American Football Association of Ireland Festivals & Friendlies 1989

Standings

AFAI American Football Association of Ireland Festivals & Friendlies 1989

PosTeamWLTPctPFPANet PtsStreak
11001.000000W1
2Bray Seahawks0100.000000L1
20000.0000000
20000.0000000

Note: Standings Calculated Automatically from Results – No Official Standings were kept by the AFAI for Festivals and Friendlies in 1989.

Schedule

AFAI American Football Association of Ireland Festivals & Friendlies 1989

Match Day Cavan Lakes & Vales Festival
(Cavan Lakes & Vales Festival)
8:42 am

Craigavon Cowboys vs Belfast Giants

Match Day Week 2
(Week 2)
Win - Loss

Dublin Tornadoes vs Bray Seahawks

Note: Date when Bray Seahawks lost to Dublin Tornadoes not known – an approximation is given above.

Recap

In American Football Association of Ireland Festivals and Friendlies 1989, Bray Seahawks played the only known match the team from Co. Wicklow ever played, losing to Dublin Tornadoes, who had taken a year out from the Combined Gridiron League Irish Conference season [2]. In another game scheduled for Breffni Park in Cavan as part of the Lakes and Vales Festival Craigavon Cowboys were due to meet Belfast Giants [1].

Map of Ireland (2022 Counties, Districts and Boroughs) Showing AFAI Festivals and Friendlies Team Locations and Logos

Map of Ireland administrative divisions on counties level Copyright: lesniewski superimposed with Labeled Color Map of Districts of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Copyright: lara2016 [1989 AFAI Team Logos added by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball.ie [27]

MAP REFERENCES

[27] Vector — Labeled Color Map of Districts of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Copyright: lara2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_144615978_labeled-color-map-of-districts-of-northern-ireland-united-kingdom.html?vti=lnoo9k86jx77fg2u6b-1-21 [Accessed 10 January 2022] Superimposed on Vector — Map of Ireland administrative divisions on counties level Copyright: lesniewski [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_51580818_map-of-ireland-administrative-divisions-on-counties-level.html?vti=lnoo9k86jx77fg2u6b-1-1 [Accessed 10 January 2022] Combined with 1987 Irish American Football Team Logos by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball.ie [14 January 2022]

REFERENCES:

[1] Anon. (1989) “American Football featured at Cavan Festival | Picture Caption” Anglo-Celt. Thursday, July 27, 1989. pg. 24.

[4] Anon. (1989) “Bray has its own American football team” Wicklow People. Friday, November 31, 1989.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Tim Leadingham (Tallaght Outlaws).

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