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Tullamore Basketball Club members who have played for Ireland. L-R Meadhbh O’Brien Ellie Glavin, Shauna Slattery, Emma Hand
A PROMISING young generation of female basketballers from Tullamore have begun to make their mark at international level.
Twins Emma and Ellie Glavin played last year in a big tournament. Other talented players, Shauna Slattery, Meadhbh O'Brien and Emma Hand, all from the wider Balliamere area, have played at underage international level – reflecting the great work going on in Tullamore Basketball Club.
Ellie and Emma Glavin are members of Tullamore Basketball Club and they were on the Irish panel that competed in the FIBA U-18 European Challengers last year.
They both play at guard and got valuable game time as Ireland competed in group B along with Lithuania, the hosts Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey and Serbia.
Ireland lost 86-47 to Lithuania, 67-55 to Turkey, 80-52 to Czech Republic, 90-47 to Serbia and finished on a high with a fine 87-64 win over Hungary.
It was a great experience of international competition for the Irish team and the Tullamore girls. They had a hectic schedule of games in a short period of time and came up against some outstanding young talent.
The European Challengers were introduced by FIBA for 2021 in place of the European Championships which were cancelled because of Covid
The twins were on the Irish U-16/17 training panels and learnt a lot here, going on to win their first caps at U-18 level.
Shauna Slattery is on the present Under 18 team squad which is preparing for the Europeans in Austria in August 2022.
Meadhbh O'Brien and Emma Hand both played on the Ireland Under 17 team in 2019 for the Home tournament. Meadhbh received a basketball scholarship to NUIG last year. Emma is a very talented all round sports person and made her debut for the Offaly ladies football team lately.
There are more promising players emerging on the wings.
Una O'Brien, Ballykilmurray and Sarah O'Rourke, Mucklagh are both on the Leinster Under 15 squad who are training at the moment and will play an Interprovincial tournament during the summer of 2022 along with a planned series of friendlies against Norway.
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