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U. 15 Schools Cup All Ireland champions 2019
It all started off in October in Mounthawk when we faced two strong secondary schools in the qualifiers: A.G. from Cork, who have a very strong team, and Éanna from Dublin. We played A.G. first and had a comfortable win. Next we played A.G. We played very well as it was a blowout game. We then waited for all the other qualifiers to be played. We would face one of the three teams that emerged from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland semi-final. We got drawn against Malahide and the other semi-final was between St. Joseph’s The Bish, and Marian. We played tremendously against Malahide and won by 10 points in the end. In the other game, The Bish beat Marian by 1.
We knew this game was what we had worked for over the last two years in the school and that it would be great to accomplish it. We played the Bish in the final and won by 17 because we played the best basketball we could play and we won the A All-Ireland.Mounthawk Boys Basketball 2018/19
UNDER 19 BOYS Southwest champions beating Rathmore in the final All Ireland School Cup Runners Up
UNDER 16 BOYS Southwest Champions beating Rathmore in the final
UNDER 15 BOYS Southwest champions beating Killarney in the final All Ireland schools cup champions beating St. Joseph’s of Galway in the final
UNDER 14 BOYS Southwest Runners up Qualified for the all-Ireland playoffs in MayAll Ireland Champions
Mercy Mounthawk School U-14 Winning Basketball Team front l-r Conor O’Brien, Joe Reidy,, Mikey McCarthy, John Feely, Jack Dakissia Back l-r Jimmy Diggins, Asst Coach, Brian Godley, Brian McElligott, Tim Pollmann- Daamen, Sean Pollmann- Daamen, Odhran Pierce, Daniel Bowler, John Dowling, Head Coach, Lindsay Moriarty, Ast Coach
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Mounthawk is one of the leading schools in the country in basketball. We have one several All-Ireland and regional titles at the highest standard. Involvement and interest in basketball in the school is stronger than ever and will surely lead to even greater success in the future. Below is a record of the school’s recent successes.
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Boys
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Boys – Recent Honours
2018/2019
UNDER 19 BOYS Southwest champions beating Rathmore in the final All Ireland School Cup Runners Up
UNDER 16 BOYS Southwest Champions beating Rathmore in the final
UNDER 15 BOYS Southwest champions beating Killarney in the final All Ireland schools cup champions beating St. Joseph’s of Galway in the final
UNDER 14 BOYS Southwest Runners up Qualified for the all-Ireland playoffs in May2016/17
Senior boys southwest D1 champions
Senior boys All Ireland Cup Final Four
Senior boys All Ireland League elite 8
Under 16 boys southwest D1 champions
Under 16 boys All Ireland Cup Final Four
Under 16 boys All Ireland league Final Four
2nd Year All Ireland League Final Four
1st Year All Ireland A Champions
U14 All Ireland A Cup Runners Up
2015/16
Senior boys southwest D1 champions
Senior boys All Ireland League elite 8
Under 16 boys southwest D1 runners up
Under 16 boys All Ireland League elite 8
1st year boys All Ireland League elite 8
2014/15
Senior boys southwest D1 champions
Senior boys All Ireland League elite 8
Under 16 boys southwest D1 runners up
2013-14
1st Year boys All-Ireland Plate Winners
1st Year boys South West runners up
Senior boys South-West runners up
2011 – 2012
Senior boys South-West runners up
Under 16 South-West winners
2nd year South-West winners2010 -2011
Senior boys South-West runners up
Under 16 South-West runners up
1st year winners2009 – 2010
Under 16 South-West winners
2nd year South-West runners up
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Girls
Courtney Ryan, Irish under 16 team 2013 in the European championships in Spain and Laura Rogers, Ireland under 17 team in the European championships in Switzerland.
The 1st year, 2nd year, under 16 and senior girls basketball teams compete in the southwest region “A” championships.
Those teams also compete in the All – Ireland “A” competitions yearly.
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Girls – Recent Honours
2013-14
Senior girls South West winners
2011 – 2012
2nd year All Ireland A champions
Senior southwest winners
bronze
Under 16 southwest runners up
2nd year southwest winners2010 – 2011
1st year All Ireland A champions
Under 16 All Ireland Finalists
Senior southwest runners up
Under 16 southwest winners
2nd year southwest winners
1st year southwest winners2009 – 2010
2nd year All- Ireland champions
Under 16 All- Ireland finalists
Under 16 southwest champions
1st year southwest champions
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Our most recent trip was to Boston in 2019
Boston in 2016.
