April 28, 2021

Galway International Kickboxing Challenges 1998

Results (Westside Galway, 13 December 1998)

Date	Weight	Winners		Runners-Up
13.12.1998	62kg	L Wemyss (Kilkenny Black Dragons)	beat	G Hamilton (Pro Kick Gym Belfast)
13.12.1998	74kg	P Herridge (England)	beat	P Cummins (Kilkenny Black Dragon)	rsf 1st Round

[References: 1]

Legend / Key: rsf: Referee stopped fight.

Report

In the International Kickboxing Challenge in Westside, Galway in December 1998, L Wemyss of Kilkenny Black Dragon won the 62 kg Category defeating G Hamilton of Pro Kick Gym Belfast and in the 74 kg category, P Herridge of England beat P Cummins of Kilkenny Black Dragon after the Referee Stopped the Fight in the 1st Round.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1999) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Kickboxing” Irish Independent. Monday. December 14, 1998. pg. 32

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March 25, 2021

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Results and Tables

Final Table

	EU 8 Nations Water Polo 2014
Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A
1	Malta	5	5	0	0	85	38
2	Denmark	5	3	0	2	62	52
3	*Ireland*	5	4	0	1	55	46
4	Austria	5	2	0	3	43	59
5	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	48	48
6	Scotland	5	2	0	3	51	49
7	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	54	45
8	Wales	5	0	0	5	38	80
Final Table

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Final Table [References: compiled from Results in 2-5]

Finals

	EU 8 Nations		Water Polo 2014
Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th-8th Semi-Finals
15.03.2014	Switzerland	11	Czech Republic	8
15.03.2014	Scotland	15	Wales	9
	Semi-Finals
15.03.2014	Ireland	7	Malta	17
15.03.2014	Austria	8	Denmark	13
	7th-8th Place
16.03.2014	Czech Republic	18	Wales	7
	5th-6th Place
16.03.2014	Switzerland	10	Scotland	9
	3rd-4th Place
16.03.2014	Ireland	13	Austria	6
	Final
16.03.2014	Malta	9	Denmark	8
	Knockout Rounds Results		[References: 2-5]

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Knockout Rounds Results [References: 2-5]

Group Tables

EU 8 Nations Water Polo 2014
EU 8 Nations 2014	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
Ireland (Q)	3	3	0	0	35	23	6
Austria (Q)	3	1	1	1	29	33	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	27	30	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	27	31	1
Group B
Malta (Q)	3	3	0	0	59	23	6
Denmark (Q)	3	2	0	1	41	35	4
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	28	27	2
Wales	3	0	0	3	22	57	0
Group Tables

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Group Tables [References: Compiled from results in 2-5]

Group Results

	EU 8 Nations		Water Polo 2014
Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
14.03.2014	Ireland	9	Switzerland	7
14.03.2014	Austria	11	Scotland	8
14.03.2014	Switzerland	11	Austria	11
14.03.2014	Ireland	12	Scotland	9
15.03.2014	Switzerland	9	Scotland	11
15.03.2014	Ireland	14	Austria	7
	Group B
14.03.2014	Denmark	11	Czech Republic	9
14.03.2014	Wales	8	Malta	23
14.03.2014	Denmark	21	Wales	8
14.03.2014	Malta	18	Czech Republic	8
15.03.2014	Denmark	9	Malta	18
15.03.2014	Wales	6	Czech Republic	13
	Group Results		[References: 2-5]

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Group Results [References: 2-5]

Report

Ireland topped their group in the EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament at the University of Limerick from the 14th to 16th March 2014. Having defeated Switzerland (9-7), Scotland (12-9) and then Austria (14-7) Ireland lost out to Malta (7-17) in the Semi-Finals, before recovering to defeat the Austrians again (13-6) in the Bronze Medal Game. Malta triumphed 9-8 over Denmark in the Final.

The other teams in the Tournament were Swuitzerland (5th), Scotland (6th), Czech Republic (7th) and Wales (8th).

