An exciting two-weeks of crickets festivals commences next week with blitz’s being held throughout Fingal in areas like Dublin 15, Swords/ Malahide and North Fingal (Rush).
The Swords/Malahide Cricket Blitz for 4th classes will take place on Tuesday 24th of May and the 5th class event will be held on Tuesday, 31st of May. The two events will be hosted by Malahide Cricket Club and will run from 10am to 2pm. The schools participating will be St Andrew’s NS, Pope John Paul’s NS, Oliver Plunkett’s NS in Malahide, Old Borough NS, Swords Educate Together, St Cronin's NS, Holy Family NS , St Colmcille’s BNS in Swords and Burrow NS in Sutton.
The Rush Cricket Blitz for 4th classes will be held on Wednesday 25th of May and the 5th class event will be Wednesday, 1st of June. The two events will be hosted by Rush Cricket Club and will run from 10am to 2pm. The schools participating will be Rush NS, St Catherine’s NS (Rush), St Brendan's NS (Loughshinny), Milverton NS, Balrothery NS, St Patrick's NS (Skerries), Balbriggan Educate Together and St George’s NS (Balbriggan). This tournament (sponsored by the Dolan family from Rush) has now been running for over ten years.
The Dublin 15 Cricket Blitz for 4th classes will be held on Thursday 26th of May and the 5th class event will be Thursday, 2nd of June. The two events will be played at Corduff Sports Centre and will run from 10am to 2pm. The schools participating will be Mulhuddart NS, Tyrrelstown Educate Together, Ladyswell NS, St Patrick's NS (Corduff), St Mocha's NS, St Philips NS, Scoil Mhuire NS, St Patrick's NS (Diswellstown), Castaheany Educate Together and Castleknock Educate Together. All these schools in West Dublin have received regular coaching this year in a new coaching initiative brought about by funding being made available to Leinster Cricket Union by Fingal County Council.
There will be more than a thousand children (boys and girls) taking part over the two weeks. Coming several weeks after the new cricket ground being opened in Porterstown Park this is further indication of how fast cricket is developing in both West and North County Dublin (Fingal).