 So Keith is always it's it's good to see and good to talk to you, but we're not talking football today We're talking basketball for a change college Jalei all-out and champions on Tuesday Coming through that decided I would say there's a great atmosphere around the school this week off the back of that all-out and success Keith Yeah, definitely, you know that the build-up's been great the girls sort of last week and I suppose Before Christmas there as well We were preparing and you know absolutely the girls were in training as much as they can Due to the I suppose kind of the covert and stuff like that there was you know We were kind of panicking on the lead up to make sure we're going to have everybody Available for us. That was kind of the main concern because you know, it's how difficult that How can we keep everyone safe from that? so not yet great excitement and the build-up and you know the girls perform excellent on the day and Very much got what they deserve. Yeah, and This has sort of been Building for the last number of years because the girls won in all Ireland a number of years ago at under 16 level And then they progressed up, but it's a higher grade of basketball They're playing now from where they were actually three years ago So when you look at it that way the progression of the group of girls has been fantastic case It has you know, and that's and that's down to the work of you know Themselves obviously putting in the effort and that there and you know Linda McGinnis as well Who you know works a lot with the girls and through coaching through that a Kenny blaze and that as well So, you know, she knows the girls through that set up as well So she's able to sort of work with them bets there and then obviously coming into the school as well and help helping out that way We have you know a few established basketball stars as such in the team Shannon Conningham who's representing Ireland at the moment and her age group and Shauna Higgins as well who represents blaze keely McGinnis who's Linus daughter obviously representing there as well But then as well, you know, you have to build a squad and you know It was the other girls that were coming in as well But you know, we were able to work with them and mold and you're obviously you're kind of more pleased for them Because you know, they haven't I suppose had the exposure to basketball that maybe the other girls would have had But they're you know, they're willing to take part in wanting to be involved and that's excellent and you know For them as well. Yeah, well, we have to mention Shannon because she put in a brilliant performance going 33 of the 48 points Keith and a and an all-arland final at the National Basketball Arena is Some contribution now. Yeah, she's unbelievable. You know, she's an exceptional talent And you know, she's got player of the month there and her league as well for December, you know So she's really in top form, you know, Shannon's excellent You know some type was speaking to the coach afterwards and you know, they had they had two people marking her Honoured during the game and he says, you know, I was gonna put three on her as well But I don't think it would have made any difference She was just unstoppable at times and she got the game MVP as she did three years ago when they wanted under under 16 levels So she's truly a phenomenal talent and you know, she's a great help for the team And you know, she encourages you know being the team captain and you know, she brings the other girls with her and You know, she's a real as said to them on that on Tuesday after the game You know the real role models for the for their, you know The younger girls coming through the school and you know to see them perform on that stage It definitely motivates the younger ones to you know to try and reach that those levels and those heights of competition Yeah, what basketball be seen as the prominent sport in the school Keith because obviously if you look at other schools in the County, you've got your Gaelic and your soccer and basketball does be played but with You was down at the college jelly as basketball now do the four is it I'm not so not so much No, no, we know we do we do a range of sports obviously we because we won an order on our and Soccer three years ago as well for the girls team, which is great So and you know, they do really well and and and Gaelic football as well Which is which is which is really strong in the school. I just maybe so happens. We've got a real good Crap there at the moment that sort of come under the end You know sort of almost like the golden generation of Sport for the girls, you know, it sort of comes in waves at different times You get a really strong boys teams and really strong girls teams and as they move through the school We sort of you know compete and one stuff and then you know, you're sort of looking for the next crap Then obviously to try and develop them as much as possible, but now I wouldn't say I wouldn't say basketball as is the main sport I suppose We have we have been really successful in that way But we push all sports throughout the school and you know and and try and get them to the end these competitions And the latter stages and try and get them success Yeah, and I suppose as you get older Keith You always sort of look back on your time being a been a teenager and and been at school and Everybody has different memories of the period But when you're lifted in all art and title It's a special memory to have so does Keith and it's something that these girls won't forget because that they're two time Yeah, well, I suppose you know the first one was you know something that we we didn't really expect and then you know When you go and do something like that there kind of you know It sort of breeds a suppose about expectation in terms of you know What's possible for this group of girls and we say to them all the time and something that I would say to them as well I suppose from my own experience and when you win something at school at school level with you know The with the girls that you spend every every day with you know It's kind of it's slightly different a club and that way You know you started you go to different clubs and maybe you know people drop and drop out But generally with school you're with these girls maybe from primary school all the way up, you know until you leave in secondary school So, you know, it's it's made extra special in that way and you know to win one was absolutely amazing But to win two as you say it's something that the girls never forget What's your basketball background Keith? I see and you're gonna ask me this you kind of put me on the spot here I played at school. I played basketball at school and you know Myself and Linda you know spoke about the different aspects that we can sort of bring obviously she would have a great wealth of knowledge and you know tactically very various shoes as where you know I was just kind of a sort of player management and you know sort of speaking to the girls and sort of you know game management and you know I suppose, you know when you get to these latter stages of the competitions You know emotions can come into it quite a lot and I suppose, you know speaking to the girls and trying to you know Keep them grounded and you know, let them let them I would say we had a semi final Which was highly a highly competitive game, you know, and that's where I felt that we really, you know Kind of went to that next level where the girls really progressed and you know, I suppose it's once they get for the final end You know, you're not asking them to do anything that they haven't already done, you know Yeah, like they played such a such a high high level of basketball Everyone, you know contributed in that semi final, which is a really tough game And then you sweet you take that into the final again And you know everyone got got time on the court as well as extra special we were able to use the squad You know, we had the we had the school up support and we had a hundred supporters We were allowed to allowed to bring in there were some parents there as well Which just called me an unbelievable occasion for the school So, you know just to be a part of that there and you know to see the smiles in the faces and At the end and I'm jumping around celebrating together It's a sector special for the coaches as well as the as well as the students Yeah, good stuff lesson super week for the college many Congratulations Keith to you in London and of course to all the girls that was involved and the team as well Double R in champions. It's got a nice ring that well done tears ration. Thank you