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April 14, 2020

Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Citrus Spring League Division 2 1991-92

Final Standings

	P	W	L	Pts
*Drimnagh Dynamos	14	10	4	20
+Snowcream Wexford	14	9	5	18
+Brunell	14	9	5	18
Carrick-on-Shannon	14	7	7	14
Eagles Kildare	14	7	7	14
Thor Sporting Belfast	14	7	7	14
Keltic	14	6	8	12
Athlone	14	1	13	2

Irish Basketball Association Women’s Citrus Spring National League Division 2 Standings 1991-92 [Ref: 1]

Playoffs and Top Fours

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	2nd Place Playoff
15.03.1992	Snowcream Wexford	76	Brunell	69
	Final
22.03.1992	Snowcream Wexford	62	Drimnagh Dynamoes	44

IBA Women’s Citrus Spring National League Division 2 Playoffs 1991-92 [Ref: 22-23]

Regular Season Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
06.10.1991	Drimnagh Dynamoes	77	Brunell	73
	Week 2
13.10.1991	Carrick-on-Shannon	55	Eagles	46
13.10.1991	Brunell	61	Keltic	44
	Week 3
20.10.1991	Eagles	70	Athlone	55
20.10.1991	Keltic	43	Carrick-on-Shannon	54
20.10.1991	Drimnagh Dynamoes	55	Snowcream Wexford	72
	Week 4
03.11.1991	Brunell	85	Thor Sporting Belfast	52
03.11.1991	Snowcream Wexford	73	Keltic	50
	Week 5
10.11.1991	Eagles	56	Drimnagh Dynamoes	54
10.11.1991	Keltic	59	Athlone	50
10.11.1991	Carrick-on-Shannon	57	Snowcream Wexford	53
	Week 6
24.11.1991	Athlone	53	Brunell	79
24.11.1991	Eagles	57	Thor Sporting Belfast	73
	Week 7
01.12.1991	Snowcream Wexford	62	Athlone	47
01.12.1991	Thor Sporting Belfast	52	Drimnagh Dynamoes	65
01.12.1991	Carrick-on-Shannon	56	Brunell	67
01.12.1991	Keltic	63	Eagles	51
	Week 8
05.01.1992	Eagles	68	Brunell	70
05.01.1992	Thor Sporting Belfast	62	Snowcream Wexford	42
05.01.1992	Drimnagh Dynamoes	57	Carrick-on-Shannon	53
	Week 9
12.01.1992	Snowcream Wexford	51	Eagles	62
12.01.1992	Brunell	60	Drimnagh Dynamoes	55
12.01.1992	Carrick-on-Shannon	51	Thor Sporting Belfast	49
	Week 10
19.01.1992	Eagles	61	Carrick-on-Shannon	60
19.01.1992	Thor Sporting Belfast	73	Athlone	23
19.01.1992	Keltic	68	Brunell	67
	Week 11
02.02.1992	Snowcream Wexford	67	Drimnagh Dynamoes	44
02.02.1992	Athlone	56	Eagles	65
02.02.1992	Carrick-on-Shannon	67	Keltic	37
	Week 12
09.02.1992	Thor Sporting Belfast	85	Brunell	81
09.02.1992	Keltic	42	Snowcream Wexford	43
09.02.1992	Carrick-on-Shannon	51	Athlone	27
	Week 13
16.02.1992	Athlone	59	Keltic	54
16.02.1992	Drimnagh Dynamoes	67	Eagles	55
	Week 14
23.02.1992	Snowcream Wexford	76	Carrick-on-Shannon	46
23.02.1992	Thor Sporting Belfast	92	Eagles	79
23.02.1992	Brunell	78	Athlone	48
	Week 15
02.03.1992	Brunell	62	Carrick-on-Shannon	54
02.03.1992	Drimnagh Dynamoes	64	Thor Sporting Belfast	59
02.03.1992	Athlone	59	Snowcream Wexford	71
02.03.1992	Eagles	69	Keltic	67
	Week 16
08.03.1992	Snowcream Wexford	64	Brunell	62
08.03.1992	Drimnagh Dynamoes	64	Athlone	44
08.03.1992	Keltic	76	Thor Sporting Belfast	71

Irish Basketball Association Women’s Citrus Spring National League Division 2 Results 1991-92 [Ref:

Report

In a three-way race for the Women’s Irish Basketball Association National League Division 2 title, Drimnagh Dynamos, from Dublin, finished on a 10-4 record, a game ahead of Snowcream Wexford and Brunell. In the playoff for second place, Wexford prevailed, before taking the Final 62-44 against Drimnagh, with former county footballer, Eddie McMahon putting them in the history books as only the third team to ever to win the title in their debut year at the National League level, after Wildcats (Waterford) and Tralee. Trish Nolan (18 Pts) and Ann Forrestal O’Gorman (17 Pts) top scored for the women from the southeast, as they had a brilliant third quarter to pull away from the Dubliners, and win the Final, and promotion to Division 1.

