The week of 17th – 22nd October was a super busy week for Limerick Lions teams.
Many successes this week and of course if we don’t win, we learn, and so some of our lads learned a lot this week!
Many successes this week and of course if we don’t win, we learn, and so some of our lads learned a lot this week!
U12 Lions
Eight of our U12 boys headed to Neptune Stadium in Cork on Saturday 22nd
October to face Midleton and Bantry. Our lads got a good win against Midleton,
and battled hard against Bantry but just came up short. It was a great learning
experience for this young team, many of whom are still U11, and plenty of
game time was had by all. Well done Little Lion Cubs!
U14 Lions White
Our U14 Lions White team travelled to Newport to take on Glen Cruisers on Saturday 22nd October. They faced a formidable opponent in Glen Cruisers who had height on their side. The lads worked hard but despite some great play from Dylan, Shay and Cameron, the game finished up Glen Cruisers 59 – 31 Limerick Lions White.
U14 Lions Orange
Our U14 Lions Orange team took on local rivals Limerick Celtics Black at home in St. Clements on Wednesday 19th October. This was a great game with some super displays from our boys. This team is primarily made up of our U13 team, so it was a very impressive performance. We proved far too strong for Celtics with the score finishing up in our favour.Limerick Lions Orange 41 – 16 Limerick Celtics Black
U14 Lions A
Our U14 Lions team started their campaign this week with two games away in Parochial Hall in Cork on Tuesday 18th October. First up was Cobh. Our lads played some super basketball and ran the ball well from end to end. Our defence was solid and our shooting on point. The score finished up Limerick Lions 56 – 20 Cobh. Next up we faced Midleton. Again our lads proved too strong for the Cork lads. Super performances from Alex Toth, Yahya Eltigani and Borys to name just a few meant that the final score finished up with another win.Limerick Lions 54 – 10 Midleton
Our lads then faced an epic battle when they took on local rivals Limerick Celtics Green at home in St. Clements on Wednesday 19th October. We took a strong lead in the first half but in true Celtics style, they battled hard and pulled the game back to within a couple of points. This was exciting end to end stuff with amazing basketball on display from two extremely talented sides. The Limerick Lions lads had the edge with great outside shooting from Jake Moore and solid defence from Daniel Tomac and Charlie Clifford and some super rebounding from Airidas and Covenant, we took the win. Limerick Lions 54 – 51 Limerick Celtics Green
U15
Our U15’s also travelled to Cork on Tuesday 18th October and took on Fr.Matthews. We started poorly and allowed Fr. Matthews to take a strong lead. However the boys re-grouped and started to play some great basketball at both ends of the court. Colm Price lead the scoring assisted by some awesome scores and rebounding from newcomer Sam Taylor. Dylan O’Connell was very strong defensively and ran in some great fast break scores. Odhran O’Farrell had some great drives to the basket also. Jay Murphy, Filip Miklas, Eoghan Carroll and David Bourke continue to improve each week. This was a great team effort with the result finishing in our favour.Limerick Lions 66 – 37 Fr. Matthews
