Team Details
2000
The first Basketball Blitz
of the millennium brought a new sense of purpose back to the team
and with the team eventually having taken shape with the introduction
of new players and the strengthening
of the squad over the years, we looked like we could mount a serious
challenge.
This possibility was greatly boosted with the introduction
of Daniel “The Tan” Shanahan
who had serious basketball experience and had played for Ireland
underage. Another factor which would help us, was the naming of
Kevin Lynch as Captain. Kevin
had already won an MVP award for the team and had played in every
blitz with the team.
We decided that we would film all the games on the
video camera, but this idea
was taken a step further when an infamous statement was made by
Humphrey Shanahan and we decided
interviews would be a lot funnier.
We were struck a blow by the organising committee
who decided that after the previous years antics of having vodka
in the water bottles, we would play our group games late
at night and if we came down drunk we would be disqualified!!!!!
This is how our Fixtures looked:
| Group |
Tuesday, 26th December |
8.35pm |
V. Halfway Bar |
| Group |
Wednesday, 27th
December |
8.50pm |
V. Scart Exiles |
| Semi-Final |
Friday, 29th December |
12.20pm |
V. Desmonds |
| Final |
Saturday, 30th
December |
5.05pm |
V. Cordal |
However, in the end we came out and conquered. After
convincing wins over the Halfway
and Scart we faced the Desmonds
in the semi-final. They turned up with only 3 players and did not
want to play! But we let them have Eoin
O'Sullivan (who designed this website and the Kerry Gaa
website - check out http://kerry.gaa.ie)
so they would have a fair chance.
With only 4 players they went up 9–0 and we
were shitting it. But 2 three pointers from Ivan
put us back in the game. We eventually won 22-14, but certainly
didn’t make it easy for ourselves.
Final Day,
and there was only one way to top the previous final…everyone
dress up ridiculously. And so
we did, in fact once again we received a huge cheer and we were
very well received by the crowd. If there is one sure-shot way to
get a crowd behind you it’s to go out looking like a complete
TIT! So the game was a physical one but in the end we endured and
won out Senior Men by a score
of 18-10.
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