We like waiting in the long grass, Montenotte coach Scannell warns rivals

WHEN Team Montenotte Hotel Cork failed in their bid for a fourth national cup title last season only one of the players, Amy Stewart, was in line for a fourth national cup medal.

Continuity has been the secret of their success over the years and it is a feature that Mark Scannell, a former star himself and currently one of the most astute basketball coaches around, has perfected.

He went into last season without five of the stars from the previous campaign but yet he battled his way through to the final and, in the end, lost to a highly motivated DCU Mercy that was superbly organised by Mark Ingle.