Creating Opportunity Through Basketball
The Cleveland Project is a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization founded to provide school-aged youth in Northern Ireland access to quality coaching and competitive opportunities to participate in and observe all levels of the game of basketball. Our program reignites a partnership founded in the mid 1980s when a group of Cleveland, Ohio businessmen helped sponsor and promote the game in Northern Ireland.
Registration is open for our next program year. Inquire below.
"I love, I LOVE coaching enthusiastic kids! And the Cleveland Project has been very successful at getting school kids to be enthusiastic about basketball. I’m so happy to be part of this program to help these kids further themselves mentally and physically."
— Coach Kelvin Troy
Rutgers University '77-'81, Basketball Ireland Hall of Fame inductee
The Cleveland Project
In the first two years, our program has exploded. Year three will be even larger.
Big cheers coming from Dáithí and his classmates at Sleibhe Dhuibh! 📣💯
Please take 5 minutes to visit www.donate4daithi.com to read about this incredible young man`s story and find out how you can help.
Dáithí has been waiting for a heart transplant for six years and his family campaigned tirelessly for the introduction of Dáithí’s law, which means all adults in Northern Ireland will automatically be considered as potential donors unless they opt out.
Dáithí was born in October 2016 with a condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which basically means that Dáithí was born with half a working heart with the left side not forming correctly in the womb.
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#Donate4Daithi #YesIDonate #IsDeontóirMé #OrganDonation #OrganDonationNI #DaithisLaw #NorthernIreland #ChildrensHospital
Nov 11
Hello everyone! We want you to meet Dáithí MacGabhann. This remarkable young man needs a new heart. He even has his own law that has changed the system of organ donation in Northern Ireland.
Dáithí is a great wee player involved in our schools coaching program with Sleibh Dhuibh Irish School. Here he is with his amazing coach Carla.
Dáithí has been waiting for a heart transplant for six years and his family campaigned tirelessly for the introduction of Dáithí’s law, which means all adults in Northern Ireland will automatically be considered as potential donors unless they opt out.
Dáithí was born in October 2016 with a condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which basically means that Dáithí was born with half a working heart with the left side not forming correctly in the womb.
Please take 5 minutes to visit www.donate4daithi.com to read about this incredible young man`s story and find out how you can help.
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#Donate4Daithi #YesIDonate #IsDeontóirMé #OrganDonation #OrganDonationNI #DaithisLaw #NorthernIreland #ChildrensHospital
Nov 10
The Rockets are well underway this 24/25 season. 🚀⠀
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They have a couple games at home in November where we would love to see your support on the stands! 🔥⠀
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Stay tuned for more updates!
Oct 29
Big moment for Tony this week! 👏 He scored his FIRST EVER BASKET!
AND it was a game winner! 🏀
Tony tells us what it was like after he scored...he screamed the whole place down!!! 📣
Thank you Coach Jim for facilitating what was such an amazing moment for Tony!
This is what it`s all about! 🧡
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#ClevelandProject #NorthernIreland #Basketball #YouthBasketball #SportNI #InvestInOurYouth #CreatingOpportunitiesThroughSport #BasketballNI #EducationNI
Oct 28
Here we goooooo!!!
Back to school and back to basketball! 😎
We`re having lots of fun learning new skills with the coaches!
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Video: Rolandus Bartkus
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Oct 26
Did you know we sponsor the development of Northern Ireland`s best young basketball players through our elite pathway Development Programme for U13`s?
This year our Development Programme took off with great success.
Starting off after trials we undertook an 8 week training programme where the selected players got additional playing with talented kids from across NI and coaching from some of NI`s best coaches. Shoutout to Ryan Berger, Jim Martin, Rebecca Barker, Fergus Donnelly and Anna Brennan!
We hosted our first ever All-Stars tournament where the U13 Girls and Boys competed against strong teams from across Dublin.
We travelled to play in the Clutch Academy tournament and travelled as far as Spain to play in Molina Basket`s "Mucho a Mucho" Charity Tournament.
Now that the summer is over, it`s safe to say the Development Programme has had a fantastic start. All of the players` game developed tremendously and we`re sorry it`s over.
Not to worry though, The Cleveland Project are continuing to bring our talented coaches into Primary and Secondary Schools across Northern Ireland for yet another awesome season of basketball.
Oct 16