Flag Football

SexyIrish

For those of you who are interested in playing American Football but don't have the time (or maybe money) to invest in the kitted version of the game, Flag Football might be the version for you. There's no specialist kit required apart from flags (provided) and a gum shield (which you have to buy yourself, €3 from any good sports store... and many bad ones). You can pick up and play the game in minutes and you don't have to be very fit either. There's no contact either, so it's different tactically to contact football.

The Dublin Sharks play in Raheny and are in the Dublin North division of the Irish Flag Football Association. Anyone who's interested can contact me here or e-mail sharks at gobolts.com for more info.

See you then!

tallaghtoutlaws

Do you mean email you at [email]sharks at gobolts.com[/email] ??

Fixed email so spam wont get at it. Kids why its a good idea to get a good spam blocker

Leon11

tallaghtoutlaws - I presume he/she put up sharks at gobolts.com so as to avoid having their mail account spammed?

SexyIrish

Yeah, I wanted it like that to avoid spamming...

And it's he

wack1

SexyIrish wrote: »

Yeah, I wanted it like that to avoid spamming...

And it's he

can you email me at boleary at eircom.ie with some details on flag football

SexyIrish

Sent

kev_s88

whereabouts in raheny do you play.thinking about waiting til i go to UCD to start Flag Football but it would be no harm to give it a look over with yas

SexyIrish

On All Saints Road, near the Texaco. Come along tomorrow, introduce yourself, bring boots and a tracksuit and we can throw you a few passes, if you're interested. FTR, the Sharks and UCS are in the same group, so no spying

wack1

SexyIrish wrote: »

Sent

havnt received anything as yet,
can you check it's been sent to correct address
boleary(at)eircom.ie

kev_s88

haha well i wont be able to make it this saturday but hopefully next week.

and id never dream of spying on you lot for UCD.......:rolleyes:

SexyIrish

wack1 wrote: »

havnt received anything as yet,
can you check it's been sent to correct address
boleary(at)eircom.ie

Yeah, I sent it to the correct address.

If you don't get it by tonight, say, 5pm, let me know and I'll resend it.

wack1

will do!

Arthur Daley

what time on a saturday do you play?

SexyIrish

Training tomorrow at 1pm. We usually play games at 1pm or 2 pm.

Reganio 2

Nice to see....eh.... zero of ye down . Come on down lads if ye are interested. For training we usually just have a throw about nothing too serious. All you need for training is boots so pop down, we are all nice and friendly so just ask us anything.

You should have come down yesterday as their was only 6 of us, we had a game of 3 V 3 and it was great, sure I will leave it too SexyIrish their to tell you about my fake fumble pass play I used it to get passed him .

SexyIrish

Hmm... nope, doesn't ring any bells. I DO remember a 40 yard TD run and two long receptions that went for TD's on my part

The jock

For anyone down the south of Ireland that want to play flag football.The Willow Warriors hold training every saturday at 11am in Clonmel.Male and Female welcome.

aoa321

there's a gang of lads who play in the park in Waterford on Sundays - are they a club or just a group of friends?

Oh and when I say "play" I've never actually see them play, I've seen them arrive, take ages to tog out, take ages to layout the cones to mark the pitch, take ages throwing practice throws, and take ages standing around talking to each other - I have never seen them actually play the game - sorry to all the lads involved if any of you read this, but could you just get on with it some Sunday coz I'd love to see how the game works.

The jock

aoa321 wrote: »

there's a gang of lads who play in the park in Waterford on Sundays - are they a club or just a group of friends?

Oh and when I say "play" I've never actually see them play, I've seen them arrive, take ages to tog out, take ages to layout the cones to mark the pitch, take ages throwing practice throws, and take ages standing around talking to each other - I have never seen them actually play the game - sorry to all the lads involved if any of you read this, but could you just get on with it some Sunday coz I'd love to see how the game works.

Theres a team that plays in Waterford and they call them selfs The Strongbows.Maybe this isnt them but it sounds like them.If you want to see training come to Clonmel and see us play.

tallaghtoutlaws

Strongbows are here on their bebo site Strongbows Bebo

Cant speak for the lads but they may just have being starting at the time you turned up sure our guys turn up at 12 and we dont get started until 12.30 drop them a msg on their bebo there.

SexyIrish

The jock wrote: »

For anyone down the south of Ireland that want to play flag football.The Willow Warriors hold training every saturday at 11am in Clonmel.Male and Female welcome.

Hey, can you e-mail sharks at gobolts.com to see if we can arrange some kind of friendly game? Liam is the guy who'll get back to you.

Cheers

wack1

never get that email last week with details
have sent an email to sharks at gobolts.com

SexyIrish

:confused: Strange, sorry about that.