Reference

Images

[1] Photo by Patrick Case on Pexels.com

Wayback Machine

[2] Ireland Water Polo Wayback Machine (2014) EU 8 Nations Tournament [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20150701162020/https://irelandwaterpolo.wordpress.com/ [Accessed 10 January 2018]

Newspapers

[3] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Thursday, March 13, 2014. pg. 48-49

[4] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Saturday, March 15, 2014. pg. 54-55

[5] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Monday, March 17, 2014. pg. 78-79

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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March 20, 2021

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Invitational 2015

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Logo [References: 1]

Male Kumite

Grade	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd
Boys 5/6 yrs	Davin Coleman (Larkhill)	David Drodz (Ash)	Callum Maguire (Navan)	William Greene (Larkhill) Conor Rogers (ISKG)
Boys 7 yrs	Aaron McKillen (WSKF Kai)	Rory Quill (Larkhill)	Alex Disney (ISKG)	Jack Dolphin (Bohermeen)
Boys 8 yrs	Luke Kane (MSKG)	Eoin Clynch (Navan)	Cillian Owens (Bohermeen)	Aidan Hanway (WSKF Kil) Lee Ainscough (Ash)
Boys 9 yrs	Ciaran Crawford (3 Rivers)	Dylan Wallace (WSKF Kil)	Louis Barham (Larkhill)	Abdurrham Benhadja (WSKF Kai)
Boys 10 yrs	Anthony Kelly (Glasnevin)	Anes Chaal (WSKF Kai)	Luke Victory (WKAI)	Rian Fitzpatrick (WSKF Kai)
Boys 11 yrs	Liam Griffin (WSKF Kai)	Harry Barham (Larkhill)	Jonathon Peppard (WSKG)	Jack Donaghey (Strabane)
Boys 12 yrs	David Gannon (WSKF Kai)	David Crilly (MSKG)	Victor Marikhin (Ash)	Reece Mabe (WKK)
Boys 13 yrs	Chris McCarthy (Cloghroe)	Sean McCarthy (Cloghroe)	Craig Farrell (MSKG)	Stephen Van Breda (WSKF Kai)
Boys 14/15 yrs Pool 1	Jordan Pender (Navan)	Ruadhri Collins (Navan)	Peter O’Carroll (WSKF Kai)	Niall Dunne (WKAI)
Boys 14/15 yrs Pool 2	Callum McDonald (Scotland)	Jack Cosgrave (Larkhill)	Ellis Gorton (WKK)	Kevin Staunton (Glasnevin)
Boys 16/17 yrs	Kevin Dunne (WKAI)	Adam Durning (Navan)	Darren Kavanagh (ISKG)	Tadhg Rogers (Navan)
Male HW	Gordon Smith (Glasnevin)	Neil McMahon (Newry)	David Redmond (Karate Do)	Dylan Walsh (WSKF Kai) Eamonn Yore (Kells)
Male LW	Aaron McLaughlin (Glasnevin)	Pierre Le Frappe (France)	Clayton Long (WKAI)	Christopher Gallagher (Strabane) Craig Marlow (MSKG)

[Reference: 2]

Female Kumite

Grade	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd
Girls 7 yrs	Lucy Mulhern (Navan)	Freya Hayes (Cork)	Tara Gibbons (Larkhill)	Kerry Gallagher (Ash) Danielle Reilly (Navan)
Girls 8/9 yrs	Megan Carolan (Navan)	Leah O’Sullivan (Cork)	Sadhb O’Brien (WKAI)	Caitlin Dunlevey (MASK)
Girls 10 yrs	Natasha Doherty (3 Rivers)	Zoe McDermott (WSKF Kil)	Kiera Flatley (MASK)	Jamie Lee-Simpson (3 Rivers)
Girls 11 yrs	Kelly Kenna (WSKF Kil)	Mabel Hayes (Cork)	Victoria Brence (Ash)	Lana Biesty (MASK)
Girls 12/13 yrs	Sarah McGarrigle (Strabane)	Ayla O’Sullivan (Cork)	Kate Mulhern (Navan)	Sinead Yale (Navan)
Girls 14/15 yrs	Shannon Nulty (WKAI)	Ellie Boggs (Strabane)	Shauna Kelly (WSKF Kil)	Seona Gannon (WSKF Kai)
Girls 16/17 yrs	Katarina Susko (Larkhill)	Shauna Mullaney (MASK)	Geri Friel (Srabane)	Lauren Duffy (Ash)
Female	Linda Wash (MASK)	Nicole Perry (WSKF Kai)	Emily Geraghty (Glasnevin)	Petya (Glasnevin)

[References: 2]

Medal Table

Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
IKKU	9	12	18	39
WSKF	4	4	8	16
WKAI	2	0	4	6
3 Rivers	2	0	1	3
Strabane	1	1	3	5
MASK	1	1	3	5
MSKG	1	1	3	5
Scotland	1	0	0	1
France	0	1	0	1
Newry	0	1	0	1
ISKG	0	0	3	3
Wales	0	0	2	2
Kells	0	0	1	1
Karate Do	0	0	1	1

[References: 2]

Report

The Irish Kenpo Karate Union took home 9 gold medals at the IKKU 2015 Invitational, with Glasnevin members Gordon Smith and Aaron McLaughlin taking top spot in the two Male Adult Grades. WSKF took four gold medals. MASK’s Linda Walsh won their only gold medal in the Adult Female Grade.

