An opportunity to win coaching lessons worth €1,500

UCD-Marian, one of the Basketball’s longest serving franchises, is delighted to announce that the Mount Herbert Hotel will again be its major sponsor for the new Super League Basketball season.

Mr John Loughran, Proprietor of the Mount Herbert Hotel, said: “Situated as we are in Sandymount, beside Marian College, the founding home of UCD-Marian Basketball, and not far from the campus at UCD, we are delighted to start our second year of involvement with the Basketball Super League which involves teams not just from Dublin but from all four corners of Ireland.”

The Mount Herbert is a boutique hotel, ideally located within walking distance of Dublin’s main attractions and in the shadows of the world-famous Lansdowne Road Stadium. Guests of this family run hotel appreciate the quiet, comfortable surrounds, the renowned, excellent service and the sociable, relaxed atmosphere of the Mount Herbert.

This exceptional three-star hotel with 168 bedrooms includes the recently-refurbished Tritonville Bar and the revamped Cordyline restaurant. Their friendly team constantly strives to offer four-star quality value at bargain three-star prices.

The involvement of the Mount Herbert has enabled UCD-Marian to fly in three US graduates for the year ahead. They are Irish-American, David Ryan, whose mother is from Leitrim, but who grew up in New York, and two players from Michigan, Jim Clement, from St. Ignace, and Pat Beilein, from Ann Arbour, pictured above with John Loughran.

Coach Cormac Connor is delighted with his new recruits, who will join former international, Gary Edge, who returns to the top flight for this season, and the other players from last season, to give UCD-Marian its best chance of League and Cup honours for many seasons.

The UCD- Marian Club is also presenting a great opportunity for primary schools throughout the Dublin area to mark the new Superleague Basketball season.

Irish International basketball star, Conor Meany is amongst the list of top UCD professional players who are offering ‘once in a lifetime’ coaching lessons worth €1,500. The primary school that has the largest number of pupils attending the UCD home games will win the €1,500 grand prize of coaching for the winning school between January and March.

So, if you are looking for basketball action on Dublin’s south side this season, then UCD and the Mount Herbert Hotel are the places to be from the first game on October 4th to the play-offs next March.

For further information contact: Michelle Sweeney, Mount Herbert Hotel at 01 668 4321.
Paul Meany, UCD-Marian Super League at Ph: 086 314 8375.