ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB
Boys U14 Div 3 Pool A
St. Brendan’s 28 TK Cougars 14
Brendan’s travelled to Killarney for the return leg of the contest, the first of which was played out in October. In that encounter Cougars held Brendan’s to scoring a mere 12 points. Jack Clapham distributed the ball well with guards Matthew O’Mahony and Graham Sheehy moving and passing well also. Post players Ryan McHugh and Sam McCarthy got Brendan’s first baskets scoring 6 points to Cougars 5 in the first quarter. In quarter 2, Garry Lynch drove through the Cougars defence to score 3 baskets while Nelly Olanrewaju’s speed and hard work under the boards set him up for 2 baskets.
Daniel Bowler and Sean Dillane were working hard in defence making it difficult for Cougars who were held to 6 points in reply. Brendan’s led 16 -11 at half-time. The second half was all Brendans with immense defensive effort from Denis Malihin, Liam Kingston, Ryan McHugh and Sam McCarthy.
Jack Clapham carried the ball co nfidently and scored the first basket of the half. Liam Kingston who had been unlucky to miss his first effort scored with his second and then scored another nice basket with Graham Sheehy winning and then scoring a free throw. Cougars were held to a single point in this quarter. Quarter 4 saw scores from Garry Lynch and free throw points from Sean Dillane and Nelly Olanrewaju with Cougars scoring a single basket in reply. Brendan’s prevailed on a final score of 28 – 14 displaying considerable progress made in the season to date.
Players & scorers: Garry Lynch 8; Nelly Olanrewaju 5; Ryan McHugh 4; Liam Kingston 4; Sam McCarthy 2; Jack Clapham 2; Sean Dillane 2; Graham Sheehy 1; Daniel Bowler; Denis Malihin; Matthew O’Mahony
Boys U14 Div 3 Pool A
St. Brendan’s 42 TK Vixens 31
St. Brendan’s got off to the better start with Jack Clapham and Graham Sheehy combining well to score 11 points while Sam McCarthy and Ryan McHugh’s defence held Vixens in check.
Sean Dillane hustled well not giving Vixens room to shoot but the visitors fought back well though and had narrowed the gap to 2 points by the end of the quarter. Quarter 2 was all Brendans with Liam Kingston opening the scoring with the first basket.
Sam McCarthy’s work under the boards earned him a good score and ball-carrier Garry Lynch cut through the Vixens defence to score 6 points. Vixens struggled to penetrate the Brendan’s defensive pairing of Matthew Hussey and Sam McCarthy only scoring 2 baskets in the quarter.
Matthew Hussey was unlucky not to score from rebounds but when Liam Kingston drove forward and was fouled and he smoothly put away the two free shots bringing the score to 25 – 13 for Brendan’s at half time. However Vixens weren’t be so easily dismissed. They dominated the third quarter particularly through their big man Aidan Curry who scored 7 of their 13 points.
Sean Dillane went on a daring run through the packed Vixens defence finishing with a beautifully judged basket. In the next attack he dished out to Ryan McHugh who skilfully popped the shot. Daniel Bowler was fouled and scored one from the line. Graham Sheehy made a lovely steal and went on a run dishing the ball to Daniel again under the basket.
Daniel scored despite being fouled and then sunk the free throw to complete the three point score. Declan Mangan was unlucky not to score having got himself into good shooting positions. Vixens narrowed the gap further at the start of quarter 4 with a well-chosen shot.
Good delivery of the ball by Garry Lynch meant Graham Sheehy, Sam McCarthy and Daniel Bowler all got their names on the score sheet for Brendan’s. At the same time Sam McCarthy held the Vixens big man to a single basket in the quarter. Vixens Eoin O’Shea scored a lovely 3 pointer towards the finish but it wasn’t to be enough. Brendan’s held on to finish with a well-deserved win 42 to 31.
Players & scorers: Graham Sheehy 11; Daniel Bowler 8; Garry Lynch 6; Sam McCarthy 5; Liam Kingston 4; Jack Clapham 4; Sean Dillane 2; Ryan McHugh 2; Declan Mangan; Matthew Hussey
U10 Girls Blitz
Congratulations and well done to the Girls U10s and their coach Deirdre Hartnett who travelled to Kenmare last Sunday for the Blitz held at Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine. The girls competed in two games and performed very well against very good teams from Kenmare and Gneeveguilla. It was a great experience for the girls and will stand to them in future events.
The Girls U10s who competed in the Blitz in Kenmare on Sunday.