References:

Logos

[1] Irish Kenpo Karate Union Facebook (2020) Profile Picture, April 29, 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27966_117052458316629_1228939_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=pUsAvuOPlC8AX8lJves&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=132693c91df5082422f88b91de118a9b&oe=5FA0B128 [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] IKKU (2020) Invitational 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.ikku.ie/results/2015%20invitational.pdf [Accessed 20 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Wills, John Morahan, John Kane and Louise Wills (nee Kenny).

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March 10, 2021

Connaught Community Games Chess and Draughts 2019

Connaught Community Games Logo [References: 1]

Finals, 27th April 2019, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

Date	Grade	Winners		Runners-Up
		Chess Grades
27.04.2019	U13 Mixed	Dunmore (Galway)	5	Kilteevan (Roscommon)	0
27.04.2019	U16 Mixed	Dunmore (Galway)	5	Manorhamilton (Leitrim)	3
		Draughts Grades
27.04.2019	U10 Mixed	CDC (Roscommon)	10	Coolaney (Sligo)	10 (cb)
27.04.2019	U12 Mixed	Elphin (Roscommon)	7	Easkey (Sligo)	3
27.04.2019	U14 Mixed	Coolaney (Sligo)	20	Kinvara (Roscommon)	0
27.04.2019	U16 Mixed	Elphin (Roscommon)	17	Lough Allen (Leitrim)	3

[References: 2]

Report

Dunmore from Co. Galway won both age categories in the Connaught Community Games Chess Finals held in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway on 27th April 2019. Elphin of Co. Roscommon won two of the Draughts competitions with CDC (also Roscommon) and Coolaney of Sligo winning the other two grades. The winners went on to represent Connaught in the ALDI National Finals in the University of Limerick from 24th to 26th May 2019.

References

Logos

[1] Connacht Community Games Facebook (2016) Profile Picture, April 15, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/1209766895707977/photos/a.1224627144221952/1224627150888618/ [Accessed 28 January 2021]

Websites

[2] Connacht Community Games Facebook(2018) Post, 28 April 2019 [Internet] Available from: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2978149015536414&id=1209766895707977 [Accessed 28 January 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mr. McGowan.

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March 9, 2021

Modified Rules Boxing – Floyd Mayweather Jr versus Conor McGregor

Report

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr (USA) defeated Conor McGregor of Ireland by a Technical Knockout in the 10th Round of a much-publicised fight between the All-Time winningest boxer (this was his 50th bout undefeated, surpassing Pacquiao’s record of 49), and the King of UFC – The Ultimate Fighting Championship in Las Vegas on 26th of August 2017.

On April 11th 2018, the Business Insider reported rumours that the two men were planning on a rematch using modified MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) rules such as those used in UFC.

References

[1] Bleacher Report (2017) Floyd Mayweather beats Conor McGregor by 10th Round TKO in Megafight [Internet] Available from: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2727620-floyd-mayweather-beats-conor-mcgregor-by-10th-round-tko-in-megafight [Accessed 9 March 2021]

[2] Business Insider (2018) Rumours suggest Floyd Mayweather will fight Conor McGregor with modified rules — but they’ll benefit only one man [Internet] Available from: https://www.businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweather-fight-conor-mcgregor-ufc-2018-4?r=US&IR=T [Accessed 9 March 2021]

Images

[3] Conor McGregor Facebook (2016) Profile Picture, March 26, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12472457_1241042205964076_2034147305309584757_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=4wQ13WTaWjEAX-ggUS4&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=edec85652a3d5ab0f03ef43caa44ab94&oe=5E953CD5 [Accessed 1 February 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan.

