GAA Rounders Council All-Ireland Championship Senior Ladies 2001-2010

GAA Rounders Council Banner
GAA Rounders Council Banner [Reference: 1]

Senior Ladies Championship 2001

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2001Erne Eagles (Cavan)21Limekiln (Dublin)18
2002Lissan (Derry)W
All-Ireland Final
2001Erne Eagles (Cavan)22Lissan (Derry)9
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2001 [References: ]

Senior Ladies Championship 2002

DateHome TeamAway Team
All-Ireland Final
2002Bagenalstown (Carlow)W
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2002 [References:9]

Senior Ladies Championship 2003

PWLPts
Northern Section
Desertmartin (Derry)3306
Erne Eagles (Cavan)3214
Ni Mhichil (Derry)3122
St. Claire’s3030
Kildress0000
Southern Section
Bagenalstown3306
Limekiln (Dublin)3214
Cuchulainn’s (Carlow)2020
Rathdowney (Laois)2020
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2002 [References:8]
DateWinning TeamRunners-Up
Semi-Finals
2003Limekiln (Dublin)24Desertmartin (Derry)14
2003Bagenalstown (Carlow)28Erne Eagles (Cavan)12
All-Ireland Final
2003Bagenalstown (Carlow)WLimekiln (Dublin)L
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2003 [References: 8; 10]

Senior Ladies Championship 2004

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2004Limekiln (Dublin)22Erne Eagles (Cavan)9
2004Bagenalstown (Carlow)23St. Martin’s7
All-Ireland Final
2004Limekiln (Dublin)19Bagenalstown (Carlow)14
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2004 [References: 7]

Senior Ladies Championship 2005

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2005Limekiln (Dublin)WErne Eagles (Cavan)L
2005Bagenalstown (Carlow)WDesertmartin (Derry)L
All-Ireland Final
2005Limekiln (Dublin)WBagenalstown (Carlow)L
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2005 [References: 6; 11-12]

Senior Ladies Championship 2006

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2006Erne Eagles (Cavan)34Glynn (Wexford)20
2006Bagenalstown (Carlow)8Limekiln (Dublin)4
All-Ireland Final
2006Erne Eagles (Cavan)17Bagenalstown (Carlow)21
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2006 [References: 5; 13]

Senior Ladies Championship 2007

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2007Erne Eagles (Cavan)15Bagenalstown (Carlow)6
2007Castlebar (Mayo)31Cuchulainns (Carlow)7
All-Ireland Final
19.08.2007Erne Eagles (Cavan)33Castlebar (Mayo)16
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2007 [References: 15]

Senior Ladies Championship 2008

DateHome TeamAway Team
All-Ireland Final
2008Bagenalstown (Carlow)WLimekiln (Dublin)L
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2008 [References: 3-4; 16]

Senior Ladies Championship 2009

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
2009Castlebar (Mayo)WBagenalstown (Carlow)L
2009St. Clare’s (Cavan)WLimekiln (Dublin)L
All-Ireland Final
2009Castlebar (Mayo)WSt. Clare’s (Cavan)L
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2009 [References: 2; 17]

Senior Ladies Championship 2010

DateHome TeamAway Team
All-Ireland Final
2010St. Clare’s (Cavan)WBagenalstown (Carlow)L
GAA Rounders Council All Ireland Senior Ladies Championship 2010 [References: 18]

Report

Erne Eagles of Cavan won the GAA Rounders Council Senior Ladies All-Ireland Champinship in 2001, having defeated Lissan of Derry in the Final. Carlow’s Bagenalstown won the Championship in 2002 and 2003, and then Dublin’s Limekiln, based in Tymon Park, won the 2004 and 2005 Championships. Erne Eagles won the Championship again in 2006 and 2007, before Bagenalstown took the title for the third time in the decade in 2008. Mayo’s Castlebar were then Champions in 2009, and the Final Honours of the decade went to St. Clare’s of Cavan in 2010.

About Rounders

Rounders is an Irish and British version of Softball and Baseball, and thought to be the ancestor of both. It was first codified in Ireland as part of the Original GAA Charter of 1884, but not organised until 1958. It is a Bat and Ball (also known as Safe Haven) sport whereby the batter attempts to hit a ball thrown at him or her by a pitcher or bowler and then attempts to run around the bases back home.

