The numbers drawn in last nights draw were;

 5, 8, 9 & 19

There was no winner of The Jackpot.

Lucky Dip winners were Paul McGrane and Sinéad Hoare, €25.00 each.

The Jackpot next week will be €4,200.00.

Special thanks to Specsavers, Swords for their continued support.

Andrew Russell

The Hills Development Team welcomed Adamstown 8 to The Vineyard on Saturday afternoon for a T20 Cup match. The Hills side was filled with young talent, guided by Stephen Archer and Andrew Russell. The Hills won the toss and batted first. Max Brophy (56) scored his first senior half century in an opening stand of 97 with Joseph Russell (38). Hayden Clinton (21 no) and Tristan Vincenzo (10 no) helped set a challenging target of 139 for the visitors.

Outstanding bowling by brothers Max Stead (2-18) and Peter Stead (2-21) left Adamstown reeling at 19 for 4 wickets after 6 overs. Adamstown’s senior batsmen then entered the fray and despite a valiant bowling effort by Alan Courell (0-23), Hayden Clinton (0-18), Max Brophy (0-37) and Tristan (2-22), Adamstown reached the target with just 3 balls and 2 wickets to spare.

An excellent fielding display made sure the match went down to the wire with Mathew Davis, Leo Russell and James Davis all playing their part. The team, whilst disappointed with the result, will once again have gained a huge amount of experience from this game. Next Saturday it is back to 35 over cricket at the MCG versus Adamstown 8, an immediate chance to settle the score!

Matthew Weldon has been selected to play for the Ireland Under 17’s squad for The Future Series competition.

Well done Matthew on your selection and good luck in the series.

Full details on the fixtures can be found on the following link:

https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/cricket-ireland-future-series-returns-in-2022?fbclid=IwAR3-pNitboQjfiKxWwnHos9o2LM9McxTunpUzbDlSoX5CeFbyIzmCZgoNBI

Third Man

Traditionally games between The Hills and YMCA are close-run affairs, but today’s result constituted a major departure from tradition. YMCA won the toss and opted to field because the weather forecast was full of grim foreboding for the mid to late afternoon. The first wicket fell when the score was 14 runs, and the second wicket fell after 20 runs had been added. A partnership of 79 runs between Athar Farooqi (40) and Dylan Blignaut (42) gave The Hills hope of posting a competitive score, but their wickets fell at 113 and 114 runs respectively. Mark Donegan (31) and Levon Shields (12) added a further 42 runs, but the big partnership which the situation demanded never materialised. There were two run outs and The Hills’ final score was 227 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. For large parts of The Hills’ innings, there was a lack of intent with regard to scoring runs as distinct from blocking the ball or shots found fielders with great regularity.  

Had The Hills enough runs? It is rarely wise to pontificate on what constitutes a good score in the first innings, but among The Hills’ cognoscenti, it was being suggested that the team was about 50 runs short of a good total. The wicket of Mitchell Thompson was taken by Dylan Blignaut thanks to a smart catch by Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin, in slip, when YMCA had only scored 28 runs, and that was the last success which The Hills had during a very chastening afternoon. Jack and Tim Tector batted brilliantly, punished any loose bowling, and ran very well between the wickets. Jack scored 107* and Tim scored 105* and their performance was a bonanza for statisticians and sports historians as they wondered if brothers had ever scored centuries in the same game.

This was a day when two batsmen were totally in control, and it is greatly to the credit of The Hills’ bowlers and fielders that they persevered when nothing positive was going their way. In the words of Van Morrison, “there will be days like this” so it is a matter of learning from the experience and preparing for the visit of Rush to The Vineyard on Friday next. Until then, it is onwards and upwards.

