LIMERICK Sport Eagles will be playing in the Domino’s Men’s Super League next season, following a 82-63 win over Titans in the Division One Final at the weekend.
Alex Carlisle was the star of the show, scoring 41 points to earn the MVP (Most Valuable Player) award.
Winning coach Niall McDermott said: “It’s hard to put into words. This club has a proud history in the Super League, a former Super League Cup and league champions.”
“A long time ago, about 10 years ago they came out of Super League, they weren’t in senior basketball. This is the accumulation of 10 years of work put in by not me, but by the club, the people like Matt (Hall) and Trevor (Moore) and they brought it from the ground up, with the Lions club, a lot of hard years.
“I came in a few years ago, we had this three-year plan to go up, so it’s hard to put into words, because of how many hours from all the players, all the coaching staff, and all the volunteers.
“Since the very first day of pre-season, we were very laser focused on this, and this was our aim this year. So, to achieve it, it’s hard to put into word, just so proud of the boys.”
Eagles: Jake Moore, Daniel Shahab, Kirill Yakovlev, Ryan Leonard (16), Fryderek Klimas (3), Darragh Horkan (5), Stephen King, Ajay Walsh (5), Seán Ryan (3), Ronan Cregan (2), Alexander Carlisle (41), Tobias Christensen (7).