Inclusion
Sport Inclusion
Basketball Ireland is proud to have signed the Cara Sport Inclusion Disability Charter.
This is a major step forward for Basketball Ireland in terms of disability sport as the commitment means that Basketball Ireland will work with CARA in developing its policies around addressing the five areas of the CARA Charter.
Sport and physical activity are central to the fabric of life in Ireland. The Charter outlines five key areas that people with disabilities are asking organisations to consider in making active and healthy lifestyles possible for them. BI encourages all clubs throughout Ireland to commit to the CARA charter and work on addressing the five areas of the charter within their own clubs to make basketball a more inclusive sport for all.
Follow the link below to sign up and be sure to email us to let us know you have signed at inclusion@basketballireland.ie
https://caracentre.ie/sport-inclusion-disability-charter/
Find Inclusion Basketball
If you are interested in playing basketball and cannot find a Basketball club in your area that can support your needs, please take a look at the information below as a starting point.
Basketball For All Clubs
Portlaoise Panthers basketball Club
Contact: Lynda Scully
Venue: St Marys Hall
What ability/Age is catered for: All ages and abilities
UG Tribes basketball club
Contact: Mairead Daly
Venue: University of Galway Sports Centre
What ability/Age is catered for: Inclusion team so all ages & abilities catered for.
Clare Comets Basketball Club
Contact: Wayne Kelly
Venue: Ennis National School Co. Clare
What ability/Age is catered for:
Open to all abilities and ages
Drogheda Wolves
Contact: Geraldine Doyle
Venue: Ballymakenny College, Drogheda, Co. Louth
What ability/Age is catered for: Intellectual, Physical & Sensory Disabilities and all ages welcome.
Éanna BC
Contact: Paula Coghlan ( pcoghlan@cheeverstown.ie) & James Kiernan ( James.kiernan10@gmail.com)
Venue: Colaiste Éanna
What ability/Age is catered for: All abilities. 9yr to 25yr
Bantry Basketball Club
Contact: Niamh O Neill
Venue: Boys Club Hall, Bantry, Co Cork
What ability/Age is catered for: Intellectual, Physical, Sensory.
Ages: group 1: 2nd - 6th class primary school / group 2 : 1st - 6th year post primary.
Glanmire
Contact: Susan and Mark Scannell
Venue: Upper Glanmire Community Centre
What ability/Age is catered for: 10 to 15. Boys and girls Inclusion team. All welcome
St Vincent’s Basketball Club
Contact: Catherine Fennell
Venue: Gym, St Vincent’s Secondary School, Glasnevin
What ability/Age is catered for: Age 5 to 18years… all abilities welcome to try.
Longford Phoenix Basketball Club
Contact: Martina Kelly
Venue : Longford Sports & Leisure, Longford
Ability/Age: We cater for Special Olympics and are registered with Special Olympics Ireland.
We currently have 14 to 19 year olds but plan on expanding this group.
East Cavan Eagles Basketball Club
Contact: Ben Kelly Flynn
Venue: Virginia College
Ability/Age: 12 to 18 year olds with additional needs
North Kildare Basketball Club
Contact: northkildarebasketball@gmail.com / Att: Helen
Venue: Maynooth Post Primary School (old hall)
What ability/Age is catered for: Inclusive group is targeting juveniles aged 10-17 who are not able to train & play with the juvenile league teams
Limerick Celtics Basketball Club
Contact: Tony O'Mara
Venue: Crescent College Dooradoyle, Limerick.
What ability/Age is catered for: All Abilities
Baltinglass Bulldogs (AllStars)
Contact: Sheena Moran 0879299151 or contact FB page
Venue: Scoil Chonglais, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, W91H5XC
What ability/Age is catered for: 7-18 years, most players are mild to moderate range of disability. We aspire to accomodate all range of ability/disability in any way we can.
