Day: March 8, 2018

Snow slowing down – girls cricket training camps underway

The future looks bright for women’s cricket in Ireland as the ‘next generation’ gathers for weekly pre-season training camps. After finishing with the senior women’s team duties on their recent tour of Zimbabwe, Cricket Ireland Women’s Head Coach Aaron Hamilton was now turning his attention to the ‘pipeline of talent’ that is coming through the…

Paving the way in Women’s Cricket

Dual international, captain, umpire. These three descriptions can be applied to a leading member of Ireland Women’s senior team – Mary Waldron. Multi-talented, for sure, but Mary could have been lost to cricket before she started.“I started playing soccer when I was about 11 with my local club Firhouse,” said Mary. “I played through my…