CUSAI Logo

Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland Basketball Intervarsities Women 2002-03

Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland Logo [Ref: 2]

Venue: National University of Ireland, Galway

Date: 6-9 March 2003

Group Standings

PWLPFPAPts
Group A
*University College Dublin22097534
*Dublin City University21192672
+University of Ulster Jordanstown202361050
Group B
*NUI Galway22094554
*Trinity College Dublin21193942
+Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland20259970
Group C
*University College Cork22096294
*Queens’s University Belfast21175322
+University of Ulster Coleraine202161260
Group D
*University of Limerick220123534
*NUI Maynooth21179832
+University of Ulster Magee202361020
CUSAI Basketball Intervarsities Women 2002-03 [Ref: compiled from 1]

Note: * Qualify for Cup Quarter-Finals. + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals.

Cup Final

DateHome TeamAway Team
Cup Quarter-Finals
03.2003University College Dublin 88Queen’s University Belfast14
03.2003NUI Galway52NUI Maynooth27
03.2003Dublin City University43University College Cork8
03.2003Trinity College Dublin34University of Limerick67
Cup Semi-Finals
03.2003NUI Galway78University College Dublin63
03.2003University of Limerick52Dublin City University31
Cup Final
03.2003University of Limerick71NUI Galway41
CUSAI Basketball Intervarsities Women Cup Finals 2002-03 [Ref: 1]

Plate Finals

DateHome TeamAway Team
Plate Semi-Finals
03.2003University of Ulster Jordanstown69University of Ulster Coleraine28
03.2003Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland37University of Ulster Magee5
Plate Final
03.2003Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland35University of Ulster Jordanstown29
CUSAI Basketball Intervarsities Women Plate Finals 2003 [Ref: 1]

Group Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Group A
03.2003University of Ulster Jordanstown21Dublin City University54
03.2003Dublin City University38University College Dublin46
03.2003University College Dublin51University of Ulster Jordanstown15
Group B
03.2003Trinity College Dublin56Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland41
03.2003NUI Galway53Trinity College Dublin37
03.2003NUI Galway41Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland18
Group C
03.2003Queen’s University Belfast19University College Cork26
03.2003University College Cork70University of Ulster Coleraine10
03.2003University of Ulster Coleraine6Queen’s University Belfast56
Group D
03.2003University of Limerick60University of Ulster Magee16
03.2003NUI Maynooth37University of Limerick63
03.2003NUI Maynooth42University of Ulster Magee20
CUSAI Basketball Intervarsities Women Group Results 2002-03 [Ref: 1]

Report

University of Limerick won the 2002-03 Women’s Basketball Intervarsities, held from the 6th to the 9th March 2003, in the National University of Ireland, Galway. 12 Universities entered in total, divided into four Groups of three, with the top two in each group qualifying for the Cup Quarter-Finals.

University of Limerick won the Cup, with a 71-41 victory over hosts, NUI Galway, in the Final, after winning their two Group matches, and then defeating Trinity College Dublin in the Quarter-Finals and Dublin City University in the Semi-Finals. NUI galway had beaten NUI Maynooth in the Quarter-Finals and University College Dublin in the Semi-Finals.

The Consolation Plate competition, for the third place team in each group, was won by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, who overcame University of Ulster, Jordanstown 35-29 in the Plate Final.

References

Internet Archive

[1] CUSAI | Wayback Machine (2005) Basketball Intervarsities 2002 / 2003 – info & Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050116071417/http://www.cusai.ie/irishaffairs/20022003/iv/basketball.html#tresults [Accessed 24 May 2019]

Images

[2] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Trinity College Dublin

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Fastpitch Ireland Irish National Fastpitch Softball League 2019-20

Fastpitch Ireland Logo [Ref: 3]

Standings

PWLDRFRAPTS
Team C6420161412
Team A6312211511
Team B6312171311
Team D60607210
Fastpitch Ireland League 2019-20 [Ref: 1-2]

Note: 3 Pts Win, 1 Pts Tie (Draw), 0 Pts Loss.

