Basketball: Ballina snatch shock victory

BALLINA caused the biggest upset in a sensational weekend’s basketball by dumping Dart Killester out of the ESB National Cup as the semi-finalists were decided.

Defending champions, Mardyke UCC Demons, and their neighbours, Neptune, got through in Cork and BurgerKing put Gleneagle Lakers out of contention at the UL arena.

But it was the dismissal of Dart Killester by the Division One side, Team Merry Monk, in the Ballina Sports centre, that stunned the SuperLeague and deprived Dublin fans of a representative in the penultimate stage of the Cup at the end of January.