Standings

[References: 2]

Results

[References: 2]

Report

After five weeks of the 2021 Baseball Ireland Cadet League Mariners Baseball were on top with four wins from five games, with The Warriors – a combined Dublin City Hurricanes / Ashbourne team – hot on their heels with 3 wins from five. Ashbourne Titans (Co. Meath) were third with two wins and Red Rox Baseball from Portmarnock, Co. Fingal / North Co. Dublin in fourth with one win in the fifth week versus Ashbourne Titans (12-11). Mariners one loss up to that date (11th July 2021) was a 6-3 reverse to The Warriors in Week 5 (11th July 2021).

By Week 10 Mariners had jumped out to a big three game lead over nearest rivals The Warriors thanks to two consecutive wins over Ashbourne, one by default after the Titans conceded. This was despite a Warriors victory over Mariners in Week 6 (14-4), as the Warriors had a shock loss to the Titans the following week. Red Rox meanwhile got their first wins of the season with two consecutive wins over Ashbourne.

Home Venues

Team	Home Field
Ashbourne Titans	Ashbourne International Baseball Centre, Co. Meath
Mariners Baseball	Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Red Rox Baseball	Portmarnock, Co. Fingal
The Warriors	O’Malley Baseball Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, D22, Co. South Dublin

REFERENCES / FURTHER READING

IMAGES

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

WEBSITES

[2] Baseball Ireland (2021) Cadet League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/159031/ [Accessed 15 July 2021]

Team Logos

[1] Dublin City Hurricanes (2021) Red Rox Baseball [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Red-Rox-Baseball-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.10.43-150×150.jpeg [Accessed 20 July 2021]

[2] Dublin City Hurricanes (2021) Ashbourne-Titans-Logo-150×150 [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ashbourne-Titans-Logo-150×150.png [Accessed 20 July 2021]

[3] Dublin City Hurricanes (2021) Belfast-Buccaneers-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.12.41 [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Belfast-Buccaneers-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.12.41.jpeg [Accessed 20 July 2021]

[4] Dublin City Hurricanes (2021) Cork-Cosmos-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.11.30 [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Cork-Cosmos-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.11.30.jpeg  [Accessed 20 July 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Rav Mphande (Baseball Ireland).

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County Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
30.10.88	Confederates	18	Boys Brigade	14

Reference: [1]

Report

The Letterkenny-based Confederates won the Donegal Baseball & Softball Association’s County Final with a close 18-14 victory over Boy’s Brigade. The confederates were in the lead for most of the game and held an 18-12 lead going into the third innings. The Boy’s Brigade fought back in the last two innings (3rd & 4th) to cut the lead to 18-14 but the Confederates held on for the win.

Teams

Confederates	Boys Brigade
Clive Watson	Paul McKenna
Stephen Johnson	Keith Shanahan
Samuel Russell	Canice Feeley
Alistair Watson	Joe Lafferty
Noel Malseed	Paul Conlon
Scott Turner	Kevin Bonner
Glen Doherty	Damien Flately
Raymond Black	Seamus Gillen
Andrew Speer	Catherine Murray
Trevor Moore	Una McShane
Mark Gibson
Paul Reid

Umpires

Umpires: Colm Feery, James Kenny, Rev. Joe McCormack, Liam Roynane,

Chief Scorekeeper: Seamus Gillen Snr.

References:

[1] Anon. (1988) “Baseball | Confederates just hang on in Final.” Donegal Democrat. Friday, November 4, 1988. pg. 26.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne

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Results

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
1961	Tramore Sea Lions	14	Waterford Walruses	12 *
1962	Waterford Walruses	8	Tramore Sea Lions	7
1963
1964	Dublin Baseball Club	7	Waterford Baseball Club	1
1965
1966	Dublin Baseball Club	10	Waterford Baseball Club	9

Reference: [1][2][4][6]

