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class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/women\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Women<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/celeste-raack-new-chair-of-womens-cricket-for-cricket-leinster\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Celeste Raack new Chair of Women&#8217;s Cricket for Cricket Leinster<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-12T11:13:53+00:00\">November 12, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li 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Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/celeste-raack-new-chair-of-womens-cricket-for-cricket-leinster\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAt the \u00a0recent Annual General Meeting of the Womens Section of Cricket Leinster, Celeste Raack was elected as the new Interim Chair of the Section. 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datetime=\"2025-11-03T15:00:12+00:00\">November 3, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/no-change-at-the-top\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFollowing elections at the recent Autumn General Meeting the full list of persons elected to position for 2026 is set out below\r\n&nbsp;\r\nManagement Committee\r\nChair \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Stephen Donovan\r\nSecretary\u00a0\u00a0 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class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t27\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/open\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Open<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-open-competitions-individual-performances-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion Open Competitions: Individual Performances 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-27T08:26:45+00:00\">September 27, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-open-competitions-individual-performances-2025\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tInformation on the individual performances of Merrion players in Open Competitions  is now to hand.\r\nStephen Doheny tops the batting league table with the highest aggregate runs and the best overall average. Only six players qualified by scoring 400 runs or more in the season.\r\n\r\n...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-open-competitions-individual-performances-2025\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-21000\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-21000 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news category-open category-women\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-546\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" data-wood-src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2022-11-25-at-09.11.12.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2022-11-25-at-09.11.12.png 296w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2022-11-25-at-09.11.12-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2022-11-25-at-09.11.12-116x128.png 116w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2022-11-25-at-09.11.12-29x32.png 29w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date woodmart-post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t26\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/open\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Open<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/women\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Women<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/mixed-results-for-2025-season-open-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mixed Results for 2025 Season [Open \/ Women]<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-26T13:31:15+00:00\">September 26, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/mixed-results-for-2025-season-open-women\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWith the final matches completed, we can see how Merrion teams fared in league competitions during the 2025 season. As is clear from the tables below it was a year of mixed fortunes, with the Open Competitions section suffering its worth overall results for many...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/mixed-results-for-2025-season-open-women\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-20983\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20983 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-open category-women\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-541\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/end-of-season-success\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">End of Season Success<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-16T14:06:15+00:00\">September 16, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/end-of-season-success\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tTwo weeks ago across the Open and Womens competitions Merrion had secured just one league title. By the end of the final week of the season we had four, with last round triumphs seeing Merrion teams come from behind to win three more leagues.\r\nPerhaps the...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/end-of-season-success\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-20881\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20881 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-homepage category-women\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date woodmart-post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t03\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/women\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Women<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-women-1st-xi-2025-averages\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion Women 1st XI : 2025 Averages<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-03T16:27:29+00:00\">September 3, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db68f2a3040e88a4efe1aad40d4407efa3b901b6ed5cd78ba917a526b81d8dad?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-women-1st-xi-2025-averages\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCongratulations to Aoife Brennan who has won the Harrison Cup for bowling at Premier Level for 2025. The qualification was 15 wickets, which she achieved at an average of 11.27 each. Annabel Squires came 4th in the Leinster batting averages with 313 runs at an...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-women-1st-xi-2025-averages\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-20878\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-women\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-538\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrions-women-achieve-the-treble\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" 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