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BASKETBALL at juvenile and senior level in Kerry has been given a major boost at the start of the new season with the announcement that Kerry Airport has become the lead sponsor of the sport in the county. The Kerry Area Basketball Board (KABB) season has just commenced with over 300 […]

THE Shooters Club Summer League ran for six weeks throughout the summer with over 60 youngsters taking part and the finals took place on Tuesday evening. Run by Fergal O’Sullivan of Tralee Warriors/St Brendan’s Basketball Club, everyone showed great enthusiasm in the games and skills to try and improve their […]

THE Irish Under 18 basketball team is coming to Kerry for a four day camp in preparation for the forthcoming European Basketball Championships in Romania which are taking place later this month. The squad features three local Kerry players who are members of the Garveys Tralee Warriors squad Rap Buivydas, […]

THESE are heady days for basketball in Tralee. With the fantastic success of Warriors over the past few years, the town has gone basketball crazy, none more so than in the town’s secondary schools which are now producing some of the best talent in the country. Over in CBS The […]

TEAMS from primary schools around Tralee and beyond gathered in Mercy Mounthawk gym on Monday for a tournament aimed at promoting the game of basketball. The sport is enjoying a resurgence in popularity over the past few years thanks to the achievements of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, so the organisers feel […]

TRALEE has new All-Ireland champions thanks to the exploits of Mercy Mounthawk basketballers this afternoon. After some disappointments over the past few week, the Under 15A boys side went to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght today and won the Subway  All-Ireland Schools final. They beat Malahide in the semi-final […]

WHAT a game. What an atmosphere! Tralee Sports Complex was packed to capacity on Thursday afternoon to see Mercy Mounthawk take on CBS The Green in an all-Tralee U19A National Subway Schools Cup Semi-Final. In a thrilling game, it took overtime to separate the sides and Mercy Mounthawk emerged victorious […]

John Dowling of Mercy Mounthawk reports on the double header in the Subway All-Ireland Schools Cup Round 2 at the school on Thursday… Under 19 boys Mercy Mounthawk (26) 66 St.Marys Portlaoise (21) 41 An action packed day in Mercy Mounthawk saw both under 19 and under 16 teams victorious […]

THE Irish Under 18 basketball squad for the 2018/19 season was announced yesterday and features three Tralee teenagers. Mercy Mounthawk students Daire Kennelly and Leeroy Odiahio, and CBS The Green’s Rapolas Buivydas were named in the 23-player strong squad by Ireland Under 18 men’s head coach, Paul Kelleher. The three, who are […]

A CBS The Green student was a joint winner of the International Male Player of the Year award at the Basketball Ireland International Players and Coaches of the Year 2018 awards announced on Saturday at a ceremony at Gormanston Park, Co. Meath. With nothing separating two of Ireland’s stand-out players, […]

FOR the first time in Mercy Mounthawk’s history, the school has four players heading to Gormanstown, Co. Meath this weekend for the Irish national squad training weekend. Sean and Tim Pollman-Daamen are 3rd year students and have been training with the Irish under 16 team with the last year. This […]

TRALEE Imperials will be one of 13 clubs nationwide to take part in the inaugural Jr. NBA league this year. The league will run from October to December, culminating in a festival of games at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. The Junior NBA is a global youth basketball programme that will reach […]

THE founding members of a Tralee basketball club which set the foundations for the great success of the sport in the town were celebrated on a night of nostalgia at the Grand Hotel on Friday. Founding members and coaches of Celtic Basketball Club, Tom Falvey and Joe Joe O’Sullivan were […]

THE Moyderwell school gym was the location on Thursday for the second schools basketball blitz for girls, run by the Community Gardaí. There were nine teams from six schools taking part were Moyderwell, St Brendan’s NS Fenit, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, Presentation Primary, St Brendan’s NS Blennerville. “We decided to organise […]

BASKETBALL lovers might be interested in this free upcoming event next Monday. A basketball coaching clinic in Mercy Mounthawk, Tralee from 7pm-10pm, given by three American NCAA Division 1 college coaches from the MACC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Jody Craig from Monmouth University, Brian Giorgis from Marist College and Jada […]

