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
January marks the biggest basketball event on the calendar with the Schools Cup and National Cup Finals taking place at the National Basketball Arena January 24th-29th. Basketball Ireland, the National Governing Body of basketball, are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help with various positions throughout the week and weekend. Roles and responsibilites include team liaison, court stewarding, media and marketing assistance, retail managment, floor wipers, security and catering.
The Schools Cup Finals run from 9 am - to 5 pm January 24th, 25th & 26th while the National Cup Finals take place Friday evening, January 27th and all day Saturday and Sunday (January 28th & 29th) at the National Basketball Arena.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to get involved with basketball or has a desire to gain valuable experience and insight to the structure and running of a basketball event. All ages are welcome to volunteer and suitable positions will be found for each applicant. Interested individuals can get in contact with Jolie Niland at jniland@basketballireland.ie or on 086-1743851

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.
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.

Lets get out in force to support our Under 18 Boys in their bid to be National Champions, Saturday, 28th January, at 2pm, in the Basketball Arena.
This is going to be a great battle as they take on the mighty Maree from Galway and the lads will need all of our support to get behind them in their bid to retain the title of National Champions for 2012
JOHN Walsh has organised a "Guess the Score" competition for the U18 National Cup game. Sponsorship Cards are available from your coach or team manager and line or guesses are €2. To win all you have to do is predict the final score of the Under 18 National Cup game between Templeogue and Maree. Prizes are sponsored by Azzurri and all monies raised will go directly into the club.

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.
OUR Christmas Camp was a tremendous success.. We would like to thank Sasa Punosevac for running such a successful camp and we are indeed grateful to Sasa for all the time and effort he put into each session. Feedback from the kids was that the session were tough but enjoyable. Our Chairman Mick is already planning the February Mid Term camp.
Kevin Hughes from our U17 Boys team is travelling to Calcutta with his school (Colaiste Eanna) this February to work with three different charities that help street children and lepers in some of the poorest areas of Calcutta.
Pictured on the left: Aoife and Kevin Hughes, and Sarah Gilroy enjoying freezing temperatures after their sponsored Dive/swim in the Forty Foot recently. All monies raised will be used to help these three charities in Calcutta.
MANY turned out for the Christmas Blitz which was held on the 27th December and provided a great days entertainment with the "Donkeys" overcoming the "Detroit Pistons" in the final. After the Blitz everyone met in the Terenure Inn to discuss the day’s basketball and the number of "Technical Fouls" committed by some players or should I say "player". It was a great full day’s enjoyment with the "discussions" continuing til the early hours and many thanks to John Walsh for organising everything.
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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.
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.
THE Tallaght Echo, great supporters of Templeogue Baketball Club, this weeks issue, has articles re our National Cup Final and a piece about Kate O'Flaherty and Sean Flood being selected for Irish teams. Well worth the weekly purchase.

A huge congratulations to Kate O'Flaherty selected for the U16 Irish Girls Team and Sean Flood selected for the Irish U16 Boys Team. This is great achievement for Kate and Sean and well deserved. Templeogue are very proud of these two achievers and we will be following their basketball careers as they line out with their fellow Irish team mates.

CONGRATULATIONS to cousins Sam Walsh and Keelan Walsh on their selection for the Dublin South U14 Boys 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.
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.
Our own Danny Nelson has been
appointed WSBL head coach in Perth Australia. TBC influence is spreading world wide and we wish Danny every success in his new position. Click on the link below to read more: www.cockburncougars.com