References

[1] Anon. (2009) banner [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090913175614im_/http://rounders.gaa.ie/banner/banner.jpg [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2009) Home Page [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090913175614/http://rounders.gaa.ie/index.html [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[3] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2008) Senior All Ireland Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080718184531/http://rounders.gaa.ie/cgi-bin/newsdisplay.cgi?rm=viewListing:plugin_data_id=26769:site_id=1783 [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[4] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2008) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080718232215/http://rounders.gaa.ie/cgi-bin/newsdisplay.cgi?rm=viewListing:plugin_data_id=25872:site_id=1783 [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[5] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2006) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/200060830232014/http://www.rounders.ie/ [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[6] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2005) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20051218233341/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[7] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040813145324/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[8] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030811090007/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[9] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021122235641/http://www.rounders.ie/ [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Bibliography

Sources

[10] Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

[11] Anon.(2005) “Limekiln raise rounders title”. The Echo. Thursday, August 25, 2005.

[12] Anon. (2005) “Poor finish for Limekiln”. The Echo. Thursday, September 29, 2005.

[13] Anon. (2006) “Limekiln Minors push for honours”. The Echo. Thursday, August 31, 2006.

Websites

[14] GAA Rounders (2017) Senior Ladies Honours [Internet] Available from: http://gaarounders.ie/seniorladieshonours [Accessed 2 January 2017]

[15] GAA Rounders (2007) Honours 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2007 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[16] GAA Rounders (2008) Honours 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2008 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[17] GAA Rounders (2009) Honours 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2009 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[18] GAA Rounders (2010) Honours 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2010 [Accessed 7 October2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan.

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Rounders-Softball Club Internationals Skryne GAA Tour of Massachusetts 1982

Results (America)

DateRounders TeamSoftball Team
Boys Softball Game
04.82Skryne GAA (Meath)8Annunciation School Haverstown8
Girls Softball Game
04.82Skryne GAA (Meath)7Annunciation School Haverstown3
Boys Softball Game
16.04.82Skryne GAA (Meath)11Brookline Civic2
Girls Softball Game
16.04.82Skryne GAA (Meath)5Brookline Civic5
Rounders Game
16.04.82Skryne GAA (Meath)11Brookline Civic11
Reference: [2]

Report

Skryne GAA made a trip to the USA in April, where the boys and girls played Softball matches against local schools – the Skryne boys and girls both winning one mmatch and drawing another. The Brookline coach requested a game of Rounders after their Softball games, which ended 11-all.

About Rounders-Softball International Rules

While nobody has yet come up with a viable Compromise between Rounders and Baseball or Softball to permit a genuine Compromise Rules match to take place, Internationals have taken place between Rounders teams and Softball teams whereby a match is played under the rules of one code and then a second match is played under the rules of the other code.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1982) “Youth Beat” Meath Chronicle Saturday, November 13, 1982. pg. 13.

Note: Past editions of the Evening Herald & Meath Chronicle are available to view at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

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Rounders-Softball Club Internationals Lakelands GAA v Leinster Softball 1982

Results (Ireland)

DateRounders TeamSoftball Team
Softball Game
31.05.82Lakelands GAA (Dublin)3Leinster Softball24
Rounders Game
31.05.82Lakelands GAA (Dublin)5Leinster Softball13
Reference: [1]

Report

Rounders & Softball games were arranged between Lakelands GAA of Stillorgan in Dublin and a team of International Softball Players from America & Japan (undoubtedly from the Leinster Softball League which started up in 1982 involving 3 American Teams, 1 Japanese and 1 Irish).

The first match, played under Softball Rules ended 24-3 to the Internationals, the second game, under Rounders rules was more competitive, with the Internationals winning again 13-5.

About Rounders-Softball International Rules

While nobody has yet come up with a viable Compromise between Rounders and Baseball or Softball to permit a genuine Compromise Rules match to take place, Internationals have taken place between Rounders teams and Softball teams whereby a match is played under the rules of one code and then a second match is played underthe rulesof the other code.

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1982) “Lakelands Rounders” Evening Herald Thursday, June 3, 1982. pg. 14.