MERCY Mounthawk first year basketballers can be proud of their achievements at the weekend, after they made it to the All-Ireland Schools League Final played at UL. After winning five games on the trot against teams from Cork, Wicklow, Antrim, Dublin and Cavan, they faced Presentation Brothers Cork in the […]

BOBCATS Basketball Club held their annual awards night on Saturday evening in O’Riadas in Ballymacelligott in Tralee to celebrate another great year for the Ballymac based club. The majority of the club’s teams participated in Division One of their respective Leagues. The U12 girls (Co League Division One Winners) and […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School Tralee completed a double of national titles when they won the U16 B League All Ireland at National Basketball Arena, Tallaght yesterday. Having won the U16B Cup in January, their opponents were St Paul’s Oughterard and the girls ran out 47 to 14 winners. There was joyous […]

THE CBS Primary Hoops Tournament was held at the John Mitchels Sports Complex in Ballyseedy and it was another hotly contested event. Twelve teams from the North Kerry area took part in the tournament which is now in its fourth year. The tournament aims at giving Primary school boys in the Tralee area a chance to […]

BASKETBALL lovers are very well taken care of this weekend with all of Saturday devoted to the sport in the Tralee Sports Complex court. First of all, Tralee Tigers are hosting their U19 Invitational Tournament which will see teams from St Mary’s Castleisland, St Paul’s Killarney, Hertfordshire Warriors from the […]

TWO teams at Mercy Mounthawk are preparing for All Ireland semi-finals next week. First up, the under 14 boys play St Pats of Cavan in the All A Ireland Under 14 cup semi final this Tuesday, February 20, in the National Basketball Arena Dublin. In the previous rounds they beat […]

THE victorious Presentation Secondary School Tralee U16 basketballers were celebrated at the school on Thursday for their fantastic success in the Subway Schools U16B All-Ireland Schools Cup win. The girls won by 33 to 28 against Muckross College Dublin at the National Basketball Arena on Wednesday and the whole student […]

CBS The Green are through to the National schools Cup Under 16 A  Final at the end of the month following a nail biting climax at the University of Limerick on Tuesday last where they clinched a 39-38 victory against Bandon in  the semi-final. Resilience was the key ingredient for […]

FORMER shooting coach with the Detroit Pistons, Dave Hopla is coming to Tralee on Sunday to give a masterclass which is not to be missed if you play or coach basketball. Hopla, who has also worked with players at the Washington Wizards and the New York Knicks, is considered by many […]

KIERAN Donaghy held his basketball camp during the week and there was another huge turnout. The John Mitchels GAA Complex in Ballyseedy was buzzing with over 180 youngsters taking part and they received expert coaching from Kieran and his Warriors buddies, among others. “I hold one camp a year but […]

IT was a proud day for the Kennelly family and Mercy Mounthawk school when news emerged yesterday that a student had made an Irish basketball team. Third year student Dáire Kennelly, from Camp, made the final 12 of the Irish Under 16 team to travel to Sofia in Bulgaria this […]

MERCY Mounthawk’s 1st year boys team created history becoming the 1st boys team from the school to capture an All-Ireland A schools title on Sunday at University of Limerick. They defeated a St Pats of Castleisland side on a scoreline of 29 to 26 in a nail biting contest, capping off a magical […]

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors have breathed new life into basketball in Tralee says Timmy Sheehan. Now they travel to Donegal to see if they can end their season on a high…  Tralee has enjoyed a long and varied basketball history both at local and national level. The return to the top […]

THE success of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors has not gone unnoticed this season, with two of their players making the Irish basketball squad. Kieran Donaghy and Ryan Leonard are among the 20 players named in head coach Pete Strickland’s squad. There are eight of the 12 Men’s Super League teams  represented on the squad which also […]

GARVEYS Tralee Warriors are certainly making an impact in their first season in the Men’s Superleague and the talent of their younger players is being recognised nationally. Yesterday, the 20 players for the Ireland Under 20 Men’s team were selected and it features two Warriors among them. Ryan Leonard from Leith […]