Have you got a talent you would like to let us know about?
FinalExpress your interest for Talent Show 17 (1)
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Jun 25
Skerries Bike Races 30th June – 1st July
Next weekend brings the annual Skerries 100 bike races to the ground. The Hills cricket club are nearly 60 years involved with the bikes. This is a major event in our calendar which needs a huge amount of club volunteers to make it happen. The club requests all members to help out over the Friday and Saturday in any way they can.
Next week will see the marquee go up in the car park for Thursday night. Friday the bar will open mid afternoon and a BBQ will run near the dressing rooms until late. A great band will play on the Friday night but we will need people to help run this day and night.
Saturday starts early with a clean up from Friday night and the set up of the Bar and BBQ in the marquee.
On Saturday we will require cleaners for an early start and burger flippers and food and drink runners to keep the marquee stocked and people to keep the place free of rubbish.
This weekend is very important for the club and many hands make light work. Please offer the club only 3 hours of your time for this weekend. More if you can. It’s a great fun filled few days and we hope you can spread the word to family and friends to make this event a great success. Your team captains will be in touch to give more details.
Our advice is to put your name down for a particular project as spots fill up quickly. Once again, I know the great members of our club will get behind this weekend and make it a huge success.
Please leave your name in the comments box on our facebook page or contact your club captain if you would like to help out. #THCC
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Jun 21
Hills Cricket Club Golf Classic 28th July 2017
Dear Friend of The Hills Cricket Club,
We hope this finds you well, as Chairman of the Hills Cricket Club I am writing to you to invite you down to our club and also outline an upcoming sponsorship event that might be of interest to you and your business
We are one of Ireland’s strongest and most loved cricket clubs, situated just outside our lovely Skerries town. A family based club, which caters for ladies and men’s teams of all levels. We also boast a very strong underage section with both girls and boys sides. We were All Ireland Champions in 2012 and 2014. Many of our club members have represented Ireland and Leinster, from the senior national men’s team, down to the underage sides.
Our ground is called the Vineyard and is one of the finest grounds in the country with a fantastic clubhouse, which is a great place to watch cricket or just relax with friends. We are a friendly and welcoming club, and once you have visited the Vineyard and enjoyed its world famous hospitality and charm, you will want to visit again and again!
So with this in mind, make it your business to drop into the club and see what you have been missing! I or any member will be there to welcome you
As outlined above we are holding our yearly golf day on 28th of July at the beautiful and challenging Skerries Golf Club. This is a great opportunity to advertise your business on the day and also on our well visited Facebook and website. The event is getting covered by Skerries news who are doing a feature piece in this very popular and widely read newspaper. We are offering three packages that you may be interested in taking up
Our Gold Package includes the following
- A dedicated tee box that will have your logo and name on display
- An invitation for two to our prestigious Presidents Dinner which will be held in the Autumn
- A banner ad on our website for 7 days and a clear message on our facebook site promoting your business
- A half page ad on our golf day program
- Pavillion Membership for you and your partner
- A lunch at any of our home matches for a party of ten
The above package is strictly limited to 4 sponsors and an investment of €750 will secure the above that has a much higher attached value when you add up the component parts.
Our Silver Package includes the following
- A dedicated tee box that will have your logo and name on display
- A banner ad on our website on the day of the Golf Classic and a clear message on our Facebook site promoting your business
- A half page ad on our golf day program
- Pavillion Membership for you and your partner
The above package is strictly limited to 8 sponsors and an investment of €350 will secure the above.
Our bronze package includes
· A dedicated tee box that will have your logo and name on display
· A half page ad on our golf day program
The above package is strictly limited to 10 sponsors and an investment of €150 will secure the above that
Thank you in advance, one of our Golf Classic organising committee members will be in touch to discuss but in the meantime feel free to call me at 0872499517
Yours in Sport,
Paul Smyth
Chairman The Hills CC
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May 12
2017 Membership Fees
I appreciate that many of you have already paid your subscriptions but there are gaps in the lists of adult players where we’d prefer no gaps. It’s not easy to keep a club like ours afloat, especially considering the low level of membership fees we charge, so it is imperative that everyone pulls their weight and pays the appropriate amount. The Membership Fees are as follows;
Adult Male player €120.00
Adult Female Player €80.00
Ordinary Member €80.00
Student Member €70.00 (including apprentices)
Youth Member €70.00
Under 9 years €50.00
Pavilion Member €40.00
Our Club Constitution states that anyone who has not paid the appropriate fee by May 31st will not be eligible for selection, in other words No Pay, No Play! The Selection Committees have been reminded of this rule and WILL enforce it.
