Tralee Warriors beat Neptune to win first Pat Duffy Cup

Warriors and Kieran Donaghy celebrate. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO Warriors and Kieran Donaghy celebrate. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO GARVEY’S TRALEE WARRIORS are the InsureMyHouse.ie Pat Duffy Cup champions after a 88-75 win over C&S Neptune. It’s Garvey’s Tralee Warriors’ first National Cup title, the club having been formed in 2016. Daniel Jokubaitis was awarded the MVP after 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Aaron Calixte scored 19 points, while Eoin Quigley had 14 points.

It took almost two minutes for the game’s first points, when Jokubaitis landed a jump shot. Nils Sabata got C&S Neptune on the board and not long afterwards a Cian Heaphy dunk in the fourth minute brought the Cork club’s supporters to their feet. With 3:44 to go in the first quarter a three-point jump shot from Garvey’s Tralee Warriors captain Fergal O’Sullivan established a 9-5 lead. Nils Sabata was C&S Neptune’s biggest scoring threat, his layup not long afterwards reduced the deficit.

In stepped a fired up Kieran Donaghy scoring four points, a layup and along with a rebound, after following up Eoin Quigley’s three point attempt, to make it 13-7. He waved his arms to spark up the already vocal Warriors fans even further, who responded in kind.Miles Washington made it a two point game, before a pair of Jokubaitis free throws, followed by Donaghy rebounding his own layup attempt and it was 17-9. Donaghy had six points and four rebounds in the first quarter.

Neptune got the first points of the second, a Nils Sabata layup and subsequent extra free throw, 17-15. Quigley and Sabata exchanged layups, before a Jokubaitis three point jump shot and five points from Aaron Calixte and a Ronalds Elsknis layup stretched it to 29-17. Eoin Quigley and Roy Downey exchanged threes. Quigley and O’Sullivan baskets opened up a 15 point lead with two minutes to go, 38-23.

John Dowling, Garvey’s Tralee Warriors head coach, was elated afterwards. “We dreamt this dream – Kieran , myself, Pat Carey seven years ago and we knew the talent was there, we knew the underage structures were there, we just needed to get the club together.

Great win and great to see him still going strong!!

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