References

Magazines

[1] (1992) “Citrus Spring League Final standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 7

Newspapers

[2] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, September 30, 1991. pp. 20.

[3] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 7, 1991. pp. 24.

[4] (1992) “Burgerland survive late takeaway bid”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 14, 1991. pp. Sports supplement p.7.

[5] (1992) “Burger boys have their chips”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 21, 1991. pp. Sports supplement p.7.

[6] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 4, 1991. pp. 19.

[7] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 11, 1991. pp. 24.

[8] (1992) “Big Mo sets off Blue Demons”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 25, 1991. pp. 27.

[9] (1992) “Connacht’s rolling Gold”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 2, 1991. pp. 25.

[10] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 16, 1991. pp. 25.

[11] (1992) “Marsh swamps Sea | Details”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 30, 1991. pp. Sports supplement p.5.

[12] (1992) “Good Evans for Saints | Details”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 6, 1992. pp. Sports supplement p.5.

[13] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 13, 1992. pp. 20.

[14] (1992) “Sligo land in hot water”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 20, 1992. pp. 22.

[15] (1992) “Burgerland rule by decree”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 27, 1992. pp. 32.

[16] (1992) “North Mon blow Budweiser hopes”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 3, 1992. pp. 25.

[17] (1992) “Clash for Playoff Places”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 10, 1992. pp. 24.

[18] (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 17, 1992. pp. 18.

[19] (1992) “”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 24, 1992. pp. 26.

[20] (1992) “Mhuire cream Wildcats | Weekend Results”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1992. pp. Sports supplement p.7.

[21] (1992) “Naomh Mhuire kiss Blarney goodbye to clinch second”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 9, 1992. pp. 27.

[22] (1992) “North Mon plough into stars”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1992. pp. 24.

[23] (1992) “Naomh Mhuire ice Coolers”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 23, 1992. pp. Sports supplement p.2.

[24] (1992) “North Mon come from behind to make semis”. Irish Independent. Monday, April 6, 1992. pp. 29.

[25] (1992) “Ballina attain Holy Grail in thriller”. Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 32.

[26] Anon. (1991) “Mon off to a winning start”. Cork Examiner. Monday, October 7, 1991. pg. 13

[27] Anon. (1991) “North Mon tame Demons”. Cork Examiner. Saturday, October 12, 1991. pg. 18

[28] Anon. (1991) “Burgerland put to the test”. Cork Examiner. Monday, October 14, 1991. pg. 13

[29] Anon. (1991) “Close call for Neptune”. Cork Examiner. Monday, December 30, 1991. pg. 14

[30] Anon. (1992) “Fine win for Mon”. Cork Examiner. Monday, March 2, 1992. pg. 15

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 April 2020

April 14, 2020

Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Citrus Spring League Division 1 1991-92

IBBA NBL Women’s Division 1 1991-92

	P	W	L	Pts
*Naomh Mhuire	14	11	3	22
*West Coast Cooler Meteors	14	11	3	22
*Lee Strand Tralee	14	10	4	20
*Snowcream Wildcats	14	10	4	20
Dairygold Blarney	14	4	10	8
Tolka Rover	14	4	10	8
Corinthians	14	4	10	8
Lucozade Sport Killester	14	2	12	4

Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Division 1 1991-92 [Ref: 1]

Top 4 Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Top 4 Final		Neptune Stadium
22.03.1992	West Coast Cooler Meteors	48	Naomh Mhuire	59

Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Division 1 Top 4 Playoffs 1991-92 [Ref: 23]

