DCU Mercy

DCU Mercy, called Mercy Coolock until 2007, is a women's and girls' basketball club in Coolock in Dublin. Its senior team has competed in the Irish Women's Premier League since 2005.[1] The Mercy Basketball Club was founded in 1989 by pupils of Mercy College.[1][2] Mercy Coolock won promotion to the Premier League (then called the Superleague) by winning Division 1 in 2004.[1] Mercy formed an alliance with Dublin City University (DCU) in 2007, adopting the name DCU Mercy, using DCU facilities, and featuring DCU students in the senior squad, and alongside non-students in the U20 and U18 squads.[1] DCU Mercy were the 2007 Superleague champions.[1]

DCU Ladies Basketball plays separately from DCU Mercy in intervarsity competitions, using a squad composed entirely of DCU students.[3][4]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "DCU MERCY retain their National Cup Champion title". News. DCU. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mercy Basketball Club". Mercy Basketball Club. An Introduction to Mercy. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "DCU Ladies Basketball win National Varsity Title". News. DCU. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "DCU Mercy Basketball - Victory". News. DCU. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015. The under 20s featuring Catriona Foley a second year student and Ciara Redmond a fresher and ten secondary school students from Mercy Coolock and Holy Faith Clontarf
  5. ↑ "Roll of Honour 1979 - 2015 Women’s Premier League Champions". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "National Cup Roll of Honour". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Intervarsities 2014 - Finals Reports". Basketball Ireland. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Underage National Cups Roll of Honour". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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