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Thursday, 2nd
August 2018 East Cork Tennis
Lower Aghada Tennis
Summer Cup (mun-
ster) Competition 2018. A big win on Sunday
last for Eamon Butlers
division 3 men’s side over visitors Monkstown. Our lads were in excellent form putting in some perfor- mances of note. Included in the team were Marek Ziska, Szymon Trojan, Ea- mon Butler (c) and Barry Fitzgerald.
Monkstown Senior Open 2018
• Lower Aghada Tennis • Lower Aghada Tennis
Basketball
Tough home crowd awaits Ireland Under 18 men in European semi-final on Saturday
atmosphere
A tough home crowd awaits the
Ireland Under 18 men’s basketball team on Satur- day (July 28th
they go head-to-head with tournament
) evening, as hosts, Koso-
vo, in the semi-final of the FIBA Under 18 European Championship Division C.
The boys in green
stormed their way into the semi-final after topping Group A unbeaten with wins over Malta, Arme- nia, Monaco and Moldova during the week. Kosovo meanwhile came second in Group B after losing out by just one point to Group A toppers Cyprus, while winning out earlier in the week over San Marino and Gibraltar.
Looking ahead to tomor-
row’s showdown, Ireland head coach Paul Kelleher stated: “Going in against the host nation is always a tough ask. The crowd so far have helped Koso- vo pull through in many tough situations, but we have been very composed in our preparation and in the tournament so far.
“We know we have done
a lot of good things well, but we also know that we have certain things that we need to improve upon, and hopefully tomorrow, all of that will come together and we will come out on top.”
Following their unbeat-
en run through the group stages, the Irish squad are featuring prominently on the tournament stats. Gal- way’s Paul Kelly is leading the tournament assists,
placing
stats for number
one in the championships, while
Neptune’s David
Murray has been one of the team’s top performers throughout their games so far, currently in fourth place in the overall tourna- ment’s top scorers - averag- ing 22.9 points per game - and also in the top five for rebounds. Meanwhile
Limerick’s
Nathan Moore is in fourth position in the overall rank- ings for most three-point shots made, following on from a superb shooting game against Moldova that saw him finish with eight three-pointers.
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BASKETBALL RECAP: Limerick’s Nate Moore sinks huge three-pointer to see Ireland win bronze in thrilling fashion at European Championships
Limerick’s Nate Moore
is the toast of the Irish this evening as his three-point- er with 2.3 seconds to go in the game sent Ireland home to a glorious 93-91 point victory over Monaco in the bronze-medal play off at the FIBA Under 18 European Championship Division C in Kosovo.
Huge performances from
across the team this evening kept Ireland in control for the majority of
the game
- including a 21-point per- formance from captain Darragh O’Sullivan - but a late, late comeback from Monaco saw them take the lead with 30 seconds to go. Galway’s James Connaire had ice in his veins at the free throw line to send Ire- land ahead by one (90-89)
with 20 seconds to go, but a turnover by the boys in green led to an easy lay-up for Monaco and they were ahead by one with the clock ticking down rapidly. Nate Moore – who had been one of the sharpshooters for Ireland throughout the tournament – took it in his stride though, and with 2.3 seconds to go, found space and hit the three-pointer as
the stadium erupted. Speaking afterwards,
Moore said: “My heart was in my mouth. Somehow we got the ball up the court and James found me with the pass and I just shot it. It’s unbelievable to have a bronze medal now, abso- lutely unbelievable.”
Also speaking afterwards
an emotional head coach Paul Kelleher added: “We were absolutely wonderful today. It was heart stopping stuff – we knew Mona- co would come back late, they’ve done it in all of their games, but the lads did the job and it’s nice to come home with the medal too.”
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