Home Ground: Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Colours: Red, Black & White

Honours: Leinster Softball League Champions 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004.

Career Record:

History: One of the oldest Softball Clubs in Ireland, founded in Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin, in 1988. They are also one of the most successful, with seven Leinster Championships, four of them between 1996 and 2000, their most successful period. They also won the Irish Open Softball Trophy – the Premier Weekend Trophy in Ireland – in 1996.

Marlay Martyrs | Niall Mellon Blitz Winners 2014 Reference: [22]

Marlay Martyrs | IOST 2010 Reference: [23]

Season Reviews (Match Reports, Roster) 

2001 2002

Season-by-Season Record:

Year	Lge	Pos	P	W	L	Frf	Pts	Chp	Pos	P	W	L	Frf	Pts	Chp
1988
1989
1990								LSL1
1991
1992								LSL1
1993
1994
1995
1996	LSL1	1	16	16	0	0	48	LSL1
1997	LSL1	2	13	10	3	0	33	–
1998	LSL1	1	9	9	0	0	30	LSL1
1999	LSL1	1	14	14	0	0	73	LSL1
2000	LSLP1	1	14	12	2	0	64	LSLP1
2001
2002	LSLP1	2	14	12	2	0	64	–
2003	LSLP1	3	14	9	5	0	55	–
2004	LSLP	1	13	12	0	1	60	LSLP
2005	LSLP	8	14	2	12	0	34	–
2006	LSL1	2	14	12	2	0	64	–
2007	LSLP	6	14	4	10	0	40	–
2008
2009
2010	LSLP	4	14	8	6	0	52	–
2011
2012
2013	LSLP	6	14	5	9	0	43	–
2014	LSLP	5	14	7	7	0	49	–
2015	LSLP	6	12	3	9	0	33	–
2016	LSLP	5	14	7	7	0	49	–
2017	LSLP	5	14	7	7	0	49	–
2018	LSLP	7	12	2	10	0	30	–

References: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Season Results:

Week

Date

H/A

Opposition

W/L

Score

Cup / Blitz Results:

Blitz

Date

H/A

Opposition

W/L

Score

References

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Internet Archive

[1] Oddsox – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2000) Past Seasons – 1996-1997-1998-1999 – 1st Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20001204203200/http://www.oddsox.ie [Accessed 25 December 2017]

[2] Irish Baseball and Softball Federation – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2001) Leinster Softball League 2000 – Premier 1 Division Tuesdays [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20010125051700/http://ibsf.ie/lsapremier1.htm [Accessed 10 August 2017]

[3] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2002) Leinster Softball Association Premier 1 Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030205005110/http://www.softball.ie/leinster/index.htm [Accessed 5 April 2017]

[4] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2003) Leinster Softball Association Tables [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031013055538/http://www.softball.ie/tables.htm [Accessed 5 April 2017]

[2] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2004) Leinster Softball Association Tables [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20041014015950/http://www.softball.ie/tables.htm [Accessed 5 April 2017]

[5] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2005) 2005 League Tables [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051124070401/http://www.softball.ie/tables.htm [Accessed 5 April 2017]

[6] Softball Ireland – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2007) Softball Standings Division 1 -2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071118183444/http://www.softball.ie/league.php?scriptName=DIVISIONSTANDING&leagueID=9837&divisionID=29979&seasonID=5209&sportID=5 [Accessed 15 May 2018]

[7] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2006) Softball Standings Premier Division -2007 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071118184029/http://www.softball.ie/league.php?scriptName=DIVISIONSTANDING&leagueID=9837&divisionID=31007&seasonID=5209&sportID=5 [Accessed 15 May 2018]

[8] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Softball Association (2007) Softball Standings Premier Division -2007 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071118182811/http://www.softball.ie/league.php?scriptName=DIVISIONSTANDING&leagueID=9837&divisionID=40519&seasonID=6304&sportID=5 [Accessed 5 April 2017]

[9] Softball Ireland – IT Sportsnet – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2010) Softball Standings Premier Division 2010 [Internet] Available from: http://www.itsportsnet.com/league.php?scriptName=DIVISIONSTANDING&leagueID=9837&divisionID=72264&seasonID=8587&sportID=5 [Accessed 2 February 2018]

[10] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Softball Leinster (2011) Standings – Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110902100220/http://www.softballleinster.ie/standings/premier.html [Accessed 12 April 2017]

[11] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Softball Leinster (2013) Standings – Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130916063615/http://www.softballleinster.ie/standings/premier.html [Accessed 12 April 2017]

[12] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Softball Leinster (2016) Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160323183356/http://www.softballleinster.ie/Table/prem-standings.html [Accessed 12 April 2017]

Websites

[13] Softball Leinster Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2016) Premier Division -Season 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161213195705/http://www.softballleinster.ie/sl-teams/premier-division-2/ [Accessed 1 March 2018]

[14] Softball Leinster (2017) Premier League 2017 – View Full Table [Internet] http://www.softballleinster.ie/table/premier-2017/ [Accessed 31 August 2017]

[15] Softball Leinster (2018) Premier League 2018 – View Full Table [Internet] http://www.softballleinster.ie/table/premier-2018/ [Accessed 30 August 2018]

[16] Softball Ireland (2016) IOST Past Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.softball.ie/i-o-s-t/i-o-s-t-past-winners/ Retreived 23/09/2016[Accessed 23 September 2016]

Sources

[17] Naughton, L. (1990) “” Evening Herald Thursday, October 4, 1990. pg. 54.

[18] Naughton, L. (1991) “Dynamoes dynamite: Double up for Softball stars” Evening Herald Thursday, October 3, 1991. pg. 54.

[19] Naughton, L. (1992) “Softball” Evening Herald Thursday, September 17, 1992. pg. 76.

[20] Naughton, L. (1993) “Marlay all out” Evening Herald Thursday, September 23, 1993. pg. 58.

Images

[21] Marlay Softball Facebook Page (2018) Marlay Softball Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Marlaysoftball/photos/a.188521024520573/188521027853906/?type=1&theater [Accessed 8 December 2018]

[22] Marlay Softball Facebook Page (2018) Photo | May 18, 2014 | “Congratulations to the Martyrs who won the Niall Mellon blitz in Castleknock on Saturday” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Marlaysoftball/photos/a.437902872915719/711137512258919/?type=3&theater [Accessed 8 December 2018]

[23] Marlay Softball Facebook Page (2018) Photo | March 5, 2011 | “IOST 2010” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Marlaysoftball/photos/a.188525577853451/188525604520115/?type=3&theater [Accessed 8 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Sondra Maher, Austin Purton, Lisa Columb, Ciaran Columb, Conor Sayles, Marie Sayles, Rick Kelley, Kim Kelley and Marlay Martyrs 2016-17.

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Last Updated: 5 October 2019

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