Playoffs

DateHome TeamAway Team
Playoffs
01.03.2020Team C (#1)Team D (#4)
01.03.2020Team A (#2)Team B (#3)
Final
01.03.2020SF 1 WinnersSF 2 Winners
Softball Ireland Irish Fastpitch Softball League Playoffs 2020 [Ref: 2]

Results & Fixtures

DateAway TeamHome Team
Week 1
09.11.2019Team A7Team B7
09.11.2019Team B0Team A0
09.11.2019Team C3Team D2
09.11.2019Team D2Team C3
Week 2
Team A3Team D2
Team D1Team A8
Team B3Team C2
Team C4Team B3
Week 3
01.02.2020Team A3Team C2
01.02.2020Team C1Team A0
01.02.2020Team B2Team D0
01.02.2020Team D0Team B2
Softball Ireland Irish Fastpitch League 2019-20 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

Fastpitch Softball is a competitive version of Recreational Mixed Softball, or Baseball, and in USA is primarily a Competitive Women’s version of the game, with a Professional League for women: National Pro Fastpitch.

It differs from the Recreational Coed version of the sport in that the pitching is very fast, and does not have to be in a soft arc like in traditional softball.

The Irish Fastpitch Softball League was started in 2019-20 (although it is currently Coed / Mixed – with an even number of Males and Females), after a decade of Softball Ireland’s Fadtpitch Programme, which included the start of the Women’s Ireland National Team.

There were intended to be Playoffs played, but unfortunately due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, Week 4 (Playoffs) had to be cancelled.

All matches were played at The National Indoor Arena in Blachardstown, Dublin 15, on the Indoor Turf Pitch.

Irish National Fastpitch League Teams A & B 2019-20 [Ref: 5][Adjusted]
Irish National Fastpitch League Teams C & D 2019-20 [Ref: 4][Adjusted]

References

Social Media

[1] Fastpitch Ireland Softball Facebook (2019) Post, November 9, 2019:”FASTPITCH LEAGUE UPDATE 9/11/19 @ 20:40 We have now captured the new people who have registered in the last 36 hours for the league and the updated team list has been emailed to all players (check your spam/junk email if you haven’t received it).” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/sifpl/posts/2686606888069852 [Accessed 1 March 2020]

[2] Softball Ireland (2020) News [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/ [Accessed 25 April 2020]

[3] Softball Ireland (2019) Ireland Catches Fastpitch Fever: Teams C and D [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Team-C-D-960×650.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]

[4] Softball Ireland (2019) Ireland Catches Fastpitch Fever: Teams A and B [Internet] Available from: http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Team-A-B-300×225.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]

Images

[5] Softball Ireland (2017) Fastpitch Softball Logo Logo [Internet] http://fastpitchsoftball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FPI-1024×650.jpg [Accessed 25 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sondra Maher, Lorna Rose Masterson, Sarah Jane Masterson and Roisin O’Callaghan

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Softball Leinster Logo

Softball Leinster Corporate League 2013

Softball Leinster Logo [Ref: 3]

Standings

PWLDRFRAPts
CRC
Standard Life
UTV Radio Solutions
Web Together
Softball Leinster Corporate League 2013 [Ref: 1-2]

Results and Fixtures

DateHome TeamAway Team
Week ?
12.06.2013CRCWeb Together
12.06.2013UTV Radio SolutionsStandard Life
Week ?
19.06.2013Web TogetherUTV Radio Solutions
19.06.2013Standrard LifeCRC
Softball Leinster Corporate League 2013 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

The Softball Leinster Coroprate League featured four teams: CRC, UTV Radio Solutions, Web Together and Standard Life (Insurance).

References

Internet Archive

[1] Softball Leinster Facebook (2013) Post, June 12, 2013:”…And in the corporate League
CRC play Web Together and UTV Radio Solutions play Standard Life. These are their first games.”: [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/softballleinster/posts/492170954187846 [Accessed 24 May 2018]

[2] Softball Leinster Facebook (2013) Post, June 19, 2013:”…We also have Corporate league tonight with
Web Together going against UTV Radio Solutions and
Standard Life up against C.R.C.”: [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/softballleinster/posts/495021980569410 [Accessed 24 May 2018]

Images

[3] Softball Leinster Facebook (2017) Softball Leinster Logo [Internet] https://www.facebook.com/softballleinster/photos/a.139494852788793.30082.136509596420652/1063627193708883/?type=1&theater [Accessed 25 January 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sondra Maher, Lorna Rose Masterson, Sarah Jane Masterson and Roisin O’Callaghan

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Softball Ireland Logo

Softball Ireland Business House League 2006

Softball Ireland Logo [Ref: 2]

Standings

PWLDRFRAPts
Top Team
Sarah’s Test team 2 for 2007 stuff
Southsliders
MOP
Bat-Man
Seagate Supersonics
Softball Ireland Business House League Standings 2006 [Ref: 1]

Report

After the Softball Boom of the 1990s when there were over 60 Softball teams in the Leinster League, including many from Computer Technology businesses, Softball Ireland created a separate Business House League in the 2000s.

