Killester Basketball Club

Founded

1967

Arena

IWA Sports Hall

Location

Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland

Team colors

Orange & black

Main sponsor

Pyrobel

Website

Killester.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Killester Basketball Club is an Irish basketball club based in Dublin. Established in 1967, Killester is one of the oldest and most successful civilian basketball clubs in Ireland. The club's senior men's and women's representative teams, Pyrobel Killester, both play in Ireland's top national leagues.

History

In 1973, Killester BC entered a men's team into the Irish National League for the competition's inaugural season. Between 1975 and 1977, Killester won three championships in a row. In 1978, a women's competition was established, and a Killester women's side won the competition's first two titles.^[1]

Between 2001 and 2014, the Killester men won five championships and three National Cup titles.^[1] The women also managed two National Cup titles in 2002 and 2005.^[1]

Achievements

8× Irish Men's National League champions: 1975, 1976, 1977, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014^[2]
4× Irish Men's National Cup champions: 1987, 2001, 2008, 2010
2× Irish Women's National League champions: 1979, 1980
2× Irish Women's National Cup champions: 2002, 2005

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Pyrobel Killester men's roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Ht.
1.5 !G	IRE !	Anderson, Keith	7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
3.5 !F	IRE !	Casey, Alan	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.5 !G	IRE !	Grennell, Jonathan	7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
3.5 !F	IRE !	Hegarty, Niall	7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
4.5 !F/C	IRE !	Kiernan, Eoghain	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
	IRE !	Lacey, Peter
1.5 !G	IRE !	Madsen, Peder	7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
	IRE !	McGeever, Andrew
1.5 !G	IRE !	Nihill, Cian	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
1.5 !G	IRE !	Roe, Ciaran	7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
3.5 !F	USA !	Sullivan, Patrick	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
3.5 !F	USA !	Turner, Jermaine	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Head coach

Brian O'Malley

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: 24 September 2016

Notable past players

Michael Bonaparte
Mario Elie
Kelvin Troy

References

External links

Irish Super League

Belfast Star DCU Saints Éanna Killester KUBS Moycullen Swords Thunder Templeogue Tralee Warriors UCC Demons UCD Marian UL Eagles

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