IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1982-83

	P	W	L	Pts
*Eagle Lodge Tralee	14	13	1	26
*Moyle Park	14	12	2	24
*Athlone	14	10	4	20
*Eagles	14	6	8	12
Marian	14	5	9	10
Sporting Belfast	14	5	9	10
St. Joseph’s	14	3	11	6
Portlaoise	14	2	12	4

[8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Tralee	68	Eagles	42
	Moyle Park	L	Athlone	W
	Final
	Tralee	65	Athlone	37

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1983-84

	P	W	L	Pts
Athlone	18	16	2	32
St. Louis	18	15	3	30
Killester Kittens	18	13	5	26
Atlantis	18	12	6	24
Beaumont Celts	18	9	9	18
Castledermot	18	8	10	16
Galway Democrats	18	5	13	10
Team Satzenbrau	18	5	13	10
Marian	18	4	14	8
Eagles	18	3	15	6

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	St. Louis	39	Killester Kittens	26
	Athlone	93	Atlantis	83
	Final
	Athlone	52	St. Louis	40

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1984-85

	P	W	L	Pts
Killester Kittens	16	14	2	28
Yoplait Silhouette [Marian]	16	13	3	26
Team Burgerland [Limerick]	16	12	4	24
Beaumont Celts	16	9	7	18
Castledermot	16	8	8	16
Team Satzenbrau	16	8	8	16
Traffic	16	6	10	12
Galway Democrats	16	2	14	4
Navan O’Mahony’s	16	0	16	0

[2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Killester Kittens	W	Beaumont Celts	L
	Yoplait Marian	L	Burgerland Limerick	W
	Final
	Killester Kittens	67	Burgerland Limerick	65

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1985-86

	P	W	L	Pts
*Team Lyonara Wildcats	16	14	2	28
*Team Satzenbrau Belfast	16	12	4	24
*St. Louis	16	11	5	22
*Castledermot	16	10	6	20
Traffic	16	7	9	14
Athlone	16	5	11	10
Team Burgerland Limerick	16	5	11	10
Beaumont	16	4	12	8
Moyle Park	16	4	12	8

[3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Wildcats	W	Castledermot	L
	Satzenbrau Belfast	L	St. Louis	W
	Final
	Wildcats	53	St. Louis	47

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1986-87

	P	W	L	Pts
Athlone	14	12	2	24
Swatch Castledermot	14	12	2	24
Team CSB	14	10	4	20
Moyle Park Columbas	14	9	5	18
St. Colm’s	14	6	8	12
Opel Sport	14	4	10	8
Dublin Celtic	14	3	11	6
Bray	14	0	14	0

[4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Castledermot	63	Team CSB	53
	Athlone	46	Moyle Park	45
	Final
	Athlone	46	Castledermot	44

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1987-88

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Fitzpatricks Shannon	87	Premier Milk Killester	86

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1988-89

	P	W	L	Pts
*Marathon	12	9	3	18
*Premier Milk Killester	12	9	3	18
*Satzembrau Belfast	12	9	3	18
*Moyle Park Columbas	12	8	4	16
Kyer Kelts	12	3	9	6
Pacers	12	3	9	6
Dublin Celtic	12	1	11	2

[5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Marathon	79	Premier Milk Killester	77

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1989-90

	P	W	L	Pts
*Tolka Rovers	18	17	1	34
*Brunell	18	14	4	28
*Columbas Moyle Park	18	11	7	22
*Drimnagh Dynamos	18	11	7	22
Eagles	18	9	9	18
Carrick-on-Shannon	18	8	10	16
Castledermot	18	8	10	16
Gateaux Athlone	18	8	10	16
Pacers	18	2	16	4
Satzenbrau Belfast	18	2	16	4

[6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Tolka Rovers	63	Brunell	68

IBBA NBL Ladies Division 2 1990-91

	P	W	L	Pts
Corinthians	14	13	1	26
Thor Sporting Belfast	14	9	5	18
Athlone	14	9	5	18
Drimnagh Dynamos	14	9	5	18
Eagles	14	7	7	14
Castledermot	14	6	8	12
Carrick-on-Shannon	14	3	11	6
Keltic	14	0	14	0

[7]

Report

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The Irish Basketball Association (IBBA) started the Ladies National Basketball League in 1979-80, and the Ladies Division 2 in 1982-83, with automatic Promotion and Relegation between them.

The 1982-83 season was won by Eagle Lodge of Tralee who went on to defeat Athlone 65-37 in the Top-Four Playoffs. Athlone would make up for the loss the following season winning Division 2 and beating St. Louis in the Top-Four Final by a score of 52-40. The 1984-85 season would see the start of the Killester Kittens long-term success, winning the Division and beating Burgerland Limerick 67-65 in the Top-Four Final.

Wildcats of Waterford would start their road to Super League success winning the double in 1985-86, with St. Louis losing another Top-Four Final, 53-47. Athlone, back in Division 2 for 1986-87, would play out a fantastic tussle all-season with Kildare’s Castledermot – the two would finish level on points at the top of the league, before Athlone would beat the Kildare team 46-44 in the Top-Four Final.

The 1987-88 season Finale would be won by Shannon 87-86 over a Killester team back in Division 2. Killester would lose out the following season also, 89-87 to Marathon. Tolka Rovers of Dublin would win the League in 1989-90, only to lose to Brunell, 68-63 in the Final. Corinthians would win the last League under the IBBA Ladies NBL name.

The League underwent rebranding in 1991 – The IBBA became the IBA and the Men’s Division 1 became a Super League. In the Ladies Leagues, the IBA changed the name of the competition to the Women’s National League Divisions 1 & 2, a Super League would be a further 6 years off for the Women.

References

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Articles

[1] (1984) “National league 1983-84”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. October 1984.

[2] (1985) “Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Autumn 1985.

[3] (1986) “National League Standings 1985-86”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1985-86 Season.

[4] (1987) “National League 1986-87”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1986-87 Season.

[5] (1989) “National League 1988-89 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 12. 1988-89 Season. pg. 28

[6] (1990) “National League 1989-90 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 15. March 1990 pp. 18

[7] (1991) “National League Tables 1990/91”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 18. May 1991 pp. 14

Sources

[8] (1983) “Scene is set for top-four showdown”. Irish Press. Monday, March 16, 1983.

[9] (1988) “Dawn Milk leave it to last seconds”. Irish Press. Monday, March 21, 1988. pp. 12-13.

[10] (1989) “Neptune find right formula”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 1989. pp. 14-15.

[11] (1990) “Ballina overtime ban hands it to Vincents”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 19, 1990. pp. 12-13.

[12] (1991) “Last gasp Neptune!”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 25, 1991. pp. 22-23.

[13] (1983) “Vincent’s, North Mon on top”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 21, 1983. pp. 14-15.

[14] (1984) “Top two titles stay in Dublin”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 19, 1984. pp. 16-17.

[15] (1985) “Formula finally right”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 18, 1985. pp. 16-17.

[16] (1986) “Dubliners basket top four honours”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 17, 1986. pp. 12-13.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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