In 2006 The League included six teams, some clearly taking it seriously, such as Seagate Supersonics, another Computer firm, and others just having a bit of fun: “Sarah’s test team 2 for 2007 stuff” and Bat-Man. Also included in the team Line-Up were Top Team, MOP and Southsliders.

References

Internet Archive

[1] Softball Ireland | Wayback Machine (2006) Softball Standings Business House League 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071118210710/http://www.softball.ie/league.php?scriptName=DIVISIONSTANDING&leagueID=9837&divisionID=36702&seasonID=5209&sportID=5 [Accessed 15 May 2018]

Images

[2] Softball Ireland (2006) Softball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071118173448im_/http://www.softball.ie/leagues/9837/menuSponsor1.gif [Accessed 9 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

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International Baseball in Ireland – US Navy Exhibition Match (1917) Re-enactment 2017

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
100th AnniversaryVenue: Mardyke, UCC
25.07.2017Cork Rebel Alliance3UCC All Americans3
US Navy Baseball Match in Ireland 100th Anniversary Re-enactment – 25 July 2017 [Ref: 3]

Report

On the 100th Anniversary exactly of the US Navy’s Exhibition game in University College Cork, on exactly the same place, American Students studying at a Summer Camp in UCC, along with expats, re-enacted the match between the USS Melville and the USS Trippe (in Irish waters as part of the European Theater of Operations during WWI), which the USS Trippe won 7-6. [Ref: 1-2]

The US Students played a team made up of Irish Baseball players, including Baseball Ireland member Adrian Kelly, which was named the Cork Rebel Alliance, at the Mardyke, UCC on 25 July 2017. The Re-enactment finished a 3-3 tie after four innings, including 2 Home runs for the Cork Rebel Alliance. [Ref: 3]

UCC All Americans included Nicole Dehnel, Kristin Tocci, Alex Smith and Katie Wright. [Ref: 1] and the game raised money for Irish Charity, Guide Dogs for the Blind.

See: https://eirball.ie/2020/04/24/international-baseball-in-ireland-uss-trippe-7-uss-melville-6-1917/ for a report on the original match.

Baseball Ireland’s Adrian Kelly and Nicole Dehnel revreating the 1917 Baseball Picture. Pic: Eddie O’Hare [Ref: 4]

References

Newspapers

[1] O’Riordan, Sean (2017) “Famous Baseball game by US Sailors recreated in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/famous-baseball-game-by-us-sailors-recreated-in-cork-455663.html [Accessed 28 July 2017]

[2] Duncan, Mark (2017) “An Irishman’s Diary” The Irish Times. Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

Social Media

[3] Baseball Ireland Facebook (2017) Post , July 26, 2017:”” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/baseballireland/posts/1603009249743866 [Accessed 24 April 2020]

Images

[4] O’Hare, Eddie (2017) “Adrian Kelly of Baseball Ireland and Nicole Dehnel recreating the 1917 Baseball picture at the Cricket Grounds in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/remote/media.central.ie/media/images/m/MardykeBaseballMatchJul17A_large.jpg?width=648&s=ie-455663 [Accessed 28 July 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Roisin O’Callaghan, Sarah Jane Masterson, Lorna Rose Masterson and Sondra Maher (Marlay Softball Club).

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Major League Baseball in Ireland – Chicago White Stockings Tour of Ireland 1889

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Game 1Venue: NICC, Belfast
03.1889All-America Club9Chicago White Stockings8
Game 2Venue: Landsdowne Rd, Dublin
27.03.1889Chicago White Stockings3All-America Club5
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Chicago White Stockings Tour 1889 [Ref: 1]

Report

Following on from the first Major League Tour of Ireland and Britain in 1874, a tour was organised by A.G. Spalding as part of a grander plan to bring American Professional Sports to the World.

