Irish American Football Association DV8 Charity Blitzes 2010

Irish American Football League Logo [Reference: 1]

Charity Shield, 29 August 2010

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Dublin Rebels
Carrickfergus Knights
Belfast Trojans
Craigavon Cowboys
Irish American Football Association DV8 Blitzes 2010 Teams [Reference: 1]

Belfast Trojans Charity Cup 29 September 2010

DateHome TeamAway Team
Charity Cup Final
29.09.2010Belfast Trojans7Carrickfergus Knights13
[References: 3]

Report

In 2010, the Charity Shield was held in aid of the Stroke Association off Northern Ireland, at Aircraft Park, Holywood Road, Belfast, on Sunday, August 29.

The Players and teams were promoting the FAST (Facial weakness, Arm weakness, Speech Problems, Time to call 999) campaign to raise awareness of stroke detection.

On 29 September 2010 Carrickfergus Knights trimuphed 13-7 over hosts Belfast Trojans in the Charity Cup involving five teams in total.

About

DV8 or 8-a-side Blitzes are held every year by the Irish American Football Association as Charity Events.

Belfast Trojans promoting the Stroke Association of Northern Ireland [Reference: 3]

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] Bashford Michael (2010) “Sporting Event to kick off exposure for local charity” Belfast Telegraph. August 26, 2010. [Internet] Available from: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sporting-event-to-kick-off-exposure-for-local-charity-28555130.html [Accessed 23 June 2018]

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

Images

[4] Bashford Michael (2010) “East Belfast will host the inaugural Irish American Football League (IAFL) Charity Shield this weekendBelfast Telegraph. August 26, 2010. [Internet] Available from: https://cdn-04.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/migration_catalog/b7efe/25712971.ece/BINARY/eb%20gv%20Belfast%20Trojans%201 [Accessed 23 June 2018]

[5] Carrickfergus Knights Wayback Machine (2011) News: Knights finish 2010 season on a high ! [Internet] available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110708122827/http://www.carrickfergusknights.com/news.htm [Accessed 2 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Grey (Dublin Dragons)

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