Month: January 2020

January 13, 2020

Meath Badminton Association | Meath Championship Finals 2019

Meath Badminton Association Logo [Reference: 4]

Results, 29 November 2019

Grade	Winners	Runners-Up
	Senior
MS	Paul Ennis	Seamus Halpin
MD	Seamus Halpin & Paul Ennis	Saddam Khan & Sunil Thomas
LD	Ciara Maguire & Sarah Russell	Orlaith Deegan & Brenda Flynn
XD	Paul Ennis & Lynn Boylan	Seamus Halpin & Ciara Maguire
	Grade 2
MS	Saddam Khan	Adam Dunne
MD	Saddam Khan & Peter Russell	Shane Farrelly & Steven Murray
LD	Anneke De Jong & Siobhan Jones-Evans	Valerie Lynch & Larisa Samm
XD	Peter Russell & Emma O’Sullivan	Shane Farrelly & Deirdre Murray
	Grade 3
MS	James Boyd	Kelvin McNally
MD	Karl Farrelly & Kevin Ayres	Gerard Morgan & Al O’Doherty
LD	Siobhan Jones-Evans & Emma Murphy	Linda Byrne & Sabrine Carberry
XD	Peter Russell & Siobhan Jones-Evans	Austin Dunne & Mary Bird
	Grade 4
MS	Kelvin McNally	Darryl Claire
MD	Dan Prunty & Darryl Claire	Joe Dolan & Anthony Carey
LD	Emer Maguire & Niamh Whyte	Miriam Gough & Marie Boyle
XD	David Gibson & Miriam Gough	Dan Prunty & Ingrid Swan
	Grade 5
MS	Oisin Reynolds	Kevin Stewart
LS	Marie Boyle	Jessica Potterton
MD	Adrian Crowe & Eoin Reilly	Heong Neh & Tony Ennis
LD	Debbie Carolan & Helen Byrne	Joyce Donnelly & Madge Boyle
XD	Kevin Stewart & Mags Dunphy	John Keenan & Jill Olwill
	Grade 6
MD	Ian Corry & Jef Logimit	David Rudd & Mark Proctor
LD	Jill Olwill & Zoe McAteer	Suzanne Gileece & Oonagh Gilsenan
XD	Ian Corry & Christina Broderick	Barney Thornton & Jill Olwill
	Grade 7
MD	Matthew Cully & Brendan Johnston	David Rudd & David Fay
LD	Kayleigh Crinnon & Jackie Crinnon	Claire Brennan & Caroline McAniff
XD	James Allen & Sandra Wiseman	Matthew Cully & Blaithin Cribbin
	Grade 8
MD	Cillian Heary & Andrew Carey	(Round Robin)
LD	Jennifer Monaghan & Martina Finnegan	(Round Robin)

Meath Badminton Association | Meath Championship Finals 2019 [Reference: 1]

Key

Key	Grade
LS	Ladies Singles
MS	Men’s Singles
LD	Ladies Doubles
MD	Men’s Doubles
XD	Mixed Doubles

Badminton Grades

Ranking Points

Grade	Ranking Points
Senior	22+
2	19-21
3	16-18
4	13-15
5	10-12
6	7-9
7	4-6
8	1-3

Meath Badminton Association – Meath Badminton Championships Ranking Points [Reference: 3]

All players are graded Nationally based on Ranking Points Picked up in International, National and Local Tournaments & Leagues, which determine which grade a player plays at in future tournaments.

Meath Badminton Association -Championship Finals – Ranking Points 2019-20 [Reference: 3]

References

Social Media

[1] Meath Badminton Association | Facebook (2019) Post/Photo: December 1, 2019 ” Meath Championship Finals Results.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MeathBadminton/photos/a.309616309081098/3270422519667114/?type=3&theater [Accessed 13 January 2020]

Websites

[2] Meath Badminton Association (2019) Meath Cjampionship Finals 2019/2020 [Internet] Available from: https://meathbadminton.webs.com/ [Accessed 13 January 2020]