We also appeal to our friends and supporters to assist us in the running and upkeep of the Club by taking up Pavilion Membership. If anyone would like to do so please contact me at this email address or on 087 2277563.
Thank you!
Bobby Swarbrigg, Hon. Membership Secretary, The Hills Cricket Club.
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Apr 24
Fantasy Cricket Comes To The Hills
Welcome to the THE HILLS CRICKET CLUB Fantasy League
The Fantasy Club Cricket premise is simple:
You pick a team of players from your club and they’ll score you points based on how well they perform throughout the season. You compete with other players from your club who have entered teams and see who comes out on top come the end of the season. The hardest part is deciding who gets in your team!
It is €20 to enter a team. All funds go to the Hills cricket club. Please pay cash to Matthew Richards or if you prefer to do an online transfer pay into the following account:
Account number: 16644880
Sort code: 990603
Please ensure you mark the payment reference as your name so Matthew can organise payment to the club and keep track of who has paid.
Log on to http://hills.fantasyclubcricket.co.uk/
Sign up, create your team and you have unlimited transfers until 12pm 29th April when the season starts. Please note this weekends fixtures will not be included.
You can find the rules below or on the website.
General
- There can be only one team entered per registered user account.
- Each team shall have a value of no more than £55m (for teams with 11 players) or £35m (for teams with 6 players).
- Managers may enter a team at any point during the season although teams must be submitted before the season starts in order to score points for the first gameweek. Thereafter, entries will start scoring points from the gameweek after they were entered and points will not be backdated.
Transfers and Captain Changes
- Managers may alter their teams at any point during the Season. A total of 1 free transfer is available each week and additional transfers are permitted, but will incur a cost of 20 points (value can be edited) per transfer. When a captain is transferred out of a team, the team will be without a captain and a new one should be selected.
- Transfers and captain changes may be submitted at any time but will not take effect until midday the following Saturday, so they are active for the upcoming gameweek.
- Transfers are free and unlimited up until midday on the date of the first match.
- Should a players value increase at any point during the season, then teams who have selected that player shall recieve the difference as additional budget when making transfers.
- Should a players value decrease, teams will lose that amount from their transfer budget (as long as the budget remains above the original limit).
Team Selection
- The players included on the selection list and their values will be determined by the League Administrator.
- Each team can select a captain who will earn double points each week. You may change your captain each week if you wish.
- Every team must contain 4 x batters, 4 x bowlers, 2 x all rounders and 1 x wicket keeper (for teams with 11 players) or 2 x batters, 2 x bowlers, 1 x all rounders and 1 x wicket keeper (for teams with 6 players)
Points
- All players are eligible to earn points of any type. Batters will get points for taking wickets and bowlers will get points for scoring runs.
- You have total control over the points structure and any value can be edited. The below shows the default settings:
Batting
- 1 point per run scored
- 10 points for a not out
- 20 bonus points for 50+
- 40 bonus poins for 100+
- -20 points for a duck
Bowling
- 15 points per wicket
- 30 bonus points for 5+ wickets
- 3 points per maiden
- -20 poins for conceding 50+ runs (for 0 wickets)
Fielding
- 10 points per catch
- 20 points per run out
- 15 poins per stumping
Good luck for the season all
Kind Regards
Matthew Richards
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Apr 22
Training Practice Notice for Boys and Girls
Training/Practice will commence from Wednesday 26th April 2017
U11 Boys – 5.30pm to 7.00pm
U11 & 13 Girls – 5.30pm to 7.00pm
U7 & U9 Girls & Boys – 6.30pm to 7.30pm
U13 & U15 Boys – 7pm to 8.30pm
U15 & U17 Girls will train with the Ladies on Monday Evenings 6:30pm
U17 boys will train with the Adult sides on Tuesday Evenings from 6.00pm
Our Club would love to see more parents involved this year. If you would like to get involved please let us know as we are looking for Parents/Guardians to help with Practice/Training, Management of Teams and assisting on Match Days.
