Several Galway basketball clubs will be in action over the coming weeks in national cup events.
Maree men’s basketball will face Killester of Dublin in the u-20 National Cup semi-final in Neptune Stadium on Saturday January 16 at 6pm, while Maree will also contest the u-18 semi-final at the same venue against St Mary’s Castleisland at 10am.
Hopes are high Maree can continue their fine form in this competition, having won the last two u-18 National Cups, and lost the 2009 u-20 final by one point.
Calasanctius College will be in schools’ cup action in UL on Wednesday January 13. At 12.30pm, they face arch-rivals Coláiste Íosagáin in the u-16 A semi-final, and it will be the same Dublin opponents in the u-19 A semi at 3.30pm. Then at 2pm Calasanctius contests the u-19 A boys’ semi-final against Pres Bray. The u-19 girls are chasing a third consecutive All-Ireland Cup title, while the boys are looking to get to their fourth final in seven years, and their first win. The u-16 girls are looking to get to their fifth final in six years and their third win.
Maree Under 18 Boys; From Pádraig Burke, Tomas Mitkus, John Evans, Alan Dempsey, Éanna Malone, Ciarán Harte, Paul Jacobsen, Colm O’Hagan, Cormac Shields, Dónal Greene, Ken Hansberry, Brian Kelly, Enda Walsh, Colin Whelan.
Calasanctius Senior Boys; From Colm O’Hagan, Ken Hansberry, Paul Jacobsen, Ciarán Harte, Dónal Greene, Colin Whelan, Shane Geoghegan, Enda Walsh, Pádraig Burke, Alan Dempsey, Ronan O’Donnell.
Calasanctius Senior Girls; From Carol McCarthy, Caitríona Foley, Ciara Newell, Lua Rahmani, Kate Lyons, Emily Gill, Orla Trayers, Ailish O'Reilly, Sarah Reynolds, Aoife Fogarty, Aileen Crowley, Caitríona Finn, Treasa Delaney.
Calasanctius Under 16 Girls; From Ailish O'Reilly, Aileen Crowley, Sarah Reynolds, Aoife Fogarty, Caitríona Finn, Melissa Flanagan, Orla Geoghegan, Edel Gormally, Treasa Delaney, Sonia O'Neill, Natasha Crawford, Ciara Hanniffy, Sinéad Jacobsen.