Regular Season Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
29.09.1991	Tolka Rovers	58	Lee Strand Tralee	62
	Week 2
06.10.1991	Corinthians	41	Naomh Mhuire	74
06.10.1991	West Coast Cooler Meteors	75	Dairy Gold Blarney	47
	Week 3
13.10.1991	Snowcream Wildcats	51	Lee Strand Tralee	42
13.10.1991	Tolka Rovers	91	Dairy Gold Blarney	77
	Week 4
20.10.1991	Lee Strand Tralee	58	West Coast Cooler Meteors	54
20.10.1991	Lucozade Sport Killester	73	Snowcream Wildcats	81
20.10.1991	Corinthians	75	Tolka Rovers	56
	Week 5
03.11.1991	Snowcream Wildcats	56	Dairy Gold Blarney	61
03.11.1991	West Coast Cooler Meteors	73	Corinthians	41
03.11.1991	Naomh Mhuire	57	Lee Strand Tralee	56
03.11.1991	Tolka Rovers	W	Lucozade Sport Killester	L
	Week 6
10.11.1991	Lee Strand Tralee	67	Dairy Gold Blarney	49
10.11.1991	Naomh Mhuire	86	Lucozade Sport Killester	56
10.11.1991	Tolka Rovers	p	West Coast Cooler Meteors	p
	Week 7
24.11.1991	Corinthians	54	Lee Strand Tralee	42
24.11.1991	Snowcream Wildcats	56	West Coast Cooler Meteors	42
24.11.1991	Naomh Mhuire	81	Tolka Rovers	71
	Week 8
01.12.1991	Naomh Mhuire	73	Snowcream Wildcats	64
01.12.1991	West Coast Cooler Meteors	91	Lucozade Sport Killester	50
01.12.1991	Corinthians	48	Dairy Gold Blarney	55
	Week 9
05.01.1992	Dairy Gold Blarney	65	Lucozade Sport Killester	48
05.01.1992	Lee Strand Tralee	59	Tolka Rovers	57
05.01.1992	Corinthians	50	Snowcream Wildcats	93
	Week 10
12.01.1992	West Coast Cooler Meteors	70	Dairy Gold Blarney	60
12.01.1992	Naomh Mhuire	56	Corinthians	48
12.01.1992	Lucozade Sport Killester	57	Lee Strand Tralee	69
	Week 11
19.01.1992	Naomh Mhuire	52	West Coast Cooler Meteors	78
19.01.1992	Lee Strand Tralee	58	Snowcream Wildcats	61
19.01.1992	Dairy Gold Blarney	62	Tolka Rovers	71
19.01.1992	Lucozade Sport Killester	72	Corinthians	60
	Week 12
02.02.1992	Snowcream Wildcats	70	Lucozade Sport Killester	46
02.02.1992	Tolka Rovers	53	Corinthians	55
	Week 13
09.02.1992	Lee Strand Tralee	56	Naomh Mhuire	53
09.02.1992	Dairy Gold Blarney	55	Snowcream Wildcats	73
09.02.1992	Tolka Rovers	74	Lucozade Sport Killester	73
09.02.1992	Corinthians	47	West Coast Cooler Meteors	67
	Week 14
16.02.1992	Naomh Mhuire	77	Lucozade Sport Killester	66
16.02.1992	Dairy Gold Blarney	48	Lee Strand Tralee	60
	Week 15
23.02.1992	West Coast Cooler Meteors	71	Snowcream Wildcats	56
23.02.1992	Lucozade Sport Killester	72	Dairy Gold Blarney	70
23.02.1992	Tolka Rovers	73	Naomh Mhuire	89
23.02.1992	Corinthians	53	Lee Strand Tralee	68
	Week 16
01.03.1992	Dairy Gold Blarney	79	Corinthians	73
01.03.1992	Lucozade Sport Killester	51	West Coast Cooler Meteors	63
01.03.1992	Snowcream Wildcats	61	Naomh Mhuire	66
	Week 17
08.03.1992	Tolka Rovers	66	Snowcream Wildcats	71
08.03.1992	Naomh Mhuire	73	Dairy Gold Blarney	57
08.03.1992	West Coast Cooler Meteors	46	Lee Strand Tralee	52

Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Citrus Spring League Division 1 Results 1991-92 [Ref: 2-30]

Report

The Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Division 1 (the top Division in Ireland) was sponsored by Citrus Spring for 1991-92. The League turned into an exciting four-team battle as West Coast Coolers Meteors (from Stillorgan in South Dublin), Naomh Mhuire (St. Mary’s, Inchicore, Dublin), Lee Strand Tralee (Co. Kerry) and Snowcream Wildcats (Waterford) only separated by one game at the end of the season.

Meteors won the title ahead of Naomh Mhuire, after both finished on 11-3 records, with Tralee and the Wildcats one game back on 10-4. Meteors weren’t to get the double, however, as Naomh Mhuire defeated them 59-48 in the Top 4 Final in Neptune Stadium, Cork. The team from Inchicore sprinted into an 11-point lead after 6 minutes, with Coolers switched to a man-to-man defense to claw back into the game, trailing 27-26 at the half. A low-scoring third quarter followed, with both sides level at the end 37-37, before good free-throwing in the last quarter from Naomh Mhuire and a three-point spree from Junior International June Blount secured the title for Naomh Mhuire.