Traditional Games Games covered in Eirball include Card Games, Board Games, Children’s Games, Table Games (Table Football, RPGs and LARPS), Computer Games (Capture the Flag, Robot Football, Console Sports, Fantasy Sports and Simulated Sports), and Party Games
Computer Sports include Capture the Flag (an Ethical Hacking Computer Sport), Robot Football (teams of motorized robots shunt a ball around an Arena towards goals at either end). Console Games (X-Box and Playstation Sports games such as Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). Fantasy Sports (where players draft real players in a League, and score points based on how well they perform in real matches). Simulation games (where the information for players is inputted into a computer and then a Computer User v Computer User Simulation takes place).
Contests include Quizzes and Mind-Games such as the Maths Olympiad and Spelling Bees; Musical Sports and Games such as The Eurovision Song Contest; Fiddle Contests, Duelling Banjos, Battle of the Bands, Rap Contests; Dance & Cheer Sports such as Ballroom Dancing, Breakdancing and Cheer Sport; TV Sports such as American Ninja; Gladiators; The Crystal Maze; Debating Contests; Talent Contests such as The Rose of Tralee, X-Factor and Ireland’s Got Talent and Body-Building and Beauty Contests.
Traditional Games
Traditional Games Games covered in Eirball include Card Games, Board Games, Children’s Games, Table Games (Table Football, RPGs and LARPS), Computer Games (Capture the Flag, Robot Football, Console Sports, Fantasy Sports and Simulated Sports), and Party Games
Computer Sports include Capture the Flag (an Ethical Hacking Computer Sport), Robot Football (teams of motorized robots shunt a ball around an Arena towards goals at either end). Console Games (X-Box and Playstation Sports games such as Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). Fantasy Sports (where players draft real players in a League, and score points based on how well they perform in real matches). Simulation games (where the information for players is inputted into a computer and then a Computer User v Computer User Simulation takes place).
Card Games
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Federation of Irish Bridge
Card Games played competitively include Poker and Bridge.
Bridge is a Card Game popular with older people.
Donegal Bridge Congress Mixed Pairs (Years): 2017
Board Games
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Irish Chess Union
Board Games include Chess, Draughts, Mancala.
The Irish Chess Union governs the game in Ireland.
Irish Chess Union
Irish Chess Union Irish Champions 2009-Present
Community Games Chess & Draughts
Connaught Community Games Chess & Draughts (Seasons): 2019
Table Games
Table Football
Northern Ireland Table Football Association
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Northern Ireland Table Football Association (Overviews):
Northern Ireland Table Football Association National Championships 1979-1990
Coin Rugby
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Coin Rugby
Children’s Games
Pass the Parcel
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Pass the Parcel
Computer Games
Computer Games include Capture the Flag; Console Sports; Fantasy Sports and Robot Football
Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag is Information Security Competitions, a kind of Sport for Computer Combat.
There are three common types of CTF Competitions: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense, and Mixed.
Jeopardy Competitions have a number of Tasks (questions) such as Web, Forensic, Crypto or Binary. Teams gain points for completed tasks, the harder the task, the more points.
Attack-Defense is another scenario, whereby teams have their own network (or only one host) with vulnerable services. Teams have a time limit for developing services and developing exploits. Then the organisers connect the competitors and the Wargame starts. Points are gained for Defense (protecting own services) and Attack (hacking opponents services).
Mixed employ both Jeopardy and Attack-Defense scenarios.
Capture the Flag games touch on a number of different aspects of information security, such as Cryptography, Stego, Binary Analysis, Reverse Engineering and Mobile Security.
Robot Football
The USL eCup Rocket League combines Soccer with rocket-propelled cars. Teams use computer-controlled rocket-propelled cars to try to score more goals than their opponents.
Robot Football
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United Soccer League eCup Rocket League
Console Sports
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NBA 2K, American Football Ireland Madden PS4 & X-Box
National Basketball Association 2K League
National Basketball League 2K League 2018-Present
American Football Ireland
American Football Ireland Madden Championship Series 2020
World American Football Madden NFL
Relocation Football League (Madden NFL) 2016-Present
Fantasy Sports
Fantasy Leagues started in Baseball in USA. They were popularised in Britain & Ireland by David Baddiel & David Skinner in their Channel 4 Comedy Programme, Fantasy Football, during the European Championships of 1996, which England hosted.
They all follow a format whereby players pick a squad from real-life players and are awarded points for how those players do in real life matches (i.e. points are awarded for Goals & Assists in Soccer, as well as points deducted for the defensive players letting in goals.)
As well as numerous online Fantasy Leagues run by the Major League sporting organisations and Big English Sports Leagues, Newspapers run their own Fantasy Competitions ranging from Football to Golf.
Below you will find links to the Results of various Fantasy Leagues in Ireland:
Fantasy Sports
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Fantasy American Football (Decade Overviews):
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1997-2005
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 2006-2015
First Down Fantasy Football
First Down Fantasy Gridiron Ireland 1994-1996
Fantasy NFL
Simulated Sports
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Irish American Football Association Madden NFL
Irish American Football Association Simulation:
Madden NFL Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl XXII Simulation