Images

[3] Meath Badminton Association (2019) Meath Cjampionship Finals 2019/2020 [Internet] Available from: https://mediaprocessor.websimages.com/width/462/crop/0,0,462×586/meathbadminton.webs.com/Meath%20Champs-1.jpg [Accessed 13 January 2020]

[4] Meath Badminton Association Facebook Page (2016) Profile Picture: May 10, 2013 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MeathBadminton/photos/a.249181485124581.58783.249179961791400/545202028855857/?type=1&theater [Accessed 17 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Oliver

About this document

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January 13, 2020

Meath Badminton Association | Men's Leagues Senior-Grade 7 2019-20

Meath Badminton Association Logo [Reference: 2]

MBA Mens Senior League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Kildalkey	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
Kilmessan	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
Navan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Meath Badminton Association Mens Senior League Table 2019-20 [Reference: 1]

MBA Mens Grade 3 League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Section A
Kildalkey	2	2	0	0	7	1	7
Mullingar	2	0	1	1	2	6	2
Navan A	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
Dunboyne A	1	0	0	1	1	3	1
Section B
Navan B	3	2	1	0	8	4	8
Ardee	2	1	1	0	5	3	5
Loughegar	3	1	0	2	5	7	5
Trim	2	0	0	2	2	6	2
Dunboyne B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Meath Badminton Association Mens Grade 3 League Table 2019-20 [Reference: 1]

MBA Mens Grade 4 League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Loughegar	7	6	1	0	21	7	21
Ardee	5	3	0	2	13	7	13
Navan	4	3	0	1	11	5	11
Athboy/Kells	5	0	3	2	8	12	8
Bailieboro	5	1	2	2	8	12	8
Kildalkey	5	0	2	3	6	14	6
Longwood	4	0	1	3	5	11	5

Meath Badminton Association Mens Grade 4 League Table 2019-20 [Reference: 1]

MBA Mens Grade 5 League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Section A
Kildalkey	3	0	3	0	6	6	6
Loughegar	2	1	1	0	6	2	6
Longwood	2	1	1	0	5	3	5
Navan A	3	0	1	2	3	9	3
Skryne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Section B
Julianstown	2	2	0	0	7	1	7
Ardee	2	1	0	1	5	3	5
Navan B	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
Trim	3	0	1	2	2	10	2

Meath Badminton Association Mens Grade 5 League Table [Reference: 1]

MBA Mens Grade 6 League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Section A
WSBc A	3	1	2	0	7	5	7
Julianstown	3	1	1	1	6	6	3
Navan B	3	1	1	1	6	6	3
Athboy/Kells	3	0	2	1	5	7	3
Section B
Trim	2	2	0	0	7	1	7
Navan A	3	1	1	1	6	6	6
WSBc B	2	1	0	1	4	4	4
Kildalkey	3	0	1	2	3	9	1

Meath Badminton Association Mens Grade 6 League Table 2019-20 [Reference: 1]

MBA Men’s Grade 7 League 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	MF	MA	Pts
Section A
Longwood A	2	1	1	0	6	2	6
Navan B	3	1	1	1	6	6	6
Trim A	1	1	0	0	4	0	4
Skryne B	2	0	0	2	0	8	0
Section B
Navan A	4	4	0	0	14	2	14
Longwood B	2	1	0	1	4	4	4
Trim B	2	1	0	1	4	4	4
Skryne A	3	0	0	3	1	11	1
WSBc	1	0	0	1	1	3	1

Meath Badminton Association Men’s Grade 7 League Table 2019-20 [Reference: 1]

References

Websites

[1] Meath Badminton Association (2020) League [2019/2020 Men’s] – Link to XLS Document [Internet] Available from: https://meathbadminton.webs.com/league [Accessed 13 January 2020]

Images

[2] Meath Badminton Association Facebook Page (2016) Profile Picture: May 10, 2013 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MeathBadminton/photos/a.249181485124581.58783.249179961791400/545202028855857/?type=1&theater [Accessed 17 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Oliver

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 January 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

January 9, 2020

Longford Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals 2016

Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Boys A Final
29.02.2016	Scoil Eimear	29	Stonepark	8
	Girls A Final
29.02.2016	Colehill	34	Melview	21
	Boys Plate Final
29.02.2016	Colmcille	16	Fermoyle	6
	Girls Plate Final
29.02.2016	Fermoyle	26	Stonepark	11

