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Heroes of North Clare’s basketballing past will return home this weekend for the 29th edition of the Annual Frank Gallery Basketball Tournament. The tournament, which will take place at the Inagh Community Centre from 11am this Sunday, September 22, is played in memory of Frank Gallery, a key member of the Claremont Admirals team who competed in the National Basketball league from 1983 to 1989. Frank was an ESB employee at Moneypoint Power Station and was tragically killed in a motor accident outside the village of Cree. This year’s tournament logo will honour the late Mike O’Connor, founder of Celtic T-Shirts. Mike was the designer of all the t- shirts in the early years and Frank Gallery worked with him for a period of time. Following the success of last year’s 3v3 format this year the games will be 4v4 Mixed. Former club members return for the event each year and join with current players for games. Following the Final …

CLARE Cascaders Basketball Club has established   Inagh Community Centre as its headquarters for the season ahead. Since the club moved there in September, the membership is growing every week. A very important factor in the club’s decision to re-locate to Inagh was the fact that the centre is equipped with state-of-the-art adjustable basketball boards to suit all age categories. The club caters for boys and girls from U-10s right up to senior ladies and the Ennistymon senior men work out there on Thursday nights. “We needed a new home for basketball and it was great that the centre was finished on time with facilities second to none. The committee has been very supportive and welcoming to the club, its members and volunteers. Consequently, basketball is now flourishing in a new location with everyone looking forward to the new year,” according to a statement from the club. The club has plans to run more coaching clinics in the coming weeks and a basketball …