After Covid frustrations, basketball grasps its opportunity as league returns after 18 month hiatus

Devin Gilmore of DBS Eanna at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin yesterday at the launch of the new basketball sponsorship deal for men’s and women’s teams. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Basketball Ireland was the first Irish national governing body to bring the shutters down when Covid ‘happened’ early last year, and it stayed at the forefront of the conversation in asking Government when indoor sports could hope to roll them up again.

The national leagues will finally return after an 18-month hiatus this day next week when The Address UCC Glanmire host Team Garveys St Mary’s and the sense of renewal is heightened by a new three-year deal with CFM Group to sponsor the league and the National Cup.