November 12, 2021

Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD1 Men’s National League Division 1 2021-22

Final Table

Pos	Team

Table compiled from Results Ireland Water Polo website. For Official Table Please visit the Official Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 1]

(C): Champions

Tie-breaker: Drogheda WPC finished above Cú Chulainn based on Head-to-Head Results: Drogheda WPC 7 v Cú Chulainn 11; Cú Chulainn 7 Drogheda WPC 16 (Overall: Drogheda WPC 26 Cú Chulainn 18)

Results

Results compiled from Results Ireland Water Polo website. For Official Results Please visit the Official Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 2]

References: [2]

Note: For Match Reports please click on the individual games above.

Monthly Recaps

October Recap

Cathal Brugha (Belfast, 12 Points) and Corrib (Galway, 9 Points) were both 100% at the end of October in the Swim Ireland Water Polo 2021-22 Men’s National League Division 1, with their crucial encounter coming up on the 6th November. North Dublin were in third on 6 points having lost only one game to leaders Cathal Brugha. St. Vincent’s (Glasnevin, Dublin) were on 3 points following a sole victory over Sandycove SC (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Dublin) who were pointless along with Drogheda WPC and Cú Chulainn.

November Recap

St. Vincent’s joined Cathal Brugha on 9 points with a 6-4 win over North Dublin, and another challenger to Cathal Brugha besides North Dublin, Corrib, also faltered with a 9-10 loss to Sandycove who moved to 6 points. In the third match, between the two pointless teams, Drogheda and Cú Chulainn, the Belfast team won a close game 11-10, with Cú Chulainn coming from 9-3 down mid-way through the 3rd quarter for their first win of the season (match report available)

January / February Recap

North Dublin recorded two good wins, 17-9 versus Corrib and 10-6 at Cathal Brugha to move to 12 points. The game against Cathal Brugha in particular was a big win, coming away to the Irish Senior Cup winners (match report available). North Dublin’s attack was excellent in the win, which was Cathal Brugha’s first loss of the season. The Corrib game two weeks previously saw North Dublin race into a 5-0 lead after the first quarter and 9-1 at halftime, winning 17-9 at the end thanks to some clinical finishing (match report available).

March Recap

The top 3, Cathal Brugha, St. Vincent’s and North Dublin each won their game in March, with North Dublin winning by default over Cú Chulainn, St. Vincent’s defeating Corrib WPC 15-11 and Cathal Brugha defeating Sandycove 18-8, all on Saturday the 5th of March. The next day Sandycove picked up a good win, 9-8 versus North Dublin, and St. Vincent’s had a big 21-5 victory over Drogheda WPC. North Dublin won 15-8 at Drogheda WPC the following Saturday, but the big game of the weekend was earlier in the day, when St. Vincent’s made an important 12-6 win against nearest challengers Cathal Brugha. Such was the relative positions of the two teams, a Cathal Brugha win would have almost ceratinly wrapped up the title for the Belfast team. The two teams were now on two defeats each going into the last two to three games, with Cathal Brugha picking up a walkover victory over Drogheda WPC on March 26th. [References: 1-2]

April / May Recap

St. Vincent’s WPC were held to a 6-6 draw by North Dublin in the first weekend of April, meaning Cathal Brugha moved to within a point of the Dublin Northside team with a walkover victory versus Corrib WPC. Sandycove SC’s 11-9 win over Drogheda WPC, also on the first weekend of April, saw the Dublin Southside team move clear of Corrib WPC in mid-table, with Drogheda WPC still at the bottom with zero points. Cathal Brugha defeated Cú Chulainn 27-4 in a double-fixture and North Dublin won a close game with Corrib WPC 10-9 in the second week of April. Cathal Brugha’s double victory over Cú Chulainn meant the title went to the Belfast team. The Penultimate Round of Fixtures saw North Dublin defeat Drogheda WPC 12-8 to finish in third on 25 points and St. Vincent’s winning 9-7 at Sandycove leaving St. Vincent’s in second on 28 points and Sandycove in fourth on 19 Points. In addition Corrib received a walkover from Cú Chulainn. On May the 7th the Final game was a relegation six-pointer which Drogheda WPC won 16-7 over Cú Chulainn, meaning the Louth team finished above the Belfast team on head-to-head (26-18) after both teams finished with three points. [References: 1-2].

