Gleneagle Lakers end Cup drought

Gleneagle Lakers recorded their first Cup victory in seven years, putting in a huge performance to defeat Shamrock Rovers 103-77 and booking their place in the quarter-finals round.

Neptune provided the upset in Tralee, putting an end to their unbeaten record and enjoying sweet revenge for two defeats delivered by the Tigers earlier this season.

Neptune were never in grave danger of losing this one, opening up an early 11-0 lead to see the Kerrymen chasing the game thereafter, going down 84-75.

Hibernian UCD Marian were unable to reverse their league defeat of last week, going down 84-92 to Dart Killester, making an early exit from the competition.

St Vincent’s put an end to Star’s Cup dreams, defeating the Belfast men 68-81, in a reversal of their recent misfortune.

Mardyke UCC Demons had little problem overthrowing Queens, while Waterford Crystal enjoyed a similar victory against Moycullen. Ballina Braves are the only Division One team remaining in the Senior Men’s Competition, defeating Corinthians 114-86.

In the Senior Women’s Cup, Sligo Warriors failed to travel for their game against St Pauls due to fog, although Killester managed the journey West, defeating the All Stars 88-32.

Tolka Rovers are the only Superleague team to exit the competition, going down 80-44, while there were victories also for Meteors, University of Limerick and Drimnagh Dynamos.

The open draw for the quarter-finals of the Men’s Cup will take place in the ESB Arena tomorrow at 3pm.

The fixtures in the seeded women’s Cup are as follows:

Vienna Woods Glanmire v University of Limerick

Dart Killester v Peugeot Meteors

St Pauls/Donoughmore v Drimnagh Dynamos

Team Cuba Galway v Bausch & Lomb Wildcats

Quarter final round to be played on the weekend of the January 3 and 4 2004.

ESB Women’s National Cup

Sligo All Stars 32 (19) E Kelly 15

Dart Killester 88 (38) S Maguire 24

Mercy Coolock 54 (27) L Peate 15, J Collins 10, P Grogan 8 Peugeot Meteors 83 (36) S Harvey 19, E Lindsay 14, L Scully 10

Firhouse Notre Dame 37 (14) E McMahon 15

University of Limerick 88 (48) M Aspel 34, S Leahy 15, D Breen 14

Scruffy St Pauls v Sligo Warriors – match postponed

Bausch & Lomb Wildcats 53 N Conway 25, G Dwyer 25

Longford Falcons 40 (22) L McKeown 8, C Delaney 6, M Stakelum 6

Vienna Woods Glanmire 80 (32) M Breen 16, A Spears 14, SJ O’Connell 12 Tolka Rovers 44 (22) N O’Brien 12, M Canavan 10, C Sungy 8

XLR8 Drimnagh Dynamos 90 (39) V Shaw 19, S Kelly 13, K Staunton 11 Donoughmore 33 (23) L Raymond 9, J Murphy 8, S Robinson 8

ESB Men’s National Cup

Neptune 84 (41) C Watson 21, K Gamble 21, G Fitzgerald 15 Horan’s Healthstore Tigers 75 (24) C Bracey 23, D Williams 17, B Mason 10

Hibernian UCD Marian 84 (40) C Peoples 22, B Glover 18, K McFarland 17 Dart Killester 92 (49) C Ellis 30, K Friel 18, D Sealy 13

Moycullen 57 (14) A Walsh 19, J Cunningham 18

Waterford Crystal 104 (52) T Jackson 25, J Wiersma 20

MDS Star 68 (41) J Chambers 22, J Leahy 17, P Campolieta 17

St Vincents 81 (43) J Turner 30, E Brown 16, S McGuirk 11

Corinthians 86 A Kennedy 28, T McDonagh 16, D McGuinness 18 Team Merry Monk Ballina 114 J McLean, R McGarrity 23, L McHale 21

Gleneagle Lakers 103 (51) T Levet 30, T Sullivan 27, D Smith 15 Shamrock Rovers 77 (25) A Jenkins 30, N Ashby 18, .D Marcario 11

Mardyke UCC Demons 109 (61) T Butler 37, M Michels 17, A Nuualiitia 17 Queens 70 (33) B Sanchez 30, A D’Olliver 14, N Nuaki 11