Cork cup action raises the rafters

FOLLOWING the “huge success” of last weekend’s National Cup semi-finals in Cork’s Neptune Stadium, Basketball Ireland confirmed yesterday it will consider staging semi-finals in Cork again in future.

A feast of basketball ended with UCC Demons’ 88-83 victory over Neptune in the men’s semi-final on Sunday (they meet Killester in two weeks in the final, a repeat of last year’s decider).

Team Montenotte reached their fourth consecutive Senior Women’s National Cup final after beating Meteors 78-46 and will meet DCU Mercy in the decider.