This weekend, Basketball Northern Ireland welcomes Basketball Wales U17 Men and Women and Basketball Ireland U17 Mens Academy teams to Newforge Sports Complex for a series of test games.
The invitational promises to deliver a thrilling weekend of high-level competition, with some of the most exciting young talent from across the nations on show.
Team NI U17 Women’s Head Coach Paddy McGaharan has named his squad:
| Sophie | Bell | Phoenix |
| Aoibheann | Donnelly | Belfast Star |
| Holly | Donnelly | Queens |
| Emma | Gilgunn | Phoenix |
| Ciara | Gribben | Letterkenny Blaze |
| Maeve | Lyons | Tyrone Towers |
| Niamh | McCarville | Blackwater Steelers |
| Cora | McCaughey | Blackwater Steelers |
| Helen | McGeough | Queens |
| Hannah | McGirr | Belfast Star |
| Isabelle | McGirr | Belfast Star |
| Cara | McGonagle | Letterkenny Blaze |
| Niamh | Napier | Queens |
| Eabha | Rea | Phoenix |
| Faye | Trainor | Blackwater Steelers |
| Bella | Ward | Phoenix |
Team NI U17 Men joint Head Coaches Marc Mulholland and Michael McCabe have announced the following to represent Team NI this weekend;
| Liam | Carson | Phoenix |
| Finn | Dolliver | Queens |
| Jack | Gallagher | N.A.B.A Lanzarote |
| Eoin | Holman | Phoenix |
| Oisin | Holman | Phoenix |
| Kyran | Houlahan | Newry Fliers |
| Pijus | Januskevicius | BC Wolves |
| Eoghan | Loughran | Newry Fliers |
| Dylan | Maxwell | Belfast Star |
| Keelan | McEntee | Newry Fliers |
| Alex | McVicar | Blackwater Steelers |
| Paddy | Mulligan | St. Declans |
| Isaac | O Neill | Leterkenny Blaze |
| Jude | O’Carroll | Belfast Star |
| Samuel | Olatunbosun | Hazelwood Hawks |
| Rory | Sherry | Phoenix |
| Matthew | Smith | Belfast Star |
| Cormac | Trainor | UU Tigers |
With an action packed weekend of underage basketball, we would encourage as much of our Basketball NI community to come out to Newforge this weekend and support our young athletes.
Schedule:
| Saturday 2nd August | 11.00AM: Ireland Academy Men v Team NI Men Select 1.00PM: Team NI Men v Wales Men 3.00PM: Team NI Women v Wales Women 5.00PM: Ireland Academy Men v Wales Men |
| Sunday 3rd August | 9.00AM: Wales Men v Ireland Academy Men 11.00AM: Wales Women v Team NI Women 1.00PM: Wales Men v Team NI Men 3.30PM: Team NI Men v Ireland Academy Men |