Dublin Primary Schools Mini-Basketball Board 2016 Leagues
Invitiation Letter including details and application form for schools interested in entering the Dublin Mini Basketball Leagues 2016-17 are to be found on the dedicated DUBLIN page on this website. See tab above.
Primary Teacher Summer Courses on Mini Basketball
Almost 60 Primary School Teachers attended Summer courses on teaching Mini Basketball in the Primary School for the first week in July. The courses took place in Dublin, Cork and Tullamore and proved very enjoyable and educational for the teachers. The course provides a basis for teachers to use mini basketball as part of their PE lesson and as an extra curricular sport. Hopes are high that courses such as this will increase the numbers of children having an opportunity to try out basketball. The Primary Schools Mini Basketball National Committee hope to continue these courses as annual events in future and would also hope to run similar 5 day courses in various other locations throughout the country over the next few summers. Richie O Mahoney of the PSMNC was fulsome in his praise of the Basketball Ireland Coaching Committee tutors who delivers the courses saying " Our Basketball community is extremely fortunate to have such highly capable and dedicated tutors involved in the teaching of Basketball. Their ability to adapt the modules to all of the Primary School classes and also after school basketball sessions was hugely beneficial. We look forward to a roll out of similar programmes in future" The tutors involved were Francis O Sullivan, Martin McGettrick and Vincent O Keeffe. Photo shows the Teachers who attended the Cork Course.
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Noel Keating Dublin received the 2016 Appreciation Award from Primary Schools Mini Basketball at the National Awards Ceremony in the Arena. June 11th 2016. The citation read as follows:
Noel has given a lifetime of service to the game of Basketball in Ireland having played in his younger days up to assuming the role of Chief Executive of Basketball Ireland in the early 80s and leading the organisation through some of its most storied years. Our National Cup Competition was Noels brainchild. This Arena is the embodiment of a dream that Noel and his colleagues at the time planned and saw to completion and remains a lasting testament to his contribution to Irish Basketball. In recent years Noel returned to his roots in mini basketball where along with Eamon O hAogain and Tony Dalton, they have regenerated the interest in Basketball in Irish Primary Schools. 
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Congratulations to Ballyroan Boys National Schools Winners of the Priimary School of the Year at the National Awards ceremony in the Arena. June 11th 2016. Their citation read as follows:
Ballyroan BNS has a long and proud history of supporting basketball in the Primary School and in partaking to the fullest in the Dublin Primary Schools League. The current Principal Des Morris, Teachers and pupils continue this tradition originally developed by Gerry O Brien. The school currently provides both after school coaching sessions and lunch sessions. Interestingly due to the numbers of boys involved Breakfast Basketball is also provided before school!! A novel idea indeed. 
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Primary Schools Summer Tournaments 2016
Check out the Dublin, Meath and Offaly Primary Schools Mini Basketball pages for Summer Tournament details 2016
Photograph below of Adamstown Educated Together and Holy Trinity Boys and Girls at the recent Dublin Tournament
Photograph below of Adamstown Educated Together and Holy Trinity Boys and Girls at the recent Dublin Tournament
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Two Schools from Offaly contested the recent Senior A Girls Finals in the NBABallinamere NS were winners of the tournament while Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada were runners up. Teams from Dublin andd Galway also took part. After the pool stages all schools played a final against a similar standard opposition in the spirit of mini basketball. Well done to all who took part and thank you to all who helped to run the tournament
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St Pats Students show how to take a charge in Basketball!
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CASTLEBAR TEACHERS ATTEND MINI BASKETBALL COURSECASTLEBAR PRIMARY TEACHERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP ON MINI BASKETBALL ON THE 8TH MARCH IN DAVITT COMMUNITY CENTRE. MAYO LOCALSPORTS PARTNERSHIP IN THE PERSON OF CHARLIE LAMBERT ORGANISED THE LOGISTICS OF THE COURSE DELIVERED MOST CAPABLY BY COACH VINCENT O KEEFFE. GALWAY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR BASKETBALL IRELAND MIKE MURRAY WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE TO LEND SUPPORT. THE CASTLEBAR TEACHERS DECIDED TO RUN A 3ON3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS BLITZ AFTER EASTER SO LOOK OUT FOR DETAILS IF IN THE MAYO AREA AND ON THIS WEBSITE
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