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• 🏀 Basketball Ireland 2023 - 2024 National Calendar ( Download) **
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🏀...........................................................   April 2024  ..........................................................🏀

• April 19 Miscellaneous Posts of the 1984 Basketball Ireland Magazine Articles  ( Shared by Carol O'Connor )
• A Few Introductory Posts from a New Member with Some Historical Documents   ( Shared by Robert Hartigan )
• Apr 15 - Master's National Cup Finals Competitions  ( Updated Apr21 st )
• Apr 12 - Basketball Ireland's National League All Stars
  
• Apr 12 - Some Mallow Basketball History from the 1980's
  
• Apr 12 - Basketball Ireland Announces Masters Teams for FIMBA Euro Championships
  
• Apr 11 - Are You Ready for the National League Finals Weekend
  
• Apr 10 - A Look Back at the St Louis Rathmines Girls Teams from the 1960's &1970's
  
• Apr 9 - A Request for Background Info Cocerning the Upcoming HOF Inductees  ( From Deb McCardle )
• Apr 7 - Just Sharing All Ireland Club Championships News from Basketball Ireland                 ( Updated Apr 21 st )
• Apr 5 - Irish Collegiate Intervarsity Basketball Championships News ( Updated Apr 8 th )
• Apr 4 - 1977 U17 Ireland & UK Triangle Tournament Programme   ( Shared by Sean Wynne )
• Apr 3 - Cork County Basketball Board's Hall of Fame Inductions  ( Updated Apr 13 th )
• Apr 3 - Neptune's U11 Emmett Neville Basketball Tournament  ( Updated Apr 7 th )
• Apr 2 - Cork County Board Honors Francis OSulivan with the Personality of the Year Award
  

🏀...........................................................   March 2024  ..........................................................🏀

• Mar 31 - Basketball Ireland National League Weekend Wrapup
  
• Mar 30 - The Irish U18 Squads Travel to Dundee Next Week for the Four Nations.
• Mar 27 - Updates on the Finals of the U16 Four Nation's Competition - ( Updated Mar 29 th )
• Mar 26 - The Amazing Accomplishment of the Rebel Wheelers
  
• Mar 25 - The Schedule for the  U16 Four Nations Basketball Tournament ( Updated Mar 30 th )
• Mar 24 - Preview & Updates of the Basketball Northern Ireland Championships
  
• Mar 22 - Check In on Easter Basketball Camps Starting in a Few Days
  
• Mar 21 - A Preview/Update on the 2024 Billy Kelly U17 Tournament  -  ( Updated Apr 13 th )
• Mar 21 - The 2023-2024 National League Playoff Brackets & Results  - ( Updated Mar 30 th )
  
• Mar 20 - The History of Neptune's LOTA Tournament
  
• Mar 20 - John Ameachi ( ex NBA Player) Competing Against Irish Masters Team ( Shared by John O'Byrne )
• Mar 19 - Cork County Board Announces 2024 Cork HOF Inductees
  
• Mar 17 -  A Look Back to 1973 Meteors Win Ladis All Irelan Championship  ( Updated Mar 20 )
• Mar 14 - Irish Squad Announced for FIMBA European Masters Championship
  
• Mar 14 - Preview of Big National League Weekend
  
• Mar 14 - The Story of the NY Hawks and the Game Played on the Wrong Side of Midnight
  
• Mar 13  - The History of  St Vincent's Glen Abbey / New Park Tournament ( 1969 - 1976 )
• Mar 12 - Some News on the Colleges League Finals - ☀ 
• Mar 10 - Some News on Socia-Basketball from Basketball Ireland
  
• Mar 9 -10 ☀ Keep up to Date on the Wheelchair Basketball Latest Action   ( Updated Mar 11 )
• Mar 9 - 10 ☀ St  Brendan's Women in Sports Big Weekend    ( Updated Mar 11 )
• Mar 9-10 ☀ Another Big National League Weekend   ( Updated Mar 11 )
• Mar 8 - 10 ☀ Dublin Cup Weekend Updates    ( Updated Mar 11 )
• Mar 3 - Some Weekend Highlights from Some of the "Yungstas"
• Mar 3, 2024 - National League Action Weekend Wrapup
  
