Baku 2015 – 3X3 Championships
A massive week for Irish Ladies basketball as Ireland Ladies 3X3 squad competes in the final 16 of the very first European Championship games in Baku. The squad is captained by CourtYard Liffey Celtics player Suzanne Maguire, and also includes Orla O’Reilly, Grainne and Niamh O’Dwyer – a super panel representing an Ireland squad playing at the top level of…
Niamh and Sorcha Fundraising for Euro Championship
Niamh and Sorcha would like to say a big Thank You to everybody who supported their fundraising events for their participation in the forthcoming U16 European Championships with the Ireland U16 team. Both girls will travel to the European Championships in Macedonia on August 11th as part of the twelve person panel selected to play for Ireland. They just completed their latest…
Callum, Kris and Tiernan make Ireland debuts
It was a historic and rewarding weekend for Liffey Celtics and in particular for our U15 boys Callum Walsh, Kris Arcilla and Tiernan Howe as they each made their first appearance in an Irish shirt, when they played against Wales, in Wales. The three boys travelled to Wales with their Ireland U15 Development boys squad, and recorded two victories over the Welsh…
Liffey Celtics at Basketball Ireland Awards
Liffey Celtics was well represented at the Basketball Ireland Awards for season 2014/2015, which took place at the National Basketball Arena on June 5th. Our Academy and U15 girls coach Yvonne Bracken picked up the Basketball Ireland Underage Coach of the Year for her work with Colaiste Chiarian. Sorcha Tiernan was awarded the Basketball Ireland U16 All Ireland Club Championship…
Celtics U13’s and U14’s play at SheHoops
Liffey Celtics had a number of U13 and U14 players involved in the SHEHOOPS tournament this weekend in Belfast. Kate Rochford, Carla O Dwyer, Ciara Mulleady , Fatimah Akorede and Karla Marytr represented Celtics on the U13 girls Dublin South team. They played Basketball Northern Ireland (BNI), Midlands and Dublin North having wins over BNI and the Midlands and losing…
Ada & Ciara make the Dublin U14 Team
Congratulations to Liffey Celtics girls Ada Bowler and Ciara Bracken who were both recently selected to represent the Dublin League U14 girls team, following a series of trials. After a great season with Celtics, both girls are part of an intense training schedule and represented the Dublin League team in the SheHoops tournament in Belfast last weekend and will go…