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April 27, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Sprite U19 Girls Regional Championships 1998-99

Standings

IBA Girls U19 Championships 1998-99	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Glanmire (C)	2	2	0	93	74	6
Kilkenny	2	1	1	104	77	4
Crusaders	2	0	2	58	104	2

[References: Compiled from Results in 1]

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
17.01.1999	Crusaders	30	Glanmire	44
17.01.1999	Kilkenny	44	Glanmire	49
17.01.1999	Kilkenny	60	Crusaders	28

[References: 1]

Report

Cork’s Glanmire won the Irish Basketball Association Sprite Girls U19 Championships in 1998-99 with victories over Dublin’s Crusaders and Kilkenny in the Final Triangular. Each of the U19 Regional Champions played in one of three Regional Finals Tournaments (North East, South, North West) before the winners of those tournaments played in the Final Triangular.

About Basketball Ireland All-Ireland Club Cups /

Irish Basketball Association Championships

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland replaced the All-Ireland County and Club Championships in 1973 with a National League based on clubs, and while the All-Ireland Championships for Adults were phased out, they were replaced by Underage Regional Championships in the renamed Irish Basketball Association, whereby the winners of Regional contests met in an All-Ireland-style playoff. They were renamed All-Ireland Club Cups with the rebranding to Basketball Ireland in 2003.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 7, 1998. Pg. 35

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Evie.

About this document

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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

April 27, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Sprite U19 Boys Regional Championships 1998-99

Final Standings

IBA Boys U19 Regional Championships 1998-99	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Kilkenny (C)	2	2	0	128	84	6
Ballina Colts	2	1	1	115	118	4
Portlaoise	2	0	2	74	115	2

[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
17.01.1999	Kilkenny	55	Portlaoise	29
17.01.1999	Portlaoise	45	Ballina Colts	60
17.01.1999	Kilkenny	73	Ballina Colts	55

Regional Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	South Region Final
06.12.1998	Waterford Crystal	42	Kilkenny	68
	North East Region Final
06.12.1998	Castleblaney	52	Ballina Colts	69

[References: 1]

Report

Kilkenny won the Irish Basketball Association Junior Boys South Region Championship Final in 1998-99, defeating Waterford Crystal while Ballina Colts won the North East Region Final versus Castleblaney. Portlaoise were the third Regional Winners. The three met in the Sprite Regional Championships which Kilkenny won defeating both Portlaoise and Ballina Colts. Ballina Colts were Runners-Up.

About Basketball Ireland All-Ireland Club Cups /

Irish Basketball Association Championships

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 7, 1998. Pg. 35

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton

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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

April 26, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Men’s Junior Regional Sprite Cup Finals 1997-98

Regional Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	North West Region
14.12.1997	Longford Falcons	88	Ballina	70
	East Region
14.12.1997	Kilnamanagh	113	Cobras Trim	35

[References: 1]

Report

Kilnamanagh from Tallaght, Dublin won the Irish Basketball Association Men’s Junior Regional Sprite Cup in 1998-99 with an astonishing 113 points to Cobras Trim (Meath) who scored 35. In the North West Final a high-scoring thriller saw Longford Falcons defeat Ballina 88-71.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1997) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 15, 1997. Pg. 32-33.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton

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April 26, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Junior Women’s Sprite National Cup 1998-99

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

[References: 2-3]

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

[References: 1]

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

[References: 2]

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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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

April 26, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Men’s Junior National Sprite Cup 1998-99

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
30.01.1999	Killester	82	Tralee Tigers	68
30.01.1999	Star of the Sea	68	Marian	67
	Final
31.01.1999	Killester	64	Star of the Sea	43

[References: 2-3]

Regional Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 1		At Sligo
22.11.1998	Marian	68	Limerick	41
	Pool 2		At Killarney
22.11.1998	Star of the sea	73	Neptune	62
	Pool 3
22.11.1998	Killester	51	Blue Demons	45

[References: 1]

Final

At National Basketball Arena, Tallaght (31 January 1999)	HT	FT	Top Scorers
Killester	(33)	64	P Kelly 23, J Grennell 11, S Russell 11
Star of the Sea	(25)	43	E McIlhenney 9, C Burns, R O’Leary 8
MVP: Jonathan Grennell			(Killester)

[References: 3]

Report

Killester won the Irish Basketball Association Junior Men’s National Cup in 1998-99 with a 64-43 win behind the MVP display of Jonathan Grennell and a game-high 23 points from P Kelly.