• Did U Know ?   Wilt Chamberlain's 100 Point Game
  
• Galway Titans Retain James Hobbert U17 Boys Tournament Cup
  

🏀..................................................   FEBRUARY 2024   ............................................🏀

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• A Piece of History from Maree BC & A Comment on their Posting of a Game Score Sheet
  
• Feb 28 2024 - Checking Back on Recent Posts That Were Updated
  
• FYI - March 2024 Kilkenny Masters Basketball Tournament is Just Around the Corner
  
• Basketball Northern Ireland's Big ( Cup / Plate / Bowl ) Weekend   ( Updated Feb 26 )
• 1988/89 Cork County Board Bye Laws/ Team/Fixtures ( Shared by Tony O'Connell )
• Shared an Old Post Related to the 1984 Clash of Giants @ the RDS
  
• 2024 All-Ireland Schools League Finals ( fixtures and results )
  
• 1981 John Cooney Drinks for Free ( Buzzer Beater) Story
  
• 2024 Four and Tri Nation Tournament Dates Announced
  
• Ireland vs Switzerland - 2027 Europen World Cup Pre Qualifier
  
• Sharing BI Info on Masters Open Trials Feb 24th Neptune Stadiium
  
• Tell Us What Piece of History You Would Like To See .. We Will Try to Find It
  
• 2024 An Update on Irish Men's MastersTeam in Scotland
  
• 2024 A Weekend Wrap Up of National League Action from BasketbalI Ireland ( Feb 12)
  
• 2024 Updates on the MABB Cup Finals 
• Looking for Help with 1980's Div 2 National League Mallow Team Picture
  
• 1984 WICB TV Tournament Crystal Palace Programme ( Shared by Gerry Mackin )
• 1982 - 1983 North Mon Basketball Yearbook ( Shared by Gerry Mackin )
• 1983 - 1984 Harp Lager Team Guide  ( Shared by Gerry Mackin )
• Sharing Some FIBA Youth Eurobasket Draw 2024 Info
  
• 2024 Coaches & Volunteers Urgently Needed by Kerry Stars Special Olympics  ( Shared by Deborah McArdle )
• 2024 Latest Update for Irish Masters Team(s) Open Trials for February 24th in Cork
  
• 2024 Claremont Admirals 1983/1984 Intro to the National League ( Shared by Gerry Mackin )
• 2024 Neptune's Announcment of the April 6th Emmett Neville U11 Tournament
  
• 2024 Reminder from BI of  FIBA Women's 2025 EuroBasket Qualifier
  
• 2024 National League Weekend Wrap Up from Basketball Ireland ( Feb 4 )
  
• 2024 Vincent's Dublin Tribute to Tony Burke  (  Shared by Martin King )
  
• 2024 Monthly National League Awards from Basketball Ireland ( Feb 3 )
  

🏀...........................................................   JANUARY 2024  ..........................................................🏀

• 2024 Mayo Area Basketball Board Cup & Plate Finals
  
• 2024 National League Weekend Update from Basketball Ireland  ( Jan 28 )
• Updated Post about Maggie Timoney Ballina, Iona, Heineken and More ( Jan 28)
  
• 2024 Billy Kelly U17 Boys Tournament - Pools Preview ( Cork)
  
• 2024 U15 Boys John Coughlan Tournament ( Cork )
  
• 2024 Keith Coughlan U14 Boys Memorial Tournament ( Galway)
  
• Roots of Ladies Basketball in Cork - Back in the Day
  
• 2027 FIBA Men's World Cup European Prequalifiers ( Ireland vs Switzerland )
  
• 2024 FIMBA European Masters Team Trials Posting from Basketball Ireland  ( See Jan 31 Updates )
  
• 1992 RTE Interview with US Players Making Ireland Their   Home   shared by Deborah McArdle & Michael Leane
• 2024  National Cup  - Some Weekend Results
• National Cup Weekend Recap
  
