Last weekend St. Brendan’s hosted The Jimmy Curran Memorial tournament for U14 boys in Moyderwell and Presentation Gym in Tralee. The club was delighted to welcome teams from all over the county along with teams from Sligo, Dublin and Cork. The club U14s continued their highly successful year with a victory over Sligo
All-Stars in the overall final while our 2nd team competed well but just fell short to Blue Demons in the Plate Final.
St. Brendan’s 1 opened their account with a one point win over St. Bridget’s on Friday night before accounting for KUBS from Dublin and Blue Demons from Cork in their other group matches on Saturday. The draw saw them face St. Bridget’s for the second time in the semi-final and again Brendan’s proved too good for their local rivals winning through to the final on a scoreline of 36-28.
In the final Sligo All Stars provided the opposition but in a one sided affair Brendan’s outclassed the visitors to take the honours with a 28-8 win. Captain Enda O’Connor scooped tournament MVP award after his fine display in the final. St. Brendan’s also had James Fernane and Rap Buivydas along with Enda named in the All-Star team.
St. Brendan’s 2 performed well and were unlucky not to take the Plate prize but lost out by 30-18 to Blue Demons from Cork in the decider. Well done to all the coaches, players and tournament organisers for putting together another very well run event in honour of former St. Brendan’s Basketball Club.
The victorious St. Brendan’s U14 team with coach Fergal O’Sullivan winners of the Jimmy Curran Memorial U14 Tournament hosted by the club over the weekend.
Boys U14 Div 3 Pool A
St. Brendan’s 34 St Joseph’s 28
St. Joseph’s, who finished runners up in the league, must have felt confident as they entered Moyderwell having defeated Brendans 52 – 28 in their home leg of the contest in November. However they met a Brendan’s team transformed from the meeting before Christmas. Both teams took a while to settle with each side scoring
just 4 points in the first quarter.
The respective defences were proving their strength while the offences were taking time to settle in a decent scoring pattern. Joseph’s asserted their expected dominance in quarter 2 scoring 8 points to Brendan’s 7. The home side were a little too reliant on ball carrier Garry Lynch who contributed 6 of those 7 points.
In quarter 3 it was Brendan’s that really found their range in offence and forged ahead. Baskets from Garry Lynch, Graham Sheehy, Liam Kingston and the in-form Ryan McHugh managed 8 baskets in all while Joseph’s tally was confined to three scores from their big man Shane O’Connell. O’Connell was however being well contained by Brendan’s Sam McCarthy and as they headed into the final quarter Brendan’s led 26 to 22.
Brendan’s Daniel Bowler scored the first basket of the quarter and the ever-reliable Garry Lynch followed this with a perfectly executed lay-up at the end of a powerful drive down the middle. Joseph’s replied with a basket and then
scored a free throw. Brendans still led by 4 with 3 minutes to go.
Ryan McHugh sank a lovely shot from the just outside the key. However Joseph’s Gearoid Stack replied with a three pointer of his own. The last score of the night was a sweet shot by Liam Kingston which brought Brendan’s tally to 34. Josephs, finishing on 28 and were left wondering what might have been as Brendan’s avenged the loss in November in fine style.
Final score was St. Brendan’s 34 St. Joseph’s 28.
Players & scorers: Garry Lynch 12; Graham Sheehy 8; Ryan McHugh 6; Liam Kingston 5; Daniel Bowler 3; Matthew Hussey; Nelly Olanrewaju; Jack Clapham; Declan Mangan; Sam McCarthy
OTHER RESULTS
Boys U14 1
St. Brendan’s 43 Caherciveen 26
Mens Div 1
Tralee Imperials 57 St. Brendan’s 52
Ladies Div 2
St. Brendan’s 43 Glenbeigh 57
Boys U16 Div 1
St. Mary’s 52 St. Brendan’s 54
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Sunday 20th March
Boys U14 Div 3 Pool 1
Caherciveen v St. Brendan’s at 1.00pm in Coláiste na Sceilge
Monday 21st March
Ladies Div 2
St. Brendan’s v Glenbeigh at 7.00pm in Moyderwell
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
Monday and Tuesday 10.00am to 1.00pm
Wednesday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Boys and girls aged 4-11 years
Cost: €30 euro per camper.
For the younger children, this camp will focus on developing fundamental movement skills which are very important in the physical development of a child. When a child is confident and competent in these skills they can develop sport-specific movement skills that allow them to enjoy sport and a long life of physical activity.
For the older children this camp will focus on ball handling, passing shooting and defensive skills.
For further information contact Charles O’Sullivan on (086) 256 6961
