Team Garveys (Kerry) 38 Team Titans (Galway) 36

According to the FG website: “Abolishing the Seanad will bring us in line with progressive European countries like Denmark, Sweden and Finland – all of which survive perfectly well with one house of parliament and far fewer politicians” .

Blue Demons (Cork) 62 St Mary’s, Castleisland (Kerry) 47

THE curtain came down on another basketball extravaganza in Castleisland last night, their 42nd consecutive blitz, at a packed Castleisland Community Centre.

DEFENDING champions, Team Garveys/St Mary’s from Castleisland, are back in the Senior Men’s Division 1 National Cup final after an impressive 80-68 semi-final victory over Titans at Neptune Stadium.

ABRAKEBABRA TIGERS have targeted the double since the start of the season, coach Dave Falvey admitted yesterday.

Abrakebabra Tigers are the 2007 Men's SuperLeague National Cup Champions after a stunning team display saw them wrestle the coveted trophy out of the grasp of UCC Demons at the National Basketball Arena this evening.

TRALEE coach Dave Falvey is looking to Mike Quirke for one more big game. His Demons counterpart Pat Price just wants his captain, Tim O’Halloran on the court for tomorrow’s Superleague Cup final — he’ll take his chances on O’Halloran’s back holding up.

FOOTBALLER of the year, Kieran Donaghy, will be available for the men’s superleague national cup final at the National Basketball Arena when his, Abrakebabra Tigers, bid to wrest the trophy from UCC Demons.

The Nivea For Men SuperLeague and Women’s SuperLeague Championships will take a break this weekend and will make way for the National Cup competitions.

AFTER their big win over Ballina in the first round of the Cup, Abrakebabra Tigers face a huge weekend in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague when they play host to UCC Demons at the Leisure Centre on Saturday night and then tackle Limerick Lions on Bank Holiday Monday.

LIMERICK Lions hammered out a sensational 94-83 victory over UCC Demons as defending champions Abrakebabra Tigers kept their title hopes intact with a two point victory over Merry Monk Ballina when the SuperLeague Men’s National Cup got underway at the weekend.

Abrakababra Tigers 101 DART Killester 79

THEY have the National Cup safely stashed away in Tralee, have topped the Southern Conference, and will be raging hot favourites to retain the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague when they put the title on the line at the Mardyke Arena in Cork this weekend.

Brendan Mooney

IF SuperLeague form was the guide, then Abrakebabra Tigers would be certainties to take the National Cup back to Tralee tomorrow night.

ABRAKEBABRA Tigers overwhelmed DART Killester - 111 to 88 - to send three Munster teams through to the semi-finals of the National Cup on what was a great weekend for basketball in the province.

NEPTUNE and Shamrock Rovers Hoops have each won basketball’s most coveted prize - the National Cup - four times but tomorrow night they will be battling to stay in this year’s competition at Neptune Stadium.

IT’S the game basketball has been talking about for weeks - the clash of the two best sides in the country as unbeaten DART Killester make the trip to Tralee to meet the Abrakebabra Tigers in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague tomorrow night.

ESB Superleague action resumes this weekend following a brief hiatus which saw Notre Dame pick up the only league points of the last week.

FESTIVE goodwill is in plentiful supply in Cork this weekend. On Sunday, Neptune are offering free admission to everyone for their meeting with Irish Travel Partner Saints (St Vincent’s) in the ESB SuperLeague at Neptune Stadium.

WITH the cup quarter-final commitments out of the way, Sx3 Star turn to the ESB SuperLeague this weekend when they face an interesting visit to Munster for back-to-back games against Burger King tomorrow night and a rejuvenated Gleneagle Lakers on Sunday afternoon.

WHENEVER Neptune and Demons meet in a Cork derby fireworks are assured and tonight will be no exception when they clash at Neptune Stadium (8 p.m.).

FROSTIES TIGERS, smarting from Wednesday night’s defeat by Neptune, can’t expect any favours from UCC Demons when they return to Cork for tonight’s ESB SuperLeague clash at The Mardyke with Pat Price’s side on the rebound after last weekend’s loss in overtime to Saints.

There are changes to the ESB men’s Superleague schedule this weekend to allow senior internationals, Damien Sealy and Adrian Fulton join the Irish team in Germany on Sunday