Neptune Basketball Club

Neptune Basketball Club
Founded 1948
Arena Neptune Stadium
Location Cork, Ireland
Team colors Blue & white
Main sponsor C and S Construction
President Paul Barrett
Website NeptuneBasketballClub.com

Neptune Basketball Club is an Irish basketball club based in Cork. Established in 1948 through the Slua Muirí,[1] Neptune is the oldest and most successful civilian basketball club in Ireland.[2]

History

The club's senior men's representative team has won the Irish National League title 11 times. Known as Burgerland Neptune throughout the 1980s and 1990s,[3] the team won seven championships between 1983 and 1991 thanks to American import Terry Strickland and the support of Irish investor Jackie Solan.[4] Neptune won a further four titles between 1995 and 2003.[5][6] In 2013, Neptune won their fifth National Cup title and first since 1992.[7]

In July 2015, Neptune withdrew from the Premier League following a major loss of player personnel, deciding instead to join the second-tiered National League Division 1 for the 2015–16 season.[8][9][10] Neptune continued on in Division 1 for the 2016–17 season[11] and subsequently won the 2017 Hula Hoops Presidents Cup.[12] In March 2018, they were promoted back into Basketball Ireland's Men's Super League.[13]

Achievements

  • 11× Irish Men's National League champions: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003
  • 5× Irish Men's National Cup champions: 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2013[14]

Notable past players

References

  1. ↑ Neptune Basketball Club – Home
  2. ↑ Neptune withdrawal raises serious questions
  3. ↑ KIERAN SHANNON: KING OF CORK AND COURT
  4. ↑ Americans enriched a unique era: When Ireland loved basketball
  5. ↑ Roll of Honour 1973 - 2014
  6. ↑ Neptune favourites
  7. ↑ American dream retold in documentary on Irish basketball’s glory days
  8. ↑ Neptune exit Basketball Premier League
  9. ↑ Cork basketball in turmoil as neptune withdraw
  10. ↑ Neptune's disappearance a low point for basketball in 2015
  11. ↑ NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES 2016/2017
  12. ↑ HULA HOOPS CUP FINALS GAMEZONE: SENIOR MEN AND WOMEN
  13. ↑ RECAP: NEPTUNE SECURE PROMOTION WHILE TEMPLEOGUE WIN IN OT
  14. ↑ BASKETBALL IRELAND SUPERLEAGUE WINNERS
  15. ↑ McKenna, Dave (June 29, 2018). "The American Who Briefly Got Ireland To Love Basketball Is Looking For A Storybook Ending". Deadspin. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  16. ↑ Shannon, Kieran (March 24, 2012). "When we were kings". Irish Examiner. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

Further reading

  • McKenna, Dave (January 17, 2017). "The Fake All-Star Team On A Bender That Inspired Ireland To Play Basketball". Deadspin. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  • Shannon, Kieran (2009). Hanging from the Rafters: The Story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball. Echo Publications. ISBN 0956244327.
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