Lota International Basketball Tournament 1965

The Collegians (Belfast) Captain receiving the Lota Trophy in 1965 [Reference: 2]

Pool Tables

PWLPFPAPts
Pool 1
*Neptune (Cork)22043384
US Navy (Derry)21142422
Tannery (Tralee)20239440
Pool 2
*St. Mary’s (Athlone)21148502
St. Vincent’s (Killarney)21139302
Cardinals21138452
Pool 3
*Collegians (Belfast)22062424
Ford (Cork)21134442
CYMS (Tralee)20243510
Pool 4
*Gunners (Cork)22068474
Garda (Dublin)21142522
Robert Emmetts (Kilkenny)20247580
Lota International Basketball Tournament 1965 [References: Compiled from Results in 1]

Finals

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
19.04.1965Neptune32St. Mary’s26
19.04.1965Collegians24Gunners18
Final
19.04.1965Collegians54Neptune32
Lota International Basketball Tournament Finals 1965 [References: 1]

Pool Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Pool 1
19.04.1965Neptune22US Navy19
19.04.1965Neptune21Tannery19
19.04.1965US Navy23Tannery20
Pool 2
19.04.1965Cardinals14St. Vincent’s13
19.04.1965St. Mary’s Athlone32Cardinals24
19.04.1965St. Vincent’s26St. Mary’s16
Pool 3
19.04.1965Ford18CYMS Tralee17
19.04.1965Collegians27Ford16
19.04.1965Collegians35CYMS Tralee26
Pool 4
19.04.1965Gunners33Garda19
19.04.1965Gunners35Robert Emmetts28
19.04.1965Garda23Robert Emmetts19
Lota International Basketball Tournament Pool Results 1965 [References: 1]

Report

Irish International, George Clarke, scored 39 of Collegians points, as he picked up the Most Valuable Player Award for the 1965 Lota Tournament, as the Belfast side triumphed by 22 points in the Final against hosts, Neptune. The Final score was 54-32 in favour of the Northerners.

The other Pool winners were St. Mary’s Athlone, winning their Pool on Points scored after all three teams had finished on one win apiece, and Gunners, from Cork. Neptune disposed of St. Mary’s in the first semi-Final, 32-26, and in the second, Collegians, likewise, won by six points, over Gunners, the final score being 24-18.

Collegians played a wide zone in the Final, and in an effort to combat this, Neptune drove forthe basket, only to see it swept from their fingertips, with a resulting fast break for the Northerners resulting in baskets. Player of the Tournament, George Clarke, not only scored 39 of his sides points but also always working, also making himself loose, leading from the break, and unselfishly making scoring passes time and again.

1965 Lota Tournament MVP George Clarke receiving his trophy [Reference: 3]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1965) Basketball: Collegians were worthy winners of the Lota Tournament” Evening Echo. April 22, 1965.[Irish Newspaper Archive]

Images

[2] A Little “Bit” of Irish Basketball History (2020) 1965 Lota Tournament trophy for Belfast Collegians [Internet]Available from: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugfBkmELKnE/XhoAaiDGHlI/AAAAAAAAC94/dexNEeIrwYgitvMMoeH9iRpFn0JIKBS8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1965%2BLota%2BTournament%2BResuts%2B%2528Collegians%2529.jpg  [Accessed 28 July 2020]

[2] A Little “Bit” of Irish Basketball History (2020) Basketball Prize: G Clarke of Collegians Team (Belfast)… [Internet]Available from: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugfBkmELKnE/XhoAaiDGHlI/AAAAAAAAC94/dexNEeIrwYgitvMMoeH9iRpFn0JIKBS8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1965%2BLota%2BTournament%2BResuts%2B%2528Collegians%2529.jpg  [Accessed 28 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu & Pat Connolly.

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Last Updated: 28 July 2020

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