Venue: National Indoor Arena, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.

Dates: 5-6 April 2019

Pool Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
*Dublin City University	3	3	0	155	118	9
*Trinity College Dublin	3	1	2	175	157	3
University of Limerick	3	1	2	165	189	3
Dublin Institute of Technology	3	1	2	165	196	3
Pool B
*Ulster University	3	3	0	191	150	9
*University College Cork	3	2	1	199	194	6
IT Carlow	3	1	2	184	179	3
NUI Galway	3	0	3	137	188	0

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
06.04.2019	Ulster University	64	Trinity College Dublin	71
06.04.2019	Dublin City University	63	University College Cork	26
	Final
07.04.2019	Dublin City University	64	Trinity College Dublin	70

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool A
05.04.2019	Dublin City University	52	Dublin IT	38
05.04.2019	University of Limerick	59	Trinity College Dublin	57
05.04.2019	University of Limerick	36	Dublin city University	54
05.04.2019	Dublin IT	49	Trinity College	74
06.04.2019	Dublin IT	78	University of Limerick	70
06.04.2019	Dublin City University	49	Trinity College Dublin	44
	Pool B
05.04.2019	Ulster University	53	NUI Galway	44
05.04.2019	IT Carlow	69	University College Cork	73
05.04.2019	University College Cork	75	NUI Galway	53
05.04.2019	Ulster University	66	IT Carlow	55
06.04.2019	NUI Galway	40	IT Carlow	60
06.04.2019	University College Cork	51	Ulster University	72

Report

Trinity College Dublin beat Dublin City University 70-64 in the Women’s Division A Varsity Final in the National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. They managed to overturn a 21-point DCU lead. The reigning Champions were surprised by the Trinity team, led by MVP Sorcha Tiernan, and supported by Sarah Kenny, Rachel Huijsdens and Rebecca Rabeiro.

The holders, DCU led 26-13 in the second quarter when the comeback began, and by halftime Trinity College had turned the deficit into just 9 points. 42-33. Despite outstanding displays from DCU’s Megan Connolly and Aoife Maguire, the Trinity team overturned the deficit by the end of the third quarter to lead 57-50, before finishing off in style, eventually winning 70-64. [Ref: 3]

DCU: Megan Connolly, Deborah Sealy, Olivia Reed, Alison Cleary, Maeve Phelan, Ruthie Leavey, Aine McDonnell, Adeysha Williams, Aoife Maguire, Aoibheann Byrne, Ali Donohue, Samantha Hyslip

Trinity: Ali Connolly, Sorcha Tiernan, Simone Hobdy, Rebecca Rabeiro, Olivia Flanagan, Ali Blaney, Sarah Kenny, Lauren Devitt, Aoife O’Halloran, Katie Garton, Rachel Huijsdens, Aisling O’Driscoll.

References

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Women’s Division A | Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1002&id=1919#.XqSE-WhKhPY [Accessed 15 August 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Women’s Division A | Matches [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/Fixtures.aspx?oid=1002&compid=1919 [Accessed 23 April 2019]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2019) FIXTURES & RESULTS: 2019 Intervarsities Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10050183/ [Accessed 10 June 2019]

Images

[4] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2019) FIXTURES & RESULTS: 2019 Intervarsities Finals: Trinity College Dublin [Internet] Available from: http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/638_uploaded/c847021d021448f8d939f4b499e466811230b999.png [Accessed 10 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Trinity College Dublin

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Venue: National University of Ireland, Galway

Date: 6-9 March 2003

Group Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*University College Cork	2	2	0	133	67	4
*NUI Maynooth	2	1	1	121	93	2
+University of Ulster Magee	2	0	2	71	155	0
Group B
*University College Dublin	2	2	0	151	107	4
*NUI Galway	2	1	1	122	131	2
+University of Limerick	2	0	2	103	138	0
Group C
*Trinity College Dublin	2	2	0	165	101	4
*Dublin City University	2	1	1	110	93	2
+Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	2	0	2	83	164	0
Group D
*Queen’s University Belfast	2	2	0	105	75	4
*University of Ulster Jordanstown	2	1	1	107	81	2
+University of Ulster Coleraine	2	0	2	60	116	0