Note: Past editions of the Evening Herald & Meath Chronicle are available to view at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan.

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Pesapallo on Independence Day at the Finnish Embassy in Ireland 6 December

Pesapallo World Cup 2019 Logo
Pesapallo World Cup 2019 Logo [Reference: 1]

About

Pesapallo is the Finnish version of Baseball and is their National Sport. It has an unusual form of pitching and players run zig-zags through bases. There is a game played on their National Holiday every year at the Finnish Embassy in Ireland.

Here is a Video of the sport from the New York Times, as shared by the Irish-Finnish Society on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IrishFinnishSociety/posts/1326676680678956 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

References

Logos

[1] Sponsor my Event (2020) LOGO World-Cup-Pesäpallo-Pune-2019 – Copy [Internet] Available from: https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/YAItHNJTLKnALYELy7Qu [Accessed 13 November 2020]

Social Media

[2] Irish-Finnish Society Facebook (2019) Video [Internet] Available from:  https://www.facebook.com/IrishFinnishSociety/posts/1326676680678956 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Howard.

About this document

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GAA Rounders All-Ireland Championships Senior Mixed Finals 1990-Present

GAA Rounders Logo
GAA Rounders Logo [Reference: 1]

Senior Mixed Finals 1990-2018

YearWinnerRunner-Up
1990Syndodgers Clarecastle (Clare)25Mervue/Ballybane (Galway)17
1991Lakelands (Dublin)
1992Syntex Clarecastle (Clare)
1993Mervue/Ballybane (Galway)
1994Mervue/Ballybane (Galway)
1995Clarecastle (Clare)
1996Limekiln (Dublin)
1997Naomh Mhichil (Dublin)
1998Rathdowney (Laois)
1999Rathdowney (Laois)
2000Rathdowney (Laois)
2001Naomh Mhichil (Derry)
2002Limekiln (Dublin)
2003Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2004Limekiln (Dublin)
2005Erne Eagles (Cavan)Limekiln (Dublin)
2006Limekiln (Dublin)
2007Cuchulainn (Carlow)Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2008Limekiln (Dublin)Cuchulainn (Carlow)
2009Cuchulainn (Carlow)Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2010Cuchulainn (Carlow)Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2011The Heath (Laois)Cuchulainn (Carlow)
2012Limekiln (Dublin)The Heath (Laois)
2013The Heath (Laois)23Limekiln (Dublin)5
2014Limekiln (Dublin)30The Heath (Laois)11
2015Limekiln (Dublin)Cuchulainn (Carlow)
2016Limekiln (Dublin)14The Heath (Laois)4
2017The Heath (Laois)21Breaffy (Mayo)20
2018The Heath (Laois)32Glynn/Barntown (Wexford)18
2019Glynn-Barntown (Wexford)19The Heath (Laois)17
GAA Rounders All-Ireland Championships Senior Mixed Finals 1990-Present [Reference: 2-24]

Report

First organised in 1990, the GAA Rounders All-Ireland Chamionship Senior Mixed is the only Mixed Adult game in the Gaelic Athletic Association. It was first won by Syntex of Clarecastle in Co. Clare who won the title a second time in 1992 and again in 1995. Mervue/Balybane of Galway won the Championship in 1993 and 1994, and then from 1998 to 2000 Rathdowney from Co. Laois became the first club to win three-in-a-row. Naomh Mhichil of Co. Derry won their second title in 2001 after lifting their first in 1997.

Thereafter Dublin’s Limekiln, based in Tymon Park, duelled with first Erne Eagles from Co. Cavan who won the title in 2003 and 2005, the Cuchulainn of Co. Carlow, who took the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Senior Mixed Championships. The Heath from Co. Laois won the Championship in 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, with Limekiln winning the Championship all other years from 2002 to 2016 inclusive, a total of 8 Senior Mixed Championships. A new name was etched on the Trophy in 2019 as Glynn-Barntown of Co. Wexford took the title, joining Lakelands of Stillorgan in Co. Dublin who were the only other one-time winners of the Trophy in 1991.

