Boys on the Road on Friday 13th.

Our U12 Boys travelled to Cavan on Friday 13th. in very bad weather conditions. Between the bad weather and the bad directions to Cavan Sports Centre, Rockets arrived a half an hour late! It was a very tight match with with Aaron Walsh playing his first match for the Rockets.It was a low scoring game with the Rockets playing their hearts out and it was all square at 8 all at the final whistle. Unfortunately Adam Kealy who had played full 0f spirit was fouled out and was badly missed for extra time when we lost by a single basket.

The U14 Boys had much better luck in Cavan and played out of their skins. In particular Ronan Smith was on fire with plenty of steals and lay-ups , putting the Rockets into a good lead at half-time. All the substitutes were brought on and they all played excellently with Padraig Scurry scoring a great outside shot. U14 Rockets were playing so well the opposition only managed to get one basket and Rockets came home the easy winners.

Weather Causes Postponement

Due to the severe weather over this weekend Longford Falcons have requested that we postpone all matches due to be played in the Community Centre this Sunday, Nov.22nd.
They have been badly hit by flooding in the western and midland region and were unwilling to make the journey. We were happy to facilitate their request in the circumstances.
The affected Rockets teams were Girls U14 & U16 as well as Boys U14, U16 & U18.
We will advise when the re-fixture has been arranged.

Weekend Fixtures

Quite a few games take place this weekend with our U12 & U 14 Boys travelling to Cavan on Friday 20th. Back in Dunshaughlin meanwhile our U16 Boys host a team from Navan @ 6:30.

Saturday morning, 21st., sees Navan back again with their U14 Girls. Game tips off at 11:45.

Sunday 22nd., sees a full day of action with Longford Falcons arriving with teams at these levels: U16 Girls, U14 Boys, U18 Boys, U14 Girls, U16 Boys. Games on the hour, every hour, from 2pm. in that order. That's a lot of activity, and an awful lot of Basketball.

Training Change for Friday 20th.

Quick note out there to all U16 & U18 Boys that training has been brought forward this Friday Nov. 20th. to the earlier time of 5 pm to 6:30 pm.

Don't expect to see too many of the U16's there though as they have a home game v Navan @ 6:30.

Our U12 & U14 Boys teams are off to Cavan that same evening and we hope they have a fruitful journey. Maybe someone will send us a report.

U12 Girls win a thriller!

On Saturday 14 November, U12 Girls, Dunshaughlin Rockets took on Dundalk Ravens in the Dundalk Sports Centre.It was a very tight match, and at half time it was Rockets 6, Ravens 8.The teams had a good team talk and came back on fighting.The last 2 quarters were very tight. Ravens and Rockets battled right to the last buzzer, but Rockets took the glory in the end, leaving the final score Rockets 13, Ravens 11.

Kelly, Rachel Ennis, Ailis, Holly, Emily, Caoimhe, Aoibhe, the two Ruths and Sadhbh played an excellent match and deserved the win.Most of the team has only started in September, and it was a great first win.

By Sadhbh O'Muirí

Some Shooting Practice

It seems to us that many of our teams could do with some shooting practice so we thought they might benefit by watching this guy in action.
You have a few weeks before we check back to see if you are improving !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUv18zfYCHQ

U18 Boys lose an opponent

News has just come through today that the Killinkere U18 Boys have withdrawn from the league. Apparently they had difficulty in getting a commitment from enough players to fulfill League requirements. It's a shame to lose out on two games but, "c'est la vie."

Injury hits two squads.

Our U16 and U18 squads have been hit with an injury to key player, Chris Taylor.

Chris was unlucky to be injured during an U16 match v Oldcastle earlier this week.

While not too serious it will still require him to rest up for the next few weeks and probably puts him out until after Christmas. He'll go mad !

We'll have to keep him busy at the table in the meantime. Hurry on back Chris.

New Players Always Welcome

We are almost always willing to accept new players to the Rockets.

Just this week we are delighted to greet Eoghan Quinn and James Reynolds who join us at U12 level. At U16 level we welcome Aaron Flanagan and are delighted to see Luke Crawley back with us too at this grade. Meanwhile David O'Shea adds much needed height to our U18 crew. Hope you all enjoy your basketball with the Rockets lads - but where were you all for the past few weeks?

U14's have a budding reporter in their ranks !

ROCKETS REPORT
U14 BOYS
On the 7th November the boys U14 headed to Streete for the first match of their season with their new coach Gerry McDonnell. It was a tight game throughout, but Streete pulled away towards the end of the last quarter. In a desperate attempted for a basket with 10 seconds to go Aaron Kealy took a shot in his own net!! Thankfully he missed.

The score finished at
19 – 16 to Streete.

ROCKETS REPORT
U14 BOYS

On the Monday night of the 9th November the boys under 14 travelled to Oldcastle. The score in the match was quite tight and after 4 quarters of basketball the teams were level. 3 minutes of overtime was played and Dunshaughlin came out victorious with a score of 24 – 23. With the players returning home past 11 o’clock, I’m sure there was a lot of tired people in school the next morning - but it was worth it !

All submitted League Results up to Nov. 6th.

Date Time League Home For vrs Away Against
Sat 17/10/09 11:45 U-16 Girls Dunshaughlin 27 v Drogheda Ladies 30

Sun 18/10/09 13:30 U-14 Girls Dundalk Ravens 18 v Longford Falcons 31
Sun 18/10/09 11:00 U-16 Boys Dundalk Ravens 40 v Longford Falcons 71
Sun 18/10/09 12:15 U-16 Girls Dundalk Ravens 15 v Longford Falcons 90
Sun 18/10/09 14:45 U-18 Boys Dundalk Ravens 66 v Longford Falcons 38

Mon 19/10/09 19:00 U-14 Boys Oldcastle 37 v Longford Falcons 14

Sun 25/10/09 15:00 U-16 Boys Drogheda Bullets 25 v Dundalk Ravens 37
Sun 25/10/09 16:15 U-16 Girls Drogheda Ladies 14 v Dundalk Ravens 34

Wed 28/10/09 19:00 U-16 Boys Longford Falcons 73 v Streete 33
Wed 28/10/09 20:00 U-16 Girls Longford Falcons 39 v Streete 21

Fri 30/10/09 19:00 U-14 Boys Cavan Lakers 14 v Longford Falcons 22
Fri 30/10/09 18:00 U-14 Girls Cavan Lakers 16 v Longford Falcons 38

Sat 31/10/09 11:00 U-12 Girls Kilsaran 25 v Dunshaughlin Rockets 23
Sat 31/10/09 12:00 U-14 Girls Kilsaran 49 v Dunshaughlin Rockets 23

Sun 01/11/09 16:00 U-16 Boys Drogheda Bullets 33 v Oldcastle 34
Sun 01/11/09 12:00 U-16 Boys Streete 34 v Dundalk Ravens 38
Sun 01/11/09 13:00 U-16 Girls Streete 37 v Dundalk Ravens 27
Sun 01/11/09 14:00 U-18 Boys Streete 19 v Dundalk Ravens 65
Sun 01/11/09 15:00 U-18 Girls Streete 23 v Dundalk Ravens 40

Mon 02/11/09 19:00 U-16 Boys Oldcastle 46 v Longford Falcons 70

Wed 04/11/09 19:15 U-16 Girls Trim 47 v Drogheda Ladies 14