Administrative Map of Ireland Water Polo Teams 2021-22

Vector Contributor Rainer Lesniewski (2022) **administrative map of Ireland and Northern Ireland** [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/administrative-map-ireland-northern-1665171421 [Last Accessed 11 August 2022][Overlaid with Map of Dublin isolated from: Vector — Map of Ireland administrative divisions on counties level Copyright: lesniewski [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_51580818_map-of-ireland-administrative-divisions-on-counties-level.html?vti=lnoo9k86jx77fg2u6b-1-1 [Accessed 10 January 2022][Ireland Water Polo Team Logos added by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball – see References WP-3 to WP-10]

Stock Photo — Water polo action in a swimming pool

References

Results and Table References

[1] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2021) National Leagues: MNLD1 [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/national-leagues/ [Last Accessed 18 April 2022]

[2] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2021) Results [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/results/# [Last Accessed 18 April 2022]

Logo References

[WP-3] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/logo.png [Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-4] Cathal Brugha Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, April 5, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/cathal.brugha.5/photos/a.364267086986543/3902679563145260/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/169071110_3902679569811926_3710894837944972458_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=Hn5I6aI7DZcAX_PXf6Z&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=04055c985c06d84dbebb07cc91ab7ecc&oe=61B27C93 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-5] Corrib Water Polo Facebook (2021) Photo, August 10, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/corribwaterpolo/photos/10153746813767967 [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/13988146_10153746813767967_2370473480441892227_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=lWHqR-4393QAX_Izmg0&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=64ac42e47cf1eaabe2816d4fe639f2ae&oe=61B3CCE0 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-6] Cú Chulainn Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, August 10, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CuChulainnWPC/photos/a.399369360164110/1107713099329729/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/20708312_1107713099329729_2683211292442685699_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=9RAt3ROE7MEAX9iIM0I&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=be6034238ff475d95642529d7b6f8b7b&oe=61B501E0 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-7] Drogheda Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, September 5, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Drogheda-Water-Polo-128154213898539/photos/a.128154857231808/1084719964908621 [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/14225589_1084719964908621_1996362524528648376_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=174925&_nc_ohc=ZVevSFuiC7sAX8oBh1i&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=44bdbd2b493a6ea388e2f4ea56332048&oe=61B3DD74 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-8] North Dublin Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, February 13, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthDublinWaterPolo/photos/a.434355086838/10154832842141839/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/16684338_10154832842141839_4991177064398049390_n.png?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=cO4z42hyFYQAX-A5U_1&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=fb2e3722adccdd591d66c16d422a101d&oe=61B3A339 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-9] Sandycove Swimming and Water Polo Club Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, October 6, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/SandycoveSwimmingAndWaterpoloClub/photos/a.218012071659967/730829907044845/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/11231751_730829907044845_4866231303558057894_n.png?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=XIOCA_JKDwEAX_9lCas&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=fa5e733f4c98ef666a3d7b5fabb29ac9&oe=61B44027 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-10] St. Vincent’s Water Polo Club Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, March 8, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=200507198533193&set=a.200507171866529 [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/158872417_200507211866525_6997090323447339313_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=i7lhYT0FFMsAX9QRA2F&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=0f3d4a27820b1360c28161e4a5dc0c73&oe=61B3C402 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

Match Report References

[11] Cu Chulainn Facebook (2021)Post, 21 November 2021: [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CuChulainnWPC/posts/3967379640029713 [Accessed 10 December 2021]

[12] North Dublin Water Polo (2022) Post, 22 January 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthDublinWaterPolo/posts/10159313262151839 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[13] North Dublin Water Polo (2022) Post, 8 January 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthDublinWaterPolo/posts/10159290187731839 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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Last Updated: 13 May 2022