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March 3, 2021

Fencing Ireland Men’s Epee Medal Winners 2018-19

Fencing Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Men’s Epee Medal Winners 2018-19

Gold Medal *(Tournament)*	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
*South of Ireland Open*
Rory Hugh (Edinburgh/IRL)	Laurentiu Ricuta (Brian Boru/Rom)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)
*West of Ireland Open*
David Losonczi (EGFC/PFC/Hun)	Joseph Carnec (PFC/Fra)	Duncan Salter (BBFC/GBR) Tom O’Brien (PI/BBFC/Irl)
*Dublin Satellite 2018*
Josef Mahringer (Aut)	Karol Kostka (PoL)	Pedro Arede (Por) Tristan Tulen (Ned)
*Northern Ireland Open 2019*
Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Paddy Brennan (Pembroke/Irl)	Sean Ryan (UCD/MPAI/Irl) Andrew Pollock (Stockport/GBR)
*East of Ireland Open 2019*
Antoine Gentille (DCU/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Jonathan Burnside (Magee Fencing)
*Irish National Championships 2019*
Tom O’Brien (Pentathlon Ireland/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Benedict Chambers (FFF/Irl) Shane Whelan (Brian Boru/Salle Dublin)

Reference: [1-6]

Report

Dawid Kulka of Brian Boru Fencing Club won the Gold Medal in the Fencing Ireland Northern Ireland Open 2019 in Men’s Epee as well as Silver Medals in the Irish National Championships 2019 and the East of Ireland Open 2019, as he finished the year strongly. The Other major Gold Medal winners in Fencing Ireland Men’s Epee in 2019 were Tom O’Brien (Irish National Championships 2019), Antoine Gentile (East of Ireland Open 2019), Joseph Mahringer (Dublin Satellite 2018), David Losonczi (West of Ireland Open), and Rory Hugh (South of Ireland Open).

References

Logos

[1] Fencing Ireland Google Docs (2020) FI-Logo-top-white [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingireland.net/wp-content/uploads/FI-Logo-top-white.png [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Websites

[2] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[3] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[4] Fencing Ireland (2019) Dublin Satellite 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/dsat18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[5] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/AF1E307929804F2F90D2B7E369AA94FB [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[7] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/726AA3BE85ED47A29D51B8091068272E [Accessed 24 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark Mullaney & Sinead.

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January 6, 2021

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020

NFL Fantasy Logo [Reference: 3]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Irish Conference
Killiney Kats (C)	15	12	3	0	1877.04	1618.20	.800
The Blue Skies (P)	15	10	5	0	2143.26	1504.18	.667
Dublin City Storm (P)	15	7	8	0	1607.94	1745.30	.467
National Conference
Longford Raiders (C)	15	7	8	0	1573.68	1648.64	.467
Roscommon Rascals	15	5	10	0	1161.04	1772.30	.333
Knocklyon Thunderbirds	15	4	11	0	1573.94	1648.28	.267

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020 [Reference: 1]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
28.12.2020	Killiney Kats (1)	121.82	Dublin City Storm (4)	129.42
28.12.2020	Longford Raiders (2)	126.68	The Blue Skies (3)	168.96
	5th Place Game
04.01.2021	Roscommon Rascals (1)	81.50	Knocklyon Thunderbirds (2)	117.44
	3rd Place Game
04.01.2021	Killiney Kats (1)	102.80	Longford Raiders (2)	54.28
	Fantasy SuperBowl
04.01.2021	Dublin City Storm (4)	116.12	The Blue Skies (3)	93.70

[Reference: 4]

