League Table

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	8	8	0	0	–
Galway Jays	2	2	0	0
Garristown Gruffaloes	2	0	2	0
Tullamore Tigers	2	0	2	0

[5]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
01.09.2012	Greystones Mariners	W	Tullamore Tigers	L
	Final
01.09.2012	Greystones Mariners	W

[6]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week
19.05.2012	Galway Jays	6	Tullamore Tigers	2
19.05.2012	Galway Jays	15	Tullamore Tigers	3
20.05.2012	Greystones Mariners	18	Garristown Gruffaloes	3
20.05.2012	Greystones Mariners	22	Garristown Gruffaloes	8

[2][3][4]

References

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Websites

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Galway Jays Facebook Page (2012) Post by Eric Hamel May 19 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/206326126074614/permalink/410327482341143/ [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[3] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2012) Post May 20, 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/357819264272275 [Accessed 12 March 2018]

[4] You Tube – Vlado Macko (2012)Baseball Ireland Youth League, Adam Macko, Good Boy 44 (Published May 22, 2012) [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oOR0sPK-nE [Accessed 15 February 2018]

[5] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2012) Post July 11, 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/383638858356982 [Accessed 12 March 2018]

[6] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2012) Post August 31 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/399753030078898 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

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League Table

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Galway Jays	4	3	1	0	–
Greystones Marners	4	3	1	0	0
Clare Dolphins	2	0	2	0	2
Garristown Gruffaloes	2	0	2	0	2
Clondalkin Cardinals	0	0	0	0

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
03.09.2011	Clondalkin Cardinals	4	Ashbourne Gruffaloes	7
	Final
03.09.2011	Greystones Mariners	5	Ashbourne Gruffaloes	4

[6]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week
09.05.2011	Galway Jays	12	Clare Dolphins	6
09.05.2011	Galway Jays	12	Clare Dolphins	8
	Week
15.05.2011	Garristown Gruffaloes	L	Greystones Mariners	W
15.05.2011	Garristown Gruffaloes	L	Greystones Mariners	W
	Week
07.06.2011	Greystones Mariners	19	Galway Jays	5
07.06.2011	Galway Jays	6	Greystones Mariners	3

[2][3][4][5]

Home Venues

Team	Home Field

Websites

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Ashbourne Baseball Club Facebook Page (2011) Post May 14 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/ashbournebaseball/posts/211205172246353 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[3] Galway Jays Facebook Page (2011) Post by Beth MacCabe Coco May 9 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/206326126074614/permalink/206334739407086/ [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[4] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2011) Post May 16, 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/173674802686723 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[5] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2011) Post June 19 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/181109508609919 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[6] Ashbourne Baseball Club Facebook Page (2011) Post September 4 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/ashbournebaseball/posts/256597437707126 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

About this document

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League Table

	P	W	L	D	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	3	3	0	0
Cork Druids	3	1	2	0
Oranmore Jays	1	0	1	0
Clare Dolphins	1	0	1	0

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Greystones Mariners	W

Blitz Results

Cork Blitz (Blarney) 5 June 2010

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
05.06.2010	Cork Druids	0	Greystones Mariners	18
05.06.2010	Greystones Mariners	3	Clare Dolphins	2
05.06.2010	Cork Druids	W	Oranmore Jays	L
	Final
05.06.2010	Cork Druids	4	Greystones Mariners	12

Greystones Blitz (Charlesland) 19 June 2010

Date	Home Team		Away Team

Greystones Blitz (Charlesland) August 2010

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
08.2010	Garristown Gruffaloes		Greystones Mariners
08.2010	Cavan Comets		Garristown Gruffaloes
08.2010	Greystones Mariners		Cork Druids
08.2010	Clondalkin Cardinals		Cavan Comets
08.2010	Cork Druids		Clondalkin Cardinals
	Semi-Finals
08.2010	1st		4th
08.2010	2nd		3rd
	Final
08.2010	Semi-Final Winner		Semi-Final Winner

12 September 2010

Date	Home Team		Away Team
12.09.2010	Greystones Mariners	W	Garristown Gruffaloes	L

