A Cup semi-final and mixed fortunes in back to back games for Portlaoise Panthers
It was a busy weekend for the Panthers men in the Division 1 National league as they took on WIT Viking on Saturday evening...
Calls for a new community sports hall and basketball centre in Laois
Calls have been made for a new community sports hall in Portlaoise in a Sport, Recreation and Play Strategy plan.
The Laois County Council Strategic...
Manager of the Month award for Portlaoise Panthers boss
The efforts of the manager of the Portlaoise Panthers' Women's team have been recognised by Basketball Ireland.
Peter Duignan was announced as Manager of the...
Mixed fortunes for Panthers in action packed basketball weekend
Portlaoise Panthers covered opposite ends of the country today as the women traveled North and the men traveled south.
It was a super win for...
Portlaoise school looking forward to two All Ireland Semi Finals
Scoil Chriost Ri can look forward to two All Ireland Semi Finals after Christmas after superb wins by their Senior A and U14 A...
Double win for Portlaoise Panthers as both the Men and Women take to the...
There were wins all around for Portlaoise Panthers in both the Men's and Women's National League as they took to the court this evening.
The...
Thrilling win as Portlaoise Panthers see off UL Eagles
Portlaoise Panthers 84 UL Eagles 83
Men’s Division 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers pulled off a super win over UL Eagles in a thrilling game...
Another win for Portlaoise Panthers as ladies continue unbeaten start
Portlaoise Panthers 73 UL Huskies 64
Women’s Division 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers welcomed the UL Huskies to St Mary's Hall this evening in...
Portlaoise school are through to World Basketball Championships in Greece
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-18 basketball team have achieved the remarkable and are now representing Ireland at the World Schoolgirls Championships in Crete next...
Portlaoise school bid for world championship place
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-18 basketball team from Portlaoise will bid for the honour of representing Ireland at the World Schoolgirls Championships in Crete...
Portlaoise Panthers Men get back to winning ways
Portlaoise Panthers 67 WIT Vikings 64
Men's Division 1 National League Basketball
Away from the women's first game of the season, Portlaoise Panthers Men were back...
Brilliant start to basketball season for Portlaoise Panthers Women
Portlaoise Panthers 77 St Mary's Castleisland 61
Women's Division 1 National League Basketball
The Portlaoise Panthers Women got their National League season campaign off to a...
Third defeat on the spin for Portlaoise Panthers Men
Portlaoise Panthers 77 Scott's Lakers St Paul's Killarney 94
Mens Division 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers welcomed Scott’s Lakers St Paul’s Killarney to St Mary’s...
Two defeats in less than 24 hours for Portlaoise Panthers
Portlaoise Panthers 60 IT Carlow 72
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers suffered their second loss in 24 hours as they faced a...
Defeat for Portlaoise Panthers in first of two quick games
Portlaoise Panthers 80 FR Mathews 91
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
Portlaoise Panthers suffered their first loss of the season in their third National League...
Laois man appointed as head coach for Irish basketball team
A Portlaoise man has been chosen as the Head Coach for the Ireland U20 Women's team.
Martin Conroy was appointed as the Ireland U20 Women's...
Portlaoise Panthers men continue unbeaten start to new basketball season
Portlaoise Panthers 85 LIT 73
Mens Divison 1 National League Basketball
The first home game for Portlaoise Panthers in the Men’s National League lived up to...
Portlaoise Panthers make winning start to league campaign
The Portlaoise Panthers mens team made a winning start to their Division 1 campaign at the weekend.
They travelled down to Munster to face University of...
Portlaoise Panthers men and women prepare to commence new season
The basketball season begins this weekend with one of the Portlaoise Panthers senior teams set to be in action.
The Men's team are in Division...
Portlaoise Panthers trio excel at U-16 European Championships
Three Portlaoise Panthers did their club proud at the FIBA European U-16 Championships in Montenegro last week.
Shauna Dooley, Ciara Byrne and Gillian Wheeler represented...
Portlaoise Panthers can take pride as three young stars prepare to represent Ireland in...
Three young basketballers from the Portlaoise Panthers Club have been selected on the Ireland U-16 squad for European Championships, which take place in Montenegro...
Abbeyleix continue winning streak in division 2 camogie
Abbeyleix 11-5 Paddock 0-5
Roinn 2 Camogie
There was no stopping Abbeyleix as they claimed their second win of the Cumann na Bunscol today, defeating Paddock...
Portlaoise Panthers star chosen on Ireland U-18 European Championship squad
Ireland Under 18 women’s Head Coach, Patrick O’Neill, has selected his final roster of 12 players who will compete at this year’s FIBA Women’s...
The Big Five: There are some big games taking place this weekend
Despite it being a quite weekend in terms of the volume of fixtures, there is still some big games on and here are the...
GAA, soccer, basketball – all of your local sports fixtures for this weekend
Here’s all the Laois sporting fixtures in full for the May bank holiday weekend.
FRIDAY MAY 4
GAA
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1 Round 5
Graiguecullen V...
Big weekend ahead for Laois basketball clubs at the Midland finals
The MABB Top 4 finals will take place this weekend in St Mary's Hall in Portlaoise.
The Laois teams involved in the weekend include Clonaslee,...
All-Ireland basketball glory for Scoil Chriost Ri and Portlaoise CBS
The curtain came down on the secondary school's basketball season at the weekend and two Laois schools claimed All-Ireland titles.
Scoil Chriost Ri and Portlaoise...
Three Portlaoise girls named on Ireland basketball squad for European championships
Three young basketball players from the Portlaoise Panthers Club have been selected on the Ireland U-16 squad for this summer's European Championships in Montenegro.
Gillian...
In Pictures: Regional basketball glory for Scoil Chriost Rí and Portlaoise CBS
There were multiple regional basketball titles won by two Laois secondary schools in the previous seven days.
Last week, Portlaoise CBS First Years were crowned...
More All Ireland basketball success for Portlaoise school
Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise 42
Presentation SS, Castleisland (Kerry) 35
All Ireland U-16 A Girls Basketball League Final
Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise have added yet another All...
