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About Ballina
Colts [online]
This site is the
home page of the Ballina Colts Basketball
Club and Lundy Foods Ballina (our ESB
Division One team)... more.
About Ballina
Colts
Ballina
Colts Basketball Club has been in
existence since the early 1980's as a
youth's basketball club. The objective of
the club is to provide a sporting outlet
for the youth of Ballina. The club
currently has 140 members.
The club structure is such that boys of
all ages are catered for. Up to 1999, it
concentrated almost exclusively on under-age
basketball, fielding teams at under 10,
13, 14, 16, 17 and under 19 levels. Last
year, the club took a major step forward
when, for the first time ever, it joined
the national senior league, playing under
the name of it's new sponsor, Lundy Foods.
Separate committees now cater for the
under age and senior teams. The club
competes in all major competitions at
under age level and has enjoyed
considerable success. It has won numerous
Mayo, Sligo and Connaught competitions in
all age groups. It's under-13 and under-16
teams have won more Mayo Community Games
titles than any other club in the county
and teams in these age groups have
reached the finals of the National
Community Games in Mosney on a number of
occasions in recent years. The club's
under-19 team won silver medals in 1998
and 1999 in the National Junior (B) Cup
and went on to win the Cup in 2000. This
win represented the club's first success
at national level. Colt's under-19
players powered the St. Muredach's
College team that won the All Ireland
Schools (B) League in 2000. A major
achievement of Lundy Foods Ballina over
the past 10 years has been its ability to
retain players through all age groups.
In
1998, in its first year at senior level,
the Colts won the Mayo Senior Cup and
League. In 1999, the club decided to join
the national league with a very young
team playing as Lundy Foods. Despite the
team's youth and lack of experience at
senior level, they performed well in its
first season and succeeded in winning a
number of games. The experienced gained
last season, will, no doubt, be of
considerable benefit to Lundy Foods this
season.
- Eamonn Kennedy
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