{"id":11055,"date":"2021-12-24T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.net\/?p=11055"},"modified":"2021-12-24T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T19:33:00","slug":"the-blitz-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.com\/?p=11055","title":{"rendered":"Blitz 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a superb day of basketball played in near perfect conditions save for an hour or two of rain, Kyle Cunningham&#8217;s team were left standing to lift the Jim Lee Perpetual Trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incredibly, the win marked the 11th blitz title for John Cunningham, who has now won blitz titles in each of the last five decades from the 1980s through to the 2020s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The win also saw Sean Hynes claim his seventh blitz title and as result, he climbs the all time rankings to sit tied second with Gerry Nihill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting their first wins and therefore exiting the Hall of Shame were long time blitz players Cormac Lee and Chris McNairney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cormac Lee also scooped the Dandy Kelly Spirit of the Blitz Award while Ger Davoren was named the MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done to all players and thanks to all who helped out on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blitz-winners-2021.png?w=861\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11118\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look back at some other recent blitzes <a href=\"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.net\/theblitz\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more of the history of this great day check out&nbsp;<em>History of Moycullen Basketball Club 1966 \u2013 2016: Caoga Bliain ag F\u00e1s<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a superb day of basketball played in near perfect conditions save for an hour or two of rain, Kyle Cunningham&#8217;s team were left standing to lift the Jim Lee Perpetual Trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":11057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[77,95],"class_list":["post-11055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blitz","tag-stephens-day"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"tpgb_featured_images":null,"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"24\/12\/2021","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":46,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":147,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":77,"name":"Blitz","slug":"blitz","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":77,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":95,"name":"Stephen&#039;s Day","slug":"stephens-day","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":95,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}]},"author_name":"","author_url":"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.com\/?author=609","author_email":"moycullen.basketball.web@gmail.com","author_website":"","author_description":"","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["subscriber"],"author_avatar":"<img src=\"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-member\/assets\/img\/default_avatar.jpg\" class=\"gravatar avatar avatar-200 um-avatar um-avatar-default\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"moycullenbasketball\" data-default=\"https:\/\/moycullenbasketball.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-member\/assets\/img\/default_avatar.jpg\" onerror=\"if ( ! 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