Spalding’s Chicago White Stockings (now Chicago White Sox), of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (then the only Major League, as the American League would not be founded until 1901, and the National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball association until decades later), toured Ireland and Britain.

The Chicago team played the All-America Club in the grounds of the North of Ireland Cricket Club in Belfast, with the All-America team winning 9-8 thanks to a late 9th Inning rally.

In the return match, played at Landsdowne Road in Dublin, the White Stockings were leading 3-1 until another late 9th Inning rally, which saw the All-America Club score four runs in the Top of the Ninth.

Another facet of this tour was the decision of the English Rounders Association (Liverpool) and Welsh Rounders Association to adopt some of the rules of American Baseball, including two-handed batting (up until then batting was one-handed) and tagging a player out with the glove. The Rounders Associations changed their names to the English and Welsh Baseball Associations, to reflect the changes, although they kept the posts instead of adopting the bases as in Baseball. Welsh Baseball is still played as the traditional Celtic game of Wales (see: https://eirball.ie/welsh-baseball/ for more on this sport, which is popular in areas of Wales and Liverpool with a large Irish Working Class immigrant population).

References

Bibliography

[1] Chetwynd, Josh (2008) “Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History”. pg. 207. Published by McFarland and Company, Jefferson, North Carolina.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston and Hugh Mulcahy.

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Major League Baseball in Ireland – Boston Red Stockings v Philadelphia Athletics 1874

Results

DateHome TeamGamesAway TeamGames
Two-Game SeriesVenue: Dublin
24.08.1874Boston Red Stockings1Philadelphia Athletics1
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Boston Red Stockings v Philadelphia Athletics 1874 [Ref: 1]

Report

Naturally, given the links between America and Ireland, Britain and France, the three countries got the biggest promotion of Baseball in the late Nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when Professional Baseball clubs toured Europe.

The earliest known game of Baseball in Ireland occurred on 24 August 1874 in Dublin, when National League clubs, the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics (later Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics) finished off a 12-game tour of England by playing two matches in Dublin. The series finished one game apiece.

The teams also played a match against the All-Ireland Cricket team. Because of the large number of Irish-Americans playing Professional Baseball at the time, this leg of the trip was considered essential by Boston owner Harry Wright.

References

Bibliography

[1] Chetwynd, Josh (2008) “Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History”. pg. 206. Published by McFarland and Company, Jefferson, North Carolina.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston and Hugh Mulcahy.

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Baseball Internationals in Ireland – America v Canada 1917

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Game 1Venue: Dublin
27.10.1917America6Canada10
Game 2Venue: Belfast
31.10.1917Canada5America5
International Baseball in Ireland – America v Canada 1917 [Ref: 1]

Box-Score 31 October 1917

123456789ExtraTotal
Canada01102000105
America20010000205
Baseball International Belfast 31 October 1917 – Canada v America Box-Score [Ref: 1]

Teams 31 October 1917

PositionAmericaCanada
PitcherStanleyDoyle
CatcherVannaisLangdon
First BaseChapinLatimer
Second BaseLeoReid
Third BaseGreenEdmundsen
Centre FieldCouedBiglard
Right FieldVan DyneJohnson
Left FieldMcLeodLoskey
Short StopHumphreysMaddock
Baseball International in Ireland 1917 – Amercan and Canadian Team Line-Ups. [Ref: 1]

Report

Two International Baseball matches between America and Canada were played in Dublin and Belfast in late October 1917.

In the first encounter Canada won by 10 runs to 6, and the return match, in Belfast, finished 5-5.

Doyle for Canada, and Stanley for America were the Pitchers, who were described as excellent.

America went 2-0 up in the first innings, but Canada added one in the second, and levelled the match in the third. America took the lead again in the fourth with a well-obtained run, but Canada retook the lead in the fifth by adding two runs. There was no score from then until the ninth innings, when America obtained two. It looked like America was going to win when Canada’s first batter failed, but they managed to equalise in the end. One Extra inning failed to separate the sides, and it finished five runs each.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1917) “Baseball Match in Belfast: America v. Canada”. The Belfast News-Letter. Thursday, November 1, 1917. pg. 3.