References

Newspaper

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, November 23, 1998. Pg. 34

[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 John Folan.

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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

April 26, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Women’s National Sprite Cup 1998-99

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
13.12.1998	Tolka Rovers	108	Castlebar Rockets	58
13.12.1998	Killester	68	Supermacs Limerick	63
13.12.1998	Sligo Dairies	33	Snowcream Wildcats	81
	Semi-Finals
30.01.1999	Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	75	Killester	55
30.01.1999	Star of the Sea	68	Marian	67
	Final
31.01.1999	Tolka Rovers	59	Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	58

[References: 1-3]

Final

At National Basketball Arena, Tallaght 31 January 1999	HT	FT	Scorers
Tolka Rovers	(27)	59	Rachel Kelly 15, Eimear Howard 14, Sharon Kelly 9
Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats	(36)	58	Jillian Hayes 14 M Fitzpatrick 12, Michelle Maguire 12

[References: 2-3]

Report

Tolka Rovers won their first ever Irish Basketball Association Women’s Senior National Sprite Cup when defeating the heavily fancied Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats in their rookie Final. The Wildcats with only loss all season battled all the way against Tolka but a game high 15 points from MVP Rachel Kelly and 14 from Eimear Howard were just enough for the Northside Dubliners to beat the Waterford women. In an unpredictable finish, given both season form and the Wildcats being 13 points in front after a few minutes of the second half starting, Tolka managed to not only pull back the score but go ahead with a second Lorraine O’Brien three-pointer, and then pulled into a seven-point lead with three minutes remaining thanks to the excellent play of Sharon Kelly inside and another ‘three’ from Roisin Dixon. Wildcats managed to claw the score back to 58-59 with 23 seconds left after the brilliant Michelle Maguire but she missed the bonus and the game and the Cup went to Tolka Rovers for the first time ever.

About Basketball Ireland / Irish Basketball Association Cups

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 14, 1998. Pg. 32.

[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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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

April 26, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Men’s National Sprite Cup 1998-99

Results

Date (W/E)	Home Team		Away Team
	Preliminary Round 1
25.10.1998	Clare Jets	81	Longnecks Ballina	76
	Preliminary Round 2
25.10.1998	Cobras	46	Tralee Tigers	113
25.10.1998	Clare Jets	81	Queen’s Graduates	76
	First Round
01.11.1998	Denny Notre Dame	84	UCD Marian	76
01.11.1998	Tralee Tigers	85	Clare Jets	74
01.11.1998	Neptune	66	Blue Demons	81
01.11.1998	Dungannon	74	Waterford Crystal	80
01.11.1998	Dublin Bay Vikings	60	Burger King Limerick	99
01.11.1998	Marlborough Saints	94	Team Sligo Dairies	82
01.11.1998	Star of the Sea	95	Killester	81
01.11.1998	Tolka Rovers	85	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	79
	Quarter-Finals
13.12.1998	Waterford Crystal	67	Star of the Sea	68
13.12.1998	Tralee Tigers	72	Denny Notre Dame	80
13.12.1998	Blue Demons	84	Tolka Rovers	77
13.12.1998	Burger King Limerick	62	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	80
	Semi-Finals
31.01.1999	Esat Telecom Blue Demons	73	Star of the Sea	72
31.01.1999	Denny Notre Dame	73	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	72
	Final
31.01.1999	Denny Notre Dame	62	Esat Telecom Blue Demons	61

[References: 1-6]

Final

At National Basketball Arena, Tallaght 31 March 1999	HT	FT	Top Scorers
Denny Notre Dame	(34)	62	Anthony Jenkins 19, Calvin Morris 14, Lennie McMillan 13
Esat Blue Demons	(40)	61	Dion Wingfield 34, Duvall Simmonds 12, Paco de Benito 8

