Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland All-Ireland Blitz 1960

Enda Mulcahy

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Venue: Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, 2 October 1960

Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	First Round
02.10.1960	Army School of Music (Dublin)	20	St. Mary’s B Athlone	6
02.10.1960	Corinthians (Dublin)	12	Rosario B Belfast	6 aet
02.10.1960	James Stephens Kilkenny	21	Custume Athlone	4
02.10.1960	44th FCA Cork	13	Air Corps (Dublin)	11
02.10.1960	Dublin Celtic	30	Dungannon	13
02.10.1960	Rosario A Belfast	14	Robert Emmetts Kilkenny	12 aet
02.10.1960	St. Mary’s A Athlone	17	Bangor	8
02.10.1960	St. Mary’s Teachers Union	15	St. Colmcille Tralee	10
	Quarter-Finals
02.10.1960	Army School of Music (Dublin)	11	Corinthians	8
02.10.1960	44th FCA Cork	23	James Stephens Kilkenny	22 aet
02.10.1960	Dublin Celtic	29	Rosario A Belfast	7
02.10.1960	St. Mary’s A Athlone	18	SMTU Belfast	14
	Semi-Finals
02.10.1960	Army School of Music Dublin	12	44th FCA Cork	5
02.10.1960	Dublin Celtic	19	St. Mary’s A Athlone	18
	Final
02.10.1960	Dublin Celtic	15	Army School of Music (Dublin)	10

Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland All-Ireland Blitz Results 1960 [Reference: 1]

Report

Dublin Celtic, who had been beaten finalists in 1959, won the All-Ireland Basketball Blitz for the first time in October 1960, when beating Army School of Music 15-10 in the Final. M. Morrison top-scored on 8 points for the Army School of Music, but it wasn’t enough as the combination of P. O’Hara (7 pts), N. Nugent (5) and D. Rochford (3) saw of the challenge of ASM to give the title to Celtic.

Final

Team / Scorers	*Points*	*Team / Scorers*	*Points*
Dublin Celtic	15	Army School of Music	10
P. O’Hara	7	M. Morrison	8
N. Nugent	5	K. Staunton	2
D. Rochford	3

ABAI All-Ireland Blitz 1960 Final Scorers [Reference: 1]

About

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland (now Basketball Ireland) was the organisation in charge of running Basketball in Ireland from 1947 to 1979 when it changed its name to the Irish Basketball Association.

From 1953 to 1973 it was organised on a Club and County basis like the Gaelic Athletic association, and the All-Ireland Minor Championship was the Underage County Championship.

The All-Ireland Blitz was Club Championship, held over the course of a weekend.

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1960) “Celtic won ‘blitz’ title” Irish Press. Monday, October 3, 1960. pg. 9 [Internet] Available from the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service)

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 1 March 2020