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September 19, 2021

Jugger Turniere World Club Championship 2018

Final Standings

Pos	Team	City	Country	Score
1	Rigor Mortis	Berlin	Germany	9
2	Zonenkinder	Jena	Germany	8
3	HaWu AllstarZ	Gevelsberg	Germany	8
4	Peters Pawns	Oerlinghausen	Germany	6
5	The Fellowship	Murcia	Spain	8
6	Bob Jugger	Karlsruhe	Germany	6
7	Anima Equorem	Halle Saale	Germany	7
8	Schergen von Monasteria	Muenster	Germany	6
9	*Setanta*	*Dublin*	*Ireland*	8
10	Munich Monks	Muenchen	Germany	8
11	Flying JUGGmen Bonn	Bonn	Germany	6
12	Fischkoppkrieger	Kiel	Germany	5
13	Die Verstoerten Zernichter	Wuerzburg	Germany	7
14	Pompfritz	Wuppertal	Germany	6
15	Jugglers Jugg	Halle Saale	Germany	5
16	Redbacks	Brisbane	Australia	4
17	Lokomotive Black Ninja	Goettingen	Germany	7
18	Hobbiz	Heidelberg	Germany	6
19	Gruenanlagen Guerilla	Berlin	Germany	6
20	Die Leere Menge	Griefswald	Germany	5
21	Falco jugger	Berlin	Germany	6
22	Amazonenkinder	Jena	Germany	5
23	Chimaera Brunsviga	Braunshweig	Germany	5
24	Gossenhauer	Freiburg	Germany	4
25	Lahveilchen Giessen	Giessen	Germany	6
26	Hobbiz Kekse	Heidelberg	Germany	7
27	Keulen Eulen	Saarbruecken	Germany	4
28	Cranium ex Machina	Hamburg	Germany	5
29	Blue Fangs	Frankfurt (Oder)	Germany	7
30	Waldmeister	Lollar	Germany	4
31	Die Goldenen Reiter	Dresden	Germany	4
32	Dead Rabbits	Lorsch	Germany	2
33	G-Hill Boars	Riga	Latvia	5
34	Second Cubs	Targu Mures	Romania	5
35	Jugger Helden Bamberg	Bamberg	Germany	5
36	Galdenvoegel	Bayreuth	Germany	2
37	Leipziger Nachtwache	Leipzig	Germany	5
38	Living Undeads	Hannover	Germany	2
39	The JAAguars	America	USA	4
40	Problemkinder	Stuttgart	Germany	4
41	Die Kuhdorf Vereinigung	Liebenscheid	Germany	5
42	Second Cubs 2	Targu Mures	Romania	2
43	*Rampage (Ireland)*	*Dublin*	*Ireland*	4
44	Jugger Vienna	Wien	Austria	3
45	Skull!	Berlin	Germany	6
46	Jugger Asylum	Bendorf	Germany	3
47	Cervisia Ultima	Duisburg	Germany	4
48	Schergen von Monasteria 2.0	Muenster	Germany	1
49	Ehrengarde	Speyer	Germany	4
50	Flying Huggmen	Bonn	Germany	3
51	Flossenhauer	Freiburg	Germany	3
52	Redbacks II	Canberra	Australia	1
53	Two Towers	Vilnius	Lithuania	3
54	Jugg the Ripper	Hagen	Germany	4
55	Blutgraetsche	Luebeck	Germany	3
56	NLG	Lauffen em Neckar	Germany	3
57	SpVgg Rasenschach	Rethwisch	Germany	3
58	Die deren Name nicht genannt werden darf	Neubiberg	Germany	3
59	Mainzer Marodeure	Mainz	Germany	2
60	1. Jugger Club	Erlangen	Germany	0
	Cologne Raptors	Koeln	Germany	1

[References: 2]

Report

Ireland’s Setanta from Dublin finished 9th out of 61 teams in the Jugger League World Club Championship in 2018, winning 8 of their matches, only the Champions Rigor Mortis from Berlin in Germany won more with 9 wins. Setanta were also the second best team from outside of Germany after The Fellowship from Murcia in Spain who finished fifth. In all 50 of the 61 teams entered were from Germany, with Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Australia, USA also represented. Ireland’s second team in the tournament Rampage finished 43rd with four wins.

About Jugger

Jugger is like a cross between American Football and Medieval Combat. It is a team Sport where the objective is to get a skull from the middle of the field into a zone at the opposing teams end. There are five players on each team, four of whom are paired off fightning each other with padded weapons such as swords.

When a player is ‘killed’ in these fights he has to kneel down and is out of the game for that particular round. The Fifth person is the Qwick. His job is to get the skull from the middle of the field past the opposing Qwick into a zone at their opponents endzone. He can only advance the skull once the other teams fighters are all dead. The team which scores the most skull touchdowns is the winner. [References: 3]

References

Logos

[1] Jugger League (2021) liga [Internet] Available from: https://turniere.jugger.org/style/liga.png [Accessed 13 June 2021]

Websites

[2] Jugger League (2018) World Club Championship 2018 Results [Internet] Available from: https://turniere.jugger.org/tournament.result.php?id=412 [Accessed 30 July 2017]

[3] Jugger Ireland (2017) What is Jugger? [Internet] Available from: http://www.juggerireland.com/what-is-jugger/ [Accessed 30 July 2017]

Images

[4] Picture Credit: Photo by Chait Goli on Pexels.com

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Grant Farrell and Caoilfhionn Nic Fhearai.

