The DTBC U16 girls put in a spirited performance at the All-Ireland Club Championships last weekend, competing against some of the country\u2019s top young talent.<\/p>\n
Drawn in a particularly challenging group on Saturday, the team faced strong opposition in Kilkenny Stars, Sligo All Stars, and Limerick Huskies.<\/p>\n
While results did not go their way, the girls showed excellent determination throughout, producing several promising passages of play and maintaining a commendable attitude from start to finish.<\/p>\n
They regrouped impressively on Sunday in the C Division, delivering a series of strong performances. A convincing 32\u20139 victory over Carrick Cougars in the quarter-final was followed by a 38\u201315 win against Athlone in the semi-final.<\/p>\n
These results set up a final clash with Queens Belfast. DTBC made a bright start, taking the lead in the opening quarter, and remained competitive into the third. However, Queens finished strongly to pull away in the closing stages and secure the title.<\/p>\n
Despite the final result, it was a highly successful and memorable weekend both on and off the court, bringing the curtain down on a strong season for the squad. The trip was also marked by a lively team quiz night \u2014 with the outcome of the players versus parents contest still hotly debated.<\/p>\n
The players can take great pride in their efforts and the manner in which they represented their club throughout the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DTBC U16 girls put in a spirited performance at the All-Ireland Club Championships last weekend, competing against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-408513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}