Callum Armstrong took his second five-wicket haul of the week as Ireland Under15's made it four straight wins at the Barnard Castle Festival as they beat MACC Academy by eight wickets

Gethin Kelleher was the Ireland hero with the Railway Union all-rounder showing nerves of steel to score the seven runs required from the last three balls to secure a four-wicket win for Ireland U17s.

Callum Armstrong was once again the star of the show as Ireland Under 15s made it three wins on the bounce with a five-wicket win against Cleveland Schools at the Barnard Festival.

Scotland pipped Ireland by 5 runs in the opening match of their Under 17 Celtic Cup series at Stormont.

Callum Armstrong took five wickets as Ireland Under 15s beat Ace Academy by five wickets in the second match of their Barnard Castle Festival.

Ireland Under 19's continued preparations for their upcoming matches against England and Bangladesh with a game against Lightning Bolts at Oak Hill.

Railway Union's Ted Hasler scored a century as Ireland Under 15's started the defence of their Under 15 title at the Barnard Castle Festival with a 120-run win over Western Rhinos Invicta.

Ireland Under 15s got the better of Scotland with a 3-2 win to lift the Celtic Cup.

Ireland Under 15's bounded back from their opening day loss with an emphatic 8-wicket win over Scotland.

Ireland Under 19's continued their preparations for upcoming matches against England and Bangladesh with a convincing 133-run win against the Emerging Knights at Belmont.

Scotland Under 15's fired the opening salvo with a 74-run win against Ireland in the opening match of the Under 15 Celtic Cup at Nunholm.

Ireland Under 17 Girls made it three wins on the bounce with a 15-run win to clinch the tri-series in Deventer with a game to spare.

Anna Ellerby took five wickets as Ireland Under 17 girls got their tri-series in the Netherlands off to a great start with back-to-back wins against the hosts in Rotterdam.

Finlay Carter's 62 helped Scotland U19s win the third game of the series, but it was only a consolation as Ireland won the three-game series 2-1.

Ireland Under 19's took a 1-0 lead in their three-match series against their Scottish counterparts with a 78-run win at Wallace Park.

Ireland Under 19s finished their Zimbabwe tour on a high and denied the hosts a clean sweep in the five-match YODI series in Harare.

There may have been a change of venue but it was a familiar tale of woe for Ireland Under 19's as they lost again to Zimbabwe in the fourth match of their youth ODI series.

Pembroke's Dan Murray led a spirited Irish fightback but it was in vain as Zimbabwe edged the third youth ODI by two wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Zimbabwe Under 19s took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against Ireland U19 with a ultimately comfortable 12 runs victory.

The countdown to next year’s Under 19 World Cup started for Ireland in one of the two host countries with a four wickets defeat by Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.

Pembroke's Olly Riley will captain a 14-player squad that has been selected for an upcoming tour of Zimbabwe in what will also be a first tour for the side in the southern African country.