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Last Updated: 19 September 2021

September 18, 2021

Irish Water Polo Association U19 National Cup 1997

Knockout Rounds Schedule

Preliminary Round Group Tables

Pos	Team

Pos	Team

Pos	Team

Preliminary Round Group A Schedule

Preliminary Round Group B Schedule

Preliminary Round Group C Schedule

Knockout Rounds Schedule

Recap

Cathal Brugha from Belfast won the Irish Water Polo Association U19 National Cup in 1997 by defeating North Dublin 11-2 in the Final. The Cup was hosted in Claremorris, Co. Mayo for the first time, and the home team claimed the first ever win by a Connacht team at this level in Water Polo with a 7-5 victory over Grads, also of Belfast, in their Final Group B match.

Marian, from Dublin, won a tightly contested Group A ahead of Dublin’s Glenalbyn and Belfast’s Clonard. Group B was a four team Group with winners Cathal Brugha and runners-up North Dublin qualifying for the Semi-Finals ahead of Claremorris and Grads. Group C saw two runaway wins for St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin in Dublin, qualifying ahead of Belfast’s Setanta and Galway’s Corrib.

The Knockout Rounds showed Cathal Brugha to be well-deserving victors with a 14-5 defeat of Marian in the Semi-Finals and an 11-2 triumph in the Final versus North Dublin. North Dublin had knocked out St. Vincent’s 7-5 in an all-Northside Dublin match in the other Semi-Final.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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August 21, 2021

Pass the Parcel

About Pass the Parcel

Pass the Parcel is a Children’s game, usually played at Birthday parties, whereby a gift is wrapped up in several layers of wrapping paper. Music is played as the parcel is passed around between the children, and when the music stops the person holding the parcel takes off the wrapper. The person who takes off the last wrapper (i.e. the inner-most wrapper) and reaches the gift gets to take home the gift.

crop faceless woman showing small gift box on palms — Photo by Liza Summer on Pexels.com

REFERENCES

[2] Experience. Played this game myself in School.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Jillian Glynn, Kevin Smyth, Ian Collins and Ian Clarke.

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Last Updated: 21 August 2021

June 9, 2021

International Maths Olympiad – Ireland’s Rankings 1988-2020

International Maths Olympiad Logo [References: 1]

Ireland’s Rankings 1988-2020

Year	Ranking
1988	43
1989	45
1990	40
1991	44
1992	41
1993	50
1994	49
1995	61
1996	61
1997	68
1998	58
1999	62
2000	69
2001	63
2002	70
2003	74
2004	66
2005	51
2006	67
2007	63
2008	70
2009	89
2010	89
2011	87
2012	78
2013	76
2014	64
2015	77
2016	75
2017	62
2018	76
2019	71
2020	70

[References: 2]

Report

The International Maths Olympiad in an Annual Maths Competition featuring countries from all around the world. Ireland first competed in 1988 and in the team’s 32nd IMO Competition in 2019 finished 71st with Lucas Bachmann winning a silver medal among the 621 competitors from 112 countries. Lucas was born and brought up in Switzerland, then lived in China before his family moved to Ireland for work purposes four years previously.

Having studied Maths in three different countries he thinks that Maths in Ireland is too easy and just involves remembering and regurgatating information in the exams and does not involve enough analytical thinking. He was a student at Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick while competing in the IMO and becoming the second Irish team member to gain a silver medal. Ireland have also gained 10 bronze medals, including two in 2017: Cillian Doherty and Anna Mustata.

The International Maths Olympiad is held with particular prestige in East Asia, including China, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea and three of the six-member Irish team in 2019 were born in China. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959.