Glynn-Barntown GAA Rounders All-Ireland Senior Mixed Champions 2019
Glynn-Barntown GAA Rounders All-Ireland Senior Mixed Champions 2019 [Reference: 25][Picture Credit: GAA Rounders]

About GAA Rounders

Rounders was included in the original Gaelic Athletic Association Charter in 1884 as one one of the four Gaelic Games – the others being Gaelic Football, Hurling, and Handball. It wasn’t until the 1950s, however, that any effort was made to organise the game, when the Erin’s Own Club in Antrim started a Rounders section and made efforts to promote the game throughout Ireland.The Senior Men’s All-Ireland Championship has been run since 1976, and is currently run on a Round-Robin League basis, with the top four reaching the Semi-Finals.

The Senior Mixed All-Ireland Championship has been run since 1990, and currently is run on a Round-Robin League basis, with the top four reaching the Semi-Finals.

References

Images

[1] Rebel Og Coaching (2017) Rounders Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i2.wp.com/rebelogcoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rounders-logo.jpg [Accessed 22 March 2018]

Websites

[2] GAA Rounders (2016) Senior Mixed Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/seniormixedrollofhonour [Accessed 10 December 2016]

[3] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=963731453695472&id=628801690521785 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[4] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1283159315089812 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[5] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156465090097/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[6] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156368423440/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[7] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1173720579367020:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[8] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/531153203623764:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[9] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714867355252347:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[10] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714906785248404:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[11] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714821531923596:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[12] GAA Rounders (2007) Honours 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2007 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[13] GAA Rounders (2008) Honours 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2008 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[14] GAA Rounders (2009) Honours 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2009 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[15] GAA Rounders (2010) Honours 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2010 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[16] GAA Rounders (2011) Honours 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2011 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[17] GAA Rounders (2012) Honours 2012 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2012 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[18] GAA Rounders (2017) Senior Standings 2017 – Senior Men Standings [Internet] http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing/seniormen [Accessed 31 August 2017]

[19] GAA Rounders (2018) Senior Standings 2018 – Senior Mixed Standings [Internet] http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing-ssenior/seniormixed [Accessed 4 June 2018]

[20] GAA Rounders (2019) All-Ireland Finals [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/news-events/allirelandfinals [Accessed 19 January 2020]

Internet Archive

[21] Wayback Machine Web Archive – GAA Rounders (2014)Senior Mixed Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20141017154615/http://gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing-ssenior/seniormixed [Accessed 30 March 2017]

Newspapers

[22] Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

[23] Anon. (2005) “Limekiln raise rounders title”. The Echo. Thursday, August 25, 2005.

[24] Anon. (2005) “Poor finish for Limekiln”. The Echo. Thursday, September 29, 2005.

[25] Anon. (2006) “Limekiln Minors push for honours”. The Echo. Thursday, August 31, 2006.

Photos

[26] GAA Rounders (2019) All-Ireland Finals – Senior Mixed Winners Glynn/Barntown [Internet] Available from: http://gaarounders.ie/ckeditor_uploads/images/1012.JPG [Accessed 19 January 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dervla Mulcahy

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GAA Rounders Alpen Cup Mixed 2017

GAA Rounders Logo
GAA Rounders Logo [Reference: 1]

League Table

 PWDLWOFPPts
Ascaro Rovigo GAA (C)2110–69
Rovigo BSC2101–68
Zurich Inneoin GAA2011–67
GAA Rounders Alpen Cup Mixed 2017 [Reference: 2]

(C) Winners of “Casetta Rossoblu Trophy” (All games played in Rovigo, Italy)

Results

DateHome Team Away Team 
14.10.2017Ascaro Rovigo11Zurich Inneoin11
14.10.2017Rovigo BSC10Ascaro Rovigo11
14.10.2017Zurich Inneoin9Rovigo BSC12
GAA Rounders Alpen Cup Mixed 2017 [Reference: 2]

Report

While there are versions of Rounders played in Britain and Australia, the Alpen Cup in 2017 between the GAA Clubs Zurich Inneoin (Switzerland), Ascaroro Rovigo GAA (Italy) and Rovigo Baseball and Softball Club was the first time GAA Rounders was played outside Ireland. Ascaro Rovigo GAA took home the “Casseta Rossoblu Trophy” with a defeat of Rovigo BSC after drawing with Zurich Inneoin. Rovigo BSC finished second.

