Fionn Ryan from Grennan College in Thomastown and Matthew Tuohy from the Kilkenny CBS in Kilkenny City were both selected to represent Kilkenny on the South East Schools team in the under 15 Basketball Ireland Schools Inter-Regional Boys Basketball tournament that took place on Saturday 19th and 20th of October. The South East team was made up of school players selected from Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary where they played against teams from the South West, the West, the South and the Midlands in what was an action-packed weekend of basketball.
The Basketball Ireland event took place in the University of Limerick Sports Arena where both boy’s and girl’s regional teams battled it out in a very competitive display of Basketball. The Schools Basketball Inter Regionals are a Representative Competition for the 9 Regions in the Irish Schools Basketball System in Ireland. Players are selected to represent their region from the Schools within that region and the tournament is held annually where the 9 regions in Ireland get to compete against each other.
The Schools Inter-Regionals was set up by Tom Collins in 1977 and the Cups are named in his honour. Tom Collins was a teacher and a basketball coach whose vision and organisation led to a dramatic growth of schools involved in playing competitive basketball in Ireland.
