Youth Section visit local schools.

As part of Leinster Cricket Clubs continous plan to introducing cricket to the local community, the youth section has just completed five sessions in local primary schools.

Most recently, we visited the National Muslim School, in Clonskeagh. The Principal, Hilda Dowling, has been welcoming us into her school for the last three years. Like most primary schools, finances are tight, and the kids only get one hour of physical education a week, which explains the energy and enthuisism from the kids, once they got a bat or ball into their hands. I was assisted by Natasha Smith, Brian Hammond, Kevin Warren and son, Sean. Both 3rd and 4th Classes played games of quick cricket for 3 hours. The children loved every minute of it and all were keen to get details of Sunday morning cricket and the upcoming cricket camps in the club.

A couple of weeks earlier we visited Kildare Place Primary School, where we did sessions with 4th, 5th and 6th Classes . This time I was assisted by Irish internationals Amy Kenealy and George Dockrell, and the ever reliable Brian Hammond. As like the National Muslim School, we have been visiting KPS for a number of years now and it was interesting to spot a lot of familiar faces, who had joined Leinster since our last visits.

I would like to thank the schools for having us, and especially the people who gave up their free time to help me. Without these people, the youth section would not be in such a healthy state.

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Rob O’ Connor