Irish American Football League Jack Daniels Summer Bowl Festivals 1986-1989

Gridiron Football International American Football International American Football (Ireland) Irish American Football Festivals

Results

DateTeam 1 Team 2 
 Finals Belvedere College, Dublin 
05.07.1987Dublin Celts26Belfast Blitzers0
02.07.1988Northern Ireland Allstars13Republic of Ireland Allstars21
Irish American Football League Festivals 1987 References: [1-6]

Report

The Dublin Celts won the 1987 Jack Daniels Summer Bowl Festival 26-0 against the Belfast Blitzers. the following year in Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland Allstars triumphed 21-13 over the Northern Ireland Allstars.

About

The Jack Daniels Summer Bowl was an International Festival featuring the Dublin Celts and teams from Northern Ireland, including sometimes Northern Ireland representative squads, as well as Flag Football Challenge Games involving the RTE Raiders and GOAL Heroes (GOAL is an Irish Development Aid Charity and RTE is the Irish National Broadcaster). both the Flag and Kitted games featured celebrities such as Tony Ward of the Ireland International rugby Team. [1]

The games were played under Hurlaball Rules – One Hour Long, Running Clock and the winning team always kicked off to the losing team, rather than the team who just scored kicking off. [3]

References:

Websites

[1] Anon. (1987) “American Football” Irish Press. Monday, July 6, 1987, pg. 13.

[2] Feeney, John. (1987) “Traders happy with success of Mardi Gras” Nationalist and Leinster Times, Friday, August 21, 1987. pg. 3.

[3] Anon.(1988) “Incredible Hulks – just like a herd of Buffalo” Irish independent Monday, July 4, 1988. pg. 3.

[4] Anon. (1988) “Sports Diary | American Football” Sunday Independent Sunday, July 2, 1989. pg. 29.

Social Media

[5] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Reply to Post by David Turner, August 12, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940 [Accessed 16 August 2019]

Internet Archive

[6] BritballNow Wayback Machine (2016)Historical Results [1988][Friendlies] [Internet] Available from:https://web.archive.org/web/20161021181851/http://britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 13 January 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner (Belfast Blitzers)

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