{"items":"\t\t\t\t\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-699\" 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\/news\/mixed-results-for-2025-season-open-women\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"296\" height=\"326\" 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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' 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-467\" 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-120\" 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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rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion\u2019s Women achieve the Treble<\/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=\"2025-09-01T17:26:05+00:00\">September 1, 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' 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XI. First came the dramatic climax to the league season when Merrion reversed a one point deficit going into the last round of matches and ended up one point to the good ahead...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrions-women-achieve-the-treble\/\">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-20874\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news 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-571\" 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\/news\/merrion-women-do-the-double\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"804\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-21x10.pdf\" class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image attachment-large woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wood-src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-pdf.jpg\" srcset=\"\" \/>\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\t29\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAug\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\/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\/merrion-women-do-the-double\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion Women do the Double<\/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=\"2025-08-29T10:28:16+00:00\">August 29, 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\/merrion-women-do-the-double\/#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\tIt was an evening that required steady nerves both on and off the field. As Merrion were fighting for every point at Malahide, eyes strayed to mobiles to see how Pembroke were faring across the Liffey against Balbriggan.\r\nGoing into the final round of matches Merrion...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-women-do-the-double\/\">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-20862\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20862 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-youth\">\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-911\" 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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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\/all-ireland-finals\/#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\tA busy week for Merrion\u2019s girls teams saw the U13s win their semi-final on Monday but lose out in the final, while the U15s went the whole way to win the All Ireland U15 Cup for the first time.\r\nYesterday  was a memorable day for...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/all-ireland-finals\/\">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-20848\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20848 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-youth\">\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-522\" 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\/merrion-win-the-leinster-u17-cup-boys\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" 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rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion win the Leinster U17 Cup [Boys]<\/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=\"2025-08-09T06:44:39+00:00\">August 9, 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' 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youth team in year. \u00a0The Boys U17s comprehensively defeated a much fancied Railway Union team at Park Avenue to win the Leinster U17 Cup. This is the second time in three years that...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-win-the-leinster-u17-cup-boys\/\">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-20841\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20841 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-open category-women category-youth\">\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-556\" 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\/merrion-centuries-in-2025\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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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=\"2025-08-05T08:00:24+00:00\">August 5, 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' 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Merrion youth players last week has prompted a quick look at who are this year\u2019s centurions.\r\nWay out in front is Stephen Doheny who not only has...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-centuries-in-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-20833\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-20833 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-women category-youth\">\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-901\" 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\/category\/news\/youth\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Youth<\/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-girls-success-in-two-cup-finals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion Girls success in two cup finals<\/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=\"2025-08-01T13:40:18+00:00\">August 1, 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\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-girls-success-in-two-cup-finals\/#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\tMerrion Girls teams  secured success in their respective cup finals this week, both against Clontarf.\r\nFirst up, in a very tense game, the U13s came from behind to secure victory by the narrowest of margins. Merrion batted first and made 116\/7, mainly thanks to an...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-girls-success-in-two-cup-finals\/\">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\n\t\t\t\t\t","status":"have-posts","nextPage":"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/page\/3\/?woo_ajax=1"}