Home Venues

Team	Home Field
Greystones Mariners	Charlesland Leisure Centre, Co. Wicklow

Report

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Cork Blitz – 5 June 2010

Greystones Mariners got the blitz rolling with a great 18-0 win over hosts Cork Druids, who were in a rebuilding phase. The Mariners got the quota of 6 runs in each of their three innings, finishing with a home run by catcher Ryan Turner. Brian coronella also managed to shut out the Druids with his efficient pitching.[1]

The second Mariners game against the Clare Dolphins was a much tighter affair, with the Mariners narrowly winning 3-2. The dolphins took a two-run lead in the first at-bat with a big home run, however, the Mariners steadied the ship, bringing one runner home in the bottom of the second, whilst adding two in the third, the winning run a walk-off by Jami Turner sending David Kabele home.[1]

The final again matched Cork and Greystones, and Greystones ran out easy winners again, although by a narrower 12-4 margin this tie. Dylan Kelly and Matt McCann both scored home runs in the first innings for Greystones, as they brought in the full six runs. Ryan Turner came in as pitcher for the Mariners, giving up just four runs, and the Mariners notched up another six runs in the bottom of the second when the game was called due to time elapsing, leaving Greystones worthy winners.[1]

Players

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Winning Pitchers

Blitz	Winning Pitcher	Team
Cork 5 June	Brian Coronella / Ryan Turner	Greystones Mariners

Home Runs

Home Runs	Player	Team
1	Ryan Turner	Greystones Mariners
1	Dylan Kelly	Greystones Mariners
1	Matt McCann	Greystones Mariners

References

___________________________________________________________________________

Websites

Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

Ashbourne Baseball Club Facebook Page (2010) Post September 13, 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=134106016634940&id=111542168879321 [Accessed 3 December 2017]

[1] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) Mariners Youth Teams Taste Success in Cork – Game Reports Youth Games June 8, 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203022/http://www.baseballireland.org/?p=49 [Accessed 3 February 2018]

Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) Baseball Blitz – Events News Youth August, 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203138/http://www.baseballireland.org/?p=1 [Accessed 3 February 2018]

Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) Youth Baseball Returns For The Autumn! – News August 25, 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203236/http://www.baseballireland.org/?p=44 [Accessed 3 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

About this document

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Last Updated: 5 July 2019

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League Table

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Portstewart Eagles	3	2	1	0	–
Clondalkin Cardinals	1	1	0	0	0
Cavan Comets	2	0	2	0	2.5

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final (Clondalkin)
10.2009	Kerry Green Sox	W

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week
31.05.2009	Portstewart Eagles	7	Cavan Comets	6
	Week
20.06.2009	Clondalkin Cardinals	10	Portstewart Eagles	7
	Week
27.06.2009	Cavan Comets	9	Portstewart Eagles	10

Home Venues

Team	Home Field

Images

Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

Websites

Portstewart Eagles eTeamz Website (2009) Our Little League Team Opens Season with a Win! – Sunday, May 31 [Internet] Available from: https://www.eteamz.com/portstewarteagles/news/ [Accessed 13 December 2017]

Portstewart Eagles eTeamz Website (2009) Latest News- Trip to Greystones, Monday, June 22 [Internet] Available from: https://www.eteamz.com/portstewarteagles/news/ [Accessed 13 December 2017]

Portstewart Eagles eTeamz Website (2009) Portstewart Eagles Win 2 Games in Cavan! [Internet] Available from: https://www.eteamz.com/portstewarteagles/news/ [Accessed 13 December 2017]

You Tube – Vlado Macko (2013) Adam Macko – Ireland’s Baseball Little League Semi-Finals and Playoffs 2013 – through my eyes [2:25][Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHTCKaOIzY [Accessed 4 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

About this document

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Last Updated: 5 July 2019

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League Table

	P	W	L	D	GB	Pts
Greyatones Mariners	10	6	2	2
Kerry Green Sox	5	4	1	0
Ryland Raiders	4	1	1	2
Clondalkin Cardinals	2.5	0	1.5	0
Cork Druids	2	0	2	0
Cork Patriots	2	0	2	0
Cavan Comets	0.5	0	0.5	0

