IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1991-92

	P	W	L	Pts
Drimnagh Dynamos	14	10	4	20
Snowcream Wexford	14	9	5	18
Brunell	14	9	5	18
Carrick-on-Shannon	14	7	7	14
Eagles [Kildare]	14	7	7	14
Thor Sporting Belfast	14	7	7	14
Keltic	14	6	8	12
Athlone	14	1	13	2

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	2nd Place Playoff
	Snowcream Wexford	76	Brunell	69

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IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1992-93

	P	W	L	Pts
Oscar Taylor’s Killester	12	10	2	20
Carrick-on-Shannon	12	7	5	14
Brunell	12	6	6	12
Sporting Belfast	12	6	6	12
Eagles	12	5	7	10
Keltic	12	5	7	10
Elan Athlone	12	2	10	4

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Carrick-on-Shannon	57	Oscar Taylor’s Killester	59

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	P	W	L	Pts
Snowcream Wexford	14	13	1	26
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast	14	11	3	22
Slevin Group Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	14	11	3	22
Carrick-on-Shannon	14	8	6	16
Silken Thomas Eagles	14	5	9	10
Elan Athlone	14	3	11	6
Dublin Crusaders	14	3	11	6
Dublin Celtic	14	2	12	4

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	2nd Place Playoff
	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	71	Sporting Belfast	63

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IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1994-95

	P	W	L	Pts
Brunell	12	9	3	30
Atlantic Ballybunnion	12	8	4	28
Eagles	12	6	6	24
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast	12	6	6	24
Athlone	12	1	11	14

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Promotion Playoff
	Atlantic Ballybunnion	69	Oscar Taylor Killester	51

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IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1995-96

	P	W	L	Pts
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	12	9	3	30
Athlone	12	8	4	28
Silken Thomas Eagles	12	7	5	26
TNT Killester	12	6	6	24
Sporting Belfast	12	5	7	22
Castleisland	12	4	8	20
Coasters	12	3	9	18

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	45	Killester	44
	Eagles	72	Athlone	55
	Final
	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	74	Eagles	61

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IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1996-97

	P	W	L	Pts
Buckley Sports Blarney	12	12	0	36
TNT Killester	12	9	3	30
Firhouse Coasters	12	7	5	26
Sporting Belfast	12	6	6	24
Riverisland Castleisland	12	5	7	22
Silken Thomas Eagles	12	2	10	16
Atlantic Ballybunnion # (-1)	12	1	11	13

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Final
	Killester	79	Buckley Sports Blarney	75 ot

Report

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The Irish Basketball Association rebranded the Ladies National Basketball League as the Women’s National League in 1991. Division 2 was the Second Tier.

Drimnagh Dynamoes would win the Division in 1991-92 on a 10-4 record, but lose the Final 62-44 to Snowcream Wexford. The following year Killester would top the league on 10-2 and defeat Carrick-on-Shannon, by two points 59-57 in the Final.

Snowcream Wexford would be back in Division 2 after one season in Division 1 and would win the title with 13 wins from 14 matches. The 1994-95 season would see a drop in the number of teams to five as Brunell of Cork  took the title with a 9-3 record. MSB wouuld take the title in 1995-96 with a 9-3 record and defeat Eagles of Kildare 74-61 in the Final.

Following the 1996-97 season which was won by Blarney with an unblemished 12-0 record, though they lost the Final to Killester in Overtime, 79-75, it was decided to merge Divisions 1 & 2 into one Super League, with a Regional League below this.

References

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Articles

[2] (1992) “Citrus Spring League Final standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 7

[3] (1993) “WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 24. April 1993 pp. 15-17

[4] (1994) “Budweiser Superleague Final”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 27. March 1994 pp. 16-17

[5] (1995) “Gateaux Women’s League Final Standing”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 30. March 1995 pp. 30

[6] (1996) “MSB return to top flight”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pp. 29

Sources

[7] (1992) “North Mon plough into stars: DETAIL”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1992. pp. 3224-25.

[8] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 28, 1994. pp. 26-27.

[9] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 24-25.

[10] (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 3, 1997. pp. 28-29.

[11] (1995) “Basketball Reults”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 13, 1995. pp. 14-15.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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