Leinster Championship 1990
| Date | Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Championship Final | ||||
| 30.09.90 | Marlay Martyrs | 9 | Odd Sox | 5 |
Reference: [1][2]
Leinster Championship 1991
| Date | Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| Dodder Dynamoes | W | Marlay Martyrs | L | |
| Datalex | W | |||
| Championship Final | ||||
| 09.91 | Dodder Dynamoes | 17 | Datalex | 8 |
Reference: [3]
Leinster Championship 1992
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
| Championship Semi-Finals | ||||
| 20.09.92 | Marlay Martyrs A | W | Fat Cats | L |
| 20.09.92 | Batpak | W | Flyers | L |
| Championship Final | ||||
| 04.10.92 | Marlay Martyrs A | W | Batpak | L |
Reference: [4][5]
Leinster Championship 1993
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
| Championship Semi-Finals | ||||
| Dodder Dynamoes | W | Marlay Martyrs | L | |
| Batpak | 25 | Flyers | 4 | |
| Championship Final | ||||
| Dodder Dynamoes | W | Batpak | L |
Reference: [6]
Report
The Irish Baseball & Softball Association ran the first Leinster or Eastern Division Softball Championships in 1990. There was a separate League and Knockout Championship, much like in the GAA, with the Championship being the Premier Competition, judging by news reports in the Evening Herald.
Marlay Martyrs won the Championship in 1990 beating Odd Sox 9-5 and again in 1992, defeating Batpak in the Final. Dodder Dynamoes, their arch rivals, and the oldest Softball team in Ireland, won the title in 1991, a 17-8 win over Datalex, and the 1993 title, Batpak again the runners-up.
References:
Websites:
[1] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Softball Evening Herald Thursday, September 27, 1990. pg. 49 [Irish Newspaper Archive]
[2] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Softball Evening Herald Thursday, October 4, 1990. pg. 53 [pg. 54 Irish Newspaper Archive]
[3] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Dynamoes Dynamite Evening Herald Thursday, October 3, 1991. [pg. 54 Irish Newspaper Archive]
[4] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Softball Evening Herald Thursday, September 17, 1992. pg. [pg. 76 Irish Newspaper Archive]
[5] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Softball Evening Herald Thursday, October 8, 1992. pg, Sport 7.
[6] Naughton, Lindie (1990) Marley all out Evening Herald Thursday, September 23, 1993. pg, 55 / Sport 1
Past editions of the Evening Herald are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/, which is a subscription service.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Austin Purton and Ciaran Columb, Marlay Martyrs.
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