Longford Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals 2016 [Reference: 1]

Player Awards

Grade (Most Valuable Player)	Winner	Team
Boys A Final MVP	Paul Idshor	Scoil Eimear
Girls A Final MVP	Lauren McGuire	Colehill
Boys Plate Final MVP	Owen Williams	Colmcille
Girls Plate Final MVP	Molly Mulvihill	Stonepark

Longford Primary School Mini Basketball Finals 2016 MVP Awards [Reference: 1]

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (2016) Longford Falcons Basketball Club | Longford Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals Longford Leader Friday, March 4, 2016. Sports Digest.

Note: Past copies of the Longford Leader are available to view at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy

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Last Updated: 9 January 2020

January 9, 2020

Roscommon Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals 2019

Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	5th & 6th Class Boys
2019	Dangan NS (Kilmore)	W	St. Paul’s Castlerea	L
	5th & 6th Class Girls
2019	Scoil na nAingeal Naofa (Boyle)	W	Roxboro NS	L
	3rd & 4th Class Boys
2019	Dangan NS (Kilmore)	W	Croghan NS	L
	3rd & 4th Class Girls
2019	Scoil na nAingeal Naofa (Boyle)	W	Whitehall NS	L
	2 Teacher Mixed
2019	Aughrim NS	W	Drumboylan NS	L

Roscommon Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals 2019 [Reference: 1]

Report

The Roscommon Primary Schools Mini Basketball League was set up by Ruth Kelly anderica Feely in 2018. Featuring 107 teams in four age & gender categories and one mixed teacher league, the teams played matches over 10 blitz days, and afterwards the table-toppers in each group were whittled down to 10 teams for the Finals.

Scoil na nAingeal Naofa Boyle won both girls categories and Dangan National School from Kilmore both boys categorieas, with Aughrim National School winning the two-teacher mixed League Final. [Reference: 1]

References

Websites

[1] Primary Schools Mini Basketball Ireland (2019) Primary Schools Mini Basketball [Roscommon Primary Schools Mini Basketball Finals 2019] [Internet] Available from: https://www.primaryschoolsminibasketballireland.com/ [Accessed 3 January 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy (nee Kingston)

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Last Updated: 9 January 2020

January 1, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Women's Division 1 2003-2013

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2004-05

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Sligo All-Stars	51	DART Killester	31

[3][4][10][11]

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2005-06

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2006-07

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Donoughmore	76	St. Paul’s	60

[12][13]

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2007-08

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2008-2009

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Ulster Rockets	63	Oblate Dynamos	56
	Singleton SuperValu Brunell	55	Autoexchange Glanmire	49
	Semi-Finals
	Scruffy St. Paul’s	61	Ulster Rockets	50
	Sligo All-Stars	86	Singleton SuperValu Brunell	70
	Final
	Sligo All-Stars	64	Scruffy St. Paul’s	61

[16][17][18][19]

BI Women’s National Basketball League 2009-10

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Scruffy St. Paul’s	63	Singleton SuperValu Brunell	51
	Oblate Dynamos	61	Ulster Rockets	54
	Final
	Oblate Dynamos	53	Scruffy St. Paul’s	49

[5][6][7][20]

BI Women’s Division 1 2010-11

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2011-12

BI National League Women’s Division 1 2012-13

References

Sources

[1] (2003) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 10, 2003. pp. 66-67.

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[3] (2005) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 7, 2005. pp. 42-43.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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Last Updated: 1 January 2020

January 1, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Division 1 2003-2013

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2003-04

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North Conference
*Westaro Castlebar	11	9	2			18
*Merry Monk Ballina	9	7	2			14
Queens University Belfast	12	7	5			14
MDS Star B	12	6	6			12
Longford Falcons	12	6	6			12
Sligo All-Stars	10	3	7			6
Mullingar	10	0	10			0
South Conference
*St. Mary’s Castleisland	14	11	3			22
Moycullen	15	9	6			18
*Blue Demons	13	8	5			16
Neptune	14	8	6			16
Newport	13	3	10			6
Portlaoise	13	2	11			4
Dublin Conference
*Tolka Rovers	12	10	2			20
*Rathmines	13	8	5			16
Killester B	11	8	3			16
Corinthians	9	7	2			14
St. Vincent’s Glasnevin B	12	7	5			14
Marian	11	4	7			8
Sutton	10	2	8			4
UCD	9	2	7			4
St. Declan’s Cabra	11	1	10			2