References

Logos

[1] International Maths Olympiad (2021) IMOLogo [Internet] Available from: http://www.imo-official.org/IMOLogo.gif [Accessed 9 June 2021]

Websites

[2] International Maths Olympiad (2021) Countries Rankings by Year: IRL [Internet] Available from: http://www.imo-official.org/results.aspx [Accessed 9 June 2021]

[3] Irish Maths Olympiad (2021) Limerick-based student wins silver at International Mathematical Olympiad [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/limerick-based-student-wins-silver-at-international-mathematical-olympiad-1.3967370 [Accessed 9 June 2021]

[4] RTE (2019) Two Irish Students win Bronze at Maths Olympiad [Internet] Available from: https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0724/892601-two-irish-students-win-bronze-at-maths-olympiad/ [Accessed 9 June 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dara Connolly-Mulcahy.

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Last Updated: 9 June 2021

May 26, 2021

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League 2016-2020

IWP National League Womens Division 1 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s (C)	10	10	0	0	176	69	30
Tribes	10	6	0	4	90	91	18
Donegall Diamonds	10	5	0	5	107	112	15
Cathal Brugha #	10	5	0	5	85	71	15
Trinity	10	2	0	8	79	143	6
Glenalbyn (R)	10	2	0	8	74	125	6

[References: 2

IWP National League Womens Division 1 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s B	14	14	0	0	235	61	42
Trinity	14	8	1	5	102	108	25
Diamonds A	14	7	3	4	155	120	24
Tribes	14	7	1	6	129	109	22
Clontarf	14	7	1	6	96	94	22
St. Vincent’s A	14	4	0	10	114	153	12
Cathal Brugha #	13	4	2	7	93	93	10
Diamonds B #	13	0	0	13	33	219	-4

[References: 3]

IWP WNL Division 1 2018-19

IWP WNL D1 2018-19	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s (C)	12	12	0	0	187	67	36
Clontarf	12	9	0	3	112	84	27
Cathal Brugha	11	7	0	4	93	74	21
Trinity	12	5	0	7	95	101	15
Diamonds B	11	4	0	7	80	107	12
Tribes (R)	12	3	0	9	73	134	9
Diamonds A (R)	11	1	0	11	62	135	3

[References: 4]

IWP WNL D1 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	9	8	0	1	133	56	24
Cathal Brugha	9	5	1	3	89	85	16
Clontarf	6	4	0	2	47	39	12
Trinity	8	3	1	4	55	69	10
Diamonds	10	0	0	10	59	134	0

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 Table 2019-20 [Ref: 5]

Season Information

Points System: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / -4 Pts Forfeit #

Tie-Breaker: head-to-head aggregate score over two matches. (C) Champions (R) Relegated to Division 2.

Report

St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin, Dublin, were the dominant team in Irish Women’s Water Polo from 2016-17 to 2018-19, winning all their league matches every year, indeed their B team, promoted at the end of 2016-17 from Division 2 proved even more formidable than their A team, having won all matches in Division 2 in 2016-17 they proceeded to win all their games in Division 1 in 2017-18, including their A team, defending Champions, twice. With the teams shuffled around for 2018-19 and one of the St. Vincent’s teams back in Division 2, they again won all games that year.

St. Vincent’s were finally defeated in 2019-20, in their fifth game of the season, 9-10 by Clontarf, although held an advantage over Clontarf of a 9-0-1 Wins-Draws-Losses Record to Clontarf’s 4-0-2 Record when the League was cancelled due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic government restrictions. The winning streak lasted 40 games over 3 and a third years, including the B teams’ dominance of 2017-18, although technically they were separate teams, albeit from the same club.

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Tables 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Internet Archive

[3] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2015) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

Websites

[4] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2018/19 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 8 May 2019]

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2020) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 28 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney.

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Last Updated: 26 May 2021

May 26, 2021

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 2017-18

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Final Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s B	14	14	0	0	235	61	42
Trinity	14	8	1	5	102	108	25
Diamonds A	14	7	3	4	155	120	24
Tribes	14	7	1	6	129	109	22
Clontarf	14	7	1	6	96	94	22
St. Vincent’s A	14	4	0	10	114	153	12
Cathal Brugha #	13	4	2	7	93	93	10
Diamonds B #	13	0	0	13	33	219	-4

[References: 2]

Points System: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / -4 Pts Forfeit #

Tie-Breaker: head-to-head aggregate score over two matches.

