Finals 1950-1964

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
1950	Dodgers (Dublin)		Army School of Music
1951
1952	Army School of Music (Dublin)	17	Custume (Athlone)	15
1953	Air Corps (Dublin)
1954	Air Corps (Dublin)
1955	Western Command
1956	Air Corps (Dublin)
1957	US Navy (Derry)	14	Set Shots (Kilkenny)	4
1958	US Navy (Derry)	11	Naomh Ioseph (Dublin)	7
1959	Air Corps Baldonnel (Dublin)	15	Dublin Celtics (Dublin)	14
1960	Celtics (Dublin)
1961	Dynamoes (Kilkenny)	14	Corinthians (Dublin)	12
1962
1963	Robert Emmetts (Kilkenny)
1964	Belfast Celtics

ABAI All Ireland Senior Blitz Finals 1953-1964 [Reference: 1-12]

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1950) “Basketball” Irish Press. Saturday, December 30, 1950. pg. 8

[2] Anon. (1952) “Basketball” Irish Press. Wednesday, December 31, 1950. pg. 8

[3] Anon (1953) “Basketball” Irish Independent Thursday, December 31, 1953. pg. 9

[4] Anon (1954) “Basketball” Irish Independent Friday, December 31, 1954. pg. 6-7

[5] Anon (1955) “Basketball” Irish Independent Saturday, December 31, 1955. pg. 10-11

[6] Anon (1956) “Basketball” Irish Independent Monday, December 31, 1956. pg. 10-11

[7] Anon (1957) “Basketball” Irish Independent Tuesday, December 31, 1957. pg. 10

[8] Anon (1958) “Basketball” Irish Independent Wednesday, December 31, 1958. pg. 10

[9] Anon (1959) “Basketball” Irish Independent Thursday, December 31, 1959. pg. 12

[10] Anon (1960) “Basketball” Irish Independent Saturday, December 31, 1960. pg. 14-15

[11] Anon (1961) “Senior Title for Roscommon” Irish Independent Wednesday, May 3, 1961. pg. 20-21

[13] Anon (1964) “Basketball” Irish Independent Wednesday, January 1, 1964. pg. 14-15

[14] Anon (1964) “Basketball” Irish Independent Wednesday, December 30, 1964. pg. 12-13

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu [Reference: 25]

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Last Updated: 29 February 2020

Finals 1968-1978

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
1968	St. Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1969	St. Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1970	St. Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1971	St. Vincent’s
1972	Corinthins (Dublin)	44	Meteors (Dublin)	36
1973	St. Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1974	Marathon (Dublin)	47	Killester Kaleidoscopes (Dublin)	38
1975	Corinthians (Dublin)	57	St. Louis Meteors (Dublin)	53
1976	Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1977	Louis Meteors (Dublin)
1978	Louis Meteors (Dublin)	65	Marathon (Dublin)	49

ABAI All-Ireland Ladies Championship 1968-1978 [References: 1-8]

Report

Louis Meteors won their record seventh All-Ireland Blitz Title since 1968 in the Final edition of the competition in 1978 [Reference: 8]. Other winners of the All-Ireland Blitz were Corinthians (also from Dublin) in 1972 and 1975, St. Vincent’s (1971) and Marathon, another Dublin team, in 1974.

About

The Ladies All-Ireland Championship was the Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland’s Annual Blitz to determine the Irish Club Champions. In 1978 the Blitz was replaced by a National League in line with the Men’s which had also replaced the All-Ireland Championship in 1973. (see https://eirball.ie/2018/12/19/ibba-ladies-national-basketball-league-1980-1991/ for the Ladies National Basketball League 1980-1991).

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland was organised very like the Gaelic Athletic Association prior to 1973, with All-Ireland County & Club Championships, and after the introduction of the National Leagues based on clubs, was renamed the Irish Basketball Association in 1980.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1971) “Basketball” Irish independent. Friday, December 31, 1971. pg. 14-15. [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]

[2] Anon. (1972) “Corinthians best Killarney in Basketball test” Irish Examiner. Tuesday, April 11, 1972. pg. 13. [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]

[4] Anon. (1974) “Marathon win All-Ireland ladies Championship” Irish Examiner. Monday, April 22, 1974. pg. 14. [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]

[5] Anon. (1975) “Senior Title Regained” Irish Press. Monday, April 7, 1975. pg. 10. [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]

[8] Anon. (1978) “Louis Meteors win title for a third time” Irish Examiner. Monday, April 3, 1978. pg. 13. [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service]