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
*Ballina	2	2	0			4
*Blue Demons	2	1	1			2
Tolka Rovers	2	0	2			0
Pool B
*Castlebar	1	1	0			2
*Castleisland	1	1	0			2
Rathmines	2	0	2			0

[6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2004	Merry Monk Ballina	85	Westaro Castlebar	67
2004	Garvey’s Castleisland	63	Blue Demons	85
	Final
2004	Merry Monk Ballina	83	Blue Demons	68

[7]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2004-05

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Dublin Conference
*St. Vincent’s Glasnevin B	10	8	2			16
Sutton	6	5	1			10
Tolka Rovers B	8	4	4			8
Corinthians	8	4	4			8
Eanna	6	3	3			6
Killester B	7	3	4			6
St. Mark’s Tallaght	7	3	4			6
Rathmines	7	2	5			4
UCD B	7	2	5			4
Ireland Conference
*Moycullen	22	16	6			32
Sligo All-Stars	20	12	8			24
Queens University Belfast	21	12	9			24
MDS Star	14	10	4			20
Westaro Castlebar	15	2	13			4
PV Longford Falcons	16	1	15			2

[1][8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
2005	Moycullen	65	St. Vincent’s	100

[2][9]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2005-06

P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2006-07

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
*PV Longford Falcons	12	10	2			22
*Sligo All-Stars	7	7	0			14
*Castlebar	10	7	3			17
*NUI Galway	9	4	5			13
Ulster Elks	12	2	10			14
Queens University Belfast	11	1	10			12
South
*St. Mary’s Castleisland	9	7	2			16
*Waterford	9	6	3			15
*Limerick Lions	10	5	5			15
*Moycullen	8	4	4			12
Newport	10	1	9			11

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2007	Sligo All-Stars	72	Moycullen	79

	Semi-Finals


	Final
	Tolka Rovers	70	Moycullen	63

[10][11]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2007-08

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
*Tolka Rovers	15	15	0			30
*Ballina	15	10	5			25
Longford Falcons	15	8	7			23
Portlaoise	15	6	9			21
Sligo All-Stars	15	5	10			20
Queens University Belfast	15	1	14			16
South
*St. Brendan’s	12	10	2			22
*Moycullen	12	9	3			21
St. Mary’s Castleisland	12	7	5			19
Titans	12	3	9			15
Waterford	12	1	11			13

[12]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2008	Tolka Rovers	66	Ballina	64
2008	St. Brendan’s	74	Moycullen	66
	Final
2008	Tolka Rovers	68	St. Brendan’s	67

[13]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2008-2009

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Lisburn Star	22	17	5			56
*Ballon BC	22	17	5			56
*Tolka Rovers	22	15	7			52
*Loftus Recycling Ballina #	22	12	10			45
Sligo All-Stars #	22	7	15			35
Queens	22	5	17			32
PV Longford Falcons #	22	4	18			29
Subway Portlaoise ##	22	4	18			28

[23]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2009	Ballon	92	Tolka Rovers	79
2009	An Cearnog Nua Moycullen	84	A Taste of Europe	62
2009	Team Garvey’s St. Mary’s	88	Titans	93
2009	Lisburn Star	103	Loftus Recycling Ballina	44
	Semi-Finals
2009	An Cearnog Nua Moycullen	63	Ballon	74
2009	Lisburn Star	74	Titans	84
	Final
2009	Titans	59	Ballon	79

