Charleroi Trophy 2003
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 28.06.03 | Charleroi Cougars (Bel) | 8 | Carrickfergus Knights (Irl) | 6 |
| 28.06.03 | Dublin Rebels (Irl) | 8 | Celtes de Mitry (Fra) | 6 |
| 3rd Place Playoff | ||||
| 29.06.03 | Celtes de Mitry (Fra) | 8 | Carrickfergus Knights (Irl) | 22 |
| Final | ||||
| 29.06.03 | Dublin Rebels (Irl) | 12 | Charleroi Cougars (Bel) | 0 |
Irish American Football League Division 1 2003
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| *Carrickfergus Knights | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 26 | 10 |
| *Dublin Rebels | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 39 | 10 |
| *Cork Admirals | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 182 | 2 |
| Dublin Dragons | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 212 | 2 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Final | ||||
| 27.07.03 | Dublin Rebels | 56 | Cork Admirals | 8 |
| Shamrock Bowl XVII | ||||
| 10.08.03 | Carrickfergus Knights | 12 | Dublin Rebels | 24 |
Irish American Football League Division 2 2003
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Division 2 | |||||||
| Belfast Bulls | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 88 | .600 |
| Craigavon Cowboys | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 64 | .400 |
| University of Limerick Vikings | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 100 | .000 |
| Division 1 Teams Composite Table | |||||||
| Cork Admirals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 47 | 1.000 |
| Carrickfergus Knights | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 22 | 1.000 |
| Dublin Rebels | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 32 | .500 |
| Dublin Dragons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 50 | .000 |
Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge VII 2003
| Year | Location | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| 2003 | Dublin | Drimnagh Cycos | 6 | Leicester Europa Eagles | 12 |
Report
Dublin rebels won the Charleroi Trophy, the unofficial West European Championship for purely amateur leagues, beating Celtes de Mitry (French Amateur Division) 8-6 and Charleroi Cougars (Belgium) 12-0.
The Irish American Football League was renamed Division 1, following the introduction of an 8v8 Division 2. Dublin Rebels beat Carrickfergus Knights 24-12 in Shamrock Bowl XVII, with Cork Admirals reaching the playoffs also. The fourth team in the Division were Dublin Dragons, who finished bottom on 1-5.
Division 2 was split into two sections: the main Division 2 which featured smaller teams not in Division 1, and was won by Belfast Bulls with a 3-2 Wins-Losses record; and Division 1 teams, where players not getting their game in Division 1 could play, which finished with both Cork Admirals and Carrickfergus Knights undefeated.
The Anglo-Irish Flag Football Classic was won by Leicester Europa Eagles, who defeated Ireland’s Drimnagh Cycos 12-6.
About
The 2003-04 season was the 19th in Irish American Football history, including both the formative 1985-86 season and the 2000-01 season where only one International match was played.
There were four teams in the Irish American Football League, which was now re-christened Division 1, following the introduction of an 8v8 Division 2, featuring smaller teams, as well as matches against Division 1 teams (players not getting their game in Division 1 would have played in these matches).
There were also International Tournaments in both American Football (Charleroi Trophy) and Flag Football (Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge)
References
Internet Archive
[1] Irish American Football Association (2003) CHARLEROI TROPHY – DUBLIN REBELS FINISH FIRST & CARRICKFERGUS KNIGHTS 3rd [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030806044017/http://www.irish-american-football.org/29jun03.htm [Accessed 8 October 2017]
Websites
[2] Irish American Football Association (2003) 2003 Results [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2003results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016]
Internet Archive
[3] 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]
Websites
[4] Britball Now (2018) History of the game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 25 October 2016]
Image References
[5] Lucky Show – Irish American Football (2016) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 5 June 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Lenka Mulligan (Brodekova), Simon Williams & Brendan Farrell.
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