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.09.2017	Tribes	4	Diamonds B	0 #
17.09.2017	Trinity	9	Diamonds A	16
17.09.2017	St. Vincent’s B	20	St. Vincent’s A	2
	Week 3
30.09.2017	Cathal Brugha	p	Tribes	p
30.09.2017	Diamonds B	2	St. Vincent’s B	26
30.09.2017	Diamonds A	13	St. Vincent’s A	8
	Week 4
07.10.2017	Tribes	4	Trinity	6
	Week 6
29.10.2017	Clontarf	3	Cathal Brugha	13
29.10.2017	St. Vincent’s B	13	Trinity	3
29.10.2017	St. Vincent’s A	5	Tribes	12
	Week 7
04.11.2017	Diamonds A	22	Diamonds B	1
04.11.2017	Tribes	10	Clontarf	9
04.11.2017	Corrib	15	St. Vincent’s	15
	Week 8
25.11.2017	Trinity	12	St. Vincent’s A	6
25.11.2017	Cathal Brugha	5	St. Vincent’s B	13
26.11.2017	St. Vincent’s A	17	Diamonds B	3
26.11.2017	Trinity	7	Cathal Brugha	6
26.11.2017	Clontarf	5	St. Vincent’s B	12
	Week 9
02.12.2017	St. Vincent’s B	20	Tribes	8
02.12.2017	Clontarf	8	Trinity	3
	Week 10
09.12.2017	Trinity	15	Diamonds B	2
09.12.2017	St. Vincent’s B	19	Diamonds A	5
09.12.2017	Cathal Brugha	11	St. Vincent’s A	8
	Week 11
16.12.2017	Tribes	12	Diamonds A	12
	Week 12
06.01.2018	Diamonds A	12	Tribes	9
06.01.2018	Cathal Brugha	5	Trinity	6
06.01.2018	Diamonds B	0	Tribes	19
07.01.2018	St. Vincent’s A	10	Clontarf	8
	Week 13
13.01.2018	Diamonds B	6	St. Vincent’s A	14
13.01.2018	Tribes	8	Cathal Brugha	7
	Week 14
20.01.2018	Tribes	16	St. Vincent’s A	6
	Week 16
03.02.2018	Cathal Brugha	6	Diamonds A	5
04.02.2018	Diamonds A	10	Clontarf	5
04.02.2018	Diamonds B	3	Clontarf	11
	Week 17
17.02.2018	Diamonds A	4	St. Vincent’s B	12
	Week 18
24.02.2018	Cathal Brugha	8	Tribes	9
	Week 19
03.03.2018	Diamonds A	p	Trinity	p
03.03.2018	Cathal Brugha	p	Diamonds B	p
04.03.2018	Trinity	p	Clontarf	p
04.03.2018	St. Vincent’s B	p	Cathal Brugha	p
	Week 20
10.03.2018	Clontarf	6	Diamonds A	5
10.03.2018	St. Vincent’s A	7	Trinity	9
	Week 21
18.03.2018	St. Vincent’s B	8	Clontarf	2
18.03.2018	Trinity	4	Tribes	3
18.03.2018	St. Vincent’s A	4	Cathal Brugha	0 #
	Week 22
24.03.2018	St. Vincent’s B	25	Diamonds B	3
24.03.2018	St. Vincent’s A	8	St. Vincent’s B	22
25.03.2018	St. Vincent’s A	12	Diamonds A	13
25.03.2018	Trinity	1	St. Vincent’s B	19
25.03.2019	Clontarf	15	Diamonds B	1
	Week 23
27.03.2018	Trinity	2	Clontarf	5
	Week 24
07.04.2018	Diamonds A	p	Cathal Brugha	p
07.04.2018	Tribes	10	St. Vincent’s B	14
	Week 25
14.04.2018	Clontarf	8	St. Vincent’s A	7
14.04.2018	Diamonds A	9	Trinity	9
15.04.2018	Diamonds B	4	Cathal Brugha	15
	Week 26
20.04.2018	St. Vincent’s B	12	Cathal Brugha	3

[References: 2]

Report

St. Vincent’s B were deserving winners of the Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 having won all 14 games for a total of 42 points. Trinity finished second with 25 points and Diamonds A from Belfast third on 24 points. In mid-table were Tribes from Galway and Dublin’s Clontarf on 22 points each while St. Vincent’s A finished on 12 points and Cathal Brugha from Belfast on 10. Having forfeited one match and lost all others Diamonds B finished bottom on minus four points.

