All change for champs

BASKETBALL’s women’s superleague kicks off this weekend with a virtual clean slate for reigning champions, Team Montenotte Cork.

Mark Scannell’s outfit is changed utterly for the new campaign and will look to the club’s underage stars to fill the considerable gaps left by the likes of Niamh Dwyer, Valerie O’Driscoll, Casey Grace, Emily O’Callaghan and Donna Buckley.

“There has been a lot of changes in terms of personal, and we are missing Aine McKenna and Denise Walsh this weekend, so it is certainly going to be a new-look side,” said coach Scannell.