Basketball

2017 / 2018 Irish Wheelchair Basketball Season commences The Irish Wheelchair Basketball season tips off this weekend with the opening round of the senior league taking centre stage in IWA HQ at Clontarf. The upcoming season will see 9 teams compete, one less than last year, with the withdrawal of Shannonside Stealers. NI Knights from
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The Irish Senior Wheelchair Basketball team has been announced in advance of their participation in the European C Championships this coming July in Brno, Czech Republic. . The European Championships Division C tournament will take place from July 25th to July 28th in Brno, Czech Republic. The competition consists of seven teams; Belgium, Czech Republic,
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Irish Wheelchair Basketball Cup Finals report Gerard Larkin Cup Final Shannonside Stealers from Athlone and Titans Galway contested the afternoons first final, which was the Gerard Larkin Cup. This was a very competitive final with nothing more than a few scores in the difference at any stage of the match. The teams broke for half
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The IWA-Sport Irish Wheelchair Basketball season concludes this weekend at the fantastic facilities of the National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown. Three perpetual cups will be up for grabs for all 10 teams competing and the seedings are based on the placing of the teams in the final league table which concluded two weekends ago. The
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The 2016/2017 Irish Wheelchair Basketball Junior Blitz season concluded on May the 14th in Dundalk with a brilliant day of sport, skill and sportsmanship. The season began in October and featured 8 rounds with teams from all over Ireland taking part. On the day itself North East Thunder, Killester, NI Knights, Swifts, Kingdom Wheelblasters  and
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The final round of the Irish Wheelchair Basketball League took place today, May 13th in Dundalk, where NI Knights were crowned league champions. The ten team league which began in October 2016 entailed 90 games and NI Knights finally captured the title on the final day having lost only once during the season. On the
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This weekend sees the preparations of our men’s wheelchair basketball senior team step up a gear for our upcoming participation at the European Championships in Sarajevo with a visit of the GB U23 team to compete for the Invacare Wheelchair Basketball Challenge Cup. The GB team will visit in preparation for the 2017 U23 World Championships in
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We are delighted to announce the details of the Hula Hoops Irish Wheelchair Basketball National Cup Final to be run as part of the Basketball Ireland Hula Hoops Cup Final weekend at the end of January. Ballybrack Bulls will face Limerick Scorpions in the inaugural final which is one of 11 National Cup Finals sponsored
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The inaugural Wheelchair Basketball National Cup Semi finals will take place this Saturday the 5th of December in IWA,Clontarf. The prize for the winners is a final date on the Basketball Ireland National Cup Finals weekend in January 2016. The first semi final will see Titans Wheelers from Galway play Ballybrack Bulls from Dublin at
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