OTHER RESULTS
Wednesday 17th February
Boys U14 Div 1
TK Cougars 31 St. Brendan’s 62
Thursday 18th February
Men’s Div 1 Cup
St. Brendan’s 51 St. Mary’s 65
Sunday 21st February
Boys U16 Div 1
KCYMS 74 St. Brendan’s 50
Under-12 Boys Div 3
Ballybunion Wildcats 20 St. Brendan’s B 35
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Friday 26th February
Boys U14 Div 1
St. Anne’s v St. Brendan’s at 8.00pm in Farranfore Community Centre
Saturday 27th February
Boys U16 Div 1
St. Mary’s v St. Brendan’s at 7.00pm in Castleisland Community Centre
Sunday 28th February
Boys U14 Div 1
St. Brendan’s v Caherciveen at 1.30pm in Moyderwell
Tuesday 1st March
Boys U18 Div 1
St. Brendan’s v KCYMS at 8.00pm in Moyderwell
Men’s Div 1
Gneeveguilla v St. Brendan’s at 7.30pm in Rathmore Sec. School Gym
U17 JIMMY HOBBERT ANNUAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
St. Brendan’s hosts the ever-popular U17 Jimmy Hobbert Annual Memorial Tournament over the weekend of the 26th and 27th February. This year the club is proud to welcome visiting teams from Kerry, Cork, Galway and Sligo. The tournament tips off on Friday night with the St. Brendan’s opening their campaign against TK Vixens. The competition reaches its conclusion on Saturday afternoon with the final scheduled for 3.30pm. The groups, fixtures and tournament rules are as follows:
Group A Group B
St. Brendan’s St. Mary’s
TK Vixens Tralee Imperials
Blue Demons Moycullen
Sligo All Stars Ballincollig
Galway Titans
Friday
Moyderwell Group A
7.00pm St. Brendan’s v TK Vixens
Saturday
Moyderwell Group A
9.30am St. Brendan’s v Blue Demons
10.00am Sligo All Stars v TK Vixens
10.30am Galway Titans v Blue Demons
11.00am St. Brendan’s v Sligo All Stars
11.30am Galway Titans v TK Vixens
12.00pm Blue Demons v Sligo All Stars
12.30pm St. Brendan’s v Galway Titans
1.00pm TK Vixens v Blue Demons
1.30pmSligo All Stars v Galway Titans
Presentation Group B
10.00am Tralee Imperials v St. Mary’s
10.30am Ballincollig v Moycullen
11.00am St. Mary’s v Moycullen
11.30am Tralee Imperials v Ballincollig
12.00pm St. Mary’s v Ballincollig
12.30pm Tralee Imperials v Moycullen
2.00pm Semi 1 Winner A v Runner Up B
2.30pm Semi 2 Winner B v Runner Up A
3.00pm Plate Final 3rd A v 3rd B
3.30pm Cup Final Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Rules:
Tournament Entry €100 payable to officer at gym
Games 10 mins per half running clock. Stops only for last 2 mins of 2nd half, timeouts
and free throws
Teams must be in gym 15 mins before their game
Each team is allowed 2 timeouts, 1 per half
Each player is allowed 5 personal fouls, team allowed 7 fouls before free throws will be awarded
Tie game will result in 2 mins o/t
Group ties will be decided by aggregate points
TRAINING TIMES
St. Brendan’s Basketball Club Training continues at Moyderwell Hall.
Boys and Girls Academy 5yrs-9yrs
Tuesday 5-6pm
Saturday 10-11am
Girls U10s
Friday 6-7pm
Boys U10s
Wednesdays 6.30-8pm
Sunday 9.30-10.30am
U12s (A)
Tuesday 6-7pm
Sunday 11.30-12.30pm
U12s (B)
Thursday 6-7pm
Sunday 10.30-11.30am
U14s (A)
Wednesday 5-6.30pm
Sunday 1.30-2.30pm
U14s (B)
Tuesday 7-8pm
Sunday 12.30-1.30pm
U16s (A)
Monday 6-7pm
Friday 7-8pm
U16s (B)
Thursday 8-9pm
Sunday 2.30-3.30pm
U18s
Tues 8pm-9pm
U18s and U20s
Saturday 7pm – 9pm
Senior Men
Wednesday 8pm-9pm
Senior Ladies
Monday 7-8pm
Thursday 7-8pm
Senior Men and Senior Ladies interested in playing this year please get in contact with Claire O’Sullivan or Fergal O’Sullivan. New players always welcome.
Please be aware that due to registration with Basketball Ireland and KABB, all players and teams must be registered as soon as possible. If you are interested in playing this year get in contact with your coaches and let them know.
ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB JUVENILE ACADEMY
St. Brendan’s Basketball Club’s Juvenile Academy for boys and girls is actively encouraging budding young basketball enthusiasts to join. Our Academy is an integral and important part of the continuing development of the club.
The Academy times are as follows Tues 5-6pm and Sat 10am – 11am for the 5 to 9 year olds. Our Academy is held at Moyderwell Gym with our coaches Linda Raymond and Charles O’Sullivan and players Michael O’Donnell and Arianne Finnegan. The cost of the Academy is just 3 euro per hour. For more information on our Academy please contact 086 871 9335 or 086 862 5932.
