The AGM of The Hills Cricket Club will take place on Monday, November 2nd at 7.30pm in the clubhouse at The Vineyard.

The main business of the AGM will be to elect a committee for the coming year and to review the past year’s finances and the various reports of the club in 2026.

Regarding the election of the committee we are asking for nominations for all positions, except that of Club President.

Nominations are requested for the following;

1. Chairperson

2. Honorary Secretary

3. Honorary Treasurer

4. A minimum of five (5) ordinary committee members who might be asked to take special interest, inter alia, in one of the areas which come under the duties of the general committee.

All positions are open to nominations from both women and men

Nominations may be made and seconded only by full members and must have the agreement of the nominee. Members may, of course, nominate themselves if they so desire.

Nominations, including the names of proposer and seconder, should be emailed not later than Friday 23rd October  to; secretary.thehillscc@gmail.com

Martin Everard

Hon. Secretary

Cricket Leinster have announced that the John Dawson Award for 2026 has been won by Tomás Rooney-Murphy.

“This award is presented annually to the player (voted by all the clubs with teams in the IBI Corporate Finance Open Competitions Premier League, Championship and First Team League) who has demonstrated the highest standard of sportsmanship and played within the spirit of the sport throughout the season” Congratulations Tomás from everyone in the club.

Further details at the following link;

https://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/fair-play-award-for-tomas-rooney-murphy-2026

The officers and members of The Hills offer condolences and sympathy to Michael, Kathleen and Malachy Gavin on the passing of their brother Larry.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis

Details can be found on the following link;

https://rip.ie/death-notice/larry-gavin-clare-tulla-642550

Tomás Rooney Murphy wins the Best Bowling Award in Leinster for the 2026 season.

Tomás took 32 wickets during the season followed in second place by Yaseen Sherzad with 29 wickets. Other notable bowling performances included; Killian McGrane with 26 wickets, Cian Nulty with 17 wickets and Febin Manoj with 21 wickets even though he missed the early season due to exams.

Yaseen Sherzad takes the Leinster All Rounder award for the 2026 season with a total of 1,092 points followed by Tomás Rooney Murphy in 5th place with 722 points. Other notable All Rounder performances included; Muzamil Sherzad, Febin Manoj, Andrew Kavanagh and Killian Mc Grane.

Matthew Weldon comes in 2nd Place for the Fielding Award in 2026 with 10 catches. Other notable fielding performances include; Tomás Rooney Murphy, Yaseen Sherzad, Nathan Rooney and Febin Manoj.

Nathan Rooney comes in at number 3 in the batting awards with 504 runs at an average of 36 followed by Yaseen with 512 runs at an average of 32. Further batting support came from Joe Fletcher with nearly 400 runs, Muzamil Sherzad with over 300 runs and Andrew Kavanagh with over 250 runs.

** All stats are for The First Team League only

Here are the fixtures for this weekend.

The Hills have been added to the Tesco Community Fund. When you shop at Tesco in Millfield you can collect tokens at check out, then deposit them in The Hills box as you depart. Great way for us to raise funds, “every little helps”.