References

Websites

[2] Gaelic Games Europe (2017)GAA Rounders Alpen Cup – “Casetta Rossoblu Trophy” 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://gaelicgameseurope.com/gaa-rounders-alpen-cup-casetta-rossoblu-trophy-2017/ [Accessed 14 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan.

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Last Updated: 11 November 2020

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Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2012-2018

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo [Reference: 1]

WLBU Division 1 2012

PWDLRFRAPts
Grange Catholics (P)14110322
Grange Albion12100220
Whitechurch Robins1060412
Rumney Ladies1150610
Canton Cross114078
Fairwater Social104068
Gower Sports124088
Peter Lea Ospreys1420124
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2012 [Reference: 2]

WLBU Division 1 2013

PWDLRFRAPts
Gower Sports (P)14130126
Grange Albion14120224
Canton Cross1490518
Whitechurch Robins1480616
Fairwater Ospreys144199
Fairwater Social144199
St. Peter’s B1430116
Rumney Ladies1420124
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2013 [Reference: 3]

WLBU Division 1 2014

PWDLRFRAPts

WLBU Division 1 2015

PWDLRFRAPts
Fairwater Ladies (C)12100220
Canton Cross1270514
Rumney Ladies1270514
Malpas Ladies1250710
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2015 [Reference: 4]

WLBU Division 1 2016

PWDLRFRAPts
Fairwater Ladies (P)962114
Rumney Ladies952212
Starlets1042410
Canton Cross93248
Eastern Ladies10010010
Malpas Ladies90272
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2016 [Reference: 5]

WLBU Division 1 2017

PWDLRFRAPts
Starlets (P)12120024
Railway Ladies12100220
Gower Sports B1260612
Llandaff North RFC1260612
St. Albans1250710
Splott Sluggers123096
St. Peter’s1200120
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2017 [Reference: 6]

WLBU Division 1 2018

PWDLPct
Railway Ladies (P)16140288
Caerau Nomads16110569
Malpas RFC15100567
St. Albans15100567
Llandaff North RFC1680850
Splott Sluggers1680850
Fairwater Social1570847
Gower Sports B1510147
St. Peter’s RFC1610156
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2018 [Reference: 7]

Report

The Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 was the second level of Welsh Baseball from 2012 to 2018, and the Division Champions gained automatic promotion to the Premier League. The Division 1 Champions fron 2012 to 2018 were Grange Catholics (2012), Gower Sports (2013), Fairwater Ladies (2015 and 2016), Stalets (2017) and Railway Ladies (2018).

About Welsh Baseball

Welsh Baseball is a version of Rounders played primarily in South Wales, and also in Liverpool, where it is known as English Baseball. It is like a cross between Baseball, Rounders and Cricket. During the latter half of the 19th Century, the famous A.G. Spalding of Major League Baseball fame organised a Baseball Tour of England and Ireland, and in the process played a number of games against English and Welsh Rounders teams, who adopted some of the rules (such as tagging a playerout with the ball and two-handed batting). It kept the poles rather than flat bases and left the diamond in an irregular shape with all four sides unequal in length. Welsh Baseball also has a bat more like a Cricket Bat than a Baseball Bat, and it tapers towards the handle. According to sources in referenced in the articles below, Irish immigrants to Liverpool and South Wales were numerous among the Working Classes playing the game in the 20th Century. It is still played in South Wales and Liverpool but is now mostly a Children’s and Teenagers Game.

References

Logos

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture April 12 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/a.10154678147744711.1073741828.21387949710/10155257824239711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017]

Internet Archive

[2] Internet Archive – Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2014) 2012 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20120722134948/http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=12 [Accessed 11 August 2017]

Websites

[3] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=13 [Accessed 17 December 2016]

[4] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2015) 2015 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2015-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[5] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2016) 2016 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2016-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[6] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2017) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[7] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2018) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables-2/ [Accessed 16 September 2018

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett, Cardiff University.

