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Ulster Elks was an Irish men's basketball team based in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. The team competed in the Irish Super League and National League Division 1 and played its home games at the Ulster University Sports Centre. They also played in the Basketball Northern Ireland Premier League.
In 1973, the Irish Basketball Association established a national basketball competition for men with two divisions. This saw many Dublin -based clubs enter their Men's A team into the top flight league, with the likes of Killester , St. Vincent's Dublin and Marian competing for supremacy against Cork -based clubs Blue Demons and Neptune . [ 1 ]
In 2009, Limerick Lions Basketball Club parted ways with the National League team. As a result, the University of Limerick absorbed the team and rebranded it as UL Eagles. [9] In February 2012, UL Eagles won their first National Cup title since 2002 after defeating UCC Demons in the final.
Ulster University (Irish: Ollscoil Uladh; [1] Ulster Scots: Ulstèr Universitie [7] or Ulstèr Varsitie), legally the University of Ulster, [8] is a multi-campus public research university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU.
Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union, Gaelic games, basketball, rugby league, hockey, and cricket, whereas others, like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland.
The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland (SINI), with facilities at Ulster University's Jordanstown campus (UUJ), was established as a partnership between Sport NI and Ulster University. [11] It was formed in 2002 to create a "high performance sporting system" in Northern Ireland.
In 1973–74, Marian entered the inaugural National League with the Men's A team in Division One and the Men's B team in Division Two. After finishing runners-up behind Killester for three straight years between 1975 and 1977, Marian were crowned champions of the National League in 1978 after defeating St. Vincent's Dublin in the final. 1978 also saw Marian compete in the Federation Cup for ...
Éanna Basketball Club is an Irish basketball club based in Dublin. The club's senior men's representative team, Griffith College Éanna, is currently a member of Ireland's top national league, the Super League .