Regular Season Results

*W/E*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Week 1
14.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	123.58	Longford Raiders	113.50
14.09.2020	Roscommon Rascals	143.84	Dublin City Storm	106.00
14.09.2020	Killiney Kats	180.74	The Blue Skies	158.42
	Week 2
21.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	130.92	Killiney Kats	131.28
21.09.2020	Dublin City Storm	109.26	The Blue Skies	133.30
21.09.2020	Roscommon Rascals	161.60	Longford Raiders	130.74
	Week 3
28.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	94.70	Roscommon Rascals	125.78
28.09.2020	Longford Raiders	122.40	The Blue Skies	186.26
28.09.2020	Dublin City Storm	104.18	Killiney Kats	126.56
	Week 4
05.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	151.60	The Blue Skies	118.10
05.10.2020	Killiney Kats	107.34	Roscomon Rascals	87.88
05.10.2020	Dublin City Storm	100.82	Longford Raiders	154.32
	Week 5
12.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	84.10	Longford Raiders	92.60
12.10.2020	Roscommon Rascals	21.04	The Blue Skies	166.06
12.10.2020	Killiney Cats	201.10	Dublin City Storm	130.50
	Week 6
19.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	71.88	Dublin City Storm	98.14
19.10.2020	The Blue Skies	119.60	Killiney Cats	122.90
19.10.2020	Longford Raiders	63.82	Roscommon Rascals	78.90
	Week 7
26.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	170.52	Roscommon Rascals	58.50
26.10.2020	Longford Raiders	84.40	Killiney Kats	73.90
26.10.2020	The Blue Skies	125.96	Dublin City storm	80.10
	Week 8
02.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	98.24	Killiney Kats	121.94
02.11.2020	Dublin City Storm	98.92	Roscommon Rascals	28.70
02.11.2020	The Blue Skies	127.20	Longford Raiders	72.00
	Week 9
09.11.2020	Knocklyon Thundrbirds	106.70	The Blue Skies	121.34
09.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	87.50	Killiney Kats	148.38
09.11.2020	Longford Raiders	102.62	Dublin City Storm	108.40
	Week 10
16.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	76.22	Dublin City Storm	90.06
16.11.2020	The Blue Skies	130.92	Roscommon Rascals	34.70
16.11.2020	Killiney Kats	54.00	Longford Raiders	102.10
	Week 11
23.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	126.28	Longford Raiders	91.96
23.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	46.30	Dublin City Storm	96.80
23.11.2020	KIlliney Kats	158.38	The Blue Skies	142.76
	Week 12
30.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	82.50	Killiney Kats	104.48
30.11.2020	Dublin City storm	90.20	The Blue Skies	194.62
30.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	65.60	Longford Raiders	115.70
	Week 13
07.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	92.12	Roscommon Rascals	100.10
07.12.2020	Longford Raiders	105.42	The Blue Skies	96.54
07.12.2020	Dublin City Storm	127.38	Killiney Kats	101.62
	Week 14
14.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	97.54	The Blue Skies	172.96
14.12.2020	Killiney Kats	123.72	Roscommon Rascals	51.40
14.12.2020	Dublin City Storm	156.72	Longford Raiders	114.56
	Week 15
21.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	104.84	Longford Raiders	107.54
21.12.2020	Roscommon Rascals	69.20	The Blue Skies	149.32
21.12.2020	Killiney Kats	123.86	Dublin City Storm	110.42

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020 [Reference: 2]

Report

In the first season of AFL Ireland Fantasy NFL, Roscommon Rascals and Killiney Kats jumped off the 3-0 starts in the National Conference and Irish Conference respectively. Only Killiney Kats were able to keep up the pace finishing with a 12-3 record. By the end of the season they had won the Irish Conference and Longford Raiders the National Conference although all teams in that Conference finished with a losing record.

The Raiders finished on 7-8, with the Roscommon Rascals (5-10) and Knocklyon Thunderbirds (4-11) entering the Consolation Bracket. Also qualifying for the Championship Playoffs in the Irish Conference were The Blue Skies who finished second on 10-5, and Dublin City Storm on 7-8.

The Playoffs featured a number of shocks – Knocklyon Thunderbirds defeated Roscommon Rascals to win the Consolation and Dublin City Storm shocked both Killiney Kats in the Semi-Finals and The Blue Skies in the Fantasy SuperBowl. Killiney Kats beat Longford Raiders to take third.

References:

Websites:

[1] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Standings [Internet] Available from:https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206 [Accessed 21 September 2020][Accessed 6 October 2020][Last Accessed 6 January 2021]

[2] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206#leagueHomeStandings=leagueHomeSchedule%2C%2Fleague%2F7472206%253FscheduleDetail%253D1%2526scheduleType%253Dweek%2526standingsTab%253Dschedule%2Creplace [Accessed 21 September 2020][Accessed 6 October 2020][Last Accessed 6 January 2021]

[3] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206#leagueHomeStandings=leagueHomeStandings%2C%2Fleague%2F7472206%253FstandingsTab%253Dplayoffs%2Creplace [Accessed 5 January 2021]

Images

[4] Google Play (2020) unnamed [Internet] Available from: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8173vG20JC8Z_YOdJx40j1_AxiswI4WN70nG-vvThxyXLK4jXxwkhli_VHehR5PQQXk [Accessed 21 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard D Mulcahy, Richard F Mulcahy and Dervla Mulcahy.