[14][15][16][17]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2009-10

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
*Lisburn Star	11	11	0			33
*Ballon	10	8	2			26
Tolka Rovers	10	7	3			24
Ballina	12	7	5			26
Longford Falcons	13	3	10			19
Sligo All-Stars	13	3	10			19
Queens University Belfast	10	2	8			14
Portlaoise	11	2	9			15
South
St. Mary’s	12	11	1			34
Moycullen	11	9	2			29
Titans	9	7	2			23
St. Brendan’s	11	5	6			21
St. Paul’s	10	4	6			18
A Taste of Europe	11	4	7			19
Limerick	13	4	9			21
Waterford	11	2	9			15

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2010	CHM Ballon	75	Titans Galway	82
2010	Team Garvey’s St. Mary’s	95	Maree	81
	Final
2010	Team Garvey’s St. Mary’s	82	Titans Galway	81

[3][4][5][18]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2010-11

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
*Ballon	15	12	3			39
*Tolka Rovers	15	9	6			33
*Portlaoise	15	8	7			31
Ballina	15	4	11			23
Waterford	15	4	11			23
South
*Maree	14	11	3			36
*St. Mary’s	14	10	4			34
*Titans	14	9	5			32
St. Brendan’s	14	7	7			28
Blue Demons	14	4	10			22
Neptune	14	2	13			19

[19]

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2011-12

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*Ballon	13	12	1			37
*Titans	13	10	3			33
*Maree	13	9	4			31
Ballina	13	4	9			21
Portlaoise	13	3	10			19
Group B
*St. Mary’s Castleisland	13	11	2			35
Blue Demons	13	6	7			25
Kilkenny	13	6	7			25
Neptune	13	3	10			19
St. Brendan’s	13	1	12			15

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2012-13

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
Ulster Elks	12	10	2			32
Templeogue	12	8	4			28
Ballon	12	2	10			15
Donegal Town	12	1	11			13
South
Titans	14	12	2			38
Blue Demons	14	10	4			34
St. Mary’s	14	8	6			30
Maree	14	7	7			28
Kilkenny	14	4	10			22
Fr. Mathews	14	4	10			22

;

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2014	Kubs	91	Team Kilkenny	81
2014	Maree	80	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	76
	Final
2014	Maree	79	Kubs	89

[29]

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Websites

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[29] Basketball Ireland (2016) League Cup [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/leaguecup/ [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland | National League | Division 2 1977-1979

ABAI NL D2 1977-78

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
11.03.1978	Tralee Celtics	63	St. Colm’s Limerick	56
11.03.1978	OLV Dublin	70	Austin Stacks Tralee	68
	Final
12.03.1978	OLV Dublin	72	Tralee Celtics	57

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League Division 2 – Top Four Playoffs 1977-78 [Reference: 1-2]

ABAI NL D2 1978-79

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1979	St. Colm’s Limerick	58	Iona	54
1979	St. Gall’s Belfast	61	Corinthians	60
	Final
1979	St. Colm’s Limerick	81	St. Gall’s Belfast	71

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League Division 2 – Top Four Playoffs 1978-79 [Reference: 2]

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Weekend Results Round-Up: Basketball “ The Irish Times Monday, March 13, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0313/Pg003.html#Ar00300:05DC360C1C4D [Accessed 1 January 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Shannon, Kieran (2009) Appendix: “National League and National Championship | Top Four winners 1977-78 to 2008-2009” . Hanging from the Rafters: Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball. pg. 516. Echo Publications, Cork, Ireland. 2009/

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu

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Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland National League Division 1 1975-1979

ABAI NL D1 1975-76

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Killester	12	11	1	958	719	34
Marian	12	10	2	855	716	32
Blue Demons	12	8	4	806	733	28
Sligo All-Stars	12	4	8	876	777	20
St. Vincent’s	12	4	8	739	776	20
Neptune	12	4	8	772	805	20
– St. Mary’s Athlone	12	1	11	618	917	14

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League – Division 1 Final Standings 1975-76 [Reference: 1]

ABAI NL D1 1976-77

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Killester	14	13	1	1286	919	27
Marian	14	12	2	1090	892	26
Neptune	14	8	6	1008	992	22
St. Vincent’s	14	8	6	872	940	22
Blue Demons	14	5	9	917	923	19
Sligo All-Stars	14	5	9	871	1004	19
– Iona	13	3	10	797	972	16
– Hawks	13	1	12	875	1086	14

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League – Division 1 Final Standings 1976-77 [Reference: 2]

Note: One outstanding result – Iona v Hawks to be found.

