Raiders Awarded National League Licence, Set to Compete in Basketball Ireland’s Domino’s Women’s Division 1
Dublin Raiders Basketball Club is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a National League licence and will compete in Basketball Ireland’s Domino’s Women’s Division One beginning this September.
This achievement marks a major milestone for the club and reflects years of dedicated work in building a strong development pathway for female players. Even more notably, the new team will be the first National League Women’s team to represent the North Wicklow and South Dublin regions, with their home games to be played at Coláiste Ráithín in Bray.
Raiders founder and current Club Chairman, Ed Randolph, described the news as a landmark moment for the club:
“It’s fantastic and great news for Raiders — a historic moment for the club and one which all our younger female players can now aspire to. We’re very proud of our underage structure, with all our girls’ teams competing in Division 1 next season. I believe the National League team will inspire new players to join and give our current members something to work towards.”
Randolph also extended his thanks to Basketball Ireland for the opportunity and encouraged any players interested in trying out for the team to register their interest by emailing admin@dublinraidersbasketball.com
Raiders Announce Appointment of New Div 1 Men’s Head Coach
Dublin Raiders are delighted to announce the appointment of Sean Ingle as Head Coach to our Division 1 Men’s team for 23/24 season. He will be assisted during the season by John O’Byrne
Sean started his coaching career when he was 19 years old with DCU Mercy and has coached at regional and international levels. His overall coaching philosophy is focused on player development and preparing players to play at the highest possible level.
He holds a Level 2 coaching licence and for the past couple of years has been the Head Coach of the Malahide Mens National League Team and Head Coach of the Irish U17 Boys team.
Sean played most of his senior basketball with UCD Marian starting in 2006 where he played for their U20 team while he attended UCD. He then continued playing for the club at D2, D1 and Super League level. He also played a couple of seasons with KUBS before returning to UCD as a coach, spending 3 years coaching the U16 team while also taking up the role of head of Coaching Development.
Sean is now looking forward to the challenge of helping the Dublin Raiders Div 1 Men’s team achieve success in the DMBB D1 league this season. Welcome to Raiders Sean!