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December 29, 2020

Irish Harness Racing Association All Ireland Series 2020

Irish Harness Racing Association Logo 2020 [Reference: 1]

Race	Horse / Race Name	Driver	Distance	Time	Prizemoney
1	IHRA Apprentice	Championship Final
	Silvano Bello	Eoin Murphy	1	2.07.06	€996
2	Pace Grade G & G1 HCP
	Newtown Alana	Wayne McNevin	11.25	2.09.04	€309
3	Conditioned F Trot (New on Hard Track 2020)
	Belkalinja	Donal Murphy	1.25	2.09.01	€918
4	Grade F & E Trot
	Extrem Ryld	Gavin Murdock	4.25	2.06.07	€918
5	Red Mills All Ireland	Pace Series Final
	Fairdays Western	Jonathan Cowden	9.75	1.59.2	€2375
6	Trot Grade D-B HCP
	Bibi Dairpet	Donal Murphy	1	2.07.3	€1074
7	Red Mills All Ireland	Trot Series Final
	Curly de Layon	Martin Loughran	4.75	3.10.6	€2800
8	Pace Grade F-D HCP
	King Wills Arrival	Oisin Quill	6	2.02.4	€335
9	Red Mills All Ireland Series	Trot Consolation Final
	Builiano	Billy Roche	2.5	3.13.0	€1446

[Reference: 2]

IHRA TV Final Video

A Video Clip of the Final is Available at IHRA TV for $100 Yearly subscription for All Races Here: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Last Accessed 29 December 2020]

Report

Fairdays Western, trained by Kevin Corey and driven by Jonathan Cowden won five out of 6 races, including the Final in the Irish Harness Racing Association All Ireland Pacer Series Final in Portmarnock Raceway on 22nd November 2020. The All Ireland Trotter Series Champion was Curly de Layon, trained by David Loughran and Driven by Martn Loughran, winning four out of six races, including the Final.

IHRA All Ireland Pace Series Champion 2020 Fairdays Western driven by Jonathan Cowden [Reference: 4]

About Harness Racing

Harness Racing is Pony & Trap Racing, whereby a Horse and Driver race around a cicuit with the first past the Finish Line the Winner. Standardbred Horses are employed. Pacer is identified by the gait of the horse, with the horses leg moving one side at a time; this is historically the most popular in Ireland, as well as USA, Australia and New Zealand. In Trotter is a two-beat diagonal gait of the horse where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It is tradtionally the most popular in Europe, but is becoming more popular in Ireland. [Reference: 4]

References

Images

[1] Irish Harness Racing Association | Facebook (2016) cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1.png%5BAccessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) Portmarnock Raceway Sunday 22nd November 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/results/portmarnock-sunday-22nd-november-2020/ [Accessed 29 December 2020]

[3] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) All Ireland Series Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/all-ireland-series-final [Accessed 29 December 2020]

[4] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) History of the Sport [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/elementor-history-of-the-sport[Accessed 29 December 2020]

Images

[5] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2020]

Video

[6] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) IHRA TV Final Video [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Accessed 29 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vin Kingston, Frank Kingston, Aedamar Kincaid, John Malone & John Kane

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Last Updated: 29 December 2020

December 29, 2020

Irish Indoor Bowling Association Inter-Zone Men’s Boomer Cup 2020

Results

Winners		Runners-Up
Preliminary Round
South Tyrone	61	Lisburn	46
Larne	64	North West	63
Mid Ulster	53	Western	42
Mid Antrim	69	South Down	44
Foyle	52	Belfast	41
Monaghan	61	Mid Tyrone	63
Round 1
South Tyrone	50	Larne	49
Mid Ulster	60	Mid Antrim	40
Monaghan	52	Foyle	35
Donegal	63	East Antrim	50
North Down	51	North Eat	49
Mid Down	58	Meath	40
Northern	56	West Down	45
Armagh	58	Oriel	50
Round 2
Mid Ulster	51	South Tyrone	42
Donegal	58	Monaghan	41
North Down	47	Mid Down	39
Armagh	61	Northern	41
Semi-Finals
Donegal	68	Mid Ulster	52
Armagh	63	North Down	44
Final
Donegal	57	Armagh	29

[Reference: 2]

Report

Donegal won their first ever Irish Indoor Bowling Association Inter-Zone Men’s Boomer Cup in 2020 after a 57-29 victory over Armagh in the Final. They had earlier beaten East Antrim 63-50, Monaghan 58-41 and Mid Ulster 68-52 to reach the Final.

