Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		At National Basketball Arena
30.01.1999	Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	52	Mercy College Coolock	50
30.01.1999	Lee Strand Tralee	51	Supermacs Limerick	46
	Final		At National Basketball Arena
31.01.1999	Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	66	Lee Strand Tralee	30

Qualifying Pool Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 1
15.11.1997	New Ross Bullets	49	Mercy College Coolock	73
	Pool 2
15.11.1997	Snowcream Wildcats	47	Maree	36
	Pool 3
15.11.1997	Ballincollig	46	Lee Strand Tralee	65
	Pool 4
15.11.1997	Supermacs Limerick	42	Sligo Dairies	33

Final

At National Basketball Arena, 31 January 1999	HT	FT	Scorers
Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	(31)	66	Orla Dempsey 14, K Maher 12, J Coady 10
Lee Strand Tralee	(16)	30	M Galwey 18, M McCarthy 3
Most Valuable Player (MVP)			Team
Orla Dempsey			Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats

Report

Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats from Waterford won the Irish Basketball Association Junior Women’s National Sprite Cup in 1998-99 thanks to MVP Orla Dempsey’s 14 points, and K Maher’s 12 points and J Coady’s 10. A game-high 18 points from M Galwey was not enough for Lee Strand Tralee as all other Tralee players were restricted to 3 points or less.

About Basketball Ireland / Irish Basketball Association Cups

The Irish Basketball Association ran the National Cup for the Top Two Divisions as well as any regional teams that wished to enter in both Men’s and Women’s as well as Junior (Under 19) Cup for both Men and Women as well as a Junior B (U19) Regional Cup for both Men and Women. The Cups were Knockout (single elimination) from the First Round. They were replaced by Super League and Division 1 Cups when the Association rebranded as Basketball Ireland in 2003. The Junior (U19) Cups were replaced by Under 20 and Under 18 Cups. Other Cups included the Irish Wheelchair Basketball Cup and introduced in the late 2010s the National Intermediate Cup Competition (Tier 3).

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, September 16, 1998. Pg. 36.

[2] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, February 1, 1999, Pg. 30

[3] Cliona Foley. (1999) “Notre Dame and Tolka Cup Joy” Irish Independent. Monday, February 1, 1999, Pg. 30

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley (Killester and Ireland)

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