American Football Association of Ireland DV8 Blitzes 1998-99

Final Standings (20 September 1998, Queens University Belfast)

PWLTPFPAPct
*Carrickfergus Knights22002601.000
Queens University Belfast Broncos211026.500
Belfast Lasers2020022.000
American Football Association of Ireland 7-a-side Blitz Final Standings 1998.

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
20.09.1998Queens University Belfast Broncos2Belfast Lasers0
20.09.1998Carrickfergus Knights6Queens University Belfast Broncos0
20.09.1998Belfast Lasers0Carrickfergus Knights20
American Football Association of Ireland 7-a-side Blitz Final Standings 1998.

Report

Carrickfergus Knights, Queens University Belfast Broncos and Belfast Lasers played in a three-team 7-a-side Blitz in Queens University on the 20th September 1998.

The first game was between the Broncos and Lasers with the game decided by a safety scored by Queens, the only score of the game.

The Second game saw another close encounter, with Carrickfergus Knights scoring a touchdown to beat the Broncos. Gerry Donnelly threw a 40-yard Pass to Greg Clark for what was again the only score of the game.

The final game was a match-up between the Belfast Lasers, playing in their first ever tournament, and the Carrickfergus Knights, who won 20-0, on the back of three touchdowns, scored by Pete Watt, Greg Clark and Aiden Hill. Gerry Donnelly scored a two-point conversion.

References

Websites

[1] Carrickfergus Knights (1998) News Archive September 1998 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990824010758/http://www.sugarcube.co.uk/knight/ [Accessed 23 March 2020]

[2] Britball Now (2016) Belfast Lasers [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Britball%20Teams/BelfastLasers.htm [Accessed 20 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith and Ralph Schmeer of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association, and Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 23 March 2020

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