[References: 5-6]

Report

Denny Notre Dame wrote themselves into the Irish Basketball Association history books by becoming the first team to ever win the Men’s National (Sprite) Cup three times in a row. The local favourites defeated Esat Telecom Blue Demons 62-61 in the Final at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, South Dublin with 19 points from Americans Anthony Jenkins, 14 from Calvin Morris and 13 from Lennie McMillan. Despite a huge 34 point haul from game MVP American Dion Wingfield and big three-pointers from Duvall Simmonds and Spanish Bosman-ruling player Paco de Benito, the Blue Demons, who had led 40-34 at the half were unable to resist the Notre Dame challenge after their other American Simmonds went on four fouls after seven minutes of the restart and spent six minutes on the bench allowing the Tallaght side to go six points clear. With Simmonds back in with seven minutes remaining and the help of three free throws from de Benito the Corkmen managed to pull the score back to two points, but a crucial three-pointer from Jenkins and four missed free throws from Blue Demons sealed the three-in-a-row for Denny Notre Dame.

About Basketball Ireland / Irish Basketball Association Cups

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, October 26, 1998. Pg. 32.

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, November 2, 1998. Pg. 44

[2] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 14, 1998. Pg. 32.

[3] 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 John Folan.

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Last Updated: 26 April 2021

March 24, 2021

Glen Abbey Basketball Tournament 1972

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

[References: Compiled fromResults in 1-5]

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

[References: 3]

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

[References: Compiled from Results in 1-5]

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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Last Updated: 24 March 2021

March 23, 2021

Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Belfast 2017

Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Belfast Logo [References: 1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
01.12.2017	Manhatten Jaspers	70	Holy Cross Crusaders	54
01.12.2017	Towson Tigers	67	La Salle Explorers	60
	3rd Place Playoff
02.12.2017	La Salle Explorers	58	Holy Cross Crusaders	54
	Final
02.12.2017	Towson Tigers	56	Manhattan Jaspers	55

[References: 2-6]

Report

Ireland’s Cian Sullivan, a native of Kerry lined out for La Salle Explorers in the NCAA Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic at the SSE Arena over the 1st to 2nd December 2017. The four team tournament featured teams from Philadelphia, Pennsylvaia (La Salle Explorers – Atlantic 10 Conference), Towson, Maryland (Towson Tigers – Colonial Athletic Association), Worcester, Massachusetts (Holy Cross Crusaders – Patriot League) and the Bronx, New York City, New York (Manhattan Jaspers – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). The Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame is based in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Basketball was invented.

Towson Tigers won the Event with a narrow 56-55 win over Manhattan Jaspers in the Final after defeating Sullivan’s La Salle Explorers in the Semi-Finals. La Salle finished third with a victory over Holy Cross Crusaders.

References

Images

[1] Belfast Basketball Classic Wayback Machine (2017) scl_logo16-200 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180610153857im_/http://www.belfastbasketballclassic.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/03/scl_logo16-200.png [Accessed 23 March 2021]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2017) KERRY NATIVE CIAN SULLIVAN STARTS FOR LA SALLE IN BELFAST [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10032588/ [Accessed 9 December 2017]

[3] Baltimore Sun (2017) State Basketball roundup (Dec. 2): Morsell gives Towson men Belfast title [Internet] Available from: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bs-sp-state-hoops-roundup-1203-20171202-story.html [Accessed 9 December 2017]

[4] Holy Cross (2017) MEN’S BASKETBALL: Floyd Scores Career-High 15 Points IN 58-54 Loss to La Salle [Internet] Available from: http://www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=917391&SPID=157228&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211688143&DB_OEM_ID=33100 [Accessed 23 March 2021]

[5] Holy Cross (2017) MEN’S BASKETBALL: Holy Cross Falls to Manhattan in Belfast Classic Opener [Internet] Available from: https://goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=917391&SPID=157228&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211687987&DB_OEM_ID=33100 [Accessed 23 March 2021]

[6] Belfast Basketball Classic (2017) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfastbasketballclassic.com/teams [Accessed 9 December 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton

