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Moycullen named Irish Club of the Year

Moycullen have been named Irish Club of the Year by Basketball Ireland. The award was voted on and selected by national and regional media outlets that regularly feature basketball in their coverage.
The award is recognition of the success of the club over the past season, particularly the achievements that have attracted the attention of the national printed and electronic media and built upon the outstanding reputation that Moycullen B.C has within Irish basketball....full list of award winners

*Best winning season ever for the Moycullen mens team in the Superleague

**U18 Men's National Cup finalists

***One of the best represented clubs on Irish international panels with ten players on four squads

****Participation in three out of the four All-Ireland Club Championships (U14 and U16 Girls and U16 Boys)

*****Regular and extensive coverage in local newspapers

******Best attended home game featured on Setanta's "Irish Basketball Monthly" where our SuperLeague team defeated DCU Saints in overtime. Our U18 Men's eye-catching U18 National Cup quarter final final win was also shown on a separate episode of the show on Setanta.

This is the third occasion that Moycullen B.C have been named Basketball Ireland Club of the Year.

U13 Boys in France .......Tournament details

U14 Girls in Sweden at the Gotenberg Festival ......click The Moycullen U14 girls competed in the Gothenburg Basketball Festival from the 9th – 12th May 2013 against some of the best teams in northern Europe. There were 39 teams competing in their age group. The girls progressed through the group stages with 3 wins and 1 loss, their defeat coming to the winners of the tournament. The girls dispatched their opponents Kvarnby BBK in the preliminary round and Hop BBK to get into the last 8 of the ‘A’ section. Their opponent in the quarter final was Blackeberg Ekerö, a top Swedish team. The girls battled hard but unfortunately their opponents were too strong for them and the early mornings and having played 2 games already that day. It just wasn’t to be. The girls can be very proud of their performance and have got great experience from the competition. They can hold their head up high knowing that they competed with the best and the two teams who beat them ended up in the final. James and Nollaig did a fantastic job in coaching the girls. Emer was on hand to give instruction on Diamond.

The team, coaches, manger & parents would like to thank Hynes Engineering and Boston Scientific for their generous sponsorship. It was much appreciated.

Sean Hynes and Fionnuala NiChualain organised an U'10 AND U'11 girls tournament in Kilanin involving Moycullen, Maree, Barna, Titans and Corrib....... Click for more photos

It was a hectic weekend of basketball around the country as teams battled it out in U14 and U16 Boys and Girls AICCs while UCC hosted the 61st Intervarsities. Moycullen were represented in the U'14 Girls, U16 Girls and U'16 boys while Ian Burke and James O'Brien played on the NUIG Intervarsity team. Check out all the results from the action by clicking here- click here

The U'14 Girls won the Division Three title at the All Ireland playoffs, beating Ulster Elks 44-35 in the semi and Dunshaughlin 26-22 in the final for ninth place overall in the All Ireland

Moycullen U'16 boys got off to a great start with a big win over Castlebar. Their chance at the Division One title finished after losing a close game to Fr. Matthews . However they had the consolation of winning the Division Two title and taking fifth place overall after beating Belfast Star and St Brendans Tralee. Click to read Report

The U'16 girls lost their first game narrowly to eventual champions St. Anthonys. They won their second game but then lost to Tralee in the division two semi final. However they finished strongly with a 49-37 win over Longford Falcons for seventh place overall .

Irish U18 team reach final in Cherbourg....report
Moycullen had three players on the Irish team, a fantastic achievement by the players and a reflection of the excellent standard of coaching the club has provided .

  The Moycullen U'18 team before the club's first ever U18 National Cup Final. Game played at the National Basketball Arena, Dublin — with Darragh Mulkerrins, , Kyle Cunningham, Mark Rohan, Darren O'Donnell, Patrick Lyons, Dylan Costelloe, Sean Candon, Stephen O'Brien, Joseph Tummon and coaches John Cunningham and Gerry Nihill




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