Sunday 22th June

Andrew Russell

MCG

The Hills Minor B 140-3 (Nett 125) beat Pembroke 63-14 (Nett -7). For the first time this season the sun graced the Hills Minor B’s with its welcome presence. Morgan Leonard, The Hills Captain, elected to bat first having won the toss. The initial outlook had changed by the end of the very first over, clouds rolled in over the MCG and The Hills were 3-2 when their opening pair had chipped consecutive balls into grateful hands at mid-wicket. Thankfully at Minor B level (batting in pairs) the chance of redemption is always available and Morgan (23) and James Davis (11) took their opportunity adding 33 without further loss to finish on 36-2 after 4 overs. Daniel Adderley (16) and Chandrahas Chellagurki (11) added 30-0 to the total thanks to some great running between the wickets, including two 3s a rarity at Minor B level. Leo Russell ( and Cillian Fogarty (16) added 28-1, including two superbly struck boundaries from Cillian. As the visitor’s less experienced bowlers came on the extras began to mount up and Sean McFadden (5) & Cillian McKenna (3) added 26-0 with Shreyas Chellagurki (7) & Aram Akbar (6) adding 20-0 bringing the Hills’ total to 140 for 3 wickets (Nett 125 runs), a challenging target for the visitors to chase.

The Hills put in an energetic team performance in the field. Everyone bowled 2 overs with 8 of them taking wickets alongside 2 run outs. Morgan (1-3), Daniel (1-3), Chandrahas (1-3), James (4-0), Aram (1-6), Cillian (1-3), Sean (1-8) & Leo R (2-15). Special mention to James who had a superb spell with two double wicket maidens in addition to a run out in the middle of the innings. Shout out to Cillian McKenna taking a difficult catch in the deep towards the end of the match.Despite the visitors fielding several players playing their very first ‘hard ball’ match, they battled hard until the end and they can be very proud of their future stars.

Once again, the game was played in great spirts by both teams. Thanks to Dave Fogarty for doing the book, Mary Clinton for baking some lovely treats for the players and Mick L for providing refreshments for the thirsty teams.

Cheers, Mark, Simon, Stephen and Ravi

Two Hills players named in Leinster Lightning Bolts Squad for future series. Mark Donegan and Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin have been included in the 17 player squad.

Full details on the link below;

https://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/leinster-lightning-bolts-squad-for-future-series-confirmed

Congratulations and good luck to both players.

Catherine Archer

21st June 2022

Team: Aimee Scollard, Tara O’Brien, Molly Butterly, Coela Brophy, Vanessa Scollard, Clodagh O’Connor, Ella Fagan, Genevieve Treacy, Zoe Goss, Caoimhe Emmett and Rebecca Campion.

The first round of the cup was held at The MCG.

The captain on the day, Aimee Scollard, lost the toss and was asked bat first. It wasn’t long before there was two retirements, Aimee Scollard (30) and Tara O’Brien (30), Ceola Brophy made 16 runs before being caught and Molly Butterly made 14 runs before also being caught. Clodagh O’Connor and Vanessa Scollard went on to make 5 runs each to end the first innings. The Hills put up a total score of 132.

Bowling and fielding were kept tight in the second innings and all bowlers did very well. Wickets on the day by Molly Butterly (3) Vanessa Scollard (1) and Tara O’Brien (1) and a lovely run out by Clodagh O’Connor off Caoimhe Emmets bowling. Well done to Aimee who kept wicket very well in the first half of the match, keeping the score tight. Malahide finished on 107 runs, leaving The Junior Girls to go into the second round of the cup. Thanks to the Malahide girls for a great match and we look forward to meeting them again in the league. They are a very strong team with a lot of potential.

Thanks to Sean and Mary for helping out on the day and thank you to all the supporters. Big thanks to the Clinton family who allowed us to play on their beautiful ground. Well done to all The Hills Junior girls, 4 wins out of 4.

Keep up the good work!

The Hills will host Lisburn in the next round of the Irish Senior Cup.

The game will be played at The Vineyard on July 17th.

The other quarter finals are as follows;

 • Balbriggan v Phoenix
  • Pembroke v CIYMS
  • Clontarf v Leinster

The numbers drawn in The Lotto last evening were;

19, 22, 25 & 28

There was no winner of The Jackpot.

Lucky Dip winners were Kathleen Gavin & Niamh Murray, €25.00 each

The Jackpot next week will be €4,150.00.

Many thanks to Michael Dwyer Electrical for the continued sponsorship.