Donegal - Irish Indoor Bowling Association Inter-Zone Boomer Cup Champions 2020 [Reference: 4] — Donegal – Irish Indoor Bowling Association Inter-Zone Boomer Cup Champions 2020 [Reference: 4]

References

Logos

[1] Irish Indoor Bowling Association (2020) Tournaments Inter-Zone Men’s Boomer Cup [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Indoor Bowling Association (2020) Tournaments Inter-Zone Men’s Boomer Cup [Internet] Available from: https://0cc80fa7-3179-496d-98eb-2a2526e43222.filesusr.com/ugd/024943_ec145d86ce9941d59ef515924c677c4f.pdf [Accessed 28 December 2020]

[3] Irish Indoor Bowling Association (2020) Donegal Claim First Boomer Cup Title [Internet] Available from: https://www.iiba.co.uk/post/donegal-claim-first-boomer-cup-title [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Images

[4] Irish Indoor Bowling Association (2020) Donegal Claim First Boomer Cup Title [Internet] Available from: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_f2db17209e5b431785ea7411e4cfc7e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_925,h_694,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/a27d24_f2db17209e5b431785ea7411e4cfc7e6~mv2.webp [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston.

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December 28, 2020

Fencing Ireland Rankings Men’s Epee 2019-20

Fencing Ireland Logo [Reference: 1] [Adjusted]

