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Cricket Ireland have unveiled plans for the first dedicated outdoor cricket training complex in Ireland, giving top performers of both sexes and all ages the best facilities to help develop their skills on the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus.The Cricket Ireland Performance Centre will mean that cricket becomes the latest sport to join the Sport Ireland site at Blanchardstown in Dublin. The development will feature 14 grass nets, five artificial pull-out bays, a 90m outfield, plus seating and storage areas.The €600,000 development has been made possible thanks to support from the ICC, the Irish Government and Sport Ireland and a personal benefactor, Denis OBrien.The development of Cricket Irelands first-ever dedicated outdoor training centre is a huge step forward for Irish cricket, said Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom.For the first time, our performance squads - male and female, senior and junior, national, provincial and academy - will be able to train on a day-to-day basis in a state-of-the-art facility controlled by Cricket Ireland.We are grateful to the Government and Sport Ireland for providing us with the land, and to the ICC which is clearly increasing its support for Irelands aspirations - by granting first-class status to our Hanley Energy Inter-provincial competition; through our elevation to the 12-team ODI structure; and by granting an additional $500k in 2016 and 2017 to help us afford the matches.Deutrom also lauded the individual involvement of Denis OBrien, an Irish billionaire and media mogul.I would also like to extend our particular gratitude to Denis OBrien, who continues to play a vital, yet unheralded role, in the growth of Irish cricket, he said. For the last 10 years Denis has always been ready to answer our call - from supporting our team in the Caribbean World Cup in 2007 and then our first cohort of contracted players, to helping us stage our major matches and, now, helping us build our first outdoor performance centre. He has played a central role in helping us punch above our weight on the world stage and, for this, we are enormously grateful.Sport Ireland Chief Executive, John Treacy welcomed the new development saying: Earlier this year Cricket Ireland launched an ambitious strategic plan which aims to make cricket mainstream, and the development of these world class training facilities at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus will assist this objective as the sport continues to grow.Cricket Ireland performance director, Richard Holdsworth, explained the rationale behind the new development, saying: There is a pressing requirement for such a facility to be built to service our increasing number of performance teams, as we found existing clubs are already overstretched in terms of hosting Cricket Ireland activity due to the impressive growth in participation figures in recent years.The facility will also provide a training venue for touring overseas teams; New Zealand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and West Indies will visit Ireland in 2017.We have found that access to high-quality outdoor facilities has been a consistent theme emerging from the last two post-World Cup reviews, Holdsworth said. We have previously announced warm-weather outdoor plans for the La Manga Club Development (which is almost complete) and this home-based facility will augment that perfectly.We already have four ODI-accredited facilities in Ireland, but no quality outdoor training facilities so this will remedy that.Work on the new facility is expected to start subject to the necessary planning permissions in early 2017 with the artificial area being completed ahead of the season and the grass nets operational in 2018. LeBron James Jersey . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Kevin Porter Cavaliers Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. 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He took off his sunglasses and put them behind his cap for every photo and asked the name of every young fan as he made his way off the 18th green at Glen Abbey on Wednesday at the Canadian Open pro-am.The PGA Tour regular from nearby Brantford takes the time because he remembers what it was like to be on the other side of the ropes.As a young kid I used to come to Canadian Opens and I remember waiting for a lot of golfers I admired, said Hearn, who looked up to Fred Couples, among others. I wouldve been so disappointed if none of them stopped to speak to me.Hearn finished third last year Canadian Open, two strokes behind winner Jason Day and a shot behind Bubba Watson. The Canadian caught fans attention with a 64 in the second round and had a two-shot lead after a third-round 68.A 72 and the solid play of Day and Watson in the fourth round put the PGA Tour win just beyond Hearns reach. Still, he remembers the ovation he got from Canadian fans as he approached the 18th tee.At the time I was just in the moment, Hearn said. But looking back, I hope I inspired some young golfers, some junior players across the country.Hearn believes that memorable moments like his near win last year at Glen Abbey or the upcoming Rio Olympics -- where he, Graham DeLaet, Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp will represent Canada -- are an opportunity to create new fans.Mike Weir also is playing this week at Glen Abbey and has seen the impact his Canadian Golf Hall of Fame career has already had on younger players.I know Graham DeLaet has talked abouut it, that I was somewhat of an inspiration for him, said Weir, who has eight career PGA Tour wins, including the 2003 Masters.dddddddddddd I guess when youre going along you just dont think about those kind of things but at the same time, hopefully, some of the younger guys can draw inspiration and know that you can be from a winter country a lot of the year and still make it.Hearn, Weir and DeLaet are the three biggest Canadian names playing at the tournament, but theyll be joined by over a dozen other players from across the country: Adam Hadwin, Nick Taylor, Adam Cornelson, Corey Conners, Brad Fritsch, Dave Levesque, Branson Ferrier and amateurs Blair Hamilton, Hugo Bernanrd, Garrett Rank and Jared du Toit.Pat Fletcher, born in England, was the last Canadian winner in 1954 at Point Grey in Vancouver, British Columbia. Carl Keffer is the only Canadian-born champion, winning in 1909 and 1914. Albert Murray, a Canadian also born in England, won in 1908 and 1913.The top-ranked Day is in the field along with U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson and past champions Brandt Snedeker (2013), Jim Furyk (2006, 2007), Sean OHair (2011), Carl Pettersson (2010), Chez Reavie (2008), and Vijay Singh (2004).Also Wednesday, the PGA Tour, Golf Canada and the Heritage Classic Foundation announced that RBC has signed six-year extensions as title sponsor of the Canadian Open and RBC Heritage, the event held in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The new agreements take effect in 2018 and run through 2023. ' ' '