A training squad has been selected for winter coaching sessions currently being held at North County Cricket Club. Ten coaching sessions between now and Easter will give the boys an opportunity to further develop their skills and to try to gain selection onto the Leinster U’13’s squad. As well as playing in next year’s interprovincial series (July 5th-7th), the squad will also take part in a tour to the UK next July (26th-30th). The ECB festival will take place in Taunton, Somerset and Leinster will play 50-over matches against Lancashire, Kent, Hampshire, Essex and Devon. The squad, who have been split into Northside and Southside for training purposes, is as follows:


Northside:

Rory Anders (Phoenix)
Adam Chester (Phoenix)
Eoin Cleere (Phoenix)
Ben White (Phoenix)
Devin Desmore (Phoenix)
Colin Currie (Clontarf)
David Delany (Clontarf)
Andrew Delany (Clontarf)
Partick Kirk (Clontarf)
Sean McCarthy (Clontarf)
James Newman (Malahide)
Mark O’Hara (Malahide)
Cameroon Shoebridge (Malahide)
Glen Cosgrove (Malahide)
Nathan Rooney (North County)
Daniel Mooney (North County)
Ryan Richardson North County)
Stephen Sharpe (North County)
Andrew Sheridan (North County)
Brian Smyth (North County)
Ross Staunton (North County)

Southside:

Sebastian Byrne (North Kildare)
Gareth Delany (Leinster)
Derry O’Connor (Leinster)
Mike Hoey (CYM)
Daniel Hogan (CYM)
Conor Mullan (Pembroke)
Fiachra Tucker (Pembroke)
Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke)
David McCarthy (Pembroke)
Ross Nicol (Railway Union)
Andrew Mays (Railway Union)
David Nolan (Merrion)
Tom Staunton (Merrion)
Jack Tector (YMCA)
Geoff Cole (YMCA)

Schedule for 2010:

U’13 Trial match – June 8th – North Kildare
Interprovincial Series – July 5th, 6th & 7th - Cork
St Martin’s, Ampleforth – Thur July 8th - Oak Hill CC
Hudson Park (South Africa) – Fri July 9th - Rathmines
Bedford Modern School (England) – Mon July 12th – The Hills CC
Tour to Taunton, Somerset – July 26th-30th (Travel on Sun July 25th)

Ireland U’13’s – Radley College, Oxford v’s Middlesex – Aug 9th-13th