Category: DV8

Irish American Football Association DV8 Charity Blitzes 2011

Irish American Football League Logo [References: 1]

Belfast Trojans Charity Cup 2011

DateWinnersRunners-Up
Final
2011CarrickfergusKnightsW
[References: 2]

Report

Carrickfergus Knights won the Irish American Football Association Belfast Trojans Charity Cup for the second year running in 2011.

References

Logos

[1] Irish American Football Association (2010) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

Websites

[2] Carrickfergus Knights Wayback Machine (2011) About Us [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20130824121647/http://www.carrickfergusknights.com/about-us/ [Accessed 2 March 2021]

Images

[3] Carrickfergus Knights Wayback Machine (2011) News: Knights finish 2010 season on a high ! [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110708122827im_/http://www.carrickfergusknights.com/IMG_0226.JPG [Accessed 2 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Grey (Dublin Dragons)

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Dublin Rebels Junior Team 2006

Irish American Football Association Youth Tournaments 2006

Irish American Football League Logo
Irish American Football League Logo [Reference: 1]

Standings

Junior TournamentsPWLTPct
Dublin Rebels5320.600
Irish American Football Association Youth Tournaments 2006 [Reference: 2]

Report

The Dublin Rebels Juniors, set up to facilitate those wishing to join the senior side, went 3-2 in their first tournament, losing their first two games narrowly but winning the last three.

Dublin Rebels Juniors 2006
Dublin Rebels Juniors 2006 [Reference: 3]

References

Logos

[1] Irish American Football Association (2003) IAFL Logo [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/images/logo.gif [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Internet Archive

[2] Dublin Rebels | Wayback Machine (2007) Introduction to the Junior Rebels [Internet] Available from:    http://web.archive.org/web/20070319105246/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/page.php?35   [Accessed 27 March 2018]

Images

[3] Dublin Rebels | Wayback Machine (2007) Junior_Rebels [Internet] Available from:   http://web.archive.org/web/20070319105246im_/http://www.dublinrebels.com//images/juniors/Junior_Rebels.jpg    [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Mullen, Drimnagh Cycos

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Irish American Football Association Festivals 2012

Table

PWLTPFPAPts
Trim Bulldogs110028262
Drogheda Lightning101026280
Irish American Football Association Festivals 2012 [Reference: Compiled from 1-2]

Reference: Compiled from: [1-2]

Results

DateWinnersRunners-Up
American FestivalMoneygall, Co. Offaly
09.07.12Trim Bulldogs28Drogheda Lightning26
Irish American Football Association Festivals 2012 [Reference: Compiled from 1-2]

Report

At a 4th July Festival match played the following weekend in Moneygall, Co. Offaly, hometown of President Barack Obama’s Irish Ancestors, the Trim Bulldogs won 28-26, with their Offensive Line playing tough winning football, and their defense getting an all-important safety (worth two points) and then blocked a 2-point conversion by the Drogheda Lightning which was the difference between the teams.

Trim Bulldogs v Drogheda Lightning at Moneygall American Festival 2012
Trim Bulldogs v Drogheda Lightning at Moneygall American Festival 2012 [Reference: 3]

Websites

[1] Monegall GAA (2012) Trim Bulldogs v Drogheda Lightning [Internet] Available from: http://www.moneygall.gaa.ie/club-news-1/2012-Archived-News/trimlightningvdroghedabulldogs [Accessed 30 July 2018]

[2] Meath Bulldogs Fan Group | Facebook (2012) Post by Garland Drake, July 9, 2012 “ Trim Bulldogs win a dramatic exhibition game against Drodghea Lighting in Moneygall 28-26 “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132480496798326/permalink/412879918758381 [Accessed 24 February 2019]

Images

[3] Meath Bulldogs Fan Group | Facebook (2012) Photo by Garland Drake, July 9, 2012 “Trim Bulldogs win a dramatic exhibition game against Drodghea Lighting in Moneygall 28-26 “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4037194604090&set=gm.412879918758381 [Accessed 14 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Grey (Dublin Dragons)

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Irish American Football Association Blitz 2001

Teams

PWLTPFPAPct
Dublin Dragons
Dublin Rebels
Carrickfergus Knights
University of Limerick Vikings
Irish American Football Association Blitz 2001 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

The Dublin Dragons, Dublin Rebels and Carrickfergus Knights played in a Blitz on 26 July 2001 before the start of the Irish American Football League Fall League. They were the first domestic matches since 1999.

