The Leinster Lightning selectors have the pleasure of announcing the following training squad for winter training 2013/2014. Regular indoor net sessions, weekly strength and condition sessions along with performance reviews will be held over the course of the off-season.
The Lightning squad is as follows:
Rory Anders (Phoenix), John Anderson (Merrion), Bilal Azhar (Leinster), Peter Chase (Malahide), Bill Coghlan (Clontarf), Mark Dwyer (The Hills), Allan Eastwood (Pembroke), Ryan Gallagher (Malahide), Shane Getkate (North County), Ryan Hopkins (Pembroke), Tyrone Kane (Merrion), Paul Lawson (Pembroke), Theo Lawson (Pembroke), Fintan McAllister (Malahide), Barry McCarthy (Pembroke), Cormac McLaughlin (The Hills), Tomas Murphy* (The Hills), Andrew Poynter (Clontarf), Eddie Richardson (North County), Simi Singh (YMCA), Fiachra Tucker (Pembroke), Albert vd Merwe (YMCA), Dave Watkins (Merrion).
*Tomas Murphy is unavailable to attend training due to overseas commitments.
The selectors all agree that the squad recognises and rewards those who have performed consistently over the course of the past season for their clubs. The Lightning management team would like to take a closer look at them in the Lightning environment with a view to selecting the full 2014 Lightning squad for the 2014 summer interprovincial series
The selectors have omitted all Irish players involved in the up and coming ICC 20/20 World Cup Qualifiers & the ICC Intercontinental Cup Final as they have a full training programme. UK & Australian based players have also been omitted for obvious logistical reasons.