Ballymena Wolfhounds Irish Junior Kitted American Football Team 1991-1998

Enda Mulcahy

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NIJAL Junior Kitted Team 1991-1998

Home Ground: People’s Park, Ballymena (Mid Antrim / Co. Antrim)

Colours: White Shirts with Blue Trim, White Pants, White Helmets

Honours: Won an International Exhibition game in 1998. NIJAL Kitted Final Runners-Up 1991 and 1992.

Career Record (W-L-T): Total: / Regular Season: 4-2-0 / 3-2-0 (full record unknown)

History: Successful Junior Kitted American Football team from Ballymena in Co. Antrim, that were formed as a two-touch team in 1986 and played in the Northern Ireland Junior American League from 1987-1990 before becoming one of three Junior Kitted teams in NIJAL in 1991. Played a couple of Kitted seasons before playing International Exhibition matches as there was no opposition in Ireland at their level (Junior Kitted) in the mid to late Nineties. Beat Doncaster Wildcats, a top English Junior side in 1998.

Year-by-Year Record

	Lge	RS W-L_T	Pct	PS W-L-T	Int Chp	W-L-T
1991	NIJAL			0-1-0	–	–
1992	NIJAL	1-1-0	.500	1-0-0	NIJAl	–
1998	Exh	–	–	–	–	1-0-0

Legend: NIJAL = Northern ireland Junior American League. Exh = Exhibition. RS = Regular Season. PS = Postseason. Int = International. W-L-T = Wins-Losses-Ties. Pct = Winning Percentage. Chp = Championships Won

Results NIJAL 1991

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	21.07.1991	H	Prospect Pumas	W	26-6
2	03.08.1991	H	Belfast Spartans
F	1991	A	Belfast Spartans	L	26-33

[Ref: 1-3]

Results NIJAL 1992

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	19.07.1992	H	Prospect Pumas	W	31-14
3	09.08.1992	A	Belfast Spartans	L	0-34
F	23.08.1992	A	Prospect Pumas	L	0-21

[Ref: 4-7]

Results International Exhibition 1998

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	1998	A	Doncaster Wildcats	W	22-6

[Ref: 8-9]

References

Social Media

[1] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 22, 2011: “next video will be wolfhounds v spartans at musgrave park here’s a clip to get us started
“[Fixture/Date @ -0;16] [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/196681000352614/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[2] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 31, 2011:”part 4″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[3] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video: [Finals Score BW 26 SP 33 @ -0:05 [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 13 November 2018]

Sources

[4] Anon. (1992) “Dublin Celts still winless” First Down. July 25, 1992. pg. 19

[5] Anon. (1992) “In an Irish Junior game, Belfast Spartans…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[6] Anon. (1992) “At last! It’s the Dub-win Celts! * A replay of last year’s junior final…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[7] Anon. (1992) “IRish Results” First Down. August 29, 1992. pg. 17

Websites

[8] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2018) Post May 11, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/photos/rpp.197431286956389/1908547172511450/?type=3&theater [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[9] Britball Now (2018) Britball Teams | Doncaster Wildcats [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Britball%20Teams/DoncasterWildcats.htm

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About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 March 2020