Person: Aine McKenna

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Gutsy Killester edge Glanmire in Cup thriller

Hula Hoops Women’s National Cup semi-final.

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National Cup semi-final storylines: A tale of two cities, and Tralee

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Killester edge Mathews andeye Glanmire in Cup semis

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Ireland discover winning feeling at the Mardyke

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Two tough defeats for Ireland senior women’s and men’s teams at European Championships

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Basketball: Glanmire return to winner’s enclosure after battle royal

Glanmire conditioned for the drive for five

Glanmire 77 Brunell 66: The sheets of post-match statistics don’t lie, but they don’t always capture the cut- through narrative of a ball game. 

Mon, 08 Jan, 2018

‘Nobody wants to be at home on the couch in three weeks’ time’

Ambassador Glanmire UCC are going to the National Cup semi-final weekend, but their build-up’s been a little different this year.

Sat, 06 Jan, 2018

Four-in-a-row Glanmire prove they're peerless

UCC Ambassador Glanmire 61 Courtyard Liffey Celtics 48: Not a game to remember but the achievement will live in the memory.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Glanmire's hunger game

Three of us hunched around a small table beneath the UCC Mardyke gym in Cork and there are no giveaways that Claire Rockall and Áine McKenna are history-chasing Glanmire and Ireland international basketballers. Proven winners.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2017

Glanmire show their ruthless side

Brunell 47 Glanmire 84: Ruthless is a word that comes to mind and it’s appropriate to describe Glanmire’s destruction of local rivals Brunell as the chase for a fourth National Cup success in a row continues.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

Basketball: Scannell rallies Glanmire for cup quarter-final trip to Wildcats

Champions Team Ambassador UCC Glanmire face a tricky test away to WIT Wildcats in the pick of the weekend’s National Cup quarter-finals.

Fri, 02 Dec, 2016

Mark Scannell delighted as Ireland triumph over Iceland in thriller

Ireland 93 Iceland 72: A terrific second half performance sealed Ireland’s victory over Iceland (93-72) in a thrilling Senior Women’s International at the Neptune stadium on Saturday.

Mon, 12 Sep, 2016

Mark Scannell: ‘We’ll learn a lot from it and Ireland will come back stronger’

Ireland’s senior women’s basketball squad finished their first campaign in seven years with a silver medal following defeat to Malta in the final of the FIBA European Championships For Small Countries in Gibraltar last night.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

Double delight for Irish basketball teams

Ireland’s Men’s and Women’s Senior Basketball teams secured semi-final berths at the FIBA European Championships for Small Countries yesterday with impressive victories on day two.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2016

Irish basketball sides triumph in Euro outings

Ireland’s first Senior International in European Competition since 2009 ended in a win as the Women’s side beat Wales 84-43 in the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in Gibraltar.

Wed, 29 Jun, 2016

Ireland call for Glanmire Basketball quartet

The pre-eminent force in women’s basketball, Glanmire, provides four players to Ireland’s 12-person squad for the European Championships for Small Countries in Gibraltar next month.

Fri, 27 May, 2016

Ireland set to put on show

Ireland’s senior women’s basketball squad ramp up preparations this week for a return to international competition with back-to-back games in Waterford and Cork against a crack team of Americans playing in the Women’s Premier League.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2016

Ireland’s women prepare for European basketball return

Collegiate freshman at Quinnipiac University, Edel Thornton is one of five overseas inclusions in Mark Scannell’s provisional Senior Women’s squad for Ireland’s re-entry into international tournament play after a six-year hiatus.

Thu, 10 Mar, 2016

Montenotte show their class in defeat of Cork neighbours Brunell

Singleton’s SuperValu Brunell 60

Fri, 19 Feb, 2016

Team Montenotte Hotel, Cork v Pyrobel Killester - Basketball Ireland Women's National Cup Final

Champagne moment for National Cup champions Montenotte

Team Montenotte 96 Killester 64: Team Montenotte produced champagne basketball to clinch their third consecutive Women’s Premier National Cup final with an emphatic win over Killester at the National Basketball Arena yesterday.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

eam Montenotte Hotel Cork players celebrate their win 9/1/2016

Glanmire's Team Montenotte eye Cup hat-trick after killing off brave Meteors

Women’s Premier Cup semi-finals: Team Montenotte remain on course to win their third consecutive Women’s Premier Cup title following a 77-61 win over Meteors at the Mardyke arena on Saturday.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Team Montenotte in full control

Team Montenotte 82 Singletons Supervalu Brunell 52

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015

Mark Scannell’s Montenotte turn on the power to crush title rivals Celtics

Premier basketball: Team Montenotte produced a top-class second-half display to demolish Liffey Celtics 91-63 in the Women’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash at Leixlip.

Mon, 16 Feb, 2015

Demons made to battle as unbeaten run goes on

Basketball: C & S UCC Demons unbeaten record in the Men’s Premier league remained intact following a hard earned 88-73 win over Killester at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Hunger won’t be a problem for us, insists McKenna

Women’s National Cup Final

Sat, 24 Jan, 2015

Top 25: Ireland’s greatest ever female basketball players

Back for more punishment, all so that we can all have even more fun and rows, writes Kieran Shannon.

Fri, 23 Jan, 2015

Team Montenotte Hotel power into cup final

Team Montenotte and Killester will contest the Senior Women’s National Cup final following their respective semi-final wins over DCU Mercy and UL Huskies.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2015

Basketball: This weekend’s National Cup Semi-finals

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Sat, 10 Jan, 2015

Glanmire sparkle on Leeside’s night to remember

Anyone who has been to Upper Glanmire or the UL Sports Arena to watch the two most dominant forces in women’s basketball tussle each other won’t have been as wide-eyed as the casual observer, held in thrall by UL Huskies and Glanmire at the National Basketball Arena last night.

Sat, 25 Jan, 2014