Cork Blitz June 2008

	P	W	L	D	GB	Pts
Group
Greystones Mariners	2	2	0	0	–
Clondalkin Cardinals	1	0	1	0	2
Ryland Raiders	1	0	1	0	2
Group
Kerry Green Sox
Cork Druids

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
06.2008	Greystones Mariners	3	Ryland Raiders	1
06.2008	Greystones Mariners	4	Clondalkin Cardinals	2
	Semi-Final
06.2008	Greystones Mariners	7	Cork Druids	6
	Final
06.2008	Greystones Mariners	2	Kerry Green Sox	3

O’Malley Fields 10th Anniversary Blitz (Clondalkin) July 2008

	P	W	L	D	GB	Pts
Group
Greystones Mariners	2	2	0	0	–
Cork Druids	1	0	1	0	2
ClonCavan Cardinals	1	0	1	0	2
Group
Ryland Raiders	1	1	0	0	–
Kerry Green Sox	1	0	1	0	1

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
07.2008	Greystones Mariners	4	ClonCavan Cardinals	1
07.2008	Greystones Mariners	6	Cork Druids	5
	Group
07.2008	Ryland Raiders	W	Kerry Green Sox	L
	Final
07.2008	Greystones Mariners	2	Ryland Raiders	2 ^

Note (^) : Time Expired – Greystones won as they were ahead going into the last innings

Tralee Little League Tournament 6 September 2008

	P	W	L	D	GB	Pts
Group
Kerry Green Sox	2	2	0	0	–
Greystones Mariners	2	1	1	0	1
Cork Patriots	2	0	2	0	2
Group
Ryland Raiders

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
06.09.2008	Kerry Green Sox	W	Cork Patriots	L
06.09.2008	Kerry Green Sox	15	Greystones Mariners	2
06.09.2008	Greystones Mariners	9	Cork Patriots	2
	3rd Place Playoff
06.09.2008	Greystones Mariners	7	Ryland Raiders	7 ^
	Final
06.09.2008	Kerry Green Sox	W

Note (^) : Time Expired – Ryland won as they were ahead going into the last innings

Home Venues

Team	Home Field
Clondalkin Cardinals	O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, D22
Cork Druids
Greystones Mariners	Charlesland Leisure Comlpex, Co. Wicklow
Kerry Green Sox	Tralee

Report

__________________________________________________________________________

New rules were brought in for the year, including stealing bases once the pitch had crossed home plate, but no stealing home. It took some time for the players to get used to the new rules, but they enjoyed them once they got into the swing of it. There were three competitive Blitzes for the season, in Cork, Clondalkin and Tralee, with a development blitz in Greystones providing a pre-season warm-up.

Cork Blitz – June 2008

The first competitive Tournament of the season was the Cork Blitz, and Kerry Green Sox were again the winners, defeating Greystones Mariners in their third visit to the Cork Blitz. Ryland Raiders took an early one-run lead in their game with Greystones, however, they would be shut-out afterwards by Greystones pitcher Cian Bonardio. The Mariners then scored three runs of their own to win 3-1 with some timely clutch hitting. The second game for the Mariners saw them again give up an early one-run lead to the Clondalkin Cardinals before coming back to score 4 themselves, with their starting pitcher Mark Treacy keeping the Raiders runless until they added a second close to the end. The Cardinals appeared to have got another, their runner evading a tag at home plate, however he missed the plate, and the Greystones catcher made no mistake the second time, the game finishing 4-2 to the Mariners.[2]

In the Semi-Finals the Greystones Mariners were pitted against old friends and rivals the Cork Druids. The Cork Druids scored six runs off pitcher Carrig Byrne, including one home run, however, the Mariners scored two runs in the bottom of the first, and after Byrne shut down the Cork offense in the second inning, the Mariners replied with five of their own to take the lead, with time up, the match finishing 7-6 to Greystones.[2]

The Final matched Kerry Green Sox with the Greystones Mariners, with the Mariners taking the lead, unlike all their prevoius games. This time, however, it would be the Kerry side who would come up with the come-from-behind victory. Greystones took an early two-run lead in the first inning, and despite Cian Bonardio shutting Kerry out in the bottom of the first they came back to score three runs to win the game 3-2.[2]

