American Football Ireland 11v11 Team 2012-2013

Team Name: The Phoenix is on the Coat of Arms of Tullamore, after the world’s first known aviation disaster on 10th May 1785, when a Hot Air Balloon crashed, leading to a fire which destroyed as many as 130 homes. [Reference: 4]

Colours: Black Helmets / White Jerseys with Green and Yellow Trim / Black Pants.

Home Field: Tullamore RFC, Co. Offaly.

All-Time Record: W-L-T: All Games: 3-12-1 / Regular Season: 3-12-1

Honours: None.

History: The Tullamore Phoenix were founded in 2010 as an 8v8 Team in the Irish American Football League Development League, taking over from the Midlands Soldiers as the team in the Midlands. After two seasons playing 8v8 Football in the Development League, they made the step up to the Full 11v11 Irish American Football League, winning one game in their first season (19-0 versus Dublin Dragons in their opening game). The following year they were relegated to the new Irish American Football League 1-Conference, where they won 2 games of 8 and tied another. Again they managed to defeat the Dublin Dragons, and also beat the Mullingar Minotaurs, but folded after the season, presumably due to competition for players with new Midlands teams the Mullingar Minotaurs, North Kildare Reapers and South Kildare Soldiers.

Home Venue: Tullamore RFC, Co. Offaly

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	RS W-L-T	Pts / Pos	PS W-L-T	Champ	Int W-L-T	Champ
2012	IAFL	1-7-0	1 / 6th	0-0-0	None	0-0-0	None
2013	IAFL 1C	2-5-1	5/ 5th	0-0-0	None	0-0-0	None

Results 2012 IAFL

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
2	04.03.2012	H	Dublin Dragons	W	19-0
3	11.03.2012	A	West Dublin Rhinos	L	0-38
6	01.04.2012	H	Craigavon Cowboys	L	14-26
8	15.04.2012	A	University College Dublin	L	0-50
9	22.04.2012	A	Trinity College Dublin	L	0-35
11	06.05.2012	A	Belfast Trojans	L	0-30 #
14	27.05.2012	H	Dublin Rebels	L	0-20
15	03.06.2012	H	University of Limerick Vikings	L	0-62

Results 2013 IAFL 1-Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
1	03.03.2013	H	Drogheda Lightning	T	6-6
4	21.04.2013	A	North Kildare Reapers	L	6-8
6	05.05.2013	H	Dublin Dragons	W	15-12
8	19.05.2013	A	Meath Bulldogs	L	6-19
11	09.06.2013	H	Waterford Wolves	L	2-12
13	23.06.2013	H	Mullingar Minotaurs	W	12-8
14	14.07.2013	A	Dublin Dragons	L	0-31
15	28.07.2013	A	Waterford Wolves	L	0-14

References

[1] Bolts in Blue (2011) Tullamore Phoenix Logo [Internet] Available from: https://boltsinblue.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/tullamore-phoenix.jpg [Accessed 21 January 2019]

Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2012) 2012 Standings / 2012 Shamrock Bowl Playoffs / 2012 League Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl-standings/ [Accessed 13 January 2014]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2013) IAFL-1 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/dv8s-standings/ [Accessed 23 August 2013]

[4] Wikipedia (2020) Tullamore [Internet] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullamore [Accessed 19 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Colm Kincaid.

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Last Updated: 19 October 2020

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