Registration & Training

 Under 13 boys and Under 16 boys registration at 10.30 am followed by training until 11.30am.

Development group boys and girls aged 8-10 registration at 10.30 followed by training until 11.30am.

Under 19 girls and Under 18 boys registration at 11.30am followed by training until 1.00pm.

Under 13 girls and Under 16 girls registration at 1.00pm followed by training until 2.30pm.

Under 13 Boys – 10.00am to 11.30am

Under 16 Boys – 10.00am to 11.30am

U19 Girls – 11.30am to 1.00pm

U18 Boys – 11.30am to 1.00pm

U13 Girls – 1.00pm to 2.30pm

U16 Girls – 1.00pm to 2.30pm

The only date when there is no training is Sunday 31st October (Halloween).

Details for the Senior Men, Senior Ladies and the Development Groups for boys and girls (8yrs-10yrs) will be posted once they are available.

Teamwork, however went better, as one fell in they all fell in! The day was rounded off with a BBQ and a game that looked like basketball by beginners.

A great day had by all….. Enjoy the photos by clicking here.

The evening will begin with the Annual General Meeting at 6.30pm followed by dinner at 7.30pm. After dinner we will have the presentation of prizes to each squad followed by a basketball quiz with prizes for the winners.

The booking forms for the dinner and player registration can be accessed on the following links: BookingFormforDinner and PlayerRegistrationForm.

Can booking forms for the dinner be e-mailed to Breda as soon as possible to allow us to confirm numbers with the Ramda Hotel. We look forward to seeing everyone on the night.a

The purpose of these sessions will be that the youngest to the oldest in the club will come together and Mike Calo our Senior Men’s coach will work on fundamentals skills with us as a club. Mike is an excellent coach and all players should avail of this.

This is also an opportunity to bring a friend and introduce them to Lisburn City Basketball Club.

We were drawn in a pool with Waterford and Templeogue and our first game was scheduled for 1.45pm on the Saturday in Parochial Hall, Gurranbraher against Waterford. On arriving at the venue we were informed that Waterford had withdrawn from the competition and had been replaced by Killester. Without doubt we had been pitted against two of the strongest teams in the competition.

We tipped off against Killester and at the end of a tight first quarter led 11-10 with scores from D Durkan 8pts,  N Watters 2pts and J Brownlee 1pt.  The second quarter was again evenly matched but we managed to increase our lead with baskets from J Brownlee 6pts, D Durkan 5pts, and 2pts each for N Watters, P Ferguson and P Byrne to give us a half lead 28-25.

We excelled in the third quarter, playing excellent basketball and we countered everything that Killester could throw at us. We took the third 20-15 to take us to the last quarter 48-40 in front with D Durkan contributing 18pts and D Coogan 2pts. The final quarter was a tense affair as Killester fought their way back into the game with some excellent outside shooting. It was only in the final few minutes that Killester edged ahead and despite our best efforts we couldn’t sustain our challenge for what would have been a much deserved win. Final quarter points from J Brownlee 5pts, D Durkan 3pts and D Coogan 2pts were not enough to prevent us going down on a final score of 64-58.

Our second game was against Templeogue who had also gone down narrowly to Killester in their first game and as one of the fancied teams they had a point to prove. Unfortunately we never managed to get a foothold in the game and we found it very difficult to stop them defensively. They simply outplayed and outscored us in the game but credit to our boys that they never dropped their heads and battled to the end despite being on the wrong end of the scoreline. We went down 85-35 and our baskets came from D Durkan 24pts, P Ferguson 4pts, A Smyth 2pts, N Watters 2pts, D Coogan 2pts and J Brownlee 1pt.

Without much of a break we then took on Kiltimagh and for the first half we commanded the game. At the end of the first we held a one point advantage 10-9 with N Watters 4pts, D Durkan 2pts and P Ferguson 2pts and by the half had increased  the lead to seven, 25-18 with D Durkan adding 13pts and J Lynn 2pts.

The third saw Kiltimagh claw their way back into the game to edge 41-37 into the lead, D Durkan 6pts, N Watters 4pts and J Brownlee 2pts to give us a chance going into the last quarter. Unfortunately the exertions of our previous two games seemed to hit us hard and Kilitmagh kicked on to take the last quarter and an overall win 60-46. Our last quarter scores came from J Lynn 6pts, A Smyth 2pts and P Ferguson 1pt.

This finished our schedule for the Saturday and every player had made a valued contribution to our efforts. Our final game was scheduled for the Sunday morning at 10.45am against Kestrels to decide the third and fourth place in Division 3.

With a well deserved rest on Saturday night and a relaxing evening with pizza our boys were revitalised for the early tip off on the Sunday morning. We were quickly out of the blocks and Kestrels had no answer to our firepower in the first quarter as we built up a comprehensive advantage 20-2 with D Durkan15pts and J Brownlee 5pts. The second quarter was a tight affair and shared on 9-9 score with D Durkan 7pts and P Ferguson 2pts giving us a half-time score 29-11.

Kestrels took the third 5-4 with our points all from P Ferguson and with 6pts from D Durkan and 1pt from J Brownlee in the last quarter gave us the victory 40-22 and position 3 finishers in Division 3.

This was an excellent experience for our players and to play against and compete with the top teams in Ireland was the perfect opportunity to show how much our players have developed over the last few years. This our players did with great applomb. Their work rate and skill levels were apparent for everyone to see and there is no doubt that their exploits have put the name of Lisburn City Basketball firmly on the map.

On behalf of the players and coaches I would also like to say a special thanks to our team manager Jacqui Lynn. Without her magnificent organising and planning from the transport to the accommodation this weekend would never have happened. We had a great journey down and back and a super base for the weekend where the boys could relax and enjoy themselves. Thanks.

There are a few photos in the gallery link – check them out.

Any player interested in attending should e-mail Kim Fitzpatrick at kfitzpatrick@basketballireland.ie

Players have to pre-register and can do so by downloading the form by clicking on the link – Registration form. You should also check with Kim whether this form is e-mailed to her or brought to Dungannon on Saturday.

We quickly got into our stride playing some exciting basketball, building up an early lead. Points from D Durkan 11pts, J Lynn 2pts and D Coogan 2pts gave us a well deserved lead at the end of the quarter 15-5 sending shock waves through the Star camp.

Star made a strong fightback in the second taking it 16-7  but P Ferguson 4pts and B Mullan 3pts kept us a point ahead 22-21 at half time. Star increased the tempo in the third and despite our sternest efforts in defense, we were unable to curtail their scoring. However, we kept ourselves in the game and D Durkan and D Coogan 2pts a piece left  the score 31-26 in their favour going into the last quarter.

The last quarter was Star’s best as they powered to a quarter win 17-7. The Lisburn boys had given their all and last quarter scores from M Gorman 2pts, D Coogan 2pts and P Ferguson 3pts left Star winners 48-33.

The Lisburn boys can take great credit from this performance. This was the third time that the teams had met over the course of the season and on each occassion, although losing we have reduced Star’s winning margin.

Scorers: D Durkan 13pts, P Ferguson 7pts, D Coogan 6pts, B Mullan 3pts, J Lynn 2pts, M Gorman 2pts