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
- Women's Superleague:
- National Cup: 2010, 2011[1][6]
- Women's intervarsities: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014[7]
- Underage: U20 National Cup 2012[8]
References
- 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.
- ↑ "Mercy Basketball Club". Mercy Basketball Club. An Introduction to Mercy. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "DCU Ladies Basketball win National Varsity Title". News. DCU. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Roll of Honour 1979 - 2015 Women's Premier League Champions". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "National Cup Roll of Honour". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Intervarsities 2014 - Finals Reports". Basketball Ireland. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ "Underage National Cups Roll of Honour". Basketball Ireland. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
External links
- Mercy Basketball Club official website
- DCU Mercy tagged articles on The College View, DCU student newspaper