• Brunell Puts Down a Fr Matthews Challenge for Women's Paudie O'Connor Cup
  
• Carrick Cruisers Win Men's NICC Trophy
  
• Meteors Retain U18 Women's National Cup
  
• Liffey Celtics Take Women's NICC Cup Again
  
• Seventh Heaven For Underdog Demons in Pat Duffy Men's National Cup
  
• Waterford Wildcats Knock Off Brunell in Women's U20 OT Thriller
  
• UCD Marian Takes Home Men's Presidents Cup
  
• Limerick Celtics Capture Women's Div 1 National Cup
  
• Limerick Celtics Win Their 1st Ever U20 Men's National Cup
  
• Phoenix BC Claim U18 Billy Coffey Men's National Cup
  
• Wheel Chair Basketball National Cup Results from Basketball Ireland
  
• NICC National Cup Finals Result from Basketball Ireland 
• 2024  National Cup - Weekend Previews
• A Huge Weekend for Cork Teams
• A Big National Cup Weekend for Brunell
• Basketball Ireland's Paudie O'Connor Women's National Cup Preview
• Basketball Ireland's Pat Duffy Men's National Cup Preview
• 1982 Some St Gall's / Team Corona History - Boo Ya !
  
• 1989 Some More Hot Shots Like LaVerne Scorching the Strings !
  
• 2024  National League Action Report from Basketball Ireland (Jan 14)
  
• 2024 Women's National League Action Report from Basketball Ireland ( Jan 13)
  
• Names to be Conjured from 1980's Basketball
  
• 2024 National Cup Finals Fixtures Released
• 1983 National Women's League Top Scorers ( Maggie Timoney )
  
• An Examiner Article About The Historic Basketball  Rivalry on Cork's Northside
  
• Sharing the Post - Don't Forget Your Group Bulletin Board
  
• Just Sharing the National League Weekend Wrap Up from Basketball Ireland
• Recent U20 & U16 Womens National Team News
• 1984 National League TV Double Header     from Gerry Mackin

🏀...........................................................   DECEMBER 2023  ..........................................................🏀

• 1984 - 1985 National League Leading Scorers ( Jasper McElroy )
  
• St Mary's Castleisland Xmas Tournament Update(s)
  
• 1980's Cork County Board International Xmas Tournament
  
• Xmas & New Years Basketball Camps (Dec 2023 - Jan 2024) 
• Recent U16 Mens National Team (Four Countries Tournament ) News
  
• Basketball Ireland Announces Trials for FIMBA European Masters Championships
  
• The Globetrotters Bring Smiles to Some Very Special Kids
  
• 1981 Killester Ladies National Cup Championship shared by Isolde Hampson
  
• The 1983 Basketball TV Classic - A Clash of the Giants
  
• We Need You Help - Do You Like the Recent Posts & Daily News Feature ?
  
• Just Sharing - Special Kids Having Fun !
  
• A Wrap Up of  National League Action from the Weekend of Dec 9 - 10
  
• 1956 Early TV Basketball Game ( Ireland vs Scotland ) from Gerry Mackin
  
• A Treasure Hunt - Where is the First Men's All Ireland Basketball Championship Trophy ?
  
• National Cup Action for the Weekend of Dec 9 - 10
  
• Need Some Help ? Jerome Westbrook and Reggie Holmes
• Masters Teams Head for International Competition in Murcia Spain   from Mike Murray 
  
• Sharing the All Ireland Schools National Cup info from Basketball Ireland   ( Final Update Dec 8 th )
  
• Sharing Some Neptune vs Demons History from the Cork County Board
  
• Just Sharing Some 2024 Basketball Ireland Camp News (Limerick & Kildare)
  
• Catch Up On The Recent Posts and The Daily News from the Clubs
• Sharing Some Info on the Dec 2 - 3 Weekend's National Cup Action
  

🏀...........................................................   NOVEMBER 2023  ..........................................................🏀

• Check In On Our Weekly Bit of Irish Basketball History
  
• The Weekend Wrap Up from Basketball Ireland ( Nov 25 - 26)
• Sharing Our Collection of Basketball Ireland Magazine Covers
  
• Latest News about Irish Basketball History and More (Six Months Since Launch)
  
• U14 Boys Cork County Board Tournament News, Results & Pictures
  
• Catch Up on Your National League Action (11/18 - 11/19)
  
• A Weekend Full of U20 & NICC National Cup Action (Nov 18-19)
  
• Check In On Your Favourite Clubs & Daily Club News
• U18 Womens National Cup Weekend of Action ( Nov 11 - 12)
  
• Some News from the 11th Annual Galway Masters
• Check in on the Irish Wheelchair Basketball Weekends Action ( Nov 11 - 12 )
  
