Pool Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool 1
*Neptune (Cork)	2	2	0	43	38	4
US Navy (Derry)	2	1	1	42	42	2
Tannery (Tralee)	2	0	2	39	44	0
Pool 2
*St. Mary’s (Athlone)	2	1	1	48	50	2
St. Vincent’s (Killarney)	2	1	1	39	30	2
Cardinals	2	1	1	38	45	2
Pool 3
*Collegians (Belfast)	2	2	0	62	42	4
Ford (Cork)	2	1	1	34	44	2
CYMS (Tralee)	2	0	2	43	51	0
Pool 4
*Gunners (Cork)	2	2	0	68	47	4
Garda (Dublin)	2	1	1	42	52	2
Robert Emmetts (Kilkenny)	2	0	2	47	58	0

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
19.04.1965	Neptune	32	St. Mary’s	26
19.04.1965	Collegians	24	Gunners	18
	Final
19.04.1965	Collegians	54	Neptune	32

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 1
19.04.1965	Neptune	22	US Navy	19
19.04.1965	Neptune	21	Tannery	19
19.04.1965	US Navy	23	Tannery	20
	Pool 2
19.04.1965	Cardinals	14	St. Vincent’s	13
19.04.1965	St. Mary’s Athlone	32	Cardinals	24
19.04.1965	St. Vincent’s	26	St. Mary’s	16
	Pool 3
19.04.1965	Ford	18	CYMS Tralee	17
19.04.1965	Collegians	27	Ford	16
19.04.1965	Collegians	35	CYMS Tralee	26
	Pool 4
19.04.1965	Gunners	33	Garda	19
19.04.1965	Gunners	35	Robert Emmetts	28
19.04.1965	Garda	23	Robert Emmetts	19

Report

Irish International, George Clarke, scored 39 of Collegians points, as he picked up the Most Valuable Player Award for the 1965 Lota Tournament, as the Belfast side triumphed by 22 points in the Final against hosts, Neptune. The Final score was 54-32 in favour of the Northerners.

The other Pool winners were St. Mary’s Athlone, winning their Pool on Points scored after all three teams had finished on one win apiece, and Gunners, from Cork. Neptune disposed of St. Mary’s in the first semi-Final, 32-26, and in the second, Collegians, likewise, won by six points, over Gunners, the final score being 24-18.

Collegians played a wide zone in the Final, and in an effort to combat this, Neptune drove forthe basket, only to see it swept from their fingertips, with a resulting fast break for the Northerners resulting in baskets. Player of the Tournament, George Clarke, not only scored 39 of his sides points but also always working, also making himself loose, leading from the break, and unselfishly making scoring passes time and again.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1965) “Basketball: Collegians were worthy winners of the Lota Tournament” Evening Echo. April 22, 1965.[Irish Newspaper Archive]

Images

[2] A Little “Bit” of Irish Basketball History (2020) 1965 Lota Tournament trophy for Belfast Collegians [Internet]Available from: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugfBkmELKnE/XhoAaiDGHlI/AAAAAAAAC94/dexNEeIrwYgitvMMoeH9iRpFn0JIKBS8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1965%2BLota%2BTournament%2BResuts%2B%2528Collegians%2529.jpg  [Accessed 28 July 2020]

[2] A Little “Bit” of Irish Basketball History (2020) Basketball Prize: G Clarke of Collegians Team (Belfast)… [Internet]Available from: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugfBkmELKnE/XhoAaiDGHlI/AAAAAAAAC94/dexNEeIrwYgitvMMoeH9iRpFn0JIKBS8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1965%2BLota%2BTournament%2BResuts%2B%2528Collegians%2529.jpg  [Accessed 28 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu & Pat Connolly.

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