The Kilkenny Stars Basketball Club has been operating since 2011 as a junior club, catering to boys and girls from U7 to U18, with over 350 members.
Last year, the club expanded its involvement by entering a men’s team in the South East League and a ladies’ team in both the South East League and the Basketball Ireland Development League, which effectively serves as the third division of the National League.
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that for the upcoming season our team known as CluneTech Kilkenny Stars adopting the name of our main sponsor will compete in the Domino’s Women’s Division One League which is a huge milestone for the club. The team will compete against some power houses of Irish basketball such as Templeogue, Limerick Celtics and Dublin Lions to name just a few.
The league comprises of 10 teams so there will be 9 home and 9 away league games which will all be live streamed on Basketball Ireland TV.
Our coach for the upcoming season is Puff Summers who has a vast amount of experience as a player and coach and he shared his thoughts on this announcement:
“From day one of me being a part of this wonderful club, our goal has been to aspire to more and to put ourselves on the national map as far as basketball is concerned. It’s been a long process—a lot of long hours in the gym, a lot of learning and unlearning for both players and coaches. But to get to this level shows not only an unbelievable commitment to excellence by the players, but also by everyone in our club to join together and to push to give our ladies every opportunity to maximise themselves. We are over the moon about how we literally grew from the dirt, and now our next goal is to solidify ourselves as a team that can compete at the National League level. It’s an honour for me to help lead us to the next phase of development for our club. Whether it goes swimmingly smooth or disastrously bad, I’m all in, and I just want all of our players to rock with that kind of energy all year.
Right now there is a lot of preparation underway to prepare the team/club for this huge season ahead so watch this space for more news and updates.
