Prospect Pumas Irish Junior Kitted American Football Team 1991-1993

Enda Mulcahy

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NIJAL Junior Kitted Team 1991-1993

Home Ground: Prospect, Carrickfergus (East Antrim / Co. Antrim)

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Honours: NIJAL Champions 1992 (beat Ballymena Wolfhounds 21-0 in Final)

Career Record (W-L-T): Total: / Regular Season: 2-2-0 / 1-2-0 (complete record unknown)

History: Prospect Pumas were a Junior Kitted American Football team from Carrickfergus, East Antrim / Co. Antrim. they played in the Northern Ireland Junior American League from 1991-1993 and previously in NIJAL from 1988-1990 as a two-touch team. They won the NIJAL Championship in 1992, beating Ballymena Wolfhounds 21-0 in the Final. In October 1993, they formed the Carrickfergus Knights Senior American Football team and entered the All-Ireland American Football League in 1994. [Ref: 10] That team still exists today as the Belfast Knights, and have won three Shamrock Bowls (1997, 1998 & 2002).

Home Grounds: Prospect, Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus Grammar School

Year-by-Year Record

	Lge	RS W-L-T	Pct	PS W-L-T	PS Chp	Int W-L-T	Int Chp
1991	NIJAL			–	–	–	–
1992	NIJAL	1	.500	1	NIJAL	–	–
1993	NIJAL

Results NIJAL 1991

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	21.07.1991	A	Ballymena Wolfhounds	L	6-26
3		H	Belfast Spartans

[Ref: 1-3]

Results NIJAL 1992

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	19.07.1992	A	Ballymena Wolfhounds	L	14-31
2	02.08.1992	H	Belfast Spartans	W	8-3
F	23.08.1992	N	Ballymena Wolfhounds	W	21-0

[Ref: 4-7]

Results NIJAL 1993

Week

Date

H/A

Opposition

W/L

Score

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References

Social Media

[1] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 22, 2011: “next video will be wolfhounds v spartans at musgrave park here’s a clip to get us started
“[Fixture/Date @ -0;16] [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/196681000352614/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[2] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 31, 2011:”part 4″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[3] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video: [Finals Score BW 26 SP 33 @ -0:05 [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 13 November 2018]

Sources

[4] Anon. (1992) “Dublin Celts still winless” First Down. July 25, 1992. pg. 19

[5] Anon. (1992) “In an Irish Junior game, Belfast Spartans…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[6] Anon. (1992) “At last! It’s the Dub-win Celts! * A replay of last year’s junior final…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[7] Anon. (1992) “IRish Results” First Down. August 29, 1992. pg. 17

Websites

[8] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2018) Post May 11, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/photos/rpp.197431286956389/1908547172511450/?type=3&theater [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[9] Britball Now (2018) Britball Teams | Doncaster Wildcats [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Britball%20Teams/DoncasterWildcats.htm

[10] Carrickfergus Knights (1999) History [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990824010758/http://www.sugarcube.co.uk/knight/ [Accessed 23 March 2020]

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About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 27 March 2020