References

Websites

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Internet Archive

[2] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2015) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Irish Water Polo Association National League Division 1 Women Results & Fixtures 2008-09

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Table

IWPA NLD1 Women 2008-09	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cathal Brugha	5	5	0	0	50	26	15
Half Moon	6	5	0	1	65	46	15
St. Vincent’s	5	3	0	2	41	43	9
Donegall Diamonds	7	4	0	3	51	73	12
Glenalbyn	7	0	0	7	40	59	0

[References: 2]

Note: Table as at 14th December 2008

Results & Fixtures

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
04.10.2008	Cathal Brugha	8	Donegall Diamonds	6
04.10.2008	Half Moon	11	Glenalbyn	10
	Week 2
11.10.2008	Glenalbyn	7	Donegall Diamonds	8
12.10,2008	St. Vincent’s	7	Cathal Brugha	8
	Week 3
19.10.2008	Glenalbyn	3	St. Vincent’s	8
	Week 4
01.11.2008	Donegall Diamonds	3	Half Moon	18
01.11.2008	Cathal Brugha	7	Glenalbyn	2
02.11.2008	Half Moon	6	St. Vincent’s	7
	Week 5
15.11.2008	Donegall Diamonds	6	Cathal Brugha	17
16.11.2008	Glenalbyn	8	Half Moon	10
	Week 6
22.11.2008	Half Moon	5	Cathal Brugha	10
22.11.2008	St. Vincent’s	8	Donegall Diamonds	16
	Week 7
06.12.2008	Donegall Diamonds	4	Glenalbyn	0
	Week 8
14.12.2008	St. Vincent’s	11	Glenalbyn	10
14.12.2008	Half Moon	15	Donegall Diamonds	8

[References: 2]

Report

At the Halfway Stage in the Irish Water Polo Association National League Division 1 Women in 2008-09 Cathal Brugha from Belfast were out in front with a maximum 15 points from 5 games. Half Moon from Sandymount in Dublin were second, also on 15 points but having played a game more, a 6-7 loss to St. Vincent’s (Glasnevin, Dublin) who were third with 9 points from 5 games, two losses coming against Cathal Brugha and Donegall Diamonds, another Belfast team. Donegall Diamonds had 12 points from 7 matches, with losses to Cathal Brugha (twice) and Half Moon meaning they were in need of other results going their way to have a chance of winning the title. Glenalbyn had lost all seven matches.

References and Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2009) Irish Water Polo Association Website: Results and Tables [National League Division 1 Men 2008-09] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090207212007/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/wnld10809.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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Clontarf Europad U20 Tournament 1991

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Preliminary Round Tables

Clontarf Europad U20 1991	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group 1
North Dublin (QF)	1	1	0	0	3	1	3
St. Vincent’s (PO)	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Group 2
Guinness (QF)	2	2	0	0	8	5	6
Clontarf (QF)	2	1	0	1	12	4	3
Cathal Brugha (P)	2	0	0	2	2	13	0
Group 3
Half Moon (QF)	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
Sandycove (PO)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
Group 4
Clonard (QF)	2	2	0	0	13	5	6
Clondalkin Alligators (QF)	2	1	0	1	8	14	3
Glenalbyn (P)	2	0	0	2	6	8	0

[References: compiled from Results in 2]

Knockout Rounds

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoff		Group 1 & 3 Losers
05.01.1991	St. Vincent’s	3	Sandycove	1
	Placed Semi-Finals
06.01.1991	Cathal Brugha	10	Clontarf B	4
06.01.1991	Glenalbyn	6	Sandycove	4
	Placed Final
06.01.1991	Glenalbyn	11	Cathal Brugha	5
	Premier Quarter-Finals
06.01.1991	Clonard	7	Guinness	6
06.01.1991	Clontarf	6	Clondalkin Alligators	0
06.01.1991	Half Moon	3	St. Vincent’s	2
06.01.1991	North Dublin	15	Clontarf B	1
	Premier Semi-Finals
06.01.1991	North Dublin	4	Clonard	1
06.01.1991	Clontarf	6	Half Moon	5
	Premier Final
06.01.1991	Clontarf	5	North Dublin	4

[References: 2]

