A Mitchell Thompson century and a five wickets haul for Kelvin Donnelly were the highlights of two victories for Clontarf and Malahide.
Clontarf beat North Kildare by 48 runs
Clontarf 165-6 (20 overs; Eoghan Delany 68, Mitchell Thompson 35; Imran Ul Haq 3-22, Bakhytar Nabi 2-27)
North Kildare 117 (19 overs; Moize Haider 33, Imran Ul Haq 30; Paul Ryan 3-27, Mitchell Thompson 2-17, Cillian McDonnell 2-33)
Clontarf skipper Eoghan Delany hit 8 fours in a top score of 68 to set his team on their way to a 48-run win over North Kildare. he shared an opening stand of 84 with Mitchell Thompson (35) as they made 165 for 6. The visitors were kept to 117 with Paul Ryan's 3 for 27 the most successful of the Clontarf attack.
Clontarf beat North Kildare by 79 runs
Clontarf 220-2 (20 overs; Mitchell Thompson 104*, Rahul Dalal 91; Imran Ul Haq 2-30)
North Kildare 141-9 (20 overs; Badeeu Zaman 56; Mitchell Thompson 3-26, Cillian McDonnell 2-22)
Mitchell Thompson's unbeaten 104 helped Clontarf to an emphatic 79-run win over North Kildare. he hit 11 fours and 3 sixes in his knock, adding 144 in just 14 overs for the first wicket with Rahul Dalal whose 44-ball 91 included 14 fours and 3 maximums. A total of 220 for 2 was always out of the visitors reach - Zaman's 50-ball 56 (8 fours) the best of their 141 for 9. Thompson followed up his hundred with three wickets, while there were two for left-arm spinner Cillian McDonnell.
Malahide beat Civil Service by 67 runs
Malahide 184-3 (20 overs; Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin 67, Jeremy Martins 49*, Alistair Frost 34)
Civil Service 117-9 (20 overs; Aakash Kutty 27; Mohit Sane 2-11, Timcy Khanduja 2-15, Rohit Pahuja 2-20)
Cormac McLaughlin Gavin top-scored with 67 as Malahide made it two wins out of two against Civil Service. The opener hit 6 fours and a six in his 56-ball innings, sharing stands of 88 for the second wicket with Ali Frost (34), and a further 82 for the 3rd with Jeremy Martins (49*) in their total of 184 for 3. CS in reply were kept to 117 for 9, with two wickets apiece for Mohit Sane, Timcy Khanduja, and Rohit Pahuja.
Malahide beat Civil Service by 10 wickets
Civil Service 70 (16.3 overs; Kelvin Donnelly 5-10, Mohit Sane 3-17)
Malahide 72-0 (8.2 overs; Younas Ahmadzai 40*, Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin 21*)
Kelvin Donnelly took a five wicket haul as Civil Service were skittled for just 70 in the Village - three wickets also for Mohit Sane. The chase was over inside 9 overs as Younas Ahmadzai hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his unbeaten 40, with opening partner Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin making 21 not out.