Super League basketball comes to Ballincollig: 'This has given me a new lease of life'

History will be made when Ballincollig make their debut in the Men’s Super League against Neptune this afternoon. It will be an emotional and memorable day for all involved with the club — none more so than the O’Sullivan family

The Ballincollig team celebrate after the Hula Hoops Presidents National Cup Final win over IT Carlow at the National Basketball Arena in January 2020. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

This afternoon in a school gym on the western fringes of Cork city, a piece of Irish basketball history will be made.

Ballincollig Community School isn’t one of the sport’s or city’s celebrated sports cathedrals the way the Parochial Hall and Neptune Stadium are for housing all those barnstorming northside derbies and national finals and international tournaments. Up to four years ago, it hadn’t even hosted a national league game.