The Women’s Super League and Division One seasons
get underway this weekend with a number of big clashes in store.
One of the most-anticipated games of the weekend
sees the meeting of reigning league and Cup champions, Liffey Celtics, and
long-time rivals, DCU Mercy in Leixlip on Saturday evening. Both teams boast
new faces this season, with Liffey welcoming Kate O’Flaherty and Americans,
Darby Maggard and Kylee Smith to their roster. They also have a new coach in
Laura Mullally, who is replacing Mark Byrne in the role. DCU Mercy meanwhile
also boasts two new Americans in Meredith Burkhall and Ashley Russell, and also
welcome some Irish international talent into their roster in Hannah Thornton
and Maeve Phelan.
Elsewhere, newly-promoted Maree welcome Ambassador
UCC Glanmire for their first Super League game of the year. Maree will be
without the services of Dayna Finn this season, but have been bolstered by the
addition of American Carly McClendon. Glanmire also welcome two new Americans
in Tatum Neubert and Shrita Parker and will be hoping to get their season off
to a winning start. Pyrobel Killester meanwhile are home this weekend as part
of a women’s and men’s Super League double header, and they host Singleton
SuperValu Brunell in their opening Women’s Super League clash. Killester come
in to the game with American Christa Reed back into the roster for another
year, along with American Adella El Randle who featured for Glanmire last
season. Elsewhere, old rivals Marble City Hawks and Fr Mathews go head-to-head
in Kilkenny on Saturday evening in what’s set to be another great battle, while
IT Carlow Basketball host Maxol WIT Wildcats on Sunday afternoon in the final
Super League game of the weekend.
Over in Division One meanwhile, there are two new
teams in this year’s League with Griffith College Templeogue and Tipperary
Knights joining the national league for the first time. Templeogue will get
their season underway with a big Dublin derby against Swords Thunder, while
Knights have a weekend off.
In the Men’s Super League, one of the big clashes of
the weekend sees the meeting of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and Belfast Star in
Kerry on Saturday evening. Warriors come into the game off the back of a
one-point loss against UCD Marian in the opening round, while Belfast Star took
home a memorable overtime win against Griffith College Templeogue at home last
weekend. Elsewhere, Abbey Seal Dublin Lions are hoping to get their first win
of the year on the board as they travel across town to face DCU Saints, who
lost out to Pyrobel Killester last weekend. Speaking of Killester, they host
Moycullen in the IWA Clontarf on Saturday night, while DBS Éanna are hoping to
continue their winning ways in the Super League when they host Keane’s
SuperValu Killorglin in Dublin. The last game of the weekend sees Maree and
Coughlan C&S Neptune go head-to-head, with both Templeogue and UCD Marian
having a weekend off.
Basketball
Ireland Fixtures: September 27-29th
Friday
27th September 2019
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One :
Limerick Celtics v NUIG Mystics, St Munchins, 19:30;
Saturday
28th September 2019
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Super League:
DCU Saints v Abbey Seals Dublin Lions, DCU Complex,
19:00;
DBS Eanna v Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin, Colaiste
Eanna, 19:00;
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors v Belfast Star, Tralee
Sports Complex, 19:30;
Maree v Coughlan CandS Neptune, Calsanctius College,
20:00;
Pyrobel Killester v Moycullen, IWA-Clontarf, 20:00;
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League:
Marble City Hawks v Fr Mathews, O Loughlins GAA,
17:00;
Maree v Ambassador UCC Glanmire, Calasanctius
College-Galway, 17:00;
Pyrobel Killester v Singleton SuperValu Brunell, IWA
Clontarf, 18:00;
Liffey Celtics v DCU Mercy, Leixlip Amenities
Centre, 19:00;
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Division One:
Ulster University Elks v Limerick Celtics, UUJ,
13:30;
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig v Portlaoise
Panthers, Ballincollig CS, 16:00;
Limerick Sport Eagles v Waterford Vikings, UL
Arena-Limerick, 19:00;
Scotts Lakers St Paul’s Killarney v IT Carlow
Basketball, Killarney SC, 19:30;
Fr Mathews v EJ Sligo All-Stars, Fr Mathews Arena,
19:45;
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One:
Ulster University Elks v UL Huskies, UUJ, 15:30;
Griffith College Templeogue v Swords Thunder, Nord
Anglia International School, 19:00;
Portlaoise Panthers v Team Tom McCarthys St Mary’s,
St Mary’s, 19:00;
Sunday
29th September 2019
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League:
IT Carlow Basketball v Maxol WIT Wildcats, Barrow
Centre-IT Carlow, 13:00;
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One :
Fabplus North West v UL Huskies, Ballyshannon,
12:00;