• Sharing Social Basketball News and Announcements
  
• FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 Qualifier Nov 12 Clash in Dublin vs France
  
• A Weekend Full of National Cup Action (Nov 4 -5)
  
• A Big Weekend for the Emerald Rollers (Women's Wheelchair Basketball)   (includes videos)

🏀...........................................................   OCTOBER  2023  ...........................................................  🏀

• The Final List of Halloween Basketball Camps
• Ladies Socia-Basketball + Dublin Blitz
  
• Introducing Adomas Vaitkaitiene
• Some Dublin Garda Basketball History from Sean Conroy
• 2023 Billy Coffey U18 Mens National Cup News
  
• Liam McGinn (The Man from Neptune)
  
• Basketball Success ( The Iceberg Illusion )
  
• 1956 Harlem Globetrotters - Video Clip  from John Kelly  
  
• Ballin Europe Article about 2023 Irish National League Teams
  
• Update on the Irish Wheelchair Basketball action
  
• Looking for some Help on Hall of Fame Missing Info
  
• Columbian Pro Team Adds 63 Year Old Sharp Shooter
  
• 2023 InsureMyHouse.ie U18, U20 and NICC National Cup Draws
  
• 2023 Dublin's Matt Treacy's First Game in Swiss League from Ruediger Schmitt
  
• 2023 Halloween, Mid Term & In Season Basketball Camps
• 2023 The Lynch Memorial U18 Girls Basketball Tournament Tralee from St Brendan's BC
• Please Remember These Are Kids + More **
• 1984 Russia vs Ireland Pre Olympic Tournament in France from Simon Kennedy
• 50 Years of Basketball in Longford - (1973 - 2023) from Longford Phoenix BC
  

🏀........................................................   SEPTEMBER  2023  ........................................................  🏀

• 2023 - 2024 National League ( Fixtures & Scores ) **

• 2023 Cork County Board Mens U20 Tournament

• 2023 Basketball Ireland's National Cup - Draw(s)

• 2023 Euro Mens Wheelchair Championship Info & Links

• Lift Off for a New Killarney Sports Complex  **

• 9/11 Rememberance of Dan Trant with Link to his daughter's post from Pat Quirke

• 2023 Donie Greene Memorial Tournament by UG Maree **

• 2023 - 2024 Eanna BC PreSeason  Mini Tournament Planned for Sept 16th **

• 2023 U18 Michael Heffernan Tournament Results  **

• 2023 -2024 Socia Ball - Women in Sport - BB for Fun **

• Titans Joe Coughaln Shares Impressions of Basketball Ireland's National League Meet and Greet from Joe Coughlan
  

• Lurgan Lakers Charity Basketball Tournament ( Oct 15, 2023) **

• 📕 Basketball Ireland announces the Super League and Div 1 Fixtures for the 2023 - 2024 Season **

• UCC Demons Preseason Basketball Series ( Sept 8-10) at the Mardyke Arena **  Updated with Results 9/12

• Just Sharing an update from the Cork County Basketball Board on their 75th Anniversary **

    

🏀............................................................   AUGUST  2023  ............................................................  🏀

• 2023 Michael Heffernan U18 Boys Tournament (Cork- Sept 9th ) ** Updated 9/11/23 with Winner info

• Early 80's Galway Democrats Photo with American David Beckom from Joe Coughlan

• 📗 Help the Irish Senior Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team (September 2023 Euro Championships) ⏰  **

• Two Athlone Legends Paul Gallen and Paddy Mullally  from JP Burke
  

• 2023 Basketball World Cup Upsets (Dominican Republic & Latvia Advance)  from Pat Quirke
  

• 2023 Neptune Men & Ladies Masters Tournament ( Cork Sept 2)  **
  

• Titans are back for the 2023-2024 National League Div 1 Season  **

• Looking for Senior National Team Players from Cabra  from Gerry Farrell
  

• 📕  It's That Time of Year Again - Get Ready for the Season ( Get Help and Share ) **  Updated August 28, 2023

• 2023 - 2024 Basketball Ireland National Calendar ( Download) **

• NBA Champion Pat Connaughton to host clinics with Basketball Ireland Academy squads  **   Updated August 25, 2023