Note: * Qualify for Cup Quarter-Finals. + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals

Cup Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Cup Quarter-Finals
03.2003	University College Cork	35	Dublin city University	30
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	56	Trinity College Dublin	69
03.2003	University College Dublin	75	University of Ulster Jordanstown	67
03.2003	NUI Galway	55	Queen’s University Belfast	66
	Cup Semi-Finals
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	82	Queen’s University Belfast	78
03.2003	University College Dublin	69	University College Cork	73
	Cup Final
03.2003	University College Cork	68	Trinity College Dublin	60

Plate Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plate Semi-Finals
03.2003	University of Limerick	52	University of Ulster Coleraine	54
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	43	University of Ulster Magee	35
	Plate Final
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	65	University of Ulster Coleraine	49

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	74	University of Ulster Magee	41
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	37	University College Cork	52
03.2003	University of Ulster Magee	30	University College Cork	51
	Group B
03.2003	University College Dublin	72	University of Limerick	51
03.2003	University of Limerick	52	NUI Galway	66
03.2003	University College Dublin	79	NUI Galway	56
	Group C
03.2003	Dublin City University	61	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	31
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	52	Trinity College Dublin	103
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	62	Dublin City University	49
	Group D
03.2003	University of Ulster Coleraine	30	University of Ulster Jordanstown	62
03.2003	Queen’s University Belfast	51	University of Ulster Jordanstown	45
03.2003	University of Ulster Coleraine	30	Queen’s University Belfast	54

Report

University College Cork won the 2002-03 Men’s Basketball Intervarsities, held from the 6th to the 9th March 2003, in the National University of Ireland, Galway. 12 Universities entered in total, divided into four Groups of three, with the top two in each group qualifying for the Cup Quarter-Finals.

UCC won both Group matches, before beating Dublin City University 35-30 in the Quarter-Finals, University College Dublin 73-69 in the Semi-Finals, and Trinity College Dublin 68-60 in the Cup Final. Trinity College Dublin had won 69-56 against NUI Maynooth in the Quarter-Finals before defeating Queens University Belfast 68-60 in the Semi-Finals.

The Consolation Plate Competition was won, like in the Women’ds Intervarsities, by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, by a score of 65-49 over University of Ulster Coleraine.

References

Internet Archive

[1] CUSAI | Wayback Machine (2005) Basketball Intervarsities 2002 / 2003 – info & Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050116071417/http://www.cusai.ie/irishaffairs/20022003/iv/basketball.html#tresults [Accessed 24 May 2019]

Images

[2] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan and Gabriel McCloyne, Trinity College Dublin

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Venue: National University of Ireland, Galway

Date: 6-9 March 2003

Group Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*University College Dublin	2	2	0	97	53	4
*Dublin City University	2	1	1	92	67	2
+University of Ulster Jordanstown	2	0	2	36	105	0
Group B
*NUI Galway	2	2	0	94	55	4
*Trinity College Dublin	2	1	1	93	94	2
+Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	2	0	2	59	97	0
Group C
*University College Cork	2	2	0	96	29	4
*Queens’s University Belfast	2	1	1	75	32	2
+University of Ulster Coleraine	2	0	2	16	126	0
Group D
*University of Limerick	2	2	0	123	53	4
*NUI Maynooth	2	1	1	79	83	2
+University of Ulster Magee	2	0	2	36	102	0

Note: * Qualify for Cup Quarter-Finals. + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals.

