Double weekend coming up for the First X1 starting with Clontarf at home on Saturday followed by Pembroke on Sunday. Both games start at 12 noon and all support greatly appreciated.

The numbers drawn in the Lotto last evening were;

14, 23, 24 & 29

There was no winner of The Jackpot.

Lucky Dip winners were Jason Magee & Mick Dwyer, €25.00 each.

The Jackpot next week will be €6,650.00

Many thanks to The Shoe Horn Skerries for the continued support.

After an emphatic win over Carrickfergus at the weekend we are now through to the quarter finals of the premier “All Ireland” competition. We will now face, Belfast based, Instonians at home on Sunday the 18th of June to decide who goes forward to the semi-finals. Having won this competition twice before, skipper Andrew Kavanagh, Head Coach Jeremy Bray and the players will no doubt be eager to take another step towards putting another star on that particular report card.

The numbers drawn in the Lotto this week were;

2, 5, 7 & 11

There was no winner of The Jackpot

Lucky Dip winners were Conor Donoghue & Alice Sheridan, €25.00 each.

The Jackpot next week will be €6,600.00.

Many thanks to The Shoe Horn Skerries for your continued support.

After defeating Donemana last weekend Carrickfergus Cricket Club are our opponents in the next round of the Irish Senior Cup. The game will be played away on Sunday June the 4th with a start time of 12.30.

You can find details about Carrickfergus Cricket Club at the following link;

https://www.carrickferguscricket.org

The Hills travelled to Merrion Cricket Club on Saturday to play the semi-final of the T20 Alan Murray Cup. In short Merrion were dismissed for 166 with Thomás Rooney Murphy taking 3 for 31 off 4, Stephen Doheny top scoring for Merrion with 65. Jonathan Tall and Cian Nulty the other wicket takers taking 2 and 1 respectively.

What followed in this observers view and that of many other onlookers was simply unbelievable and historic. Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard and Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin opened for The Hills. Cormac started solidly but Nicolaj decided he was going to show what he can do with the bat and set about demolishing the Merrion attack. Our old colleague and friend Max Sorensen was despatched for 25 off his opening and only over. What followed was an incredible display of power hitting by Nicolaj as he went on to reach his century off 37 balls hitting 15 sixes and 2 fours. In fairness to Merrion they tried everything from leg spin, off spin, medium pace, fast pace but non of it made a difference. Cormac had been rotating the strike with Nicolaj during the onslaught but picked up the mantle once the first wicket fell to go on to make an undefeated 44 off 46 balls.

A quick note on the First X1 fixtures for tomorrow, we are playing Merrion in the first semi-final of the Alan Murray Cup at 11.30 and should we win that game we will progress to the final which will be played in Pembroke tomorrow evening at 16.30.

The Hills First X1 will be heading north once again for the second round of the Irish Senior Cup when we will be facing the winners of the Carrickfergus Vs Donemana refixed game. The second round will be played on Sunday the 4th of June. The full second round draw is as follows;

Mark Donegan proved again what a wonderful wicket keeper he is yesterday when he took six wickets for Leinster Lightning in their IP50 win against the North West Warriors at Bready Cricket Club. This performance equalled the previous record held for a wicket keeper in Interprovincial games.