Ballincollig already eyeing more than just progress

When sports teams talk about The Project, they could have had today’s President’s Cup final at the National Basketball Arena in mind.

Two clubs, Killorglin and Ballincollig, viewing the Division One decider as more a means than an end, less a destination than a step on the way.

“This has been a long time in the making,” Ballincollig head coach Kieran O’Sullivan mused yesterday. “But this is not a climax to 15 years’ work. It just gives us a pathway towards our end point.”