Report

The first ever Baseball game played in public between two Irish teams was between the Tramore Sea Lions and Waterford Walruses in Tramore in 1961. The teams were of 12-15 year olds and were the only two in the country at the time. After playing a number of games through the season they played a Championship game at the end, won 14-12 by Tramore in extra innings. [1]

Waterford Walruses gained revenge the following year, winning by the slimmest of margins 8-7. [2]

In 1963 there were plans for Tramore to visit Netherlands, which is one of the 10 Major Baseball Countries in the World. [3]

By 1964 the Tramore Club appears to have disappeared and a new Club formed in Dublin, with the Irish Baseball Association being formed by the Dublin and Waterford Baseball Clubs. Dublin shocked the more experienced Waterford 7-1 in 1964. [4]

In 1965 the Dutch Federation planned to send a team to Ireland to play the first International here. The Waterford Club managed to get hold of colour film of the 1965 World Series which caused great excitement. [5]

The 1966 Championship was won by Dublin, 10-9 over Waterford, with a big fourth innings where they scored seven runs. [6]

The teams were for players 12-15 years old. Baseball appears to have ceased in Ireland after this.

References:

Sources:

[1] Anon. (1961) “Tramore Sea Lions Baseball Champions” Waterford News and Star. Tuesday, September 5, 1961. pg. 5

[2] Anon. (1962) “Waterford are Baseball Champions for 1962”. Munster Express. Friday, September 7, 1962. pg. 10.

[3] Anon. (1963) “Tramore Notes : If Present Plans Materialise” Munster Express. Friday, July 26, 1963. pg. 4.

[4] Anon. (1964) “Baseball | Explosions misfired” Waterford News and Star. Friday, September 25, 1964. pg. 13.

[5] Anon. (1966) “Baseball At Top Level | Colour Film of World Series for Waterford” Munster Express. Friday, August 19, 1966. pg. 18.

[6] Anon. (1966) “Baseball | Waterford Bows to Dublin” Munster Express Friday, October 7, 1966. pg. 19.

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League Table

 

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	3	3	0	0	–	12
Kerry Green Sox	1	0	1	0	2	1
Portstewart Eagles	1	0	1	0	2	1
Cavan Comets	1	0	1	0	2	1

 

Playoff Results

 

Date

Home Team

Away Team

[6]

 

12 May 2007, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
12.05.2007	Greystones Mariners	W	Kerry Green Sox	L
12.05.2007	Greystones Mariners	W	Portstewart Eagles	L
12.05.2007	Greystones Mariners	W	Cavan Comets	L

[2]

 

Home Venues

 

Team	Home Field

 

Websites

 

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2006) Senior Youth Squad 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203728/http://www.baseballireland.org?p=175 [Accessed 1 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

 

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League Table

 

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	2	2	0	0	–	8
Cork Druids	2	1	1	0	1	5
Portstewart Eagles	2	0	2	0	2	2

 

Playoff Results

 

Date

Home Team

Away Team

[6]

 

20 May 2006, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
20.05.2006	Greystones Mariners	22	Cork Druids	1
20.05.2006	Greystones Mariners	15	Portsewart Eagles	1
20.05.2006	Cork Druids	11	Portstewart Eagles	6

[2]

 

Home Venues

 

Team	Home Field

 

Websites

 

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2006) Senior Youth Squad 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203728/http://www.baseballireland.org?p=175 [Accessed 1 February 2018]

[2] Portstewart Eagles eTeamz Website (2006) May 2006 – U16 Trip to Dublin [Internet] Available from: https://www.eteamz.com/portstewarteagles/news/ [Accessed 13 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville & Mark Giblin

 

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League Table

 

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	1	1	0	0	–	4
Cork Druids	1	0	1	0	1	1

 

Playoff Results

 

Date

Home Team

Away Team

[6]

 

July 2005, Cork

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
07.2005	Cork Druids	L	Greystones Mariners	W

[2]

 

Home Venues

 

Team	Home Field

 

Websites

 

