The 2018 "Blue Insurance" sponsored ‘Super League’ for Leinster Primary schools has reached the quarter-final stages. This competition continues to offer more developed cricket playing Primary schools the opportunity to play hardball cricket on a weekly basis during the final school term.
Results and finishing pool tables along with details of today’s quarter final fixtures are as follows:
Pool A:
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Venue: Park Avenue
Star of the Sea v St. Mary’s College
St Mary's College 91/2, 20 overs (Cillian Jacobs 45*, Thomas Patterson 17)
Star of the Sea 93/2, 17.1 overs (Vishal Gopal 19, Kushal Gopal 19, Jack Flanagan 19 *, Ben Twomey 11*)
Star of the Sea won by 8 wickets
Monday 30th April 2018
Venue: Bray
St Gerard’s vs Star of The Sea
Star of the Sea 116/2, 20 overs (Max Morgan 28 ret, Finn Burke 13, Joseph Henchion 10)
St Gerard’s 56 all out, 19.2 overs (Kushal Gopal 2-8, Vishal Gopal 3-7, Ben Merry 1-8)
Star of The Sea won by 60 runs
Thursday 10th May 2018
Venue: Bray
St Gerard’s vs St Mary’s College
St Gerard’s 24/5, 20 overs (M Murray 12, H Smith 8, Cillian Jacobs 4-10)
St Mary’s College 28/0, 5 overs (Dan O’Mahony 12*, Brendan Carolan 15*)
St Mary’s won by 10 wickets
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | Bonus Points | Points |
| 1 | Star of the Sea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2 | St Mary's College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | St. Gerard’s | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pool B:
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Venue: Sydney Parade 2
St. Michael’s College v Willow Park
St Michael’s College 64/7, 20 overs (Daniel Ryan 4, Tom Barry 4, Lexi O'Connor 2-5, Joey Nelson 1-3)
Willow Park 65/3, 20 overs (MacDara Cosgrave 27* ret, Ziaan Awan 11* ret, Adam Verdon 1-6, Jack O'Riordan 1-12)
Willow Park won by 7 wickets
Thursday 3rd May 2018
Venue: Park Avenue
CUS vs Willow Park
CUS 91/6, 20 overs (Callan Phelan 17, Ethan Marshall 15, Lexi O’Connor 2-13, Isa Nasir 1-10)
Willow Park 92/2, 9.3 overs (Olly Riley 28, Lexi O’Connor 20* ret)
Willow Park won by 8 wickets
Tuesday 8th May 2018
Venue: Claremont Road
CUS v St Michael's College
St. Michael's College 102/5 15 overs (Daniel Ryan 26, Alistair Verdon 12, Michael O' Boyle 1-5, Henry McNamee 1-6)
CUS 92/5 15 overs (Rory Honan 23, Ethan Marshall 14, Tom Barry 2-21, Jack O' Riordan 1-8)
St Michael's College won by 10 runs.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | Bonus Points | Points |
| 1 | Willow Park | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2 | St. Michael’s College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | CUS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Pool C:
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Venue: Malahide 2
Oliver Plunkett’s NS v Rush NS
Rush NS 119/4, 20 overs (Finn McGee 51 ret, Reece Price 16, Mitchell Grant 2-2, Ben Kelly 1-21)
Oliver Plunkett’s NS 120/1, 17.2 overs (Mitchell Grant 52 ret, Rian Doran 19, Finn McGee 1-16)
Oliver Plunkett’s NS won by 9 wickets
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Venue: Inch
Balrothery NS v Milverton NS
Milverton NS 109/1, 20 overs (Matthew Weldon 24*, Adam Clinton 18*, Jake Devane 0-18, Sean Bolger 0-21)
Balrothery NS 16 all out, 8.2 overs (Sean Bolger 2, Adam Clinton 3-1, Cillian Hoare 2-0)
Milverton NS won by 103 runs
Monday 30th April 2018
Venue: Kenure
Rush NS vs Balrothery NS
Rush NS 158/1, 20 overs (Shane Butterly 51 ret, Finn McGee 51 ret, Stephen Weldon 1-5)
Balrothery NS 32 all out, 9.3 overs (Jake Devane 4, Finn McGee 3-4, Ellie McGee 2-4)
Rush NS won by 126 runs
Thursday 3rd May 2018
Venue: Margaretstown Cricket Ground
Milverton NS vs Oliver Plunkett’s NS
Milverton NS 122/1, 20 overs (Matthew Weldon 48*, Adam Clinton 38, Ben Kelly 1-22)
Oliver Plunkett’s NS 71/9, 20 overs (Rian Doran 28* Mitchell Grant 20, Padraig Gavin 5-7, Cian Finnegan 1-2)
Milverton NS won by 51 runs.
Monday 14th May 2018
Venue: Kenure
Rush NS vs Milverton NS
Milverton NS 127/2, 20 overs (Adam Clinton 40, Sam Smyth 38*, Killian Hoare 17, Finn McGee 1-19)
Rush NS 102/6, 20 overs (Finn McGee 47, Reece Price 14, Matthew Weldon 2-16)
Milverton NS won by 25 runs
Monday 14th May 2018
Venue: Inch
Balrothery NS vs Oliver Plunkett’s NS
Oliver Plunkett’s NS 115/3, 20 overs
Balrothery NS 35 all out, 9.3 overs
Oliver Plunkett’s NS won by 80 runs
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | Bonus Points | Points |
| 1 | Milverton NS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2 | Oliver Plunkett’s NS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| 3 | Rush NS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Balrothery NS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Quarter Finals:
Milverton NS vs Rush NS – Wednesday May 16th – Margaretstown – 12.15pm
Star of the Sea vs St Michael’s College – Wednesday May 16th – Pembroke CC – 12.30pm
Willow Park vs St Mary’s College – Wednesday May 16th – Pembroke CC – 2.30pm
CUS vs Oliver Plunkett’s NS – Tuesday May 22nd – Malahide CC – 10.30am
Photo courtsey of Rodney Smythe