - JUL 26 | SNAPSHOTS | Interesting Stat Corner #13 |
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The magnificent 7 - Kenny Byrne, Asim Mumtaz, Rory MacMahon, Clive Colleran, Niks Nagar and Dave Lucas. The top scorers on each of the seven mens teams so far this season. |
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| Tales from the back wall |
| It probably started on the television, but it's genesis is a little tricky to pin down. It may have started in football, but then that may just be laying the blame at the feet of one that get's blamed for everything anyway. Watching the live streaming of the WCL Division 1 match between Afghanistan and Kenya got me thinking about it, but it's not hard to find examples in any match at any level. What is it? The complete disappearance of any honesty in batsmen when they are dismissed. It's obviously most common in lbws and little edges, but can even been found when he's lost his leg stump. "It swung late" instead of "I missed a straight one". "The noise was me hitting my pad" instead of "I just played down the wrong line". "I got outside the line" instead of "Yes , it hit me on middle, but I kept moving my pad to make it look like it didn't". It's the creeping practice that the umpire is always wrong, where invariably they're right. Batsmen walking off, shaking their head instead of facing up to their own deficiencies. It doesn't even stop when the offender is taking his pads off, amongst the company of his team mates (and supposed confidants). "Did you hit it?" , "No I don't think so". It may seem like a small matter to some, but surely it won't be long before players are crowding the umpires, a la our ball kicking buddies, demanding that a decision be over-turned. I know it probably sounds like a wish to return to ancient values, but please accept your fate, tuck your bat under your arm, and leave the pitch gracefully (and quickly) |
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Leinster Cricket Club is situated in the historic Observatory Lane ground, in the heart of Rathmines, which is conveniently situated close to the city centre and also areas such as Ranelagh, Terenure, Templeogue, Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Sandyford and Tallaght. The ground is served by many bus services which stop outside the ground, as well as the Ranelagh Luas stop.
Members of all levels and abilities are always welcome. For more details, contact the club office, open each weekday morning between 10am and 1pm, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 7.30pm and 9pm on 01 4972428. For membership rates, click on the "Leinster Sports Complex" icon on the Quick Links section above |
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