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GAA Rounders All-Ireland Championships Senior Men’s Finals 1976-Present

GAA Rounders Logo
GAA Rounders Logo [Reference: 1]

Senior Men’s Finals 1976-2018

YearWinnerRunner-Up
1976Arravale Rovers (Tipperary)
1977Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1978Pearse’s Og (Derry)
1979Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1980Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1981Naomh Mhuire (Dublin)
1982Plunkett’s (Tyrone)
1983Plunkett’s (Tyrone)
1984Plunkett’s (Tyrone)
1985Scrin (Meath)
1986Lakelands (Dublin)
1987Lakelands (Dublin)
1988Lakelands (Dublin)
1989Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1990Oakwood (Dublin)21Syntex Clarecastle (Clare)2
1991Lakelands (Dublin)
1992Breaffy (Mayo)
1993Breaffy (Mayo)
1994Breaffy (Mayo)
1995Breaffy (Mayo)
1996Clarecastle (Clare)
1997Naomh Mhichil (Derry)
1998Erne Eagles (Cavan)
1999Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2000Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2001Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2002Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2003Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2004Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2005Erne Eagles (Cavan)Limekiln (Dublin)
2006Erne Eagles (Cavan)Naomh Mhichil (Derry)
2007Erne Eagles (Cavan)Cuchulainn (Carlow)
2008Cuchulainn (Carlow)Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2009Erne Eagles (Cavan)St. Clare’s (Cavan)
2010Cuchulainn (Carlow)Erne Eagles (Cavan)
2011Limekiln (Dublin)The Heath (Laois)
2012The Heath (Laois)Limekiln (Dublin)
2013Limekiln (Dublin)24The Heath (Laois)14
2014Limekiln (Dublin)47Cuchulainn (Laois)15
2015The Heath (Laois)26Limekiln (Dublin)12
2016The Heath (Laois)13Carrick Emmets (Monaghan)12
2017The Heath (Laois)45Limekiln (Dublin)22
2018Erne Eagles (Cavan)16The Heath (Laois)15
2019Erne Eagles (Cavan)40The Heath (Laois)32
GAA Rounders All-Ireland Championships Senior Men’s Finals 1976-Present [Reference: 2-19]

Report

Antrim’s Erin’s Own, having done so much to promote GAA Rounders, won the Senior Men’s All-Ireland Championship in 1977, 1979 and 1980. Tyrone’s Plunkett’s took the 1982 to 1984 Championships, and from 1986 to 1989 Lakelands from Dublin took the honours. Mayo’s Breaffy had more luck than their Gaelic Football counterparts winning the Championship from 1992 to 1995, and from 1998 to 2007 Cavan’s Erne Eagles won a record 10 times in a row. Limekiln took the honours for Dublin in 2011, 2013 and 2014, and The Heath from Laois were Champions in 2012 and then three times in a row from 2015 to 2017. Erne Eagles regained former glory with wins in the 2018 and 2019 Championshps.

About GAA Rounders

Rounders was included in the original Gaelic Athletic Association Charter in 1884 as one one of the four Gaelic Games – the others being Gaelic Football, Hurling, and Handball. It wasn’t until the 1950s, however, that any effort was made to organise the game, when the Erin’s Own Club in Antrim started a Rounders section and made efforts to promote the game throughout Ireland.The Senior Men’s All-Ireland Championship has been run since 1976, and is currently run on a Round-Robin League basis, with the top four reaching the Semi-Finals.

Bibliography

Websites

[2] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=963731453695472&id=628801690521785 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[3] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1283159315089812 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[4] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156465090097/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[5] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156368423440/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[6] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1173720579367020:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[7] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/531153203623764:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[8] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714867355252347:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[9] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714906785248404:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[10] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714821531923596:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[11] GAA Rounders (2007) Honours 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2007 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[12] GAA Rounders (2008) Honours 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2008 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[13] GAA Rounders (2009) Honours 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2009 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[14] GAA Rounders (2010) Honours 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2010 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[15] GAA Rounders (2011) Honours 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2011 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[16] GAA Rounders (2012) Honours 2012 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2012 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[17] GAA Rounders (2017) Senior Standings 2017 – Senior Men Standings [Internet] http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing/seniormen [Accessed 31 August 2017]

[18] GAA Rounders (2018) Senior Standings 2018 – Senior Mixed Standings [Internet] http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing-ssenior/seniormixed [Accessed 4 June 2018]

[19] GAA Rounders (2019) Fixtures/Results: Senior Men [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing/fixturesseniormen [Accessed 4 May 2019]

[20] GAA Rounders (2016) Senior Mens Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/seniormensrollofhonour [Accessed 10 December 2016]

Sources

[21] Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

[22] Anon. (2005) “Limekiln raise rounders title”. The Echo. Thursday, August 25, 2005.

