Monday May 21, 2012
Welcome to Templeogue Basketball Club
Welcome to TBC, and the 2011-2012 Basketball Season
Templeogue have teams in nearly all Divisions of the Dublin Leagues both men and ladies. Our leagues start at Under 11 and we also run an Academy for girls and boys from 7 years old upwards.
If you are interested in joining any of the teams or sending your children to our Academy just email: info@tbc.ie and we will give you all the information you need. Chairman Mick Thompson pictured on left
Templeogue Basketball Club supports the Joe Kavanagh Foundation. Joe was a former player and coach with TBC. One of the aims of The Joe Kavanagh Foundation is to try to provide Defibrillators to the sporting community of which TBC was a very grateful recipient. Logon to www.joekavanaghfoundation.com for more details.
Finding your way around our site
Our fixtures are all under the Fixtures/Teams tab and all fixtures are updated regularly.
If you want to see what games are taking place and some of the results click on the Games/Results tab.
If you want to read our Constitution and our Code of Ethics and Conduct please click on the Downloads tab and also under the Links tab are links to various websites of interest to basketball enthusiasts.
Club History is just been compiled and the gallery and registration will be updated shortly.
Templeogue U13 Boys win League
In a hard fought game against Lions, TBC U13 boys captured League honours against a tough Lions team who were really out to win this game but TBC boys kept up the pressure eventually winning by 7pts. 46 to 39. A great team effort by all the Templeogue boys, although they have one game left they cannot be caught.
Templeogue U16 Girls take League title
IN a thrilling game where Meteors went into the lead in the first quarter and retained this lead throughout the first 3 quarters extending it to 14 points at one stage, TBC girls fought and fought never giving up and only went ahead with 3 minutes to go. The lead switched back and forth and with 11 seconds left all was level at 46 points each. Templeogue having possession, scored on the buzzer to snatch the win.
Under 15 Girls League Champions
IN a fantastic game against Liffey Celtics, who beat Templeogue by 14 points in their home court, TBC had to win by 15 points to take League honours. The game was all square at the first quarter, then TBC under the guidance of Sasa, started to pull ahead and never lost the lead for the rest of the game, slowly pulling away to win by 22 points at the final whistle and to be crowned League Champions.
Azzurri website error
We would like to advise all TBC members that the price of the warm-up tops on the Azzurri website is incorrect. The correct price should be €26 and not €40. Anyone ordering should ring Azzurri and ensure that they pay the correct price. We have a link to the site under the Links tab on the top main menu. We have asked Azzurri to correct this error.
Academy back in full swing
Our Basketball Academy for 7 years-olds upwards, both boys and girls runs every Saturday from 2.00 to 3.30 in Presentation, Terenure, Secondary School just on Terenure Park. Everyone is welcome just come along on the day.
Under 20 Men win League
IN a thrilling game against an unbeaten Killester side which Templeogue had to win by 9 points to win the league, our lads excelled themselves by winning the game 71 to 59 a 12 point margin, which gave them top league honours. This is Templeogues first League win this season and with the Cup weekend next Saturday hopefully we will have more to celebrate.
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Awards Night...a big thank you
OUR annual Awards Night was a great success and many thanks to John Giles and Brian Hayes for attending and presenting many of the awards. Our thanks also goes to Presentation School Principal Mr. Darcy for letting us use the school and their excellent facilities. Martin Guilfoyle was our MC and what a great job he did and thanks to all the parents and members who attended. Many thanks to all who helped in our "Kitchen" with coffee, tea etc.and those who provided all the excellent food. Click here to view some of our award winners
A great club weekend Blitz
IT was a fantastic weekend of basketball, starting with the Seniors on Saturday which was a brilliant success with many teams competing and then meeting later that night for a social night in the Terenure Inn.
Sunday was the juniors day with 2 sections 11-13 and 14-16 mixed blitz which produced some fantastic basketball. Standards were very high. Many thanks to all who helped out with the tea, coffee etc, coaches, refs, table officials and the many other people who helped throughout the weekend and a final thanks to Paula and John for organising such a brilliant weekend of basketball. Click here for some pictures
Our Internationals
Weekend of Basketball Internationals and Regional Competitions.
Pictured above are our International players, from left Kate O'Flaherty joint captain Under 16 Irish Girls, Sean Flood captain U16 Irish Boys and Aisling McCann captain of the Under 15 Irish Girls. Pictured on the left are our Dublin Regional players from TBC, Zoe Brennan-Whitmore, Ashling McSweeney and Niamh Mulderrig. All our International players excelled themselves over the weekend games and we are all very proud of their achievements. Our Senior Regional Ladies just lost out in the final by 3 points to the Mid West Regional team in a thrilling final. We also were represented on the Men's Senior Regional side by Luke Thompson and Stephen James.
U16 Boys who won Dublin Cup and Lions Tournament
U16 Girls represent Dublin in AICC tournament
OUR Under 16 girls (pictured left) as Dublin First Division League Winners competed in the All Ireland Club Championship tournament held in Cork on April 14th and 15th.
