Coláiste Choilm win first senior basketball title

Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig 52 Patrician College Newbridge 51: Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig won the U19A All-Ireland Schools League in dramatic fashion, beating Patrician College Newbridge with the last score of the game at the National Arena.

The final was tied at 51-51 with two seconds remaining when a moment of inexperience from the Kildare side gave Ballincollig the chance to win their first ever Senior ‘A’ title from the free-throw line. Dylan Brickley made the basket and Bryan Murphy claimed the rebound on the follow-up to spark scenes of pure elation.

Coach Francis O’Sullivan had sympathy for Patrician but thanked his squad for gift of a winners’ medal on his birthday.