All-Ireland Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
	Quarter-Finals		Oblate Hall, Inchicore
27.02.19	Holy Faith Clontarf	68	St. Genevieve’s Belfast	37
	Quarter-Finals		National Basketball Arena
27.02.19	Colaiste na Sceilge	49	Presentation SS Waterford	58
27.02.19	St. Vincent’s SS Cork	44	Loreto Dalkey	47
27.02.19	Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise	49	Castleisland CC	38
	Semi-Finals		National Basketball Arena
27.02.19	Holy Faith Clontarf	59	Presentation SS Waterford	37
27.02.19	Loreto Dalkey	33	Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise	65
	Final
20.03.19	Holy Faith Clontarf	65	Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise	41

Reference: [2][3]

All-Ireland Playoffs Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A (Host: Presentation SS Waterford)
*Presentation SS Waterford	3	3	0	148	110	6
Our Lady’s Castleblayney (Monaghan)	3	2	1	129	91	4
Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig (Cork)	3	1	2	113	132	2
Presentation Killarney (Kerry)	3	0	3	92	149	0
Pool B (Host: Loreto Kilkenny)
*Castleisland CC (Kerry)	2	2	0	94	71	4
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip (Kildare)	3	2	1	143	99	4
Colaiste Einde (Galway)	3	1	2	113	146	2
Loreto Kilkenny	2	0	2	70	104	0
Pool C (Host: Loreto Dalkey)
*Loreto Dalkey (Dublin)	3	3	0	198	113	6
Regina Mundi (Cork)	2	1	1	96	118	2
Mercy Mounthawk Tralee (Kerry)	3	1	2	126	156	2
Colaiste Choilmcille Ballyshannon (Donegal)	2	0	2	67	100	0
Pool D (Host: Mercy Ballymahon)
*St. Genevieve’s (Belfast)	3	3	0	191	136	6
Mercy Ballymahon (Longford)	3	2	1	173	131	4
Jesus & Mary Salerno (Galway)	3	1	2	127	169	2
Our Lady’s The Bower Athlone	3	0	3	102	179	0

Reference: Compiled from [1]

Playoff Results

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
Pool A		19 January 2019
Presentation Waterford	56	Colaiste Choilm Ballincolig	33
Our Lady’s Castleblayney	48	Presentation Kilkenny	20
Colaiste Choilm Ballincolig	32	Our Lady’s Castleblayney	44
Presentation Kilkenny	40	Presentation Waterford	53
Colaiste Choilm Ballincolig	48	Presentation Kilkenny	32
Presentation Waterford	39	Our Lady’s Castleblayney	37
Pool B		15 January 2019
Loreto Kilkenny	32	Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	54
Castleisland CC	52	Colaiste Einde	38
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	33	Castleisland CC	42
Colaiste Einde	50	Loreto Kilkenny	38
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	56	Colaiste Einde	25
Loreto Kilkenny		Castleisland CC
Pool C		19 January 2019
Loreto Dalkey	68	Regina Mundi Cork	45
Mercy Mounthawk	41	Colaiste Choilmcille Ballyshannon	34
Regina Mundi Cork	51	Mercy Mounthawk	50
Colaiste Choilmcille Ballyshannon	33	Loreto Dalkey	59
Regina Mundi Cork		Colaiste Choilmcille Ballyshannon
Loreto Dalkey	71	Mercy Mounthawk	35
Pool D		19 January 2019
Mercy Ballymahon	61	Our Lady’s The Bower Athlone	33
St. Genevieve’s Belfast	67	J&M Salerno	35
Our Lady’s The Bower Athlone	28	St. Genevieve’s Belfast	68
J&M Salerno	42	Mercy Ballymahon	59
Our Lady’s The Bower Athlone	41	J&M Salerno	50
Mercy Ballymahon	53	St. Genevieve’s Belfast	56

Reference: [1]

Report

FINAL: Holy Faith Clontarf (Dublin) 65 Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise (Laois) 41

Holy Faith Clontarf won the League & Cup Double by beating Scoil Chriost Ri of Portlaoise 65-41 in the League Final.

Maeve O’Seaghdha won the MVP Award, scoring a game-high 25 points, as she put in an all-round individual display. The Irish International was supported throughout by Elizabeth Black, Bronagh Power Cassidy, Niamh Kenny & Maria Long.

The Clontarf School were 15-6 up at the end of the first quarter after a bright start, but Scoil Chriost Ri n fought back into the game in the second, with Jasmine Burke & Ciara Byrne putting in a bright display., but despite a good display from the pair and also Shauna Dooley and Erone Fitzpatrick, Holy Faith had stretched their lead at half-time to 35-22.

The Clontarf School put in a huge third quarter, outscoring the Portlaoise side 18-3 to put the matter beyond doubt , leading 53-25 going into the Final Quarter.

Scoil Chriost Ri kept battling but the Final Word and Final Basket belonged to Holy Faith who won in the end 65-41.

Holy Faith Clontarf (Dublin): Katie Doyle, Kim Clarke, Aine Walsh, Maria Long (2), Emma Crumlish (3), Maeve O’Seaghdha (23), Bronagh Power-Cassidy (13), Niamh Hetherton, Elizabeth Black (10), Niamh Kenny (12), Faye Crumlish

Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise (Laois): Amy Byrne, Ciara Byrne (5), Shauna Dooley (8), Rebecca Reddin, Grainne O’Reilly (2), Sophie Delahunt, Ailbhe Griffin (2), Jasmine Burke (11), Jade Burke, Ellen Byrne, Erone Fitzpatrick (3), Rachel Glynn, Sarah Fleming (10)

MVP Award: Maeve O’Seaghdha (Holy Faith Clontarf)

Reference: [3]

How They Qualified:

	East Region
E1	Holy Faith Clontarf (Dublin) – Qualified direct to Quarter-Finals
E2	Loreto Dalkey (Dublin)
E3	Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip (Kildare)
	Midlands Region
M1	Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise (Laois) – Qualified direct to Quarter-Finals
M2	Our Lady’s The Bower Athlone (Westmeath)
	South East Region
SE1	Presentation SS Waterford
SE2	Loreto Kilkenny
	South Region
S1	St. Vincent’s Secondary School (Cork) – Qualified direct to Quarter-Finals
S2	Regina Mundi Cork
S3	Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig (Cork)
	South West Region
SW1	Colaiste na Sceilge (Kerry) – Qualified direct to Quarter-Finals
SW2	Castleisland CC (Kerry)
SW3	Replaced by Presntation Kilkenny
SW4	Mercy Mounthawk Tralee (Kerry)
	West Region
W1	Colaiste Einde (Galway)
W2	Jesus & Mary Salerno (Galway)
	North / North West Region
N/NW1	Colaiste Choilmcille Ballyshannon (Donegal)
N/NW2	St. Genevieve’s Belfast
	North East Region
NE1	Mercy Ballymahon (Longford)
NE2	Our Lady’s Castleblayney (Monaghan)

Reference: [1]

References:

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) U19U16 Girls Playoff Results 2019.pdf [Internet] Available from: http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/638_uploaded/87b510895c6f2d6a0aed98414671db35e017df90.pdf
[Accessed 8 February 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2019) Gamezone: All Ireland Schools League Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10047821/
[Accessed 21 March 2019]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2019) DAY THREE: All Ireland Schools League Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10049657/
[Accessed 21 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Aisling Delaney, Our Lady’s Terenure

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