[23] Anon. (2005) “Poor finish for Limekiln”. The Echo. Thursday, September 29, 2005.

[24] Anon. (2006) “Limekiln Minors push for honours”. The Echo. Thursday, August 31, 2006.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Connolly.

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Last Updated: 11 November 2020

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Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Premier Division 2012-2018

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo [Reference: 1]

WLBU Premier Division 2012

PWDLPts
Pill Harriers13110222
Llandaff Ladies11100120
Llanrumney United1160512
St. Peter’s A1060412
Pengam Moors A1250710
Fairwater Ladies84048
Caerau A113086
St. Joseph’s A1200120

[2]

WLBU Premier Division 2013

PWDLPts
Llandaff Ladies14140028
Pill Harriers14100420
Llanrumney United14100420
Caerau A1490518
Grange Catholics1450910
Pengam Moors1450910
St. Joseph’s1430116
St. Peter’s A1400140

[3]

WLBU Premier Division 2014

PWDLPts

WLBU Premier Division 2015

PWDLPts
Llanrumney United14140028
Caerau Ladies14120224
Llanishen RFC1490518
St. Joseph’s RFC1360712
Gower Sports A1420124

[4]

WLBU Premier Division 2016

PWDLPts
Llanrumney United962114
Newport Ladies1462114
Llanishen RFC1042410
Gower Sports A92256
Caerau Ladies10010010
St. Joseph’s90272

[5]

WLBU Premier Division 2017

PWDLPts
Newport Ladies14140028
Fairwater Ladies14101321
Llanrumney United14101321
Gower Sports A1480616
St. Joseph’s1470714
Canton Cross1430116
Rumney Ladies1430116
Fairwater Social1400140

[6]

WLBU Premier Division 2018

PWDLPct
Newport Ladies13111185
Llanrumney United1290375
St. Joseph’s Ladies1280467
Diamond Ladies1160555
Gower Sports A1341831
Canton Cross1231825
Rumney Ladies1301120

[7]

About Welsh Baseball

Welsh Baseball is a version of Rounders played primarily in South Wales, and also in Liverpool, where it is known as English Baseball. It is like a cross between Baseball, Rounders and Cricket. During the latter half of the 19th Century, the famous A.G. Spalding of Major League Baseball fame organised a Baseball Tour of England and Ireland, and in the process played a number of games against English and Welsh Rounders teams, who adopted some of the rules (such as tagging a playerout with the ball and two-handed batting). It kept the poles rather than flat bases and left the diamond in an irregular shape with all four sides unequal in length. Welsh Baseball also has a bat more like a Cricket Bat than a Baseball Bat, and it tapers towards the handle. According to sources in referenced in the articles below, Irish immigrants to Liverpool and South Wales were numerous among the Working Classes playing the game in the 20th Century. It is still played in South Wales and Liverpool but is now mostly a Children’s and Teenagers Game.

References

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture April 12 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/a.10154678147744711.1073741828.21387949710/10155257824239711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017]

Websites

[2] Internet Archive – Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2014) 2012 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20120722134948/http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=12 [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[3] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=13 [Accessed 17 December 2016]

[4] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2015) 2015 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2015-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[5] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2016) 2016 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2016-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[6] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2017) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[7] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2018) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables-2/ [Accessed 16 September 2018

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett, Cardiff University.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 November 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

GAA Rounders All Ireland Championships Senior Ladies Finals 1970-Present

GAA Rounders Logo [Reference: ]