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Last Updated: 23 March 2021

March 20, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Men’s Super League 1997-98

Final Standings 1997-98

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Star of the Sea	18	17	1			52
Denny Notre Dame	18	13	5			44
Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	18	10	8			38
Killester	18	10	8			38
Dungannon	18	9	9			36
Longnecks Ballina	18	8	10			34
UCD Marian	18	7	11			32
Kerry Spring Water Killarney	18	6	12			30
Neptune	18	5	13			28
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	18	5	13			28

[References: 15]

National Championships

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	94	Killester	72
15.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	97	Marathon Sp St. Vincent’s	70
	Final
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	92	Denny Notre Dame	74

[References: 16]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
05.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincemt’s	90	Dungannon Fliers	81
05.10.1997	Team Longnecks Ballina	74	Star of the Sea	90
05.10.1997	Killester	83	UCD Marian	73
05.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	67	Denny Notre Dame	83
	Week 2
12.10.1997	UCD Marian	86	Neptune	80
12.10.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91	Team Longnecks Ballina	81
12.10.1997	Killester	85	Denny Notre Dame	90
12.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	74	Dungannon	75
12.10.1997	Star of the Sea	93	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	75
	Week 3
17.10.1997	Denny Notre Dame	80	UCD Marian	60
19.10.1997	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78
19.10.1997	Dungannon	83	Killester	78
19.10.1997	Longnecks Ballina	99	Neptune	69
19.10.1997	Star of the Sea	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	50
	Week 4
26.10.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	93	Dungannon	94
26.10.1997	Neptune	95	Denny Notre Dame	112
26.10.1997	Killester	84	Star of the Sea	98
26.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	96	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	80
26.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	95	Longnecks Ballina	115
	Week 5
09.11.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	81	Star of the sea	90
09.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	108	Dungannon	78
09.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	90	Killester	70
09.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	77
09.11.1997	Neptune	84	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
	Week 6
16.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	93	Star of the Sea	84
16.11.1997	Dungannon	76	Neptune	67
16.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	60	Amev-UCD Marian	82
16.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	85	Killester	102
16.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	109	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	95
	Week 7
23.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	109	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
23.11.1997	Killester	72	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	68
23.11.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Neptune	83
23.11.1997	Dungannon	77	Star of the Sea	87
23.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Amev UCD-Marian	77
	Week 8
30.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	UCD-Marian	93
30.11.1997	Lomgnecks Ballina	78	Denny Notre Dame	92
30.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	70	Dungannon	72
30.11.1997	Killester	76	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89
30.11.1997	Neptune	91	Star of the Sea	107
	Week 9
05.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	99	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
07.12.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Amev UCD-Marian	81
07.12.1997	Dungannon	85	Longnecks Ballina	77
07.12.1997	Neptune	104	Killester	83
07.12.1997	Star of the Sea	92	Garvey’s tigers Tralee	89
	Week 10
21.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	83	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	83
21.12.1997	Star of the Sea	108	Longnecks Ballina	94
21.12.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	90	Killester	82
21.12.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Neptune	83
21.12.1997	Dungannon	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
	Week 11
04.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	62	Star of the Sea	90
04.01.1998	Neptune	74	UCD-Marian	75
04.01.1998	Denny Notre Dame	78	Killester	85
04.01.1998	Longnecks Ballina	130	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	97
	Week 12
11.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	87
11.01.1998	Neptune	103	Longnecks Ballina	86
11.01.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	82	Denny Notre Dame	99
11.01.1998	Killester	86	Dungannon	72
11.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Star of the Sea	106
11.01.1998	Neptune	95	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	88
	Week 13
18.01.1998	Killester	119	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	103
18.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	85	Longnecks Ballina	92
18.01.1998	Dungannon	81	Denny Notre Dame	93
18.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78	Neptune	88
18.01.1998	Star of the Sea	124	Amev UCD-Marian	88
	Week 13 B
25.01.1998	Dungannon	71	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	75
	Week 14
01.02.1998	Denny Notre Dame	85	Neptune	82
01.02.1998	Dungannon	86	Amev UCD-Marian	85
01.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	85	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
01.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	72
01.02.1998	Star of the sea	113	Killester	80
	Week 15
08.02.1998	Star of the Sea	100	Denny Notre Dame	83
08.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	99	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91
08.02.1998	Neptune	81	Dungannon	84
08.02.1998	Killester	98	Longnecks Ballina	82
08.02.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	82
	Week 16
15.02.1998	Star of the Sea	110	Dungannon	90
15.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	Killester	82
15.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	94	Longnecks Ballina	95
15.02.1998	Neptune	96	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	90
15.02.1998	Garvey’ds Tigers Tralee	117	Denny Notre Dame	100
	Week 17
22.02.1998	Amev-UCD Marian	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	81
22.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	68	Star of the Sea	81
22.02.1998	Killester	108	Neptune	94
22.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	114	Dungannon	89
22.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	100	Denny Notre Dame	69
	Week 18
01.03.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	73	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	86
01.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	115	Longnecks Ballina	84
01.03.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	76	Killester	109
01.03.1998	Dungannon	101	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
01.03.1998	Star of the Sea	97	Neptune	77