O’Malley Fields 10th Anniversary Blitz – July 2008

Clondalkin was a cold, wet and windy setting for the 10th Anniversary Blitz of the opening of the O’Malley Fields. Greystones Mariners would win this one, making up for the loss in the Final of the previous Blitz. Mark Treacy pitched in their opening game with the combined Clondalkin-Cavan team, giving up only one run, whilst the Mariners would get two in each of their two innings for a 4-1 victory. Adam price and Carraig Murphy pitched for the second Mariners match against the Druids. Greystones responded to a two-run first innings by Cork with five in the bottom of the first before Cork tied it up with three in the second. Conor Rubalcava then scored the winning run after a mis-field.[3]

In the other group Ryland were the surprise winners, defeating the top team all season, Kerry Green sox, to reach the Final.[3]

The pitcher rotation for the Mariners continued in the Final with Brian Coronella coming on, shutting out the Raiders in innings one, with a huge catch by second base Carraig Byrne and susequent tag ending what looked like a big score for Ryland, leaving two runners on base. The game, however, was very close, with Greystones managing just the one ru in their first innings. The scores went back an forth, the Raiders equalising in the top of the second, Greystones going 2-1 up the bottom of the second, and Ryland again equalising in the top of the third. Greystones were unable to get the go-ahead run, however, time elapsed and there would be no fourth inning, and so the Umpire ruled Greystones had wn, as they were ahead going into the last innings.[3]

Tralee Little League Tournament – 6 September 2008

A muddy Tralee was the setting for the final tournament of the year. It had rained hard the previous nigt and the conditions were difficult for everbody. Kerry defeated the Patriots from Cork in their opening game, and they were ruthless in despatching Greystones in the second game. Six runs under the mercy rule in the first innings, and a further nine saw them convincing 15-2 winners over the Mariners. The Mariners responded well, defeating the Patriots 9-2 to go into the Third Place Playoff. [4]

Cian Bonardio was starting pitcher for the Mariners in their 3rd Place Playoff against Ryland Raiders. Ryland shut out the Wicklow team in the first innings and put three runs on the board in the bottom of the first. Greystones got one run in the second and the Raiders got two to go 5-1 up.Greystones then notched up six runs under the mercy rule at the top of the third before Ryland equalised. Again the teams were tied as time expired, however, this time Ryland won as they were ahead going into the last innings.[4]

Kerry Green Sox won the Final comfortably, and the Little League Title.[4][5]

Players

Winning Pitchers

Blitz	Winning Pitcher	Team
Clondalkin	Brian Coronella / Mark Treacy / Carraig Byrne	Greystones Mariners

References

___________________________________________________________________________

Websites

Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[1] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) News 6 June 2008: Greystones Mariners U13 Blitz 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20181006081920/http://www.baseballireland.org [Accessed 3 February 2018]

[2] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) News 8 June 2008: Mariners U13s Impress in Cork Blitz 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20181006081920/http://www.baseballireland.org [Accessed 3 February 2018]

[3] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) News 22 July 2008: U13 News Update! [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20181006081920/http://www.baseballireland.org [Accessed 3 February 2018]

[4] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2018) News 16 September 2008: Mariners U13s show real spirit in muddy Tralee [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20181006081920/http://www.baseballireland.org [Accessed 3 February 2018]

[5] You Tube – Vlado Macko (2013) Adam Macko – Ireland’s Baseball Little League Semi-Finals and Playoffs 2013 – through my eyes [2:25] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHTCKaOIzY [Accessed 4 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

About this document

Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 July 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

League Table

 

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Kerry Green Sox

 

Playoff Results

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	Kerry Green Sox	W

 

Regular Season Results

 

Date

Home Team

Away Team

 

Home Venues

 

Team	Home Field

 

Images

 

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

 

Media

 

You Tube – Vlado Macko (2013) Adam Macko – Ireland’s Baseball Little League Semi-Finals and Playoffs 2013 – through my eyes [2:25][Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHTCKaOIzY [Accessed 4 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

 

About this document

 

Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 July 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.