Stars of the future 'duke' it out as 54th Castleisland basketball blitz serves up thrills

Curtain comes down on another extraordinary Castleisland Christmas Blitz.

Action from the Senior National School Girls B Final at the 54th Annual Basketball Blitz in Castleisland Community Centre sees Evie O'Donoghue of Kilmurry NS with Emma Griffin of Muire Gan Smai Photo: Domnick Walsh 

The curtain came down on the 54th annual Castleisland Christmas Basketball Blitz on Tuesday evening after a marathon five days of thrills and spills.

Huge crowds, thanks in part to the benign weather, witnessed some furious action featuring everyone from underage schools sides right up to the top teams such as Limerick Celtics, Flexachem Killorglin and Tralee Warriors.