St. Mary’s Basketball Club Announcement: THE BLITZ IS BACK !

St. Mary’s Basketball Club Announcement: THE BLITZ IS BACK !

In an era not known for being flaithiúlach with good news, a break in the clouds this week allowed St. Mary’s Basketball Club PRO LIz Galwey to announce the return of the eternally popular five-day Christmas Blitz for December 2022. In December 2019 the club held its 50th annual blitz but due to COVID 19, both…

St. Mary’s Basketball Club’s First Church Gate Collection Since 2018

St. Mary’s Basketball Club’s First Church Gate Collection Since 2018

St. Mary’s Basketball Club will hold its church gate collections before Masses throughout the parish, in Castleisland, Cordal and Scartaglin over this coming weekend, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of April.  The club has not had a church gate collection since 2018 and has not been in a position to run the its biggest fundraiser,…

Local Businesses Come up Trumps for St. Mary’s and 2022 Season

Local Businesses Come up Trumps for St. Mary’s and 2022 Season

At the start of the 2021/22 season St. Mary’s Basketball Club issued an appeal for sponsorship of new gear. “A huge amount of new members had registered with the club and so, to be able to accommodate the extra teams, we required several sets of gear,” said club PRO Liz Galwey. “The response was heart-warming.…

Paris on Irish U-18 Women’s Basketball Team for European Championships

Paris on Irish U-18 Women’s Basketball Team for European Championships

Paris McCarthy has represented her country in many of Europe’s major basketball arenas over the past few years and will do so again next week. She is the only Kerry player on the Irish squad heading to the FIBA European Challenge U-18 women’s A tournament which is due to start on July 27th. The tournament…