Gamble pays off as Lakers sink Neptune

Neptune 75 Gleneagle Lakers 78

He did just that yesterday when he played the leading role in Gleneagle Lakers' sensational 78-75 victory over his old club in the Cup quarter-final at Neptune Stadium.

It was the first of the four quarter-finals to be played at the weekend, with Mardyke UCC Demons playing host to UCD; SuperLeague conference leaders DART Killester and Abrakebabra Tigers battling it out at Belfield, and Limerick Lions travelling to Glasnevin to play Roma St Vincent's. However, the Neptune-Lakers game will take beating for passion and pace, for it had all the passion of any Cork-Kerry clash, and with so many familiar faces in opposition, including coaches Jim Nugent and Mark Scannell, the flavour of a local derby was bound together with the finality of a Cup clash.