ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB
Ladies Div 2 County League
St Brendan’s 41 Ballybunion Wildcats 38
St Brendan’s started off with great shooting particularly from the free throw line with a scoring rate of 100%. They led at the end of the first quarter by 2pts, 10-8. The second quarter saw Brendan’s pull away to keep the Wildcats at bay with great shooting from Claire O’Sullivan and great defence by Elaine Bailey and Carmel Roche. The home side led comfortably at half time by 21-12pts.
The third quarter saw Brendan’s maintain their scoring rate and led 34-20 going into the fourth quarter. As expected the Wildcats upped the intensity with a very impressive defense and outscored the hosts by 18pts to 7 but it was too little too late, and Brendan’s ran out winners on a final scoreline of 41-38.
Players and Scorers: Claire O’Sullivan 17pts, Katelyn Sullivan 6pts, Sorcha Stack 6pts, Laura Griffin 4pts, Elaine Bailey 2pts, Jillian Kerins 2pts, Carmel Roche 2pts, Erika Roche 2pts, Ariane Finnegan, Maura Leen
Ladies Div 2 County League
St Brendan’s 48 KCYMS 37
The first quarter saw Brendan’s take an early advantage of 13 pts to 8 with impressive shooting by Laura Griffin and Maura Leen. The second quarter again St Brendan’s were on point with their shooting with 11pts by Linda Raymond alone and they led 32-14pts going into the third quarter.
The third quarter was a much tighter affair with both teams battling it out defensively. Some great defence by Maura Leen and Eimear Quaid saw Brendan’s leading 38-20 going into the fourth quarter. KCYMS launched something of a comeback in the final quarter with impressive shooting by Rachel Ahern but Brendan’s ran out winners by 48 to 37.
Players and Scorers: Linda Raymond 15pts, Laura Griffin 7pts, Maura Leen 6pts, Sorcha Stack 4pt, Eimear Quaid 4pts, Katelyn Sullivan 4pts, Claire O’Sullivan 4pts, Erika Roche 4pts, Jillian Kerins, Elaine Bailey, Ariane Finnegan, Roisin O’Shea, Karina Daly
Ladies Division 2 Cup
St Brendan’s 62 St Joseph’s 41
This cup match started very positively with impressive shooting from both sides and St. Brendan’s trailed by 3pts first quarter with a score line of 19-16. The second quarter proved very different as Brendan’s began to find their range with impressive scores from everyone on the court and fantastic rebounds by Roisin O’Shea and Eimear Quaid. The hosts were really finding their range with 23pts to St. Joseph’s 6, keeping the visitors at bay and bringing a 39-25 lead into the third quarter.
The third quarter saw Brendan’s increase their advantage to 49-31 with great defense as well as offence by Katelyn O’Sullivan and Linda Raymond. Brendan’s maintained their grip on the tie with a comfortable win on a final scoreline of 62-41
Players and Scorers: Claire O’Sullivan 18pts, Linda Raymond 17pts, Katelyn O’Sullivan 11pts, Eimear Quaid 8pts, Roisin O’Shea 3pts, Laura Griffin 3pts, Jillian Kerins 2pt, Elaine Bailey, Maura Leen, Sorcha Stack, Erika Roche
Boys U18s County League
St. Brendan’s 63 Gneeveguilla 56
Last Tuesday evening St. Brendan’s secured their second win of the season over a very strong Gneeveguilla side. Brendan’s started the game well with Dominic Craig sinking three 3s in the first quarter. However Gneeveguilla were also on the mark and kept pace with the hosts. Brendan’s continued to find their range through James Roche and Ama Lelental and the teams continued to trade baskets and were literally going score for score. While Dominic Craig was getting numerous assists to the Brendan’s centre, Kasparas Buivydas while Gneeveguilla were getting some lovely baskets, the majority coming from Shane O’Sullivan. The score entering the third quarter was 29-24 in favour of St. Brendan’s.
In the second half and with one of Brendan’s top scorers in foul trouble, one of the rookie players Brandon Patterson made his entrance to the game. He proved he was more than able to play at this high level of intensity by getting many blocks, steals and rebounds. This new boost of energy affected the rest of the team as well with blocks and steals coming from Ama Lelental and Dwight Bacalso. Gneeveguilla refused to give up however and with Shane O’Sullivan’s scores keeping the East Kerry side in the game. It all came down to the final quarter when once again Dominic Craig stepped up and knocked down yet another 3 pointer to maintain Brendan’s advantage. In the final exchanges Brendan’s landed some key scores through Kaspar, Dwight and Brandon to see out the victory on a final scoreline of St. Brendan’s 63 Gneeveguilla 56.
Players and Scorers: St. Brendan’s – Kasparas Buivydas 21, Dominic Craig 12, James Roche 5, Ama Lelental 15, Dwight Bacalso 8, Perit Krasnipy, Aeron Aellando, Brandon Patterson 2.
Gneeveguilla – Thomas Fleming 10, Shane O’Sullivan 16, Jim McGillicuddy 10, John O’Leary 10, Cathal Collins 10, Brian Brosnan
OTHER RESULTS
Boys U16 Div 1
St. Bridget’s 34 St. Brendan’s 41
Boys U16 Div 3
St. Brendan’s 33 Gneeveguilla 29
Boys U14 Div 1
St. Mary’s 39 St. Brendan’s 16
Boys U14 Div 1
Caherciveen 25 St. Brendan’s 36
ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB BAG PACKING FUNDRAISER
The club is holding the main fundraiser of the year with bag packing at Dunnes Stores, Horan Centre, Tralee on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th December. All club members are requested to commit to an hour for this very important fundraising effort on behalf of the club.
TRAINING TIMES
St. Brendan’s Basketball Club Training Times for 2015/2016 are now confirmed. The venue is 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 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 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