ABAI NL D1 1977-78

	P	W	L	PF	PA	GB
*Marian	14	11	3			–
*Killester	14	11	3			0
*St. Vincent’s Dublin	14	10	4			1
*Blue Demons	14	10	4			1
St. Vincent’s Killarney	13	6	7			4.5
Neptune	13	3	10			7.5
Sligo All-Stars	14	2	12			9
– O’Connell’s	14	2	12			9

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League – Division 1 Final Standings 1977-78 [Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in 3-5]

Note: One outstanding result – St. Vincent’s Killarney v Neptune to be found.

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	1st-2nd Playoff
	Marian	Killester
	3rd-4th Playoff
	St. Vincent’s Dublin	Blue Demons

ABAI National League Division 1 1977-78 – Playoffs to determine League Placing [Reference: 5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	St. Vincent’s Dublin	62	Killester	61
	Marian	90	Blue Demons	88
	Final
	Marian	64	St. Vincent’s Dublin	57

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League Division 1 – Top Four Playoffs 1977-78 [Reference: 6]

ABAI NL D1 1978-79

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*St. Vincent’s Dublin	18	16	2			32
*St. Vincent’s Killarney	18	14	4			28
*Blue Demons	18	13	5			26
*Marian	18	12	6			24
Killester	18	11	7			22
O’Connell’s	18	6	12			12
Sligo All-Stars	18	6	12			12
Tralee Celtics	18	5	13			10
Neptune	18	5	13			10
OLV	18	2	16			4

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League – Division 1 Final Standings 1978-79 [Reference: 7-8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1979	Blue Demons	64	St. Vincent’s Killarney	51
1979	Marian	99	St. Vincent’s Dublin	94
	Final		Parochial Hall, Cork
1979	Blue Demons	89	Marian	87

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland – National League – Division 1 National Championships Top Four Playoffs [Reference: 8]

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] A Special Correspondent (1976) “Basketball : Last gasp effort earned St. Mary’s consolation” The Irish Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1976. pg. 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0413/Pg002.html#Ar00206:5BC55262A573 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[2] A Special Correspondent (1977) “Basketball : Killester are National Champions” The Irish Times Tuesday, March 8, 1977. pg. 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/0308/Pg002.html#Ar00201:6543F969140B [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[3] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball : Ireland should do well against Wales” The Irish Times Tuesday, February 28, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0228/Pg002.html#Ar00207:6D05AF73D5D073B67477B689 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[4] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball: Blue Demons look tough rivals for All-Stars” The Irish Times Friday, February 24, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0224/Pg004.html#Ar00407 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[5] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball : Shock win by Blue Demons earns a Playoff” The Irish Times Monday, February 21, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0221/Pg002.html#Ar00200:168BE71D2C08 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[6] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Weekend Results Round-Up: Basketball “ The Irish Times Monday, March 13, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0313/Pg003.html#Ar00300:05DC360C1C4D [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[7] A Special Correspondent (1979) “Basketball : Celtic nosw have tough relegation battle” The Irish Times Wednesday, March 14, 1979. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0314/Pg018.html#Ar01805:49C6C74AC6E84AB6CA4C26E74C16C74CF6E84CF6CA50C6E7 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

Bibliography

[8] Shannon, Kieran (2009) Appendix: “National League and National Championship | Top Four winners 1977-78 to 2008-2009” . Hanging from the Rafters: Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball. pg. 516. Echo Publications, Cork, Ireland. 2009/

Acknowledgements

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Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	Avg PF	Avg PA	Pts
1	DBS Éanna	14	5	0.737	82	76	42
2	Belfast Star	13	6	0.684	83	77	39
3	Killester MSL	10	9	0.526	78	79	30
4	EJ Sligo All-Stars	8	11	0.421	84	85	24
5	Griffith College Templeogue	6	13	0.316	80	85	18
6	Bright St. Vincent's	5	14	0.263	74	83	15
7	UCD Marian	2	17	0.105	67	83	6