We look forward to seeing you during the season. Lets hope its a sunny one!!!
THCC
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Apr 22
Leinster Lightning Versus North West Warriors
Monday May 1st Bank Holiday Weekend Leinster Lightning come to The Vineyard to Play North West Warriors. Game starts at 10.45am is 50 overs in the ODI format.
It is a great honour for The Hills to host these matches and with that in mind we are looking to recruit additional volunteers for the day. Help will be needed in all areas including catering, bar staff, ball spotters, sight screen duties, covers, scoreboard, litter picking and cleaning up after the match as well as general support duties.
If you can help on the day, or even contribute a few hours of your time, please contact our Match Manager, Michael Gavin on 086 257 8012 or email michaeljgavin@gmail.com
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Apr 18
Welcome To The Hills Katie Gurrey
Katie Gurrey of the Northern Spirit during the Womens T20 cricket match, Otago V Northern Districts, Lincoln, New Zealand. 27th December 2015. Copyright Photo: John Davidson / www.photosport.nz
The Hill’s CC are proud to announce that we have recently signed Katie Gurrey from Wellington, New Zealand, to play for the 2017/ 2018 season. Katie is a Right Hand Bat and a Right Arm Medium Bowler who plays for Northern Districts (Women) Spirit and Auckland University CC Women Premiers (2011- 2017).
As a player Katie is a powerful opening batter this has seen her selected in various representative sides and also winning many awards. The two biggest highlights included being named the MVP of the National Women’s U21 Tournament and making her debut for National Women’s Provincial side ‘Northern Districts Spirit’ at age 19. For the 2016/ 2017 season, Katie had the most runs in the Auckland Women’s Competition (641 runs, S/R 122.73, 7 innings). For the summer of 2016, Katie played and coached in Hayes (Kent) Cricket Club where she scored 871 runs in her 25 innings. In her time here, Katie will also play in the Super 3’s tournaments, along with her Hill’s Team mates Ciara Metcalfe, Aisling Byrne, Katie Boylan, Laura Boylan and Tasha Morton.
With the signing of Ciara Metcalfe in 2016 and the addition of Katie to the squad for 2017, both the Ladies senior and underage teams in The Hill’s are going from strength to strength. Keen to build on her first season with The Hill’s, Ciara has been working hard over the winter months to sign a player who will fit into the overall plan for Ladies cricket in the Hill’s and who will help us to build on the great strides already made. With the introduction of a new structure to Division 1, where the Ladies will play half of their matches as T20 and the other half as 50 overs, the vast experience of both Katie and Ciara in both formats (but especially the 50 overs!) will prove invaluable.
This year, we hope to field 3 teams, so if anyone is interested in helping out with any aspect of Ladies/ underage cricket, please feel free to contact Carrie on 085 1006789 and we will find you a job in no time! 1st game of the season will be Division 1 home to Pembroke in the 50 over on Sunday 30th April and all support is welcomed! #THCC
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Apr 10
Training/Practice Notice for Boys and Girls
Training/Practice will commence from Wednesday 26th April 2017
U11 Boys – 5.30pm to 7.00pm
U11 & 13 Girls – 5.30pm to 7.00pm
U7 & U9 Girls & Boys – 6.30pm to 7.30pm
U13 & U15 Boys – 7pm to 8.30pm
U15 & U17 Girls will train with the Ladies on Monday Evenings 6:30pm
U17 boys will train with the Adult sides on Tuesday Evenings from 6.00pm
Our Club would love to see more parents involved this year. If you would like to get involved please let us know as we are looking for Parents/Guardians to help with Practice/Training, Management of Teams and assisting on Match Days.
We look forward to seeing you during the season. Lets hope its a sunny one!!!
THCC
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Apr 04
Lets Go Racing!!!
Our Annual Race Night and one of our main fundraisers for the year takes place on Saturday 22nd April in The Club. First race is off at 8.30pm. For Race Cards Contact Michael Gavin PH 086 257 8012 or email Martin Russell martinrussell111@gmail.com. Entrance fee is 10.00 Euro per horse and must be prepaid. So come on HILLS, LETS GO RACING!!!!!!!! and come out for a great night of fun and craic!
#ONE Club THCC
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