Aug 20
Maree Basketball says 'Thank you' to retiring Calasanctius Principal Joe Harrison
Una Finn, Chair of Maree, made a presentation to Joe Harrison on Tuesday. Joe is about to retire as Principal of Calasanctius College. He presided over the most successful period in the history of Calasanctius basketball, and has always supported and nurtured the school's partnership with Maree Basketball Club.
We wish Joe well and expect to see him at some future games!
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Aug 6
National Cup Draws for 2010/11 season
Today in the National Basketball Arena Tallaght, the draws were made for the various National Cups for 2010/11.
Under 18 Girls
There will be four preliminary tournaments, in Dublin (host Killester), Dublin (host Liffey Celtic), Waterford (host Wildcats) and Claregalway (host Claregalway). Maree have been drawn to play in the Claregalway tournament. Each tournament has two pools. Our pool opponents will be Claregalway and Fr Mathews. The other pool comprises Mercy, Carraig na bhFear, Swords and St Colm’s. The game between the two pool-winners will determine which of them will have a home Quarter-final and which an away tie. So when the four tournaments are over, there will be four teams that have earned home ties, and four with away ties. A further draw will decide which home team plays which away team.

Under 18 Boys
There will be four preliminary tournaments, in Belfast (hosted by Queen’s), Dublin (hosted by St Vincent’s), Cork (hosted by Neptune) and Oranmore (hosted by Maree!). Each tournament has two pools. Our pool opposition is Lisburn City and St Paul’s Killarney. The other pool is made up of Kubs, Fr Mathews and Templeogue. Pool winners go through to National Quarter-finals, with the game between pool winners determining home and away, as for the girls.
Under 20 Men
Maree are through to a home Quarter-final game. We won’t know our opponents until the other 14 teams have been played, 7 more Quarter-finalists are determined, and a draw has been made.
Maree Men
Maree have drawn a home tie against Fr Mathews of Cork.


Aug 4
2010/11 Season's first games just a month away!
Check out Senior Men's, U20 Men's, U18 Boys pages for MNL and Cork tournament fixtures
The draft fixtures for the Men's National League are out, as are the schedules for the U20 Cork Open (Sat Sept 4) and U18 Cork Open - the "Michael Heffernan" (Sat Sept 11). Maree won the U20 in 2008 and 2009, won the Michael Heffernan in 2008 and were finalists in 2009.
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July 19
Two Oranmore-Maree teams win Connacht titles, bound for National Community Games Finals
Well done to the Under 13 Boys and Under 16 Girls on taking Connacht Gold in Sligo. Tough luck to the brave Under 11s and the Under 16 Boys, who each took Silver.
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July 11
Under 13 Boys join Under 16 Boys, Under 16 Girls and U11 Boys/Girls in "Connachts" in Sligo Saturday July 17th 
Well done to the Oranmore-Maree U13 Boys, who beat Mohill of Leitrim 42 - 13 in their preliminary Connacht tie in Calasanctius. They go on to contest for the provinical title next weekend in Sligo; all support welcome. The Maree-Oranmore U11 Boys and Girls mixed team, the U16 Boys and (hopefully, when they've played their preliminary) the U16 Girls also aim to be in Sligo. All support welcome! Check out the U13 Boys at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVimuyWr4Uk 
 
            
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Maree Basketball Camp July 5-9, Coach Peter Sharkey
Check it out at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epq7KdvUpig
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Great local representation in Basketball Ireland 2010 awards       
July 10 2010
Congratulations to Carol McCarthy – Female Underage Schools Player of the Year, Liam Conroy – Male Under 20 Player of the Year, Joe Shields – Women’s Underage Schools Coach of the Year, and Calasanctius College – Girls School of the Year.  Cian Nihill of Moycullen and NUIG won Male Collegiate Player of the Year, and well done to him also.

      
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Caitriona Foley & Colm O'Hagan head to USA with Irish U18s
Congratulations to Caitriona and Colm who were selected for the Irish U18 teams. Both Caitriona and Colm represented Ireland, in the past, at the U16 European Championships. Having just completed the Leaving Cert, they  will now travel to Connecticut, USA, from the 1st to 14th July and will play in a number of AAU tournaments and take part in a high-performance camp.
Good Luck to you both. Check out the team blogs:  u18womenstriptotheusa.blogspot.com/                                                u18menstriptotheusa.blogspot.com/

                       
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Maree players make Provincial Academy squads
Well done to Charlie Crowley, Fionnuala Callanan, Emer Smyth and Hannah McHugh. They have all been selected on the 2010 Connacht Under 14 Academy squads.
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Enda Walsh and Pádraig Burke wear the Green!
Enda and Padraig are the latest Maree players to be selected to play for Ireland. The two lads head to the Europeans in Estonia August 5 - 15. Ireland are in a group with England, Belarus, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

                             

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Four more Oranmore-Maree teams win Galway Community Games titles
The U11s (made up of boys and girls - a new category), the U13 Boys, and both the U16 Boys and Girls teams, have all won their county titles, and are bound for Sligo in July, to contest the Connachts. Check out the U11s at  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm3X42FHcA0Maree

 U11s

U16 Girls

 U13 Boys  

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Maree take 5 A titles at 2010 Galway County Finals Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIva7FS4DLs 

                        

                    MAREE!