Acknowledgements

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International Baseball in Ireland – USS Trippe 7 USS Melville 6 – 1917

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
Exhibition MatchVenue: Mardyke, UCC
25.07.1917USS Trippe7USS Melville6
Baseball International Exhibition Match in Ireland 1917 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

A match, suggested by Admiral Sims, was played on the grounds of University College Cork, was played in aid of a wartime charity by two US Naval Vessels: USS Trippe and USS Melville. Despite being delayed by over a week due to rain, it attracted a large crowd, who witnessed USS Trippe win by 7 runs to 6.

Around 3,000 people attended, and the band of the 3rd battalion, the Leinster Regiment, played a selection of music, finishing with the US and British National Anthems.

A warm-up match had been played by USS McDougal and USS Wadsworth. The match raised £90 for the Cork War Workers Fund.

The Navy created a Baseball Diamond at Ringaskiddy, beside Ballybricken House, afterwards, and a Baseball bat from Ballybricken is in the Cobh Museuem.

A re-enactment took place at the Mardyke, UCC, exactly a century later, also in aid of charity (Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind) when a team of visiting US Students, attending a Summer Camp at UCC, along with a few expats, took on the ‘Cork Rebel Alliance’. the location was at the exact same place as the original match 100 years previously.

Milligan of USS Melville at bat in the Baseball match on 25 July 1917 [Ref: 3]

References

Newspapers

[1] O’Riordan, Sean (2017) “Famous Baseball game by US Sailors recreated in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/famous-baseball-game-by-us-sailors-recreated-in-cork-455663.html [Accessed 28 July 2017]

[2] Duncan, Mark (2017) “An Irishman’s Diary” The Irish Times. Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

Images

[3] Anon. (2017) “Milligan from the Melville team hits a mighty stroke playing in the baseball match against Trippe at the Mardyke on July 25, 1917.” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/remote/media.central.ie/media/images/z/zzzMardykeBaseballMatch1917A_large.jpg?width=648&s=ie-455663 [Accessed 28 July 2017]

Acknowledgements

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Baseball Amateur World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
World Series 1903
1903Lennons (Illinois)18Whytes (Indiana)1
Re-enactment 2003
06.2003Lennons3Whytes12
Baseball Ireland World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 [Ref: 1]

Report

South Roscommon witnessed its first ever game of Baseball in June 2003, on the 100th Anniversary of the World Series of 1903 between the Lennons of Joliet, Illinois and the Whytes of Indiana. The Amateur World Series was won by the Lennons by a score of 18-1, a feat which was acknowledged by the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York in 1963.

The re-enactment was played behind the Heritage Centre in Drum, Co. Roscommon, featuring family members of the original Whytes and Lennons teams, and didn’t go according to script, with the Whytes regaining some family pride with a 12-3 victory.

Tony Whyte was manager of both teams, and the large attendance were not put out by the Final score, enjoying the game and occasion, despite the Irish contingent not knowing the finer points of the rules like their American counterparts, who were large in numbers.

The Lennons were 1-0 up after the first innings, but the tactically superior Whytes were 9-1 up going into the fourth, but the Lennons were still hopeful of victory, and introduced two substitutesfrom the USA: Jonathan Burke from Boston and Brian Lennon from California. However, Mark Lennon’s impressive Home Run in the fourth was not enough as they were 12-3 down going into the closing stages, and failed to score in their final innings. [Ref: 1]

Baseball World Series (1903) Reenactment 2003 – Whytes and Lennons Line Up for Match [Ref: 1] Picture: P. Devanny

Teams

LennonsWhytes
Adrian Hughes LennonAdrian Millen
James LennonTom Seerey
Eamon LennonMark Whyte
Adrian LennonDarra Egan
Brian LennonOwen McManus
David LennonTony Whyte
Mark LennonEdward Egan
Alan Hughes LennonSeamus McManus
Pascal LennonScott Kahler
Cathal LennonRomy Currid
Robert Lennon
Sub: Jonathan Burke
Sub: Brian Lennon
Baseball Ireland World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 teams [Ref: 1]

Officials

Chief UmpireEd Burke (USA)
CommentatorHarold Lynan Webber
Presenter of MedalsFr. Ray Milton
Baseball World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 Officials [Ref: 1]

References

Newspapers

[1] Coyne, Declan (2003) “Historic Baseball Game didn’t go according to script as the Whyte’s out-run the Lennons!” Roscommon Champion. Friday, June 27, 2003. pg. 29

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston.

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