Action Photo of the Preseason Blitz in Dublin 2001 [Ref: 3]

Websites

Internet Archive

[1] Carrickfergus Knights | Wayback Machine (2003) Gallery [Season][2001] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030808110652/http://www.carrickfergusknights.com/games.asp?season=2001 [Accessed 18 May 2020]

[2] Carrickfergus Knights | Wayback Machine (2003) Gallery [2001] [Blitz 26 July 2001] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030221070129/http://www.carrickfergusknights.com/thumbs.asp?game=1 [Accessed 18 May 2020]

Social Media

[3] Carrickfergus Knights Facebook (2001) Preseason Blitz in Dublin 2001 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/148981_229696177164828_280202040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=JR5fyh455AYAX8QEdvR&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=7b475e7352586cdbb1c6100253e749de&oe=5EE6C2A5 [Accessed 18 May 2020]

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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Northern Ireland Junior American League 1994

Standings

PWLTPFPAPct
Ballymena Wolfhounds
Coleraine
Northern Ireland Junior American League 1994 [Ref: 1]

Report

The Northern Ireland Junior American League, a Junior Kitted American Football League looked like it was to be played between two sides, Ballymena Wolfhounds and Coleraine in 1994.

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1994) “Gridiron” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, April 27, 1994. pg. 28-29 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner & Billy Graham (Belfast Blitzers).

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American Football Association of Ireland Junior Challenge 1994

Fixtures

DateHome TeamAway Team
Challenge MatchTrinity House, Lusk
07.1994Trinity House Young OffendersBallymena Wolfhounds
American Football Association of Ireland Junior Friendly 1994 [Ref: 1]

Report

A match was organised for the end of July 1994, in Trinity House, Lusk, Co. Dublin, between the inmates of the detention centre for young offenders and Ballymena Wolfhounds, the Northern Ireland Junior American League team. The six-a-side match was to be played behind bars, with the Trinity team put together and trained by the Wolfhounds Coach for the previous two months.

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1994) “Gridiron” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, July 20, 1994. pg. 23 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly

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IAFA Logo Original

Irish American Football Association DV8 Challenge 1998-2003

Irish American Football association Logo 2001-2003 [Ref: 10]

IAFA 7-a-Side Blitz 1998

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

IAFA DV8 Challenge 2002

 PWLTPFPAPct
Dublin Dragons220028201.000
Dublin Rebels21104840.500
University of Limerick Vikings101006.000
Cork Admirals10101828.000
Irish American Football Association DV8 Challenge Standings 2002 [Ref: Compiled from: 3-7]

IAFL Division 2 2003

 PWLTPFPAPct
Division 2 Teams       
Belfast Bulls53206688.600
Craigavon Cowboys52309464.400
University of Limerick Vikings303047100.000
Division 1 Teams       
Cork Admirals3300100471.000
Carrickfergus Knights220056221.000
Dublin Rebels21102832.500
Dublin Dragons20201250.000
Irish American Football Association Division 2 Standings 2003 [Ref: compiled from: 8-9]

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, with the Knights coming out on top, winning both games. The Belfast Lasers, playing in their first ever Tournament, finished bottom.

A series of Challenge matches were played by Irish American Football League teams in 2002, which were 8-a-side matches played under DV8 rules. They did not count in the standings, and the Dublin Dragons won twice, against Dublin Rebels and University of Limerick Vikings, with the Rebels winning a third match, against Cork Admirals.

In 2003 a new 8-v-8 Division 2 was created to help new teams gain experience while building up their numbers. Cork Admirals, who had played DV8 Football in 2002 moved up to Division 1 (full 11-a-side American Football), and the University of Limerick Vikings dropped down to Division 2 in order to rebuild.

Teams were divided into division 2 teams, who played each other once as well as three matches against Division 1 teams, which didn’t count in the standings of the Division 1 teams. Division 1 teams in Division would essentially have been 2nds teams, used by Division 1 teams to help get new players match experience. The Division 2 title was won by Belfast Bulls with a 3-2 record. Cork Admirals and Carrickfergus Knights could claim to have shared the unofficial Division 1 2nds teams title having gone undefeated.