2013
In February 2013 a boys team made the same trip and did much of the same things however they became the 1st European team to play a game on the basketball Hall of Fame floor in Springfield Mass.
2012
In February 2012 Mounthawk made their first trip to Boston in the USA with a girls basketball team. The girls played high school teams in the Boston area, watched the Celtics played and saw the University Of Connecticut womens team train and play.
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Every year Mounthawk has run a basketball camp for all the school players, boys and girls, in August.
The purpose of the camp is to improve the players’ potiental as basketballers. We are fortunate that, for the past 4 years, we have been able to bring over some top class American coaches to run the camp. In 2013 we had Michael and John Mc Veigh, 2013 Boston hall of fame high school coaches, and the years previous to this we had Greg Herenda, New Jersey’s Division 1 university coach.
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Cian Sullivan
It is every young basketballer’s dream to play college basketball in the United States, Cian was no different. Making his dream become reality required dedication and hard work. During transition year he visited the United States as part of the Mounthawk Senior Boys Basketball Team. This visit inspired him to work hard both academically and athletically, as academic performance is just as important as basketball potential to be accepted into a US college basketball programme.
It wasn’t long before he was recognised for his talent both on the court and in the classroom. He was offered to join the student body at the prestigious St Andrews School St in Rhode Island, whose former students include current NBA star Michael Carter Williams.
Cian also studied independently to take the SATs to ensure that he fulfilled all the requirements to study in the USA. His hard work paid off and he was academically accepted to be a student athlete..
Cian then progressed in the American education system and honed his skill set as a student basketballer. It wasn’t easy as he was required to take a number of different academic subjects he had never studied before and training with people that played his sport as one of their national sports. However he once more prevailed and was recognised and offered an athletic scholarship for basketball at the prestigious La Salle University in Philadelphia, he sealed this offer with achieving more than the necessary grades to be accepted academically to this college and is to begin studying in the autumn of this year. In addition Cian has been awarded the prestigious Founders Scholarship by La Salle University in recognition of his academic record and achievements outside the classroom
We would like to wish Cian all the best in his future endeavours and hope to
see him progress and excel at what he loves.Born:1996
Currently a post Grad student at St Andrews School, Barrington , Rhode Island
Signed Letter of Intent with La Salle University Philadelphia, Division 1 Atlantic 10
Selected for the Ireland U20 squad
January 2016: Ranked No2 in Rhode Island and No58 in New England (6 states)
Past Pupil of Mercy Mounthawk
Highlights:
Competed in Local and National competitions for Mounthawk
Represented Kerry in Basketball.Attended Mounthawk Summer Camps where he came to the attention of US High School coaches.
4th year basketball team tour of Boston and New England strengthened his dream of playing college basketball.
TY afforded him the time to mature and improve his skills and knowledge of the game.
Achievements:
2011-2012
A League Regional Winners2012-2013
A Schools Regional Winners2012-2013
A Schools All Ireland Cup Bronze Medal2013-2014
A Schools Regional Finalist2014-2015
A Schools Regional WinnersA schools All Ireland League Bronze Medal
Mounthawk U19 Invitational Tournament 2014
Mercy Mounthawk American Basketball Award 2015
Darragh O’Hanlon
Height: 6’3
Third year student in Cork Institute of Technology
Studying Recreation and Leisure Management
Senior Scholarship Recipient for CIT Men’s Basketball
Club: C&S UCC Demons
League: Premier League
Position: Shooting Guard
Player of the first ever Premier League team to win the National Cup, League and Champions Trophy all in the same year in the Premier League’s history.
