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News has just come through today that the Killinkere U18 Boys have withdrawn from the league.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