Join us from September 7th in Claregalway Community Centre for our New Season 2015–2016. New players, coaches, team managers, volunteers are most welcome and needed. To get involved email [email protected]. Claregalway Basketball Club caters for all ages from U8 Boys & Girls to Senior Men & Women. Claregalway compete in the Galway league and cup competitions and… Read more »
Claregalway Basketball Club’s season began back in September and has now finished since April. The year was very busy across all the age groups. Thanks to everyone—committee members, coaches, assistant coaches, team managers and parents—who assisted with the running of the club during the year. Your support is invaluable and greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those… Read more »
Claregalway Basketball Club is fully up and running and is going to conclude its first half of the season with a Christmas Fun Day on December 20th in Claregalway Community Centre from 12–4pm. 12–2pm will cater for the U8s–13s and 2–4pm will cater for the U14–18s, with both session mixed. Loads of basketball games, Christmas… Read more »
Claregalway Basketball Club has had a very successful season this year with many teams competing in the local Galway Leagues and Cups for U10 boys and girls up to Senior men and women. Our Annual All-Star Awards Night was a huge success again in the Claregalway Hotel. A massive thank you to the Claregalway Hotel… Read more »
Mark Rohan has had a busy summer representing his country in U16 European Basketball Competitions. Having gone through trials late last year, he was one of twelve picked to represent Ireland at U16 level. One other Galwegian, namely Darragh Mulkerrins from Moycullen, also made the cut. His summer journey started against Wales in the National… Read more »
Claregalway U11 Boy’s Basketball team won their first county title recently. In the tournament held in Salthill Claregalway played Barna first and won 28–4 with Robert Dooley and Peter Divilly highest scorers. In the next game Claregalway played Maree the holders in a very exciting game with Steven Nally playing a man of the match… Read more »
Claregalway Juvenile Basketball Club hosted a girl’s U15 tournament. Five teams in all from around the county were able to attend. Each team played at least three games. A league system was used and points were allocated for win, lose or draw in each game. Claregalway girl’s won all their games with excellent teamwork, skill… Read more »
Last season was a very busy year for the club. As the club continued to grow we needed to enlist the help of more coaches. The club welcomes Liam Egan, Coach of U11 boys, James McDonagh, Coach of U13 boys and Liam Ryder, Coach of U15 who joined us at the beginning of last season…. Read more »
On March the 12th, the Club organized a trip to Sligo to play matches against the All Star Club there. This day was a great success. 99 members travelled and several parents and coaches accompanied them. The matches went well for us and in the afternoon the children had the chance to see a National… Read more »
The club ran a 12 hour basketball marathon on 21st November last. This year’s event proved to be a great success. We had great support from the children who had no trouble organising themselves into teams and making sure that the marathon kept going through the day. Also during the day a game was organised… Read more »
Training is continuing in all age groups, each section now has its own coach and we welcome the extra help from Sinead Greally, U13 girls, Liam Egan for the U11 boys, James McDonagh, the U13 boys and Liam Ryder. This help makes a great difference as we now have 140 members in the club. The… Read more »
On Saturday 20th February, Claregalway Basketball Club held a one day Tournament with Sligo All Stars Basketball club. All ages were involved and a total of 72 competitors travelled from Sligo for the day. The day began with the U9s competing, followed by the U11s, U13s and U15s. Overall, the standard of play in the… Read more »