Having won their pool by overcoming Corrib and North West they progressed to the semi finals and were beaten by the Cork side Brunell who went on to win the tournament. These girls did TBC and the Dublin Ladies Board proud and we congratulate them on their brilliant success and we are look forward to next season already.
North Carolina signs Nathan Dunne
Congratulations to Nathan Dunne our U18 team member, who will be playing in North Carolina, USA, next season with Mount Olive a Division 2 College. I'm sure the local NBA team, Bob Cats from Charlotte will be scouting the Mount Olive games, looking out for those yellow basketball boots!
We wish Nathan every success and look forward to watching his progress.
Templeogue U20 Dublin Cup Champions
In another great game between Eanna and Templeogue, our U20 Men over came their rivals to lift the Dublin Men's U20 Cup winning by a margin of 20 pts. with some great baskets, especially Baoloch Morrison's fantastic 3 pointer from the half way line at the end of the 2nd quarter
Templeogue U18 National Cup Champions
National Cup Champions, Templeogue Under 18 boys celebrate their tremendous achievement. Click here for more pictures
A Big Thank You...... From the Boys
We were delighted to have the opportunity to participate in Templeogue’s fifth National Cup Final last weekend. (1985, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Lifting the cup in front of so many TBC supporters and following in the footstep’s of the 2007 and 2011 teams was a huge honour for us all.
We are also excited to be the first TBC team to retain the Cup. The theme of “Repeat” was locked in to our game plan from the qualifying rounds in Bray last September. It continued to be a motivating call for us right up until the last seconds of our game against Maree.
We would like to thank Sasa, Calvin and Ahmad for their help which ensured that our preparation’s were to a very high standard.
A HUGE thanks to all our great supporters which made our Cup success so memorable.
Luke, Nathan, Tomasz, Baolach, Danny, Cian O’D, Aidan, Adam, Cian McK, Eoin, Brian, Colm and Sean
Sports Club of the Year 2011
ON December 8th at the Echo Amateur Sports Awards in association with the South Dublin County Sports Partnership, Templeogue Basketball Club was picked from a wide variety of clubs throughout South Dublin as 2011 Sports Club of the Year. This is a great honour for our club and a great tribute to everyone in the club, all coaches, team managers, parents and players who are Templeogue Basketball Club, it was amazing to hear all our clubs achievements throughout the 2010-2011 basketball season read out from the podium. Also our Under 18 National Cup team 2011 were presented with the January Echo Team of the Month trophy, accepted by Stephen Fagan. Pictured above from left to right your committee: Liz Milroy, Mick Thompson, Phil Whitmore and Eamonn Fagan, unfortunately Sue Lakes could not attend on the night. We thank the Echo for all their support and coverage through our basketball seasons.
Sam Walsh selected for U14 Dublin team
CONGRATULATIONS to cousins Sam Walsh and Keelan Walsh. Sam was selected to play for the Dublin team and his cousin Keelan is on the reserve panel this is a great achievement for both boys, we are extremely proud of their achievement.
SPECIAL THANKS TO....
permanent tsb
Grafton Street:
Many thanks to the permanent tsb Grafton Street for all their help and sponsorship over the years
ptsb,Grafton Street has been a great supporter of Templeogue Basketball Club for many years and Manager Vincent Milroy has been invaluable with financial advice and support which we are extremely grateful for.
Special thanks for Azzurri
For the 2nd year in a row Templeogue have won the U18 National cup, in gear sponsored by our supplier, Azzurri sport. Special thanks are due to Jamie Osborne and all at Azzurri for their ongoing support. We look forward to building this great relationship into the future.
Don’t forget you can purchase Bags (€24), Hoodies (€33) & Warm-up Tops (€26) from Azzurri, by clicking the link above. You can also call Azzurri directly to arrange payment & delivery.
2 out of 3 Cup wins for the boys
Under 12 were up first against Malahide, winning for most of the game with some fantastic baskets and team work were just pipped to the post in the last 2 minutes of the game and unfortunately lost by 3 points.
Under 16 played St. Vincents in a exciting game never loosing the lead went ahead in the first quarter and never lost it after that, winning by 11 points.
Under 18 playing against Raiders won by the narrowest of margins 1pt.
THE TALLAGHT ECHO, our local newspaper, always has reported on Templeogue Basketball Clubs progress and we are very grateful for their continual support. Check out this Thursdays edition. Always a good read.
Sue Lakes takes Senior Ladies team
As Simonas is leaving for a position
in Eurobasket, Sue Lakes takes over our Senior Ladies team. Sue is one of our top coaches and has vast experience in both coaching and playing in the Senior Ladies divisions.
Sasa Punosevac joins Templeogue
TBC are delighted to announce the appointment of Sasa Punosevac as Division One Men's coach. Sasa has a wealth of experience in all aspects of the game and it's a tremendous boost for TBC to have him join our coaching staff.