Cup Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Cup Quarter-Finals
03.2003	University College Dublin	88	Queen’s University Belfast	14
03.2003	NUI Galway	52	NUI Maynooth	27
03.2003	Dublin City University	43	University College Cork	8
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	34	University of Limerick	67
	Cup Semi-Finals
03.2003	NUI Galway	78	University College Dublin	63
03.2003	University of Limerick	52	Dublin City University	31
	Cup Final
03.2003	University of Limerick	71	NUI Galway	41

Plate Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plate Semi-Finals
03.2003	University of Ulster Jordanstown	69	University of Ulster Coleraine	28
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	37	University of Ulster Magee	5
	Plate Final
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	35	University of Ulster Jordanstown	29

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
03.2003	University of Ulster Jordanstown	21	Dublin City University	54
03.2003	Dublin City University	38	University College Dublin	46
03.2003	University College Dublin	51	University of Ulster Jordanstown	15
	Group B
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	56	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	41
03.2003	NUI Galway	53	Trinity College Dublin	37
03.2003	NUI Galway	41	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	18
	Group C
03.2003	Queen’s University Belfast	19	University College Cork	26
03.2003	University College Cork	70	University of Ulster Coleraine	10
03.2003	University of Ulster Coleraine	6	Queen’s University Belfast	56
	Group D
03.2003	University of Limerick	60	University of Ulster Magee	16
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	37	University of Limerick	63
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	42	University of Ulster Magee	20

Report

University of Limerick won the 2002-03 Women’s Basketball Intervarsities, held from the 6th to the 9th March 2003, in the National University of Ireland, Galway. 12 Universities entered in total, divided into four Groups of three, with the top two in each group qualifying for the Cup Quarter-Finals.

University of Limerick won the Cup, with a 71-41 victory over hosts, NUI Galway, in the Final, after winning their two Group matches, and then defeating Trinity College Dublin in the Quarter-Finals and Dublin City University in the Semi-Finals. NUI galway had beaten NUI Maynooth in the Quarter-Finals and University College Dublin in the Semi-Finals.

The Consolation Plate competition, for the third place team in each group, was won by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, who overcame University of Ulster, Jordanstown 35-29 in the Plate Final.

References

Internet Archive

[1] CUSAI | Wayback Machine (2005) Basketball Intervarsities 2002 / 2003 – info & Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050116071417/http://www.cusai.ie/irishaffairs/20022003/iv/basketball.html#tresults [Accessed 24 May 2019]

Images

[2] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Trinity College Dublin

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Final Pool Tables

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Pool 1
*Ulster University	3	3	0	209	145	9
*Griffith College Dublin	3	2	1	181	182	6
Dublin City University	3	1	2	161	179	3
Cork Institute of Technology	3	0	3	160	205	0
Pool 2
*NUI Galway	3	2	1	235	197	6
*Dublin Business School	3	2	1	221	206	6
IT Carlow	3	2	1	191	189	6
Dundalk IT	3	0	3	191	246	0

Reference: [1]

Semi-Finals & Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
06.04.19	Ulster University	74	Dublin Business School	76
06.04.19	NUI Galway	72	Griffith College Dublin	70
	Final
07.04.19	Dublin Business School	76	NUI Galway	68

Reference: [2]

Pool Stage Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 1
05.04.19	Griffith College Dublin	56	Dublin City University	55
05.04.19	Ulster University	72	Cork IT	47
05.04.19	Cork IT	56	Dublin City University	59
05.04.19	Ulster University	70	Griffith College Dublin	51
06.04.19	Cork IT	57	Griffith College Dublin	74
06.04.19	Dublin City University	47	Ulster University	67
	Pool 2
05.04.19	Dublin Business School	88	Dundalk IT	72
05.04.19	IT Carlow	70	NUI Galway	64
05.04.19	NUI Galway	85	Dublin Business School	72
05.04.19	Dundalk IT	64	IT Carlow	72
06.04.19	Dublin Business School	61	IT Carlow	49
06.04.19	Dundalk IT	55	NUI Galway	86

Reference: [2]

Venue: National Sports Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin.

References

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Men’s Division A | Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oid=1002&id=1917#.XVUAsuhKhPY [Accessed 15 August 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2019) 2019 Varsities Men’s Division A | Matches [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/Fixtures.aspx?oid=1002&compid=1917 [Accessed 23 April 2019]

Images

[3] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne, Trinity College Dublin

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