Pacers take down Robesiders for cup crown

Pacers take down Robesiders for cup crown

Ballina Pacers, under-12 girls cup winners, with coaches Trine and Terry Kennedy.

Mayo U12 Girls Basketball Cup Final 

Ballina Pacers 31 

Ballinrobe Lakesiders 22 

In Ballina Sports Centre 

This win by Ballina Pacers Under 12 girls completed a cup treble for the club.

A strong opening quarter and a solid third quarter load the foundations for the Pacers success and despite a battling performance, the Ballinrobe girls came up short in the finishing department an area in which Pacers were particularly clinical.

Hannah Gardiner, MVP winner, is presented with her trophy by Ciara O’Malley.
Hannah Gardiner, MVP winner, is presented with her trophy by Ciara O’Malley.

Ballinrobe competed well in the second and fourth quarter, narrowly winning both thanks to some good finishing by E. Rya, Rebecca Cummins and the excellent A. Galvin.

However, Pacers had a good spread of scorers and proved lethal on the fast-break, MVP award winner Hannah Gardiner, A. Maguire, A. Murphy, A. Grimes and E. Fleming among the contributors.

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