Preliminary Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group 1
05.01.1991	North Dublin	3	St. Vincent’s	1
	Group 2
05.01.1991	Clontarf	3	Guinness	4
05.01.1991	Clontarf	9	Cathal Brugha	0
05.01.1991	Guinness	4	Cathal Brugha	2
	Group 3
05.01.1991	Sandycove	0	Half Moon	3
	Group 4
05.01.1991	Glenalbyn	4	Clondalkin Alligators	5
05.01.1991	Clonard	10	Clondalkin Alligators	3
05.01.1991	Glenalbyn	2	Clonard	3

[References: 2]

Report

In the Clontarf Europad U20 Water Polo Tournament held in St. Vincent’s, Glasnevin from the 5th-6th of January 1991, the hosts emerged victorious 5-4 versus North Dublin in Sudden Death Extra Time. Clontarf had a slow start, losing their opening game 3-4 to Guinness before overpowering Belfast team Cathal Brugha 9-0 to reach the Quarter-Finals where they proceeded to defeat Clondalkin Alligators 6-0 and then Half Moon 6-5 in the Semi-Finals. The Placed Final saw an 11-5 victory for Glenalbyn versus Cathal Brugha.

Premier Final: Clontarf 5 (E Bourke 2, N Kennelly 2, G Cleary) North Dublin 4 (D Wilks 3, P Morris)

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1991) “Water Polo” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, January 7 pg. 24-25 [Past Copies of the Belfast Telegraph are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [This article last accessed 17 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Table

IWPA MNL D1 2004-05	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Half Moon	5	4	0	1			12
North Dublin	5	4	0	1			12
Guinness	5	3	0	2			9
Corrib	6	2	1	3			7
Cathal Brugha	5	2	0	3			6
Sandycove	5	1	1	3			4
Setanta	5	1	0	4			3

[References: Compiled from Results in 2-6]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
02.10.2004	Guinness	7	Setanta	6
02.10.2004	North Dublin	13	Corrib	5
02.10.2004	Sandycove	2	Cathal Brugha	11
	Week 3
16.10.2004	Cathal Brugha	7	Corrib	5
16.10.2004	Setanta	1	Half Moon	17
16.10.2004	Guinness	10	Sandycove	9
	Week 5
30.10.2004	North Dublin	12	Setanta	10
30.10.2004	Half Moon	6	Sandycove	10
31.10.2004	Cathal Brugha	8	Setanta	9
31.10.2004	Half Moon	p	North Dublin	p
	Week 6
06.11.2004	Corrib	11	Guinness	10
	Week 7
20.11.2004	Sandycove	7	Corrib	7
21.11.2004	Half Moon	16	Corrib	5
21.11.2004	Sandycove	6	North Dublin	8
21.11.2004	Guinness	8	Cathal Brugha	7
	Week 9
27.11.2004	Half Moon	13	Cathal Brugha	8
28.11.2004	North Dublin	9	Guinness	8
	Week 10
04.12.2004	Corrib	14	Setanta	4
	Week 11
08.12.2004	Half Moon	10	North Dublin	9
	Week 13
08.01.2005	Corrib		Cathal Brugha
08.01.2005	Half Moon	p	Setanta	p
08.01.2005	Sandycove	p	Guinness	p
	Week 16
29.01.2005	Guinness	p	Half Moon	p
30.01.2005	Cathal Brugha		North Dublin
30.01.2005	Setanta		Sandycove
	Week 17
05.02.2005	Guinness	p	Corrib	p
05.02.2005	Sandycove	p	Half Moon	p
06.02.2005	Setanta		North Dublin
	Week 18
12.02.2005	Corrib		North Dublin
13.02.2005	Setanta		Guinness
13.02.2005	Cathal Brugha		Sandycove
	Week 19
19.02.2005	Corrib		Half Moon

[References: 2-6]

Report

By Christmas 2004 in a very competitive Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05 season, Half Moon and North Dublin were out in front with four wins and one loss from five games each, just ahead of Guinness with three wins from five games. Corrib (two wins and one draw from six), Cathal Brugha (two wins from five), Sandycove (one win and one draw from five) and Setanta (one win from five) made up a closely-knit bottom half of the table.

Within the leading group, Half Moon had defeated North Dublin 10-9, North Dublin won 9-8 versus Guinness, who had also lost 11-10 to Corrib of Galway. Half Moon’s loss had come against another South Dublin team, Sandycove (6-10).

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : October 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041210230520/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/oct04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[3] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : November 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134945/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/nov04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[4] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : December 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134238/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/dec04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[5] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : January 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206075936/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/jan05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[6] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : February 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134525/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/feb05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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