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Greystones Mariners – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2005) 2005 Season Round-Up [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180201203833/http://www.baseballireland.org?p=82 [Accessed 1 February 2018]

Acknowledgements

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League Table

 

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners	2	2	0	0	–	8
Portstewart Eagles	2	0	2	0	2	2

 

Playoff Results

 

Date

Home Team

Away Team

[6]

 

Msariners Blitz, 25 September 2004, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
25.09.2004	Greystones Mariners	W	Portstewart Eagles	L
25.09.2004	Greystones Mariners	W	Portstewart Eagles	L

[2]

 

Home Venues

 

Team	Home Field

 

Websites

 

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Portstewart Eagles eTeamz Website (2004) Loads of fun for the Eagles! [Internet] Available from: https://www.eteamz.com/portstewarteagles/news/ [Accessed 13 December 2017]

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Final, 2 September 1961

At Tramore Racecourse Car Park	1	2	3	4	5 (EI)	Total
Tramore Sea Lions	3	2	5	1	3	14
Waterford Walruses	2	5	3	1	1	12

Reference: [1][2]

Report

The Final of the Championship involving teams in the Waterford area was the first public Baseball game ever played between two Irish teams, and preceeded a match involving two visiting US Air Force teams.

It was played by Boys aged 12-15, and was 4 Innings in scheduled length.

Tramore batted first ad scored three runs off a single by Mickey O’Brien, a double by Conor Malley and home run by Alan Lawlor.

In the second half of the first Innings, Waterford came back with two runs on a double by Pat Ryan, two walks and an error.

At the top of the second, Tramore moved to 5-2 what looked like a big innings only for a remarkable catch by Tony Condon, Pitcher Denis O’Brien gained strength from the support of his fielders and retired the remaining batter on an easy pop up fly ball.

Waterford had a huge second innings, scoring five to take the lead for the first time. John Stokes, Junior O’Neill, and Declan O’Gorman providing the hits, aided by two errors and two walks. The rally saw Pitcher Conor Molloy chased from the mound and replaced by David Kenny who stemmed the flow.

In the third, Tramore loaded the bases on an walk, a single by Tom Power and an error before Mickey O’Brien unleashed his first Home Run. Tramore scored another run before pitcher Pat Ryan got the third out.

In the bottom of the third Waterford levelled matters, with Tramore using three pitchers before Alan Leahy managed to get Waterford in check.

The fourth innings saw the see-saw match continue as Tramore went ahead again on a run on singles by Liam Morrissey and Simon Butterworth, who also stole two bases.

Waterford again levelled matters to send the match into extra innings.

In the extra, fifth Innings, Tramore scored another home run by O’Brien, with another two added to give Tramore a three-run cushion.

Tramore gave up another run on the their fourth pitcher, Simon Butterworth, but he managed to get the final out, with Waterford having the tying runs on base, leaving the Final score Tramore Sea Lions 14 Waterford Walruses 12.

Reference: [1][2]

Tramore Team:

Denis O’Brien, Liam Morrissey, Declan Keoghan, Declan, O’Brien, Edward Walsh, James O’Keeffe, Ralph Counahan, David Kenny, Tony Flemming, Connor Molloy, Alan Leahy, Simon Butterworth, Thomas Power, Peter Kerrigan, James Mills, Damien Power, Gregory Rodgers, Gregory Kenny, Ternes O’ Donnell, Ronan Power, Paschal Kelly, Jim Murphy, Michael O’Brien, Edward Deevy. Management: Mr. Clive Butterworth, Mr. Bill Barry. [3]

References:

Sources

[1] Anon. (1961) “Tramore Baseball Game | Sea Lions defeat Walruses”. Munster Express. Friday, September 8, 1961. pg. 13.

[2] Anon. (1961) “Tramore Sea Lions Baseball Champions”. Waterford News and Star. Tuesday, September 5, 1961. pg. 5.

[3] Anon. (1961) Picture footnote. Munster Express. Friday, July 28, 1961. pg. 13.

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