It was a great weekend for Lions under-12s with two fine wins. On Saturday a large squad travelled to Killorglin and comfortably saw off the local side by 9 points in the Kerry plate quarter-final. On Sunday the boys put in another great performance beating St Marys by 26 points to 6 in the Kerry League.

Jack Coyne and Matt Sutton were outstanding at guard in both games as were forwards Aaron McNamara, Sean O’ Brien and Shane Flanagan....

On Friday night Lions two under-14 teams faced each other in the North Munster league.

Mark Sutton’s charges kept it competitive for most of the game with Harry Coyne’s team only pulling clear in the last quarter.

Matt Sutton, Brian Murray and Aaron McNamara played fine games for the B-team while Michael Hickey, Emmet Ryan, Cian Collins and Conor Cullen were best for the A-team.

The Lions under-14 program has...

Lions under-14s had a tough encounter this weekend against a very strong St Marys under-14 side.

After a slow start the Lions boys made a game of it in the second half; however they just couldn’t claw back the first half deficit and lost by 12 in the end. Aaron Madden, Luke Ryan and Diarmuid O’ Shea were best for Lions.

Limerick Lions 58,  Glenbeigh Falcons 57 A sizable crowd in St Clements were treated to an absolute humdinger of a game between Limerick Lions and Glenbeigh Falcons in an under-14 division 1 encounter. Both sides went with strong fives in the first quarter and Lions came out of the blocks flying with great baskets from Luke Ryan, Ian Coates and Diarmuid O’Shea. These scores were countered by the hugely impressive Calvin Teahan who contributed...

On Sunday Lions played St Brendan’s Tralee in the Kerry League at under-14 and under-16. Lions under-14’s put in another fine performance against the table-toppers from Tralee and were just edged out by 5 points. Best for Lions were Shane McNamara, Diarmuid O’Shea and Luke Ryan with an impressive 20 points.

Lions under-16’s lost out to a very strong Tralee side. Theo Giannapoulos, Cillian Fahey and Darragh O’Connor battled bravely for...

Lions u14's came out deserved winners in this local derby against the Celtics, even though they were a little rusty after the Christmas holidays.

With the Christmas break behind them the Lions were playing in an away match to an improving Celtics side. The starting five of Cian Collins, Conor Cullen, Diarmuid O'Shea, Shane McNamara and Michael Hickey were slow off the mark, but both sides had difficulty finding scores and were evenly matched. Read More...