Blue Demons U13s & U16 Preparing Hard For International Tournament In Stockholm, Sweden.
Blue Demons U13 and U16 Team’s will depart on a 5 day trip to Sweden Next Thursday Evening, (22nd May) to play in an international tournament in Stockholm. The tournament will be of very high standard and should provide great competition and experience for our kids. Teams from Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, & Ourselves will compete in the U13 section of the tournament while our U16s will compete against teams from Estonia, Sweden & Lithuania, The tournament itself has 102 teams competing over 4 age groups in both boys & girls .

Special thanks must go to the to the coaches for preparing the team’s for this international competition during last few weeks while other teams were winding down for the summer break.. The teams will be well looked after during the trip by coaches Dave Lehane, Conor Deasy & Dee Looney for the U13s & Brian Foley for the U16s while Myself and Ken O Leary (Chef D’equipe) will also be travelling with the teams..

The tournament itself will expose both teams to a new level of basketball and play some outstanding teams. The teams depart on Thursday Evening 22nd May and will play their first game on Friday Evening against teams from Latvia (U13s) & Estonia (U16s) then they play two games on Saturday for the U13s while the U16s will play three games & On Sunday morning, their games will be depend on there position from the pool games.

The kids will then finish off the trip by attending one of Stockholms favourite parks Gröna Lund’s theme park

Best of luck to all involved and I know they will all enjoy this great experience!

Thanks to everyone who have helped out in organizing this trip.