EY Neptune Inclusion Team
Contact: Kevin Dineen, Inclusion Officer, email: neptunebasketballinclusion@gmail.com
Venue: Neptune Stadium, Cork
What ability/Age is catered for: Cater for all abilities aged 8-16
Inclusive Membership Registration
Click here for information on inclusive membership and registration
Success Stories
Camp of Champions x Carlow Sports Partnership - Inclusive basketball camp
Portlaoise Panthers inclusive basketball team
Éanna inclusive basketball
Supportive Fact Sheets
Irish Wheelchair Association - Venues/Clubs
Antrim Forum, 20 Lough Road, Antrim, Co. Antrim, niknights@iwasport.com
Ursuline Convent, Blackrock Road, Blackrock, Cork, RebelWheelers@iwasport.com
DLR Leisure Loughlinstown, Loughlinstown, Dublin, BallybrackBullsWBC@iwasport.com
St. Mary's College, St. Mary's Road, Galway, Co. Galway, titansgalway@iwasport.com
John Mitchels GAA Club, N22 Camp, Tralee, Co. Kerry, KingdomWheelblasters@iwasport.com
St. Kieran's College, College Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, SouthEastSwiftsWBC@iwasport.com
Clonaslee Community Centre, Bellair, Clonaslee, Co. Laois: ClonasleeWBC@iwasport.com
Killester Wheelchair Basketball Club, Blackheath Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3: Killesterwbc@iwasport.com
Dundalk Sports Centre, Muirhevnamore, Dundalk, Co. Louth:NorthEastThunderWBC@iwasport.com
Thomond Community College, Doneen Road, Woodview Park, Co. Limerick: LimerickScorpionsWBC@iwasport.com
Junior Contacts (U16)
Rebel Wheelers: RebelWheelers@iwasport.com
Galway Speeders: Galwayspeeders@iwasport.com
NorthEast Thunder: NorthEastThunderWBC@iwasport.com
Kingdom Wheelblasters: KingdomWheelblasters@iwasport.com
Tipperary Warriors: Tipperarywarriors@iwasport.com
South East Swifts: SouthEastSwiftsWBC@iwasport.com
Killester Tigers: killestertigers@iwasport.com
Local Sport Inclusion Development Officers contacts
| 1 | Carlow Sports Partnership | Deborah Foley *Acting | dfoley@carlowcoco.ie |
| 2 | Cavan County Council | Nadine McCormilla | ncrotty@cavancoco.ie |
| 3 | Clare Sports Partnership | John Sweeney | john@claresportspartnership.ie |
| 4 | Cork Sports Partnership | Kristine Meenaghan | kmeenaghan@corksports.ie |
| 5 | Donegal Sports Partnership | Myles Sweeney | myles@activedonegal.com |
| 6 | Dublin City Sports Partnership | Aideen O'Connor | aideen.oconnor@dublincity.ie |
| 7 | Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership | Shane McArdle | smcardle@dlrcoco.ie |
| 8 | Fingal Sports Office | Gerry Reardon | Gerard.reardon@fingal.ie |
| 9 | Galway Sports Partnership | Jason Craughwell | jason.craughwell@galwaycity.ie |
| 10 | Kerry Local Sport Partnership | Gearoid O'Doherty *Acting | gearoid.odoherty@kerrycoco.ie |
| 11 | Kildare Sports Partnership | Syl Merrins | smerrins@kildarecoco.ie |
| 12 | Kilkenny Recreation & Sports Partnership | Nicola Keeshan | nicola@krsp.ie |
| 13 | Laois Sports Partnership | Caroline Myers | cmyers@laoissports.ie |
| 14 | Leitrim County Council | Declan Boyle | dboyle@leitrimcoco.ie |
| 15 | Limerick Sports Partnership | Phelim Macken | pmacken@limericksports.ie |
| 16 | Longford County Council | Sarah Mulligan | smulligan@longfordcoco.ie |
| 17 | Louth Local Sports Partnership | Graham Russell | graham.russell@louthcoco.ie |
| 18 | Mayo Sports Partnership | Charlie Lambert | clambert@MayoCoCo.ie |
| 19 | Meath Sports Partnership | Mary Murphy | marymurphy@meathcoco.ie |
| 20 | Monaghan Sports Partnership | Michelle Murphy | mmurphy@monaghancoco.ie |
| 21 | Offaly Sports Partnership | Eamonn Henry | ehenry@offalycoco.ie |
| 22 | Roscommon Sports Partnership | Noel Feeley | noel@rosactive.org |
| 23 | Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership | Deirdre Lavin | deirdre@sligosportandrecreation.ie |
| 24 | South County Dublin Sports Partnership | Thos McDermott | thomasmcdermott@sdublincoco.ie |
| 25 | Tipperary Sports Partnership | Valerie Connolly | vconnolly@tipperarysports.ie |
| 26 | Waterford Sports Partnership | Rosarie Kealy | rkealy@waterfordsportspartnership.ie |
| 27 | Westmeath Sports Partnership | Tony Wheat | info@westmeathsports.ie |
| 28 | Sports Active Wexford | Fran Ronan | fran.ronan@wexfordcoco.ie |
| 29 | Wicklow Local Sports Partnership | Aisling Hubbard | ahubbard@wicklowcoco.ie |
FIND US
National Basketball Arena
Tymon Park, Dublin, Ireland
D24 N449 (map)
T: +353 1 459 0211
E: info@ireland.basketball