Standings
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| North Conference Division 1 East | ||||||||
| Antrim Jets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 3 |
| Ulster University Elks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 3 |
| Belfast Trojans Development | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 86 | -14 | 3 |
| North Conference Division 1 West | ||||||||
| Donegal Derry Vipers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 22 | 44 | 6 |
| Causeway Giants | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 55 | -19 | 1 |
| Downpatrick Saints | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 55 | -25 | 1 |
Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Week 1 | North | |||
| 26.09.2020 | Ulster University Elks | 28 | Belfast Trojans 2nds | 32 |
| 26.09.2020 | Donegal / Derry Vipers | 33 | Causeway Giants | 14 |
| 26.09.2020 | Belfast Trojans 2nds | 40 | Antrim Jets | 58 |
| 26.09.2020 | Causeway Giants | 22 | Downpatrick Saints | 22 |
| 26.09.2020 | Downpatrick Saints | 20 | Donegal / Derry Vipers | 33 |
| 26.09.2020 | Antrim Jets | 20 | Ulster University Elks | 26 |
Report
A revised American Football Ireland Flag schedule for 2020 was brought out in September due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. In the first week at the end of September, Donegal Derry Vipers had two victories in the North Conference and Antrim Jets, Belfast Trojans Development and Ulster University Elks one each.
The League was cancelled on and the Results declared null and void due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. They are presented here as an unofficial Provincial Conference, as with the Pandemic the League was rearranged into self-contained Conference with no inter-conference play before the government restrictions meant the cancellation of the league.
About
The American Football Ireland Flag Division One is the Second Level of Flag Football in Ireland. 15 teams entered the Division in 2020, bringing the total number of Flag Football teams in the League to 23.
Last years Glas Bowl runners-up Maynooth Hurricanes and Semi-Finalists Cork City Outlaws were promoted to the AFI Flag Premier Division (Level 1) for 2020, with Westmeath Minotaurs, University College Dublin and Dublin rebels being relegated from the Premier Division to Division One. Meath Bulldogs did not enter a team in 2020 after being relegated as well.
New teams to Division One for 2020 were Dublin City Quetzals, a team made up of former contact players from the Mexican League, who are over in Ireland working [Ref: 3], WIT Vikings from the Waterford Institute of Technology, as well as Flag Football teams of Contact Football teams Antrim Jets, Causeway Giants, Donegal Derry Vipers and North Kildare Reapers.
Non-Returning teams were NI Razorbacks, Ulster University Elks, Norton Wasps as well as the 2nds teams of Craigavon Cowboys and University College Cork. In total, 23 teams is the highest ever in one season of the Irish Flag Football League, in all its incarnations.
[See https://eirball.ie/irish-flag-football-league-and-blitzes/ for more on the history of the Irish Flag Football League and Blitzes.]
AFI Flag Division 1 North Team Map
References
Images
[1] American Football Ireland (2020) AFI Logo 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AFI-Logo-200.png [Accessed 10 February 2020]
Websites
[2] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag Football League Division One 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/flag_div1_2020/ [Accessed 25 July 2020][Last Accessed 4 October 2020]
Images
[3] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_North-1024×683 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_North-1024×683.png [Accessed28 August 2020]
[4] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_Central-1024×683 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_Central-1024×683.png %5BAccessed 28 August 2020]
[5] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_South-1024×683 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Div1_South-1024×683.png [Accessed 28 August 2020]
[6] American Football Ireland (2020) 2020 Flag Football Season Cancelled [Internet] available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/2020-flag-football-season-cancelled/ [Accessed 28 October 2020]
Applications
[3] Sean Douglas Dublin Bay Raptors What’s App Conversation, 24 July 2020.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Sean Douglas, Todd Zboyan, Anton Pippo O’Grady, Jimmy English, Joe Grey, Decy Maher (Dublin Bay Raptors 2020).
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 28 October 2020
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