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Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel.
Emily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork ahead of the new season.
Her support has set the teams Snapchat group on fire , said coach Pat Curran.
He said the family of the model, actress and activist had long been ingrained in the Bantry community.
The 30-year-old s parents have a home in the town and her father John played for the basketball club about 20 years ago , Pat told BBC News NI.
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