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Thomas Anders In South Africa

Tom is down in South Africa and made his debut for Muir College 1st X1 at the weekend. He should be nicely primed for another year at Phoenix where he’ll be looking to further establish himself in the 1st X1. … Continue reading

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Draw For The 2012 Tillain Cup (2nd X1 T20)

We get Merrion…. Full draw at the link below. http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-tillain-cup

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Draw For The LCU YMCA Salver 2012

Our 3rds will play the winner of Old Belvo 2 & Clonee 1. http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-ymca-salver

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Draw for the NEAR 90.3fm Alan Murray Cup 2012

Must top that group as we’re hosting the finals day again on August 5th! http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-near-903fm-alan-murray-cup

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LCU Senior 2 Cup Draw

Home tie against Leinster 2. http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-senior-2-cup

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LHW Senior Cup Draw

Ourselves and Clontarf get a bye into Round 2. Full 1st round draw is here

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Whelan Cup Draw (4th X1 T20)

We get Malahide… http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-whelan-cup?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Cup Draws On NEAR FM 90.3 This Saturday 7th Jan 10.30am

Set your clocks for 10.30am next Saturday morning and tune into NEARFM 90.3fm. The draws for the cup will be live. NEAR FM is online to all our friends across the world. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT…. http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draws-for-occ-cups-on-near-fm-on-dec-31st

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Our 5ths Get A Taste Of T20 In New Format.

Should be great to watch & follow, lets get right behind the young guys as they develop…. http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/new-20-over-competition-the-russel-court-hotel-cup

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Leinster Leagues Re-Structured

The new leagues are here and new fixtures will be made soon…. Division 2 now looking very similar to the league we won two years ago….

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Adam Chester working on his suntan… and his cricket!

Adam Chester joins the Leinster youth squad as they head for a warmer climate… http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/leinster-youth-training-camp-in-spain

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David Langford-Smith looks back….

A great interview and article on Lanky, now happily ensconsed somewhere on the Northern NSW Coast of Australia, attached to a fishing rod ala Alf Stewart. Here he ruminates on his time at Phoenix and in Ireland. Thanks to Stephen … Continue reading

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Intermediate Cup Draw

Can Phoenix 4 make it three in a row?? http://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/draw-for-the-2012-intermediate-cup

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Division 1 & Division 2 Fixtures 2012

The draws have been made and are up on The Leinster Cricket Union website. Follow the link here to find out where we’ll be…

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LCU Awards Night 2011

The LCU Awards were held last week and Phoenix were privileged to collect FIVE awards. Graham collected the Pennant that goes with THE INTERMEDIATE CUP (also won by Phoenix in 2010) and THE WEBSTER CUP won by MASUD AHMED for the best … Continue reading

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Final League Tables 2011 Updated

If you want to see exactly how our sides went in 2011, the final league tables are now available here

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2012 Leagues

We can start looking forward already, some new teams and some old foes…. Leagues announced for 2012 season! Division 2: Phoenix 1, Pembroke 1, Malahide 1, Rush 1, Cork County 1, The Hills 2, Leinster 2, Dublin University 1 Division … Continue reading

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Black Tie Ball 2011

Phoenix   Cricket   Club Proudly Presents Black Tie Ball Saturday 19th November 2011 Castleknock Hotel & Country Club, Dublin 15. Our evening will start with a reception at 7.30 p.m. followed by dinner with wine from 8pm.  There will be a … Continue reading

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Thomas Anders of Phoenix will skipper Ireland

Cricket Ireland today announced the squad for the Under 15 European Championships. The 13-strong squad is dominated by players from the North – NWCU (6) and the NCU (3). Leinster manage 3 representatives and Munster one. The press release which … Continue reading

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Anders stars on opening day of Under 13 interprovincials

At Holywood, LCU Under 13′s 183-8 (Colin Currie 60, Stephen Cheatley 2-13) beat MCU Under 13′s 28 all out (Rory Anders 7-4) by 155 runs. A magnificent seven wickets for Rory Anders lit up the opening day of the Under 13 inter-provincial … Continue reading

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Leinster Under 15 Squad

The following boys have been selected to the Leinster Under 15 squad for the Interprovincial Series being held in North West from June 30th to July 1st 2011: Thomas Anders (Phoenix) Capt. Adam Chester (Phoenix) Gareth Delany (Leinster) Padraic Flanagan … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS

Phoenix CC new top class netproject gets under way !!!!!!!!!! On Monday 20th June the new nets project got under way on our recently acquired land from the OPW. The majority of the work has already been completed and the … Continue reading

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A Message from Our President

Dear Member, I am writing to all members of the club to update you on the current state of affairs at Phoenix CC.  ……..click here to read on.

