Back in February, after the Winter indoor sessions, we reduced all the squads down for the U13, U15 and U17 Girls and held an overnight domestic performance camp in Castleknock College. We had 60 players, not including those on Irish squads, attending the camps.
We were delighted to see the following players getting onto the various Irish Training Squads during the Winter from the Leinster region:
Name | Club | Age Group |
Anna Marshall | Clontarf | U15 |
Freya Sargent | Clontarf | U15 |
Jenny Wilson | Clontarf | U15 |
Katie Brophy | Malahide | U15 |
Beth Deacon | Malahide | U15 |
Juliette Evans-Garrett | Malahide | U15 |
Isabel Light | Merrion | U15 |
Annabel Squires | Merrion | U15 |
Lara McBride | North County | U15 |
Lainey Martin | Pembroke | U15 |
Lucy McDonough | Phoenix | U15 |
Sophie McDonough | Phoenix | U15 |
Ashling Beggs | Rush | U15 |
Ellie McGee | Rush | U15 |
Amelia Flanagan | YMCA | U15 |
Emma McEvoy | YMCA | U15 |
Kate Woods | YMCA | U15 |
Ava Canning | Leinster | U17 |
Katie Dillon | Leinster | U17 |
Louise Little | Pembroke | U17 |
Georgina Dempsey | Phoenix | U17 |
Rebecca Gough | Rush | U17 |
Jane Maguire | The Hills | U17 |
With no Easter camps and the MBD Festivals in Malvern being cancelled as well as a shortened season for our cricketers we arranged some development matches with the NCU sides for our girls squads. This was a great opportunity for those not on Irish squads to get a chance to represent Leinster.
On July 30th Laurelvale CC hosted our Leinster U17 Girls match against the NCU Women’s side. NCU Women won the match by 9 wickets.
NCU Women vs Leinster U17 Girls Leinster Team | |
Vanshika Shukla* | YMCA |
Joanna Loughran+ | Leinster |
Molly Butler | Clontarf |
Christina Coulter Reilly | Clontarf |
Megan McGeer | Clontarf |
Orla Bagnall | Leinster |
Sophia Nulty | Leinster |
Anna Beale | Pembroke |
Alison Black | Phoenix |
Ella Pasley | Phoenix |
Siuin Woods | YMCA |
Sarah Brownlee | YMCA |
Roisin Staunton | YMCA |
On August 5th & 6th we planned to play our Leinster U15s against the NCU U17s both home and away, however the rain on Wednesday 5th meant we were only able to play them at home on the Thursday. North County kindly hosted the match and the NCU U17s won by 9 wickets.
NCU U17 vs Leinster U15 Wednesday 5th August |
Leinster U15 vs NCU U17 Thursday 6th August | |||
Charlotte Synnott | Clontarf | Charlotte Synnott | Clontarf | |
Alice Walsh | Clontarf | Alice Walsh | Clontarf | |
Eimear McHale | Leinster | Alex Orpin | Greystones | |
Johanna Culhane | Leinster | Maya Orpin | Greystones | |
Saibh Mitchell | Malahide | Eimear McHale | Leinster | |
Niamh MacNulty | Merrion | Saibh Mitchell | Malahide | |
Sophie Stewart | Merrion | Ally Boucher+* | Merrion | |
Isabel Light* | Merrion | Millie Jerman | Merrion | |
Molly McKay | Pembroke | Niamh MacNulty | Merrion | |
Lucy McDonough+ | Phoenix | Maria Kay | Merrion | |
Hannah Morgan | Terenure | Molly McKay | Pembroke | |
Hannah Morgan | Terenure |
This week will see all Irish and Leinster squad players from the Leinster region, at U15 & U17, in a performance camp in Oakhill.
Finally, our Leinster U13 girls will play NCU U15s out in Rush CC on August 19th. Following the finish of the Fifty Ball League (FBL) on Friday at Pembroke CC, selection was completed and will be announced shortly.