The Women's Competitions Committee (WCC) draw all these teams at random from a hat, or in our case from Mary's laptop case! Please read below all the info on all the cup layouts. Note, there have been some changes from last year due to number of teams entered. We wanted to ensure that the most amount of cricket would be played.
The WCC consists of Amanda Dunlop (President), Laura Cullen (Secretary), Mary Sharp, Catherine Murphy, Helen Caird, Naomi Scott-Hayward, Amy Kenealy, Rebecca Rolfe, Ciara Metcalfe, Hannah De Burgh Whyte.
Senior Cup (Division 1)
The following matches are to be played on Thursday 11th June:
The Hills v Pembroke
North Kildare v Malahide
Merrion v Leinster
YMCA – Bye
Then there will be a redraw by the Women's Competitions Committee (WCC) of the winners to see which teams play each other and who has home advantage for the Semi-Finals, to be played on Thursday 16th July.
The Senior Cup Final will be played on 24th July in Pembroke CC.
Junior Cup (Division 2)
Preliminary Round:
Phoenix v Leinster 2 – played on or before 19th June
The following to be played by 17th July:
Clontarf v Rush
Winner of Prelim. Round v Railway Union
Malahide 2 v The Hills 2
Pembroke 2 v Merrion 2
Then there will be a redraw of the winners to see which teams play each other and who has home advantage for the Semi-Finals, to be played on or before 31st July.
The Junior Cup Final will be played on 14th August in North Kildare CC.
Minor Cup (Division 3 and Pembroke 3)
The committee decided that in the best interest of the game Division 3 teams would be split into two Pools so they would play more matches. These were drawn out at random to see who went into each Pool. It was insured that each team in the pool stages would play one home and one away game. Again, drawn at random.
Pool A
Phoenix 2
North Kildare
Geystones
Phoenix 2 v North Kildare 2
North Kildare 2 v Greystones
Greystones v Phoenix 2
Pool B
Pembroke 3
Rush 2
Railway Union 2
Pembroke 3 v Rush 2
Rush 2 v Railway Union 2
Railway Union 2 v Pembroke 3
Pool matches completed by 10th July.
If there is a tie in the pool stages it will revert back to the game which the teams involved played against each other and the winner of that game will go through to the Semi finals which are to be played by 24th July. The winner of Pool A will play the runner up in Pool B and vice versa in the Semi Finals.
Minor Cup Final – Phoenix CC, 7th August (TBC).