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End Season : Open League Competitions

It was a season of near misses for Merrion’s Open Competition teams. Three teams, the 1st XI, 2nd XI and 7th XI, came runners up in their various leagues. The only team to bring home a trophy was the 2nd XI which won the Leinster Senior II Cup. The league positions of the Merrion teams are set out in the table below.

End Season League Tyables
Competition Position Rank Teams
1st XI Premier League 2nd 2 7
2nd XI Premier 2nd XI 2nd 17 8
3rd XI Division 4 6th 29 7
4th XI Division 7 4th 50 8
5th XI Division 11 8th 79 8
6th XI Division 14 5th 107 8
7th XI Division 20 2nd 153 7

The challenge facing many Merrion teams is that they often find themselves playing in competitions against higher level teams from other clubs. Indeed the 3rd – 6th Xis all end the season as the highest ranked team when compared to equivalent teams in other clubs. It is perhaps only a small consolation but Merrion remains the strongest club overall across the 21 Divisions and 166 teams in the Open Competitions.

Highest Ranking Position Next Position
1st XI Pembroke 1 Merrion 2
2nd XI Leinster 2nd 16 Merrion 17
3rd XI Merrion 3rd 29 Malahide 36
4th XI Merrion 4th 50 Civil Service 63
5th XI Merrion 5th 79 Phoenix 91
6th XI Merrion 6th 107 Adamstown 123
7th XI Adamstown 7th 132 Merrion 153
8th XI Adamstown 8th 150 None

 

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