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 |
[1]
IBBA Women’s National Basketball League Division 1 1992-93
| P | W | L | Pts | |
| Naomh Mhuire | 14 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| West Coast Cooler Meteors | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| Snowcream Wildcats | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| Lee Strand Tralee | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| Tolka Rovers | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| Drimnagh Dynamos | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Snowcream Wexford | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Dairygold Blarney | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
[2]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 1993 | Lee Strand Tralee | 49 | Naomh Mhuire | 48 |
IBA Women’s National Basketball League Division 1 1993-94
| P | W | L | Pts | |
| Naomh Mhuire | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| Snowcream Wildcats | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| Lee Strand Tralee | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| West Coast Cooler Meteors | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| Tolka Rovers | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Oscar Taylor’s Killester | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Dairygold Blarney | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Drimnagh Dynamos | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
[3]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 1994 | Lee Strand Tralee | 59 | Naomh Mhuire | 46 |
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IBA Women’s National Basketball League Division 1 1994-95
| P | W | L | Pts | |
| Naomh Mhuire | 14 | 13 | 1 | 40 |
| West Coast Cooler Meteors | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| Snowcream Wildcats | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| Lee Strand Tralee | 14 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| Tolka Rovers | 14 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| Crown Wexford | 14 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| Oscar Taylor’s Killester | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| Slevin Group Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 14 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
[4]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 1995 | Snowcream Wildcats | 51 | Naomh Mhuire | 49 |
IBA Women’s National Basketball League Division 1 1995-96
| P | W | L | Pts | |
| *Snowcream Wildcats | 14 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| *West Coast Cooler Meteors | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| *Naomh Mhuire | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| *Tolka Rovers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Lee Strand Tralee | 14 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| Wexford | 14 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| Atlantic Ballybunnion | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| Brunell | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
[5]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1996 | Wildcats | 69 | Tolka Rovers | 64 |
| 1996 | Meteors | 76 | Naomh Mhuire | 66 |
| Final | ||||
| 1996 | Meteors | 79 | Wildcats | 61 |
BI Women’s National Basketball League Division 1 1996-97
| P | W | L | Pts | |
| Snowcream Wildcats | 12 | 11 | 1 | 34 |
| West Coast Cooler Meteors | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| Openet Naomh Mhuire | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| Tolka Rovers | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 12 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Brunell | 12 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Lee Strand Tralee | 12 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
[6]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 1997 | Naomh Mhuire | 76 | Tolka Rovers | 69 |
[8]
Report
The Ladies National Basketball League was given a slight name-change in 1991 to the Women’s Basketball League. The new decade brought plenty of success for Naomh Mhuire (Inchicore, Dublin), Meteors (Stillorgan, Dublin), Lee Strand Tralee (Kerry), and new team to the ranks of the Champions, Snowcream Wildcats from Waterford.
Lee Strand Tralee caused a shock in both the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons, winning the Top Fours, after Naomh Mhuire and Meteors had dueled it out for the League title (both finishing on equal won-loss records at the top both seasons).
Naomh Mhuire won the League title in 1994-95, but Snowcream Wilcats won the Top fours, and the pattern of the League winners losing out in the Top Fours continued the next year, as Wildcats won the League with a 13-1 record, but lost to Meteors in the Final. The pattern was again repeated in the 1996-97 season as Wildcats again won the League title but lost the Top Four Final to Naomh Mhuire.
Following the 1996-97 season, the Women’s Divisions 1 and 2 were merged into one 9-team Super League.
Bibliography
Articles
[1] (1992) “Citrus Spring League Final standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 7
[2] (1993) “WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 24. April 1993 pp. 15-17
[3] (1994) “Budweiser Superleague Final”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 27. March 1994 pp. 16-17
[4] (1995) “Gateaux Women’s League Final Standing”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 30. March 1995 pp. 30
[5] (1996) “Wildcats take league title”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pp. 28
Sources
[6] (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 3, 1997. pp. 28-29.
[7] (1994) “A Stroll for Lee Strand”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 24-25.
[8] (1997) “Star make amends by taking top four title”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 17, 1997. pp. 26-27.
[9] (1994) “Rose Breen Orchestrates Victory”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 20-21.
Images
[10] Folan, John | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2017) Post to Page, August 21, 2017“A TEAM I ALWAYS ADMIRED WATERFORD WILDCATS” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21032387_475279026189587_7928038181444510144_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=FZ5zlf3O7mkAX9w81FZ&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=64b7bfef521ea2a81bd568e0e096bc3c&oe=5EA0D60F [Accessed 25 March 2020][Adjusted]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.
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