Saturday 9th & 10th March Virginia College & Mullagh Sports Centre
Eagles Basketball Host Senior Top 4s
East Cavan Eagles Basketball Club are delighted to have again been selected to host the NEBB Senior Men’s & Senior Women’s Top Four Competition.
This year we will be using two venues to play the games. Virginia College & Mullagh Sports Center will each host games.
The Senior Men’s Semi-Finals take place in Virginia College as follows.
Semi- Final 1. 5.30 pm
Drogheda Bullets v Navan Cougars
Drogheda Bullets finish with an impressive no loss top of the league position. Last time out Bullets had a strong win over Cougars 80 56 so odds are in their favour to get to the finals but Top 4s are always good for surprises and Navan have shown their determination in this competition before. Navan Cougars face the league winners Drogheda Bullets in this years semi final. Finishing fourth leaves them with a battle on their hands but they have been here before and gone on to win.
Semi-Final 2 7:30pm
East Cavan Eagles v Black Water Steelers
Eagles finish second in the table for the Men’s League and face off against Black Water Steelers in the semi final. With a victory to each in the league its hard to call who the favorite is for this game but promises to be a cracker. Will the experienced Eagles win out over the upcoming youth in Steelers or will the victory go to the young bloods ? Black Water Steelers finished 3rd in the league a position they are sure to be happy with in their first year in the league. As the season progressed they grew in confidence and gained valuable points. Their head to head with Eagles will be interesting as they took the win last time out.
The Senior Ladies Semi-Finals take place in Mullagh Sports Center as follows.
Semi-Final 1 5:30 pm
East Cavan Eagles v Dunshaughlin Rockets
Eagles Ladies finished second in the league on points difference with Muckno Lakers. This sees them face Dunshaughlin Rockets in the semi finals. A tough opposition to overcome as only 1 point seperated these two teams in their last outing. With the experience of National Cup semi final on their side Eagles are strong contenders for this game and should have the experience to close out Rockets but only time will tell. Dunshaughlin Rockets finish 3rd in the lady’s league and face host team rivals East Cavan Eagles in the semi finals. Last time these teams met was a close affair with Eagles just getting the win by 1 point on a scoreline of 66 to 65, so this is shaping up to be a great game.
Semi-Final 2 7:30 pm
Muckno Lakers v Drogheda Sparks
Muckno Lakers take league leader position going into the Top 4 competition and see them take on Drogheda Sparks. Two veteran teams of the game both with a wealth of experience. Will Gerry’s side be victorious and win through to the finals on Sunday or will Sparks forge ahead? Drogheda Sparks have fourth place position and face off against old rivals Muckno Lakers. Both sides have experience of pressure games and will be looking to take their place in the finals in what should be an exciting semi final.
NEBB TOP 4 FINALS
Sunday 10th March Virginia College
Senior Women’s Final 5:00 pm
Senior Men’s Final 7:00 pm
East Cavan Eagles wish all the teams the very best of luck in their games, we look forward to welcoming to Virginia.
Ah sure feck it, it’s Christmas…. how many times will you hear that over the next few weeks, well we said it a few days ago and decided that we would have a game between our super under 14 boys & girls teams, and what a game it was.
Our young boys and girls put on a great show for the gathered masses and I am sure we all enjoyed it as much as the players appeared to.
BIg thanks to club coach Paul Grealy who referred the game for us and did a fine job, thanks Paul.
The boys came out as winners, narrowly, as I was reminded, but there were no losers in this game, everyone enjoyed themselves and played extremely well.
Thank you to everyone who turned up to support the children.
Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for details of some basketball clinics we will be running over the Christmas period.
Eagles Basketball will hold thier registration for the 2017-2018 season in Virginia College on Friday 11th August between 4pm and 5pm.
As a growimg club we welcome new players along with our existing members.
Eagles will be entering in the NEBB leagus this season at Under 12 Boys & Girls, Under 14 Boys & Girls, Under 16 Boys & Girls, Under 18 Men & Women along with Senior Men and Senior Women teams. Provisional training times have been posted here.
