Final Pool Standings

Glen Abbey Tournament 1972	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
Boroughmuir (Sco) (Q)	1	1	0	95	69	2
Tournament Selection	1	1	0	45	40	2
Blue Demons (Cork)	2	0	2	109	120	0
Pool B
Manchester Area All-Stars (Eng) (Q)	2	2	0	120	99	4
Sligo All-Stars (Q)	2	1	1	122	114	2
St. Vincent’s “B” (Glasnevin)	2	0	2	85	114	0
Pool C
St. Vincent’s “A” (Glasnevin) (Q)	2	2	0	123	92	4
Heriots of Polonia (Sco)	2	1	1	120	123	2
Corinthians (Dublin)	2	0	2	80	108	0

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
26.03.1972	Boroughmuir	90	Sligo All-Stars	73
26.03.1972	St. Vincent’s “A”	56	Manchester Area All-Stars	43
	3rd Place
26.03.1972	Manchester Area All-Stars	W	Sligo All-Stars	L
	Final
26.03.1972	St. Vincent’s “A”	66	Boroughmuir	65

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool A
24.03.1972	Tournament Selection	45	Blue Demons	40
25.03.1972	Boroughmuir	95	Blue Demons	69
	Pool B
25.03.1972	Sligo All-Stars	59	St. Vincent’s “B”	49
25.03.1972	Manchester Area All-Stars	65	Sligo All-Stars	63
25.03.1972	Manchester Area All-Stars	55	St. Vincent’s “B”	36
	Pool C
24.03.1972	St. Vincent’s “A”	51	Corinthians	29
24.03.1972	St. Vincent’s “A”	72	Heriots of Polonia	63
25.03.1972	Heriots of Polonia	57	Corinthians	51

Final

St. Vincent’s “A” 66 –J Prendergast 30, D. Fitzsimons 14, O. Hearns 8, B. Casey 6, P. Crean 4, G. Ginhan 2, R. O’Hanlon 2.

Boroughmuir 65 – W. McInnes 23, S. Capaldi 22, J. Carmichael 9, A. Bissett 4, D. Patterson 5.

St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin in Dublin won the Glen Abbey Tournament they hosted in the Naomh Mhuire Sports Hall in Inchicore, Dublin from the 24th to 26th March 1972. With an outstanding 30 points from captain John Prendergast they defeated the British & Irish Basketball Federation Cup holders Boroughmuir of Scotland 66-65 in the Final.

They had earlier won their Pool in the nine-team International Tournament by defeating Corinthians, and a second Scottish side, Heriots of Polonia. Boroughmuir won Pool A ahead of a Tournament Selection, and a below-form Blue Demons from Cork. Manchester Area All-Stars won Pool B by defeating both St. Vincent’s “B” team and Sligo All-Stars, who also qualified for the Semi-Finals on points difference as best second placed qualifier ahead of Heriots of Polonia. Manchester again defeated Sligo in the 3rd Place Playoff after falling to St. Vincent’s in the Semi-Finals. The other Semi-Final was a 17 point victory for Boroughmuir, who scored a tournament-high 90 points against Sligo All-Stars.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1972) “Basketball win for Boroughmuir” Sunday Independent, March 26, 1972. pg. 30.

[2] Anon. (1972) “Glen Abbey Basketball” Irish Press, Saturday, March 25, 1972. pg. 17.

[3] Anon. (1972) “Basketball Title for St. Vincent’s” Irish Press, Monday, March 27, 1972. pg. 16.

[4] Anon. (1972) “Glen Abbey Basketball under way” Irish Independent, Saturday, March 25, 1972. pg. 13

[5] Anon. (1972) “Glen Abbey basketball tournament” Irish Examiner, Tuesday, March 21, 1971. pg. 15

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu.

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