The First X1 travelled to Farmers Cross in Cork on Saturday to take on Cork Harlequins who batted first and made a strong 280 all out in 48 overs. Pick of the bowlers was Tomás Rooney Murphy who took 4 wickets for 39 off his 10 overs. Support came from Killian McGrane, Yaseen Sherzad with 2 wickets each and Cian Nulty with 1 for 52..

Tomás Rooney Murphy

The Hills chase started shakily with 2 down for just 24 after 3 overs. Liam Blackford and Joe Fletcher steadied the ship getting to 109 before the next wicket fell. Liam went on to make a superb 161 not out (26 fours, 4 six’s). Support came from Joe Fletcher 23, Max Robertson 20 and Andrew Kavanagh 23 not out. We took the win by 5 wickets.

Liam Blackford

We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Teresa Looby (nee Murtagh). A sister of Eileen Dwyer, Teresa was a member of a family who have contributed hugely to our club over the years.

We extend our condolences and prayers to the whole family and friends at this sad time for all.

May Teresa rest in peace.

Funeral arrangements can be found at the following link;

https://rip.ie/death-notice/teresa-looby-dublin-fairview-635653

Please note that there are no fixtures scheduled for The Vineyard this weekend due to the Skerries 100 motor bike festival. Good luck to all our teams playing away fixtures.

The best of luck also to our friends at Loughshinny Motorcycle Supporters Club for a safe and successful race event.

We need your help this coming weekend.

The Skerries 100 motorbike festival is taking place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July and this represents a major opportunity for the club to raise important funds.

We will not be doing any food catering this year so what we are looking for is people to help with gathering litter, stewarding of our facilities and generally being available to support the team manning the clubhouse and bar.

If you can spare and hour or two it would be greatly appreciated, as the saying goes ” many hands make light………”. Please let Andy McGirl know your availability on 353 85 714 8666.

Bathed in glorious sunshine our First X1 recorded a comprehensive 76 run victory over Terenure on Saturday. Batting first The Hills put on a big target of 339 runs for Terenure to chase. Best batting for The Hills were;

Yaseen Sherzad 50 off 47

Muzamill Sherzad 18 off 31

Liam Blackford 103 off 87 (13×4’S , 2×6’s)

Joe Fletcher 40 off 53

Nathan Rooney 59 off 34 (7×6’s, 1x 4)

Other contributors were; Killian McGrane 17 and Andy Kavanagh 11.

Killian McGrane led the charge with the bowling taking 3 for 51 off 10, Roxton Payne 3 for 61 off 10, Muzamil Sherzad an economical 0 for 32 off 8, Yaseen Sherzad, Andy Kavanagh and Haydon Clinton taking a wicket each and a very tidy spell of 4 overs for 27 from Daire Dooley. Terenure dismissed for 263.

Great to see the First X1 record a comprehensive win in this important fixture despite missing regular First X1 team players due to injuries and fielding 4 First X1 debutants, Hayden Clinton, Daire Dooley, Roxton Payne and Max Robertson.

Please note Friday night game Vs North County

Jane Maguire has been called into the Ireland T20 World Cup Squad to replace the injured Ava Canning.

Congratulations Jane and go well in the remaining games.