Eagles Basketball Club are please to announce details of this years summer camp, we welcome back Basketball Academy after our very successful camp at Christmas last year.
Basketball Academy this summer bring both international coaches and players to Virginia College. The camp will run for 4 days from Tuesday August 8th to Friday August 11th each day from 10:30 to 4 PM.
The camp director this year is Basketball Ireland Hall of Fame inductee Joey Boylan. Joey has a wealth of experience having coached at all levels of both club and international basketball. Current DCU Saints and St. Vincent’s Under 16 Boys coach.
Gerald Kennedy joins Joey, again with years of experience both playing and coaching at all levels. A professional USA player who came to Ireland to play at many top level clubs and now coaches at school and club level.
Conor Gallagher joins us again to coach in Virginia, a local from just down the road in Baileborough who has represented Ireland both at underage and Senior levels bring years of experience to the court having played with both Swords Thunder & Eanna Super League teams.
Finally we are delighted to welcome Ciaran McGroggan from our own North East region, Ciaran has many years of experience coaching at both school and club level primarily in the Drogheda area.
To book your place please visit the Basketball Academy site here
Full details are available along with registration form and payment details. You can register and pay on line or download the registration form and pay on the first morning of the camp.
Well we are not sure if basketball was around when St. Patrick landed on our fair isle but if it had been, he certainly would not have banished it.
East Cavan Eagles have been selected to host this year’s NEBB (North East Basketball Board) Senior Men & Ladies Top Four Tournament.
The games will take place in Virginia College over two days, Saturday 18th of March for the semi-finals and Sunday 19th of March for the finals.
Teams from Castleblayney, Oldcastle, Navan, Drogheda and Virginia will take part in what promises to be a very exciting weekend of sport.
The schedule for the Top Fours will be as follows.
Saturday 18th March
Ben Kelly Flynn goes past B.C Savi’s Rokus Rimkus
15:30 Senior Ladies Semi-Final 1
Muckno Lakers vs Navan Cougars
17:00 Senior Ladies Semi-Final 2
East Cavan Eagles vs Drogheda Sparks
18:30 Men’s Semi Final 1
Blayney Blazers vs Navan Cougars
20:00 Men’s Semi-Final 2
B.C. Savi vs East Cavan Eagles
Sunday 19th March
17:30 Senior Ladies Final followed by Presentation
19:30 Senior Men’s Final followed by Presentation
The senior game of basketball has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in the North East Region over the past few years and the numbers of spectators have grown steadily. The games are fast paced and contested with great energy, many new spectators are amazed at the pace of the game. If you have not yet witnessed a game, we suggest to come down to Virginia College and be entertained.
To add to the entertainment, and to give you the opportunity to see the future stars of the North East we have some Juvenile games on both days.
Saturday 18th March
10:30 Eagles Under 14 Boys vs Drogheda Bullets
12:00 Eagles Under 18 Boys vs Drogheda Bullets
13:30 Eagles Under 12 Boys vs Drogheda Bullets
Sunday 19th March
12:30 Eagles Under 14 Girls vs Drogheda Sparks
14:00 Eagles Under 16 Girls vs Drogheda Bullets
15:30 Eagles Under 12 Girls vs Drogheda Bullets
Admission is free and we would love to welcome you
East Cavan Eagles are delighted to announce that the North East Basketball Board has selected our club to host both the Senior Men and Ladies Top Four Tournaments.
We have also been selected to host the Under 12 Boys & Girls Top Four Tournaments.
The Senior Top Four Tournaments will take place in Virginia College on the weekend of the 18th/19th March, and yes that is St.Patrick’s Weekend, so take it easy on the celebrations. Somebody in the NEBB has a wicked sense of humour.
The under 12 Boys & Girls Top Four Competition will also take place in Virginia College but on the 1st April (and no, this isn’t a joke either 🙂 )
We look forward to welcoming all the NEBB clubs to our humble abode and I’m sure our support over both weekends will be excellent.
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