[References: 2-20; 23]

Report

Javan Dupree led Star of the Sea of Belfast to their first ever Irish Basketball Association Men’s Super League National Championship in 1997-98, running up a 17-1 regular season record (their only loss was a 93-84 loss to Denny Notre Dame in Week 6, which put the Tallaght side on top of the table on 6-0). After going 9-0 in the first half Denny faltered over Christmas and New Year’s, with back to back losses to Kerry Spring Water Killarney and Killester. Notre Dame stuck with Star through Week 14, just a game behind the Belfast side going into the big clash between the two in Week 15, which Star won 100-83 with 29 points by C Guitlar, 24 by G Maguire and 19 by Adrian Fulton. Another loss the following week for Denny meant the League title was wrapped up by Star in Week 16, and they went on to win the National Championships with a 92-74 victory over their nearest challengers on March 15th, Gareth Maguire scoring 23, C Guitlar 20 and John Leahy 18. Denny’s Americans, Randall Mounts (27) and Lennie McMillan were unable to stop them.

Starof the Sea 1998 [Reference: 24][Picture Credit: John Folan]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 6, 1997. pp. 30.

[2] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 13, 1997. pp. 34

[3] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball”. Irish Independent. Saturday, October 18, 1997. pp. 22

[4] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 20, 1997. pp. 32

[5] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 27, 1997. pp. 34.

[6] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 10, 1997. pp. 34.

[7] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 17, 1997. pp. 34

[8] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 24, 1997. pp. 30

[9] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 1, 1997. pp. 30.

[10] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 8, 1997. pp. 33.

[11] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 15, 1997. pp. ??.

[12] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 22, 1997. pp. ??

[13] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 5, 1998. pp. 23

[14] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 12, 1998. pp. 31

[15] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 19, 1998. pp. 31

[16] John Taylor (1998) “Neptune looking up as Augusto points the way”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 26, 1998. pp. 30

[17] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 2, 1998. pp. 20

[18] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 9 , 1998. pp. 26

[19] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 16 , 1998. pp. 32

[20] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 23, 1998. pp.28

[21] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998. pp. 20-21.

[22] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1998. pp. 34-35.

[23] Anon. (1998) “Sports Round-Up: Basketball” Irish Times. Saturday, December 6, 1997. pg. 34 [Website Reference: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1997/1206/Pg034.html#Ar03403 ]

Images

[24] Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s and 90s (2018) Photo to Page by John Folan, July 24, 2018 “What more can you say but
STAR” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=644547202596101&set=gm.1921626407860829 [Accessed 20 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	Avg PF	Avg PA	Pts
1	DBS Éanna	14	5	0.737	82	76	42
2	Belfast Star	13	6	0.684	83	77	39
3	Killester MSL	10	9	0.526	78	79	30
4	EJ Sligo All-Stars	8	11	0.421	84	85	24
5	Griffith College Templeogue	6	13	0.316	80	85	18
6	Bright St. Vincent's	5	14	0.263	74	83	15
7	UCD Marian	2	17	0.105	67	83	6