GAA Rounders Senior Ladies Finals 1970-2018

YearWinnerRunner-Up
1970Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1971Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1972Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1973Naomh Mhuire (Dublin)
1974Naomh Mhuire (Dublin)
1975St. Ita’s (Derry)
1976Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1977Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1978Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1979Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1980St. Ergnat’s (Antrim)
1981Donagh (Monaghan)
1982Donagh (Monaghan)
1983Donagh (Monaghan)
1984Kildress/Cookstown (Tyrone)
1985Lakelands (Dublin)
1986Castlebar (Mayo)
1987Castlebar (Mayo)
1988Erin’s Own (Antrim)
1989Castlebar (Mayo)
1990Castlebar (Mayo)16Lisson (Derry)1
1991Oakleaf (Derry)
1992Castlebar (Mayo)
1993Castlebar (Mayo)
1994Castlebar (Mayo)
1995Castlebar (Mayo)
1996Castlebar (Mayo)
1997Rathdowney (Laois)
1998Rathdowney (Laois)
1999Rathdowney (Laois)
2000Rathdowney (Laois)
2001Rathdowney (Laois)
2002Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2003Bagenalstown (Carlow)Limekiln (Dublin)
2004Limekiln (Dublin)Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2005Limekiln (Dublin)Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2006Bagenalstown (Carlow)21Erne Eagles (Cavan)17
2007Erne Eagles (Cavan)Castlebar (Mayo)
2008Bagenalstown (Carlow)Limekiln (Dublin)
2009Castlebar (Mayo)St. Clare’s (Cavan)
2010St. Clare’s (Cavan)Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2011St. Clare’s (Cavan)Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2012Erne Eagles (Cavan)Bagenalstown (Carlow)
2013The Heath (Laois)9Limekiln (Dublin)8
2014Bagenalstown (Carlow)17Erne Eagles (Cavan)15
2015Bagenalstown (Carlow)41Erne Eagles (Cavan)13
2016Glynn-Barntown (Wexford)17Limekiln (Dublin)16
2017Glynn/Barntown (Wexford)54Cuchulainn (Carlow)19
2018Glynn/Barntown (Wexford)15The Heath (Laois)6

References: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Rollof Honour

Rounders was included in the original Gaelic Athletic Association Charter in 1884 as one one of the four Gaelic Games – the others being Gaelic Football, Hurling, and Handball. It wasn’t until the 1950s, however, that any effort was made to organise the game, when the Erin’s Own Club in Antrim started a Rounders section and made efforts to promote the game throughout Ireland.The Senior Ladies All-Ireland Championship has been run since 1970, and currently is run on a Round-Robin League basis, with the top four reaching the Semi-Finals.

Bibliography

Sources

Anon. (2015) “Disappointing All-Ireland defeat for Erne Eagles”. Anglo-Celt. Thursday, September 17, 2015. pp. 68-69.

Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

Anon.(2005) “Limekiln raise rounders title”. The Echo. Thursday, August 25, 2005.

Anon. (2005) “Poor finish for Limekiln”. The Echo. Thursday, September 29, 2005.

Anon. (2006) “Limekiln Minors push for honours”. The Echo. Thursday, August 31, 2006.

Websites

[1] GAA Rounders (2017) Senior Ladies Honours [Internet] Available from: http://gaarounders.ie/seniorladieshonours [Accessed 2 January 2017]

[2] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=963731453695472&id=628801690521785 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[3] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1283159315089812 [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[4] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156465090097/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[5] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/photos/pb.368192879919798.-2207520000.1481299786./1283156368423440/?type=3&theater [Accessed 9 December 2016]

[6] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/1173720579367020:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[7] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/531153203623764:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[8] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714867355252347:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[9] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714906785248404:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[10] GAA Rounders Facebook Page Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GaaRounders/posts/714821531923596:0 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[11] GAA Rounders (2007) Honours 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2007 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[12] GAA Rounders (2008) Honours 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2008 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[13] GAA Rounders (2009) Honours 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2009 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[14] GAA Rounders (2010) Honours 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2010 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[15] GAA Rounders (2011) Honours 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2011 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[16] GAA Rounders (2012) Honours 2012 [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/honours2012 [Accessed 7 October2016]

[17] GAA Rounders (2017) Fixtures and Results – Senior Ladies [Internet] http://www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing/fixtures [Accessed 12 August 2017]

[18] GAA Rounders (2018) Senior Standings 2018 – Senior Ladies Standings [Internet] www.gaarounders.ie/fixtures-results-standing-senior/seniorwomen [Accessed 4 June 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan.

About this document

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Last Updated: 10 November 2020

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