McCarthy ready for Ballina challenge

STEPHEN McCARTHY will add a new and exciting dimension to an illustrious basketball career when he leads Neptune into their critical SuperLeague game against Merry Monk Ballina as coach in Cork tomorrow night.

A big favourite with the fans as a player when he captained Neptune to two SuperLeague titles there could not be a more fitting arena for his coaching debut.

He took over midweek after the departure of Dan Mobbs following the disastrous cup quarter-final loss to DART Killester and he is confident that he can put the Neptune machine back together.