• Podcast Interview with Pat Burke (Ireland's Only NBA Player)   from Liam Blake

• 1976 Ballina's First National League Team  from Sean McDonagh

• Post about 7' 6" Neil Fingleton from England who was playing for Holy Cross College touring Ireland  from Pat Quirke

• Post about a Famous 1980s Game Winning Shot by Gerald Kennedy  **

• Post Announcing a New Belfast Collegians Club History Page **

• Post Looking for Info About the Possibility of an Ulster Team Joining the BBL from Gerry Mackin

• Post about Collegian's (Belfast) European Competitions in the 1960's   from Gerry Mackin

• Post about Basketball Ireland Announcing a Coaching Clinic **
  

• Post about the Cork Star Sandie Fitzgibbon's Lifetime Achievement Award from Pat Quirke

•  Post about his Son Quinton's First Visit to Ireland from Bob Stephen

• New Page about the Basketball History of Trinity College   **

• Post about Rebel Wheelers Getting a Big Boost in Cork   **

🏀...........................................................      JULY  2023     ...........................................................  🏀

• Posted Picture of Meteors and Pacers Women's National League Action from Carol O'Connor

• Posted Picture of Irish National vs Harvard University from Carol O'Connor 
• Post about Katie McCabe's World Cup Corner Kick History  **

• A Picture of a Visit Back to Parochial Hall (the Scene of Irish Basketball History )  from Peter Ferrari

• Post of some 1980's Women's Basketball History from Carol O'Connor

• Posted Picture of 1990 National Cup Champs - Burgerland  **

• Posted Programme of 1983 Roy Curtis Tournament and Photos  from Carol O'Connor 

• Posted Pics of some Women's Basketball Memorabilia ( Traffic + Swift BC)  from Carol O'Connor 

• Posted Info on Neptune's 75 th Anniversary Gala  **

• Posted Pictures of Terry Strickland and Alton Byrd in Roy Curtis Action   from Carol O'Connor     
  

• Posted Picture of Alton Byrd Murray Metals vs Glen Eagles ( Roy Curtis Tourney)  from Carol O'Connor    
  

• Posted Info and Video of Galway 3 x 3 Tornament    from Carol O'Connor     

• Posted Video of 2023 Record Setting WNBA 3 Point Contest   **

• Post about Summer Basketball Camps Around Ireland for 2023  **

• Post about Basketball Movies for the Summer of 2023 **

• Post about Harlem Globe Trotters in Ireland   from Deborah McArdle    

• Post of 1969 US Navy Derry vs Orbis Slovan Czechoslovakia Programme  from Gerry Mackin  

• Post about 2023 National Basketball Camp in Kildare **

• Post about Galway 3 x 3 Tourney  **  

• Post of a Collection of Basketball Ireland Magazine Covers from Gerry Mackin
  

• Posted Video about How a Basketball is Made  **

🏀...........................................................      JUNE     2023  ...........................................................  🏀

• Post of 1970's St Vincent's Killarney Pictures  from Noelle Crosbie

• Post with Pictures of Dungarvan Basketball Camp History  from Don Lyons

• Post about Irish Basketball Success in Special Olympics World Games   ** 

• Post about the History of the Dungarvan National Basketball Camp  ** 

• Posted Video of Denver Nuggets Head Coach Mike Malone's Irish Connections  ** 

• Posts with More Basketball Ireland Magazine Covers   from Deborah McArdle   

• Post Looking for Help with Tournament Programme Collection  **  
• Post Asking for Guidance about Rule Governing Use of Foreign Players   from Pat Quirke  

• Posts about Caps Being Awarded to International Master's Team  **   

• Post about Swish Machine Trick Shot Summer Project for Kids  **   

• Post about 2023 FIBA 3 x 3 Euro Cup Qualifiers  ** 

• Post about Links for Irish Basketball News    **

🏀.............................................      Prior to JUNE     2023  ............................................  🏀

• Post about Cork County Board Hall of Fame Inductions  **  

• Post about Basketball Ireland's 2023 Annual Awards  **  

• Posts about Improving Basketball Ireland Magazine Covers Collection  **  

• Posts about 2023 Ireland's Jr NBA Program ** 

• Posts About 2023 Dublin Masters Tournament **  

** Posted by Bob Gihbu (Admin)

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