Courtyard Liffey Celtics make league playoffs
Our premier league team, Courtyard Liffey Celtics, made history this month when they finished in fourth position in the premier league. This is our highest ever finishing position and for the first time ever we will play in the premier league playoffs. The girls have worked really hard, with a super first half of the season which sustained them in…
U11’s at the Blitz
The U11 girls attended the DLBB blitz at Firhouse on Saturday last, with their mentors Sinead, Mary and Louise. The girls played four games, playing well in all. Well done to Firhouse Basketball Club for hosting and organizing.
Busy week for Senior 3 Ladies
Liffey Celtics Senior 3 Ladies team have made a great start to 2015 with a good cup victory over Bray, and followed that up with an impressive nine point victory over league leaders, UCD, in Cois Life on Friday last. In a really entertaining game the Celtics girls got in front in the second half and only established a winning gap…
Celtics bow out of U20 Cup
Liffey Celtics U20 girls bowed out of the U20 National Cup on Saturday last in Parochial Hall, Cork. We knew it was going to be a tough task playing Brunel on their home court. Brunel have an excellent team and were superb on the day, notching twelve three pointers to take a comprehensive victory. Good luck to Brunel as they…
Girls U20’s through to cup semi-final
Liffey Celtics U20 girls made it through to the U20 Girls National Cup semi-final with a good victory over St. Colms in Leixlip Amenities on Sunday 29th November. They now look forward to a semi-final encounter against Brunel in early January. Commiserations to our Premier League team and U18 Girls team who lost out last weekend in their respective cup…
Rebecca makes the Ireland U18 squad
Well done to the Liffey Celtics U18 girl, Rebecca Keating who was recently selected for the eighteen strong Ireland U18 Girls squad. The squad will train over the next few months before a squad of twelve is selected for next years European championship. Good luck to Rebecca and enjoy.
Girls Academy in Jamboree
The girls academy participated in a jamboree hosted by Dublin Lions in Colaiste Brid last weekend. The jamboree brought together academies from Kubs, Liffey Celtics and Lions. Liffey Celtics had 13 girls attend on the day. Yvonne Bracken and Sharon Galligan from the Academy accompanied the girls. The jamboree took a different format from the usual ones previously hosted in Colaiste…
Girls through to U18 National Cup Qtr Final
Well done to our U18 girls who qualified for the quarter final stage of the National Cup this weekend. It was a great weekend of basketball in Leixlip Amenities with Killester, Muckno Lakers, St. Anthonys, Moycullen, Waterford Wildcats and Celtics playing out some really excellent and tense games. Liffey Celtics and St. Anthonys made it through to the final today…
U15 Schools Inter-regional tournament
Good luck to our players who are involved in the U15 Tom Collins, Inter-Regional tournament in Galway next weekend, October 17th to 19th. Meadbh Hanlon, Niamh Masterson and Beatrice Olaru will play with the East region schools team, while Kris Arcilla and Finn Hughes will play with the East and North East schools teams. Enjoy the experience.
Girls U11’s First League outing
Liffey Celtics U11 girls got their first league outing underway with a well contested U12(2) game against Swords in Confey on Sunday October 5th. Both teams gave a great performance, and Celtics mentors Sinead, Mary and Louise were really pleased with the girls performance.