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Annual Subscriptions & Levy

  Attention Members………… Annual subscriptions and levy contributions are now well overdue. Please make the necessary payment(s) a.s.a.p. via your Captain or directly to the Treasurer. Direct Debit forms are available on request for the subscription elements.     Congratulations … Continue reading

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Richard Bruton R.I.P.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of RICHARD BRUTON , long serving member and Past-President of Phoenix Cricket Club.  He died unexpectedly, on March 30th 2011. Beloved husband of Marion (nee Campbell), and loving father of … Continue reading

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U15′s Win League Final!!

The U15′s put in a great all round team performance to overcome YMCA on Friday to become Leinster U15b league champions. A great crowd watched as Ali Elahi and Shazib Sindhu both grabbed 4 wickets each and then captain Thomas … Continue reading

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U15′s Cup Final v YMCA – Friday 27th August

The U15′s had a great win over Pembroke on Tuesday to reach the U15b league final to be played at Phoenix on Friday at 3pm. A great all round fielding performance and super bowling from Ali Alahi (3-10) was followed … Continue reading

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Gallery Page – New!

The website now has a dedicated gallery page. If you have any Phoenix related photos or pictures of players past and present please email them to mattlunson@gmail.com Alternatively, if you have old photographs, they can be scanned and included in … Continue reading

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Eight Presidents Witness Promotion To Division 1

Our President John Mullins was joined by no less than SEVEN former Presidents of the Club  in support of the 1st team’s push for promotion away to Pembroke C.C. on Sunday August 15th Pictured are (L to R )  Michael … Continue reading

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Conor Dillon scores his 150th 1st X1 game.

On Saturday 7th August 2010 Conor Dillon presided over official scoring duties for our 1st X1 side for the 150th time. This is a fantastic achievement from Conor and his work is hugely appreciated.

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Phoenix 4th X1 – Intermediate Cup Winners 2010

Congratulations to Michael Brown and the entire 4th X1 squad on a tremendous victory yesterday in The Intermediate Cup Final. Under 13′s player Rory Anders, not out with the bat and bowling figures of 5 overs 3-9, was also awarded … Continue reading

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A Brand New Clock

Work continues on bringing our quite beleagured timekeeping device back to it’s former glories. Thanks to Conor & Rory (pictured here) we’re nearly there!

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Record Opening Partnership

Saturday 26th June 2010 will be remembered as a special day for those of us that witnessed an astonishing opening partnership by Ben Larkin and Rory Flanagan of 295 runs against Rush. After a testing early spell from the Rush … Continue reading

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Ireland v Australia – Clontarf 17th June 2010

A wonderful day, capacity crowd, Phoenix members out in force and a very exciting game of cricket for much of the day. An opportunity lost for Ireland to claim a major scalp as a dissapointing Australia were taken to the brink. … Continue reading

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Lanky Hat-trick v Rush!!

On Saturday 5th June 2010 Dave Langford-Smith, aka Lanky, aka The Illustrious Hyphen acheived a new career highlight by removing three of the Rush top order batters in consecutive deliveries. Here they are in all their glory. Enjoy! Wicket 1 … Continue reading

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X1 Questions With – Conor Dillon

Cricket is a game obsessed with results, statistics, analysis and historical records. At Phoenix we are blessed to have the services of a dedicated and talented scorer in Conor Dillon. In the first of a new series of interviews with … Continue reading

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Ireland Underage Selections

Hot on the heels of our LCU Squad selections comes news that Thomas and Rory Anders have been called up to the Ireland U15 and Ireland U13 winter squads respectively. This is all the more pleasing as both are in … Continue reading

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LCU Under 13 Squad

Congratulations to Rory Anders, Adam Chester and Eoin Cleere for their selection to the LCU U13 squad for Easter training sessions. They will also be eligible for selection for the extensive U13′s programme in 2010, including the Interprovincial series in … Continue reading

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A Statistical Landmark

In the 2009 season an important landmark for our most recent International went unremarked. And it was actually a double landmark. Dave Langford-Smith passed 2000 career runs AND 200 career wickets in Leinster League and Cup competitions. In terms of … Continue reading

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