This year's Leprechaun Cup has seen a large amount of activity over the last few weeks with all of the first/preliminary round games now completed. The tournament continues to offer Primary school boys and girls their first introduction to hard-ball cricket. Many new schools in non-cricketing areas have entered this year which is great for the overall development of the game in Leinster.
Leprechaun Cup results 2012
The Inch, Balrothery
Balbriggan Educate Together 87-3, 20 overs (Sean Mackey 30, Emily Andrews 1-12)
Balrothery NS 61 all out, 16.3 overs (Kelly Sharp 12)
Balbriggan ET won by 26 runs
Porterstown Park, Blanchardstown
Castaheany ET 60-9, 20 overs (Ben Eustice 2-6, Jonathan O’Hanlon 2-1)
Castleknock NS 61-7, 17 overs overs (Adam Gibson-McKenna 6*, Ben Wallace 5, Joshua Tamas 3-21, Troy Pagayonan 1-8)
Castleknock NS won by 3 wickets
Porterstown Park, Blanchardstown
Scoil Mhuire NS 81-8, 20 overs (Ciaran Murray 10, Emmanual Nkencho 10, Luke Masterson 6*, Adam Tang 3-14, Aaron Hogan 2-13)
St Mochta’s NS 82-8, 16.3 (Conor McCarthy 10, Cian Cronan 6*, Corey Farrell 2-5, Niall Byrne 3-9, Luke Masterson 1-8)
St Mochta’s won by 2 wickets
Newbridge Park, Swords
St Andrew’s – Malahide 55-7, 20 overs (Hugh Joyce 9, Tiernan Healy 1-2, Shetemi Ayetgemi 1-3, Riley Shoebridge 1-6)
Donabate/Portrane ET 56-1, 13.2 overs (Riley Shoebridge 15*, Shetemi Ayetgemi 15, Rachael Moore 1-13)
Donabate/Portrane won by 9 wickets
Porterstown Park, Blanchardstown
Mulhuddart NS 68 all out, 16.3 overs (Craig Kennedy 6, Harris Cheema 2-3, Sean Nagle 2-5)
St Patrick’s Diswellstown 69-8, 15 overs (Eoin Crossan 14, Tom Mulvey 6, Craig Kennedy 5-10)
St Patrick’s Diswellstown won by 2 wickets
Sydney Parade, Sandymount
Star of the Sea 128-4, 20 overs (Rory McGovern 68*, Avril Shuhla 19, Lucy O’Reilly 1-24)
St Mathew’s 109-5, 20 overs (Lucy O’Reilly 48, Michael O’Reilly 12, H Deacon 8*, Sean Condron 1-14)
Star of the Sea won by 19 runs
Navan Road, Cabra
St John Bosco’s 67-4, 16 overs (Shane Corbett 19, Adam Keating 6, Mykola Baiby 2-9)
St Brigid’s 36-6, 16 overs (Sean Mansfield 10, Liam Keating 1-12, Jamie Kennedy 1-3, S Corbett 1-9)
St John Bosco’s won by 31 runs
Castle Avenue, Clontarf
Scoil Mobhi 68 all out, 19.1 overs (Daithíi O’Caithesa 18, Ben Brophy 8, Cathal O’Conaill 7, Gavin O’Heilí 6, Saul Holand Phelan 3-16)
Springdale 69-6, 17.4 overs (Andrew Vincent 17 ret, Jack Honan 12, Rory Coan 2-9,
Springdale won by 4 wickets
The Hills CC, Skerries
St Patrick’s NS 142 all out, 20 overs (Aaron Roy 36 ret, Eoghan O’Hanlon 36)
Realt Na Mara 86 all out, 17.1 overs (Danielle Tolan 10, William Beggs 3-14)
St Patrick’s won by 56 runs
Sydney Parade
Rathmichael 57 all out, 16.1 overs (Alex Murphy 17, Daniel Ahmed 8, Sam Dardis 2-14, Mark McGinley 1-13)
Killashee, Naas 29 all out, 13 overs (Simone Cappi 6, James Dessigar 2-11, Alex Murphy 2-11, Ian Patterson 2-10)
Rathmichael won by 38 runs
The Hills CC, Skerries
Milverton 164-6, 20 overs (Heinrich Walser 36, Harry Archer 35, Niall Daly 35, Laura Maritz 24)
Balbriggan Educate Together 37 all out, 12.4 overs
Milverton won by 127 runs
Rush CC
St Catherine’s NS 66 all out, 17.1 overs (Laura Carthy 14, Aaron McGuire 11, Aaron McCann 3-10, Aoife Beggs 1-4)
Rush NS 67-3, 18.1 overs (Neil Rock 31 ret, Laura Carthy 2-8, Nathan McGuire 1-12)
Rush NS won by 7 wickets
St Patrick’s, Diswellstown 67-8, 20 overs (Owen Crossan 12, Sean Nagle 11, Adam Gibson McKenna 4-10, Ben Eustase 3-16)
Castleknock NS 68-1, 18.3 overs (Sean Piece 16 ret, Adam Gibson McKenna 7, James McDonagh 11*, Ian Anders dnb)
Castleknock NS won by 9 wickets
2nd Round Fixtures
Donabate Educate Together v’s St Mochta’s, Blanchardstown
Rush National School v’s Milverton NS
Castleknock NS v’s St Patrick’s, Diswellstown
St John Bosco’s v’s St Patrick’s, Skerries/St Brendan’s, Loughshinny
Springdale NS v’s St Mary’s, Saggart
Archbishop Ryan v’s Rathmichael, Shankill
Star of the Sea v’s Taney/Ballyroan Boys
Kill of the Grange v’s Rathfarnham Parish