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]

Newspapers

[3] Anon. (2002) “IRISH RESULT” First Down, May 16-22, 2002. pg. 16

[5] Anon. (2002) “A FIRST…” First Down, May 23-29, 2002. pg. 22

Internet Archive

[4] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – 1st November 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[6] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Dragons in Bray Festival – 10th July 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[7] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2003) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – Rebels Rally at Admirable Admirals Performance- 10th December 2002 by Andrew Dennehy [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030218151654/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

Websites

[8] Irish American Football Association (2003) 2003 Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2003results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[9] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine (2014) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081023215441/http://www.americanfootball.ie/ [Accessed 25 March 2017]

Images

[10] Irish American Football (2016) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 5 June 2017]

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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Irish American Football Association 8-a-side Challenge 2002

Irish American Football Association Logo 2001-2002 [Ref: 6]

Composite Table

 PWLTPFPAPct
Dublin Dragons220028201.000
Dublin Rebels21104840.500
University of Limerick Vikings101006.000
Cork Admirals10101828.000
Compiled from: [1-5]

Results

 Home Team Away Team 
Week 1Islandbridge
19.05.2002Dublin Dragons6University of Limerick Vikings0
 Week 2 Bray Seafront 
06.07.2002Dublin Rebels20Dublin Dragons22
 Week 3 Islandbridge 
01.12.2002Dublin Rebels28Cork Admirals18
References: Fixture Date and Venue: [1-2] Results: [3-5]

Report

A series of Challenge matches were played by Irish American Football League teams in 2002, which were 8-a-side matches played under DV8 rules. They did not count in the standings, and the Dublin Dragons won twice, against Dublin Rebels and University of Limerick Vikings, with the Rebels winning a third match, against Cork Admirals.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (2002) “IRISH RESULT” First Down, May 16-22, 2002. pg. 16

[3] Anon. (2002) “A FIRST…” First Down, May 23-29, 2002. pg. 22

Internet Archive

[2] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – 1st November 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[4] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Dragons in Bray Festival – 10th July 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[5] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2003) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – Rebels Rally at Admirable Admirals Performance- 10th December 2002 by Andrew Dennehy [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030218151654/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

Images

[6] Irish American Football (2016) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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Northern Ireland Junior American League Preseason 1991

Preseason Standings

PWLTPFPAPct
Prospect Pumas1100861.000
Brownlow Bandits101068.000
Belfast Junior Spartans000000.000
Ballymena Wolfhounds000000.000
Northern Ireland Junior American League Preseason Standings 1990 [Ref: Compiled from 1-2]

Report

Prospect Pumas beat Brownlow Bandits 8-6 in a preseason match in NIJAL in February 1991.

About

The Northern Ireland Junior American League was a Junior American Football League that played in Northern Ireland from 1988 to 1992, the last two years as a fully-kitted league, and from 1988 to 1990 as a Two-Touch League, with limited contact and where the ball-carrier is tackled by placing two hands on him or her. It was coed (mixed), i.e. for both boys and girls. [Ref: 2]

Preseason Results

 

Date Home Team   Away Team  
  PS Week      
02.02.1991 Prospect Pumas 8 Ballymena Wolfhounds 6
  PS Week      
09.03.1991 Belfast Junior Spartans   Prospect Pumas  
Northern Ireland Junior American League Preseason Results 1991 [Ref: 1-2]

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1991) “American Football” Sunday Life. Febrauary 3, 1991. Pg. 49. [Available Online at the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ ]

[2] Anon. (1991) “American Football” Sunday Life. March 10, 1991. Pg. . [Available Online at the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ ]

Social Media

[2] Causeway Giants American Football Club | Facebook Page (2019) Replies to post to page, April 25, 2019:”Girls are welcome to play too! (Senior team kitted American football age restrictions 18+ for all)” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CausewayGiants/posts/429867461119561 [Accessed 27 March 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy & Dervla Mulcahy

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Northern Ireland Junior American League 1991-1992

NIJAL 1991

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Final Musgrave Park, Belfast 
91Belfast Spartans33Ballymena Wofhounds26
NIJAL Final 1992 [Ref: 1]

NIJAL 1992

PWLTPFPAPct
*Prospect Pumas21102234.500
*Ballymena Wolfhounds21103148.500
Belfast Spartans2110378.500
NIJAL Final Standings 1992 [Ref: Compiled from: 2-4]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Final
23.08.92Prospect Pumas21Ballymena Wolfhounds0
NIJAL Final 1992 [Ref: 5]

Report

Belfast Junior Spartans won the 1991 NIJAL Final, beating the Ballymena Wolfhounds 33-26. the Wolfhounds lost the 1992 Final as well, 21-0 to the Prospect Pumas from Carrickfergus.

About

The Northern Ireland Junior American League was a Junior American Football League that ran from 1988 to 1992, originally as a Two-Touch League (Unkitted, limited contact, ball carrier is tackled by being touched twice), before becoming fully kitted from 1991 to 1992. Reduced numbers format was used.

References

Social Media

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

Sources

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

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

[4] 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

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gareth Quigley & Paul O’Reilly.

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