Student and Basketball player of Mercy Mounthawk from 2007-2013
2007/2008
1st Year Southwest champions
Reached All-Ireland “A” School’s Final
2008/2009
2nd year Southwest Champions
Reached All-Ireland “A” School’s Semi-Final
2009/2010
Under 16 Southwest Champions
2011/2012
Reached All-Ireland “A” School’s Quarter Final
2012/2013
Reached All-Irealnd “A” Schools Semi-Final
Also first ever South West Senior “A” Boys Title winners in Mounthawk
Top scorer and Co Captain for Mercy Mounthawk in Senior Year
Co Captain of Senior team’s tour to Boston in 2013
Recipient of 2 individual basketball awards in Mercy Mounthawk
Being part of the Mercy Mounthawk Basketball program played a huge part in my life as a student. It gave me confidence, self esteem and determination to succeed academically as well as on the court. Research shows that students who participate in competitive team sports are more successful in the classroom and this proved very true during my 6 years in Mercy Mounthawk. It was a great outlet for me when academic work was piling up and stress levels were high.
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Mercy Mounthawk basketball All Ireland Champions
Mercy Mounthawk School U-14 Winning Basketball Team front l-r Conor O’Brien, Joe Reidy,, Mikey McCarthy, John Feely, Jack Dakissia Back l-r Jimmy Diggins, Asst Coach, Brian Godley, Brian McElligott, Tim Pollmann- Daamen, Sean Pollmann- Daamen, Odhran Pierce, Daniel Bowler, John Dowling, Head Coach, Lindsay Moriarty, Ast Coach
On Sunday the 7th of May at 4pm in the University of Limerick, Mounthawks 1st year boys team create history becoming the 1st boys team to capture an All-Ireland A schools title defeating a St Pats of Castleisland on a score line of 29 to 26 in a nail biter. It capped off a magic weekend for the team where they won 6 games in two days to be crowned All Ireland champions.
On Saturday the boys played St. Josephs of Galway, Ard Scoil Ris of Dublin and Summerhill of Sligo in their group games. They won all 3 games convincingly and was a tough day which required the help of all players with some great performances by Conor O Brien, Brian Goldey and John Feely. This set up a quarter final match up on Sunday with Oranmore of Galway a team they had lost to a week earlier in the All-Ireland Cup Final .
The game vs Oranmore was played at a quick pace with both teams eager to get up the court for easy baskets. Oranmore had some big tall players which we struggled to get to grips with but Brian Mc Elligott did and excellent job in the 1st quarter. In the 3rd quarter we really stepped up our efforts on the big men inside, with Odhran Pierce leading the way. We played some brilliant defence but with 2 minutes to go we found ourselves 5 down and timeout was need. After the timeout with some adjustments made, the team went on a scoring run and in the last minute took the lead for the 1st time and held out to win by just one point.
The Semi-final match up was an all Kerry affair vs Rathmore. This team had also beaten us earlier in the year in the regional league, so again another huge effort was needed from our first years. It was a game of high quality with some great shooting on both side. Tim and Sean Pollman – Daamen really rattled Rathmore with some great shooting and layups in transition. The game was close until the end with Mounthawk offence power finally winning out by 5 points and setting up an all Kerry final with St Pats.
The final started out a very tense affair. It was a rematch of the regional final where St Pats had emerged victorious, so there was a lot at stake. The opening quarter was very low scoring with neither side pushing ahead. A lovely move by Jack Dakissia toward the end of the quarter saw him level up the scores . Again Mercy Mounthawk had to attend to St. Pats’ size but showed a lot of fight and determination by Daniel Bowler and Joe Reidy right through the game that they were not going to be pushed over and defeated. The last quarter was nerve racking for all involved, Tim Pollmann – Daamen opened the quarter with some great shots and with just over a minute to go the sides were deadlocked. In the dying minutes Mounthawk seemed to find an extra gear and some huge shots by Mikey Mc Carthy and big Free Throws by Sean Pollmann – Daamen sealed the sweet victory for Mercy Mounthwk.
Thanks to all the players who have been training together since September and a special word to their parents who supported us in the final on Sunday and who dropped the boys to training on school breaks and weekends. Well done to everyone involved.
All Ireland Champions
The Team
Sean Pollmann- Daamen,Tim Pollmann – Daamen,Mikey Mc Carthy,Daniel Bowler,Joe Reidy,Conor O Brien,John Feely,Odhran Pierce,Brian Mc Elligott,Bryan Godley,Jack Dakissia
Coaches
John Dowling,Lyndsey Moriarty,Jimmy Diggins