Superleague Basketball: Ballincollig savour slice of history as Warriors claim Kingdom Clasico

In the Women’s Super League it proved to be a memorable day for Trinity Meteors when they travelled to Cork and came away with a stunning 67-64 win at Fr Mathews.

FLYING HIGH: Aaron Calixte of Garvey's Tralee Warriors goes up for the lay-up despite the efforts of Killorglin's Xavier Arriaga, Allan Thomas, Shane O'Connell and Simon Francis during the InsureMyVan.ie Men's SuperLeague South Conference game at a sold out Complex in Tralee.

ON an historic afternoon, newly-promoted Tradehouse Central Ballincollig got debut  Men’s Super League season off to a dream start by defeating Cork bluebloods C&S Neptune 78-69 in a scrappy local derby.

Star of the show for the winners was Slovenian forward Milorad Sedlarevac who finished with a game-high 29 points.