Men’s Senior County League Div 1
St. Mary’s 62
St. Brendan’s 59
Last Sunday our Senior Men’s team played there first Div 1 County League game of the year when they played St. Mary’s of Castleisland.
This game always carries a bit of an edge, as there is a great rivalry between the sides.
St. Mary’s started the game stronger as St. Brendan’s found it tough to find baskets, but from great defensive work from Darren O Sullivan and Conor Donaghy ensured the game was still close by the end of the quarter.
Much of the same was seen in the 2nd quarter although some great shooting from Fergal O Sullivan and baskets from Rob Mulcahy, Cyril Wallace and Stephen Hanifin brought St. Brendan’s back into the game by the half time buzzer.
At the start of the 2nd half St Mary’s upped the pace of the game in a big way and created a 11 point lead early on that was always that little bit too much to get back from for St. Brendan’s by the end of the 3rd Quarter.
More good play however from Fergal O Sullivan and massive work rate defensively from Jason Quirke and Darren O’Sullivan who also chipped in with baskets brought the game right back to the sides level with 3 mins to play.
Youth prevailed in the final minutes as St. Brendan’s just ran out of steam at the end and were eventually edged out on a scoreline of 62-59.
This was not a bad start for our Senior Men playing one of the stronger teams in the county in the first game of the year.
Top Scorers:- Fergal O Sullivan 24, Darren O Sullivan 13, Stephen Hanifin 6, Cyril Wallace 4, Jason Quirke 4, Rob Mulcahy 4, Conor Donaghy 4, Matty Cahalane..
We welcome Shannon Jets to Moyderwell for the 1st Round of the Hula Hoops Basketball Ireland Intermediate Cup next Sat 17th at 4.30pm. We would encourage all juvenile players, parents and other lovers of the game to come down and support our team next Saturday.
U14 Div3 PoolA Game
St. Brendan’s 34
St Annes 23
St. Brendans were at home against St. Annes for their first game of the season. Brendans got off to the better start with Jack Clapham on fire scoring 6 points in the first quarter aided by his speed on the fast break.
Liam Kingston added another from the free throw line making it 7 to St. Anne’s 2 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter continued in the same vein with Garry Lynch scoring 6 pts for Brendans, Matthew Hussey adding another fine basket and Graham Sheehy a point from the free throw line.
The Brendans defence held St. Annes to a single point but they really fought back and found their form in the 2nd half. While Brendans Sam McCarthy got two baskets from his hard work under the boards and Nelly Olanrewaju secured an offensive rebound and put it straight back in the basket.
St. Annes got 10 points in this quarter due to pressure on Brendans passing and some explosive fast breaks. It was all to play for in the final quarter. St. Annes got the first two baskets really closing the gap.
However Ryan McHugh scored 4 lovely baskets and Graham Sheehy added 2 to secure the game for Brendans on a scoreline of 34 to 23.
Players & scorers: Ryan McHugh 8; Jack Clapham 6; Garry Lynch 6; Graham Sheehy 5; Sam McCarthy 4; Nelly Olanrewaju 2; Matthew Hussey 2; Liam Kingston 1; Sean Dillane, Denis Malihin; Declan Mangan; Daniel Bowler; Matthew O’Mahony.
Boys U-12 Pool 2
St. Brendan’s 19 Caherciveeen 18
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Saturday 17th October
Mens Hula Hoops Basketball Ireland Intermediate Cup
St. Brendan’s vs Shannon Jets at Moyderwell School at 4.30pm
Sunday 18th October
U-12 Boys Pool 2
St Brendan’s A vs Tralee Tigers BC at Moyderwell School at 11.30am
U-14 Boys Div 3
TK Vixens vs St. Brendan’s at Athea Community Centre at 12.00pm
U-16 Boys Div 3
TK Vixens vs St. Brendan’s at Athea Community Centre at 1.00pm
TRAINING TIMES
St. Brendan’s Basketball Club Training Times for 2015/2016 are now confirmed. Please note that any of the times may change at the start of the season. The venue is Moyderwell Hall.
Boys and Girls Academy 5yrs-9yrs
Tuesday 5-6pm
Saturday 10-11am
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 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 has officially started back with their Juvenile Academy for boys and girls for the new season and is actively encouraging budding young basketball enthusiasts to join.
The club, which was founded 20 years ago to cater for boys in the Tralee area, has grown enormously since then. The club now caters for boys and girls in their Academy and boys in the Under-10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and under-20 age groups, as well as at Senior Men and Senior Women level.
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 Micheal 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
