Results

Year	Bowl	College Team		Social Team
14.07.2013	40	Student All-Star Team Pizza	7	Adult All-Star Team Mean Machine	34
21.07.2014	41	Student All-Stars	0	Workers All-Stars	49
12.07.2015	42	Student All-Stars	21	Workers All-Stars	39
17.07.2016	43	Student All-Stars	38	Workers All-Stars	34
16.07.2017	44	Student All-Stars	CR	Workers All-Stars	CR
15.07.2018	45	Student All-Stars	48	Workers All-Stars	7

Note: CR = Cancelled due to Rain

Curtain Raiser

Year	Bowl	High School Team		High School Team / Others
		HHSAFF		High School Championship
14.07.2013	40	Otaru Marine TS Riptide	11	Ritsumeikan Keisho HS Panthers	8
		HHSAFF		High School v All-Star Game
21.07.2014	41	Ritsumeikan Keisho HS	46	Otaru Marine Tech School +	0
12.07.2015	42	Ritsumeikan Keisho HS	14	Team G-Stars ++	42

Note: + Otaru Marine Tech School plus Federation Adults over 40.

++ Team G-Stars plus Federation of Adults Over 30

Report

The Potato Bowl was a Charity American Football All-Star game in Hokkaido, North Japan, which ran until its’ 45th year in 2018. The Workers All-Stars won the Bowl from 2013 to 2015, and the Student All-Stars from 2016 to 2018, with 2017 cancelled due to rain. There was a Curtain Raiser from 2013 to 2015 featuring a High School Game. The match was in aid of Physically Handicapped Children.

About the Hokkaido American Football Association

The Hokkaido American Football Association is one of 25 Local American Football Associations in 9 of Japan’s Districts and Areas. It forms a level below the Japan American Football Association which runs Collegiate and Social (Corporation) Leagues. The Hokkaido American Football Association runs the Hokkaido Student League, Hokkaido Workers League, Hokkaido High School Championship, and the Hokkaido Flag Football League. According to John Gunning of American Football International and the Japan Times Hokkaido is famous for its potatoes and Ireland and Hokkaido are the 20th and 21st biggest islands in the World. [Reference:

References

Logos

[1] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) hafa [Internet] Available from: http://www.hokkaido-afa.com/img/hafa.jpg [Accessed 22 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2013 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato2013.html [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[3] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2014 [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[4] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato2015.html [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[5] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato2016.html [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[6] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato2017.html [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[7] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) Potato Bowl 2018 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato.html [Accessed 22 October 2020]

[8] Hokkaido American Football Association (2020) potato2018 [Internet] Available from: http://hokkaido-afa.com/potato/potato2018.jpg  [Accessed 22 October 2020]

Social Media

[9] Facebook Messenger Conversation with John Gunning, 3 May 2021.

Online Translation Service

[10] Google Translate (2020) Japanese to English [Internet] Available from: https://translate.google.com/ [Accessed 22 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoilfhionn Nic Fhearai, Keiko, Grant Farrell and John Gunning

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 October 2020

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