Irish American Football Association DV8 Development League Team 2002-2008

Team Name: Cork is the Home City of the Irish Navy and the Cork Admirals Home Field in Ringaskiddy is also the town where the National Martitime College of Ireland is based.

Home Field: Pfizers Sports Ground, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork (2002-2003) Douglas Community School (2008) and Carrigaline Rugby Club, Cork (2008)

Colours: Red Helmets, White Jerseys, Red Pants.

All-Time Record: W-L-T (Total): 11-2-0 / (Regular Season): 10-2-0 / (Post-Season) : 1-0-0

Honours: Inaugural DV8 Development League Champions and Playoff Winners 2008 (30-0 v Dublin Rebels 2nds), Christy Farrell Memorial Tournament Winners (2007), Joint Best 2nds Team Record Division 2 (2003).

History: Formed as a 2nds team by the Cork Admirals in 2002, they lost the one game they played that year (as is currently known), before embarking on a successful five year run where they finished with the joint best 2nds team record in 2003, and then won both the Christy Farrell Memorial Tournament in Edenderry Co. offaly in 2007 and the Inaugural DV8 Development League in 2008 (defeating Dublin Rebels 2nds 30-0 in the Final), which was set up by the IAFA as a second level, to help newer teams start up and established teams field seconds teams. Were replaced by a Junior Kitted Team in 2009.

Home Field: Douglas Community School, Cork (2008)

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	RS W-L-T	Pts / Pos	PS W-L-T	Champ	Other W-L-T	Champ
2002	IAFL D2	0-1-0	.000 / 4th	0-0-0	None	0-0-0	None
2003	IAFL CHL	3-0-0	1.000 / 1st	0-0-0	2nds (J)	0-0-0	None
2007	IAFA DVB	2-0-0	1.000 / 1st	0-0-0	CFMT	0-0-0	None
2008	DV8 DL	5-1-0	25 / 1st	1-0-0	DL	0-0-0	None

Note: CHL = Challenge, DVB = DV8 Blitz, DL = Development League, CFMT = Christy Farrell Memorial Tournament, J = Joint Winners (Unofficial Title)

2002 IAFL Challenge Results

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
3	01.12.2002	Islandbridge	Dublin Rebels	L	18-28

2003 IAFL Division 2 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
5	27.04.2003	A	University of Limerick Vikings	W	38-24
22	09.11.2003	A	University of Limerick Vikings	W	36-14
23	23.11.2003	H	University of Limerick Vikings	W	26-9

2007 IAFA DV8 Blitz

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
1	02.09.2007	Edenderry	Edenderry Soldiers	W	28-0
1	02.09.2007	Edenderry	Dublin Dragons 2nds	W	42-0
1	02.09.2007	Edenderry	Tallaght Outlaws 2nds	–	c-c

2008 DV8 Development League

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
3	20.03.2008	H	Edenderry Soldiers	W	22-0
5	06.04.2008	H	Dublin Dragons	W	24-0
7	20.04.2008	A	Dublin Rebels 2nds	L	6-12
11	18.05.2008	A	Trinity Thunderbolts	W	14-0
15	14.06.2008	A	Dublin Dragons	W	45-13
16	06.07.2008	A	Edenderry Soldiers	W	34-0
F	08.2008	H	Dublin Rebels 2nds	W	30-0

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2017) Admirals Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Admirals-PNG-1.png [Accessed 30 November 2018]

Internet Encyclopaedias

[2] Wikipedia (2020) Irish Naval Service [Internet] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Naval_Service [Accessed 29 October 2020]

Internet Archives

[3] 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

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

Internet Archive

[5] 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]

Internet Archive

[6] Irish American Football League | Wayback Machine (2007) Home | Edenderry 8’s Tournament [Internet[ Available from:http://web.archive.org/web/20070930042409/http://www.iafl.info/ [Accessed 27 March 2019]

Internet Archive

[7] Cork Admirals E-Teamz | Wayback Machine (2008) Cork Admirals News [Internet] Available from:  https://web.archive.org/web/20080528050853/http://www.eteamz.com/corkadmirals/news/index.cfm?cat=270129 [Accessed 6 June 2020]

Internet Archive

[8] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael O’Callaghan.

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