Rankings Men’s Epee 2019-20

Rank	Fencer	Club	Pts
1	Yves Carnec (Fra)	Pembroke FC	431
2	Jonathan Burnside	Foyle Fencing	420
3	Tom O’Brien	Brian Boru FC	397
4	Duncan Salter (GBR)	Brian Boru FC	257
5	Sam Mitchell (GBR)	DUFC	248
6	Paddy Brennan	Pembroke FC	206
6	Noah Scott (USA)	UCD	206
8	Haocheng Sun	UCD	152
9	Colm Casserly	UCD	149
10	Paul Ryan-Begley	DUFC	148
11	Dawid Kulka	Brian Boru FC	147
12	Cian Spillane	Pembroke FC / Brian Boru FC	144
13	Sean Ryan	UCD	140
14	Alastair Houldsworth (GBR)	Belfast FC	127
15	Stephen Grogan	DUFC	115
16	Davide Gagliardi (Ita)	UCD	114
17	Callum Baldrick	NUI Galway	99
18	Peter Kovac (Svk)	Ravenwood FC	97
19	James Barden	UCD	96
20	Adelchi Oriffici (Ita)	Ravenwood FC	94
21	Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe	Pentathlon Ireland	87
21	Benedeict Chambers	FFF	87
21	Ross Byrne	DUFC	87
24	Shane Whelan	Salle Dublin	85
25	Anthony Kelly	Ravenwood FC / Pembroke FC	83
26	Sean Clarke	NUI Galway	82
27	Finn Heaslip	Brian Boru FC	75
28	Rory High	Edinburgh FC	72
29	Paul Mulready	DCU / Brian Boru FC	70
30	David Burnside	Cambridge University	69
31	Meng Wang (Chn)	Ravenwood FC	68
32	Timothy O’Brien	Pembroke FC	64
32	Idris Ali (GBR)	Leon Paul Epee	64
34	Donnchadh O’ Mahony	Maynooth University	61
35	Fionan Davitt	UCC	60
36	Flavio Geronimo (GBR)	ETV Hamburg	59
37	Antoine Gentille	Dublin City University	56
38	Kieran Hayter	DCU	55
39	Robbie Savage	Pentathlon Ireland	52
40	John Kehoe	Blessington FC	49
41	Joseph Carnec (Fra)	Pembroke FC	45
41	Donncdha Carroll	DUFC / Brian Boru FC	45
43	Gerard Boyle	Belfast	41
43	Matthew Robinson	UCC	41
45	Andrew Pollock (GBR)	University of Manchester	36
45	Stewart Duguid (GBR)	Mid Down	36
45	Todd Kozlowski (GBR)	ETV Hamburg	36
48	Patrick Kennedy	DF Military College	35
49	Jamie Simpson	Imperial College	34
49	Jeremiah Coffey	Cyrano	34
49	Jeffrey Millar-Wilson	Blessington FC	34
52	AbdelRahman Bedair	Magee	33
53	Paul Verdon	Stirling University	28
53	Michael Geraghty	Legia Warsaw	28
55	Joseph Richardson	Brian Boru FC	27
56	Paul Hopkins	Ravenwood FC	22
57	Achilleas Floudas (Gre)	DUFC	21
58	Owen Hughes	Magee	20
59	Patrick Lynch	Brian Boru FC	19
59	Rory Hayes	UCC	19
59	Christopher Gomesz	UCC	19
59	Paul Donnelly	Wessex Blades	19
59	Kevin Foley	Pembroke FC	19
59	Jonathan Herz	Pembroke FC	19
59	Michal Wolas (Pol)	UCC	19
59	Richard Adams	Queen’s University Belfast	19
59	Rowan Fitton (GBR)	Queen’s University Belfast	19
59	Gabriel Berg	Dublin City University	19
59	Cathal Kelly	Munster Blades	19
59	Kevin O’Donovan	University College Cork	19
59	Theodore Kalimtgis	Knightsbridge	19
59	Thibault Lamand	Maynooth University	19
73	Peadar O’Loughlin	University College Dublin	18
74	Daniel Burke (USA)	NUI Galway	17
75	Balazs Barcza (Hun)	Pembroke FC	15
75	Gerard Madden	Queens University Belfast	15
77	Anthony Marinos	University College Cork	10
77	Luke Sherlock	Pembroke FC	10
77	Nathan Boles (GBR)	NUI Galway	10
77	Rainer Bolte (Ger)	Connaught FC	10
77	Oisin Davitt	University College Dublin	10
77	Calvin McSuibhne	Ravenwood	10
77	Hamza Benchakroun (Mar)	NUI Galway	10
77	Hayato Takeuchi	Dublin City University	10
77	Kieran Minto (GBR)	Mid Down	10
77	Mandla Mbondiya (Zim)	Ulster University	10
77	Filip Kuczera (Pol)	DUFC	10
77	William Gelnaw	No Fear Fencing Club	10
77	Sam Dight	Munster Blades	10
77	Fabio Lemes	CMSP	10
77	William Denis Mawe	University College Dublin	10
77	Joseph Kennedy	University College Dublin	10
77	Clark Mitchell	Ulster University	10
77	Lorenzo Polli (Ita)	Pembroke FC	10
77	Paul Garcia (Fra)	Ulster University	10
77	Erick Ramon Moreno (USA)	NUI Galway	10
77	Ivan Sladkov (Bul)	University College Dublin	10
77	Szymon Borkowski (Pol)	NUI Galway	10
77	Joey Corbett	University of Limerick	10
77	Michael Li (Chn)	Salle Dublin	10
77	Sachin Soman (Ind)	University College Dublin	10
77	Brian Crowley	University College Dublin	10
103	Ian Fenwick (GBR)		9
104	Marcin Lichwa (Pol)	Ravenwood	8
104	Yann Diridollou (Fra)	Pembroke FC	8
106	Michael Wolas (Pol)	University College Cork	6
107	Stephen Morris		5
107	Davide Cannata (Ita)	NUI Galway	5
107	Andrew Chirko	University College Dublin	5
107	Mark McEvoy		5
107	Kevin Ledwith		5
107	Lee Francis Licayan		5
107	Rory O’Donoghue	Dublin University FC	5
107	Caolan Costello	Pentathlon Ireland	5
107	Song-Zhe Piao (Chn)	Pembroke FC	5
107	Ethan McClure	Mid Down	5
107	Daithi Harkin	Magee Fencing	5
107	Dmitry Sedush (GBR)	University of Leicester	5
119	Igor Brigadir		3
119	Jack Savage	DUFC	3
119	Pedro Giaquinto	Ravenwood	3

[Reference: 2]

Report

Yves Carnec of France topped the 2019-20 Fencing Ireland Men’s Epee Rankings with a Points Total of 431. He finished 11 points ahead of the top Irishman Jonathan Burnside of Foyle Fencing, with Tom O’Brien of Brian Boru Fencing Club in third on 397 Points. These three were well ahead of the other 118 Fencers in the Rankings, with fourth placed Duncan Salter of Great Britain (Brian Boru FC) on 257 Points.

References

Logos

[1] Fencing Ireland Google Docs (2020) FI-Logo-top-white [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingireland.net/wp-content/uploads/FI-Logo-top-white.png [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Websites

[2] Fencing Ireland Google Docs (2020) Rankings 2019-20 Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iZdJ_GfFRx61_qwvYa5Ck9dTKN3lM852zfDSf2Cvw-g/edit#gid=221053134 [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark Mullaney.

About this document

Researched, written and compiled by by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 December 2020