U13 boys win Galway tournament
The Liffey Celtics U13 boys participated in a tournament hosted by Titans Basketball club last weekend. The boys did the club proud from start to finish in what was a fantastic day of basketball. First up were Corrib and the boys got off to a fast start winning out well with everyone contributing throughout. They then played Titans tornadoes with…
Liffey Celtics & Dublin U14 boys in Belgium
Well done to Liffey Celtic’s U14 lads, Kris and Calum who were selected for the Dublin U14 team that played in the international tournament at Wanze in Belgium, from Friday May 30th to Sunday June 1st. Kris and Calum made it another first for Liffey Celtics as the first from the club to be selected at this level. A great achievement for…
Celebrating 10 years
It all started about 2003. Prior to that we had a team training in Leixlip Amenities, and seeing the potential there, the founders decided to setup a Liffey Celtics Basketball club, and entered the Dublin Ladies league, and thankfully some of those initial playing members are still playing in the club today. Thanks to the many volunteers who have worked so diligently to take…
Irene Says Goodbye And Thank You
Our Premier League player, Irene Sánchez, returned to Spain at the end of March having enthralled us with her skill, hard work and above all her friendliness and support. Before she left, she wrote the short note below to us all……. What does success mean? Maybe for some players can mean winning the world cup or having a big, big…
U14 GIRLS AICC CHAMPS
Our U14 Girls are All-Ireland (AICC) Champions ! Liffey Celtics U14 girls team made it a memorable weekend for Liffey Celtics, when they won the All Ireland Division A, Club Championship which took place in Kerry on weekend of 12th and 13th April. The Celtics girls headed for Kerry with confidence on Friday afternoon, and settled into their Tralee base…
Magic 5 Cup wins for Liffey Celtic girls
March 1st and 2nd 2014 was some weekend for the Liffey Celtics basketballers. Going to play in five ladies cup finals was special, but to come through with five cup final victories at U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16 was a remarkable result. The U12 girls got it underway on Saturday morning at 10am, against a good Templeogue side. It was…
Boys Cup Finals 2014
Liffey Celtics Basketball Club underage boys teams followed the lead set by the girls, when they took part in the Dublin Mens Cup Finals weekend over March 21st and 22nd. It was a hard act to follow, but the boys proved they could do it and took home the U12, U13 and U14 cups, while the clubs U15s just lost…
Off To Europe
Good luck to Aoife & Shannen who are travelling with their Ireland U16 team to the European Championships in Porto, Portugal, on Tuesday July 30th. The team has a couple of days to acclimatise before they open their account with a difficult opening game against Germany on Thursday 1st August. This will be followed by two further group games over…
RIP Toomas Ilves
Liffey Celtics got to know Toomas very well over the past few years. As well as being our Superleague coach during season 2011/2012, he coached at some of our camps, and many of our players attended his camps and 3 on 3 competitions. A number of traits were always obvious from Toomas – his love of basketball, good humour, his…