Still, liam will get back to you soon.

Third_Echelon

I'd love to get involved in this...

Any teams in South Dublin. Just easier for me than trying to get across the city

jasonb

Hi there...

I'd also be interested, but as I live in Kildare somewhere in West or South Dublin would suit me better. Would like to maybe give Flag Football a try and see how I enjoy it before looking at kitted football.

Any websites out there explaining the game, how it works etc? Had a look at the Irish Flag Football Association website and it seems to be pretty poor, looks like it hasn't been updated in a while, some of the links don't work and I don't see any kind of 'welcome to the sport', or 'how to play section'.

J.

TITAN #1

I take exception to you calling the Flag Football site "pretty poor". It is so much worse than that. It goes up and down like a fiddlers elbow and stuff disappears like it has a "please nick me sign on it"
I have not been able to access it since......possibly since the last dated post although the last one may have vanished.

The rules are on the grassroots section of the NFLe site.

SantryRed

What age do you have to be?

What days do yous train as well?

TITAN #1

I take exception to you calling the Flag Football site "pretty poor". It is so much worse than that. It goes up and down like a fiddlers elbow and stuff disappears like it has a "please nick me sign on it"
I have not been able to access it since......possibly since the last dated post although the last one may have vanished.

Oh, in case I didn't make myself clear....this is my web site.

jasonb

Sorry Titan, hope I didn't offend! I just thought the website would have a bit more of a 'welcome to beginers who want to play' section! Hope your issues with your ISP ( I'm assuming that's why you can't update it ) get sorted.

So, as I can't get info from the website, do you know if there are any West Dublin or South Dublin teams? I'll check out the NFLe site for the rules, thanks!

J.

maishyburger7

any clubs out in the dun laoghaire area?

TITAN #1

No offence taken , it is rubbish.

Check the flag football section in the www.iafs.co.uk site for team details and contacts.

P_1

Third_Echelon wrote: »

I'd love to get involved in this...

Any teams in South Dublin. Just easier for me than trying to get across the city

There's a 'team' in UCD if you fancy joining. Training's on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 on the all weather poofball pitch.

Third_Echelon

pithater1 wrote: »

There's a 'team' in UCD if you fancy joining. Training's on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 on the all weather poofball pitch.

Cool. When does it start up?

P_1

We're hoping to play trinity on the 16th. TBH I don't have a clue what the craic is with the league at the mo

TITAN #1

:eek:........hands up, that is me again.

The first game of the league was played last Sunday. The Craigavon Cowboys beat the Carrickfergus Knights by 20 - 14 in Carrick.

I don't think anyone has scheduled anything for this weekend but the following weekend has a lot of games lined up.
The Christmas break and the bad weather have slowed everything up but games should be a lot more regular now.

P_1

TITAN #1 wrote: »

:eek:........hands up, that is me again.

The first game of the league was played last Sunday. The Craigavon Cowboys beat the Carrickfergus Knights by 20 - 14 in Carrick.

I don't think anyone has scheduled anything for this weekend but the following weekend has a lot of games lined up.
The Christmas break and the bad weather have slowed everything up but games should be a lot more regular now.

What are the divisions man?

TITAN #1

2 Dublin divisions,1 northern and 1 southern.


Southern

UCC Pirates have 2 teams
Willow Warriors form Clonmel
SE Strongbows from Waterford

Dublin

Trinity x 2
UCD x 2
Sharks
Rebels
Spartans
Tullamore
Edenderry

Northern

Craigavon Cowboys
Carrickfergus Knights
Belfast Bulls
Causeway Convicts


There are a number of other teams that couldn't make the league and other new teams coming through Galway,Roscrea,Carlow, Athlone,Limerick.

We will be running some tournaments later this year and get Team Ireland running again.

SexyIrish

There's a mini blitz on in the Phoenix Park on Saturday, starting from 11. Here's the schedule.

1 - Dublin Sharks @ TCD Pav
2 - UCD B @ TCD Buttery
3 - UCD A @ Dublin Sharks
4 - UCD A @ TCD Pav

Should be finished around 4 or 5pm. Anyone interested can come along. You prolly won't get any playing time, but you can watch!

FWIW, any team that comes out of the blitz with 2 ticks in the W column is almost guaranteed a spot in the finals day, with only 3 guaranteed teams actually IN the Dublin North Division...

P_1

Probably won't be able to make it myself. My 21st is the night before and I doubt I'll be in a fit state to play football at 11

TITAN #1

The Willow Warriors will be playing the SE Strongbows on Saturday @ Clonmel.

bobby wade

TITAN #1 wrote: »

The Willow Warriors will be playing the SE Strongbows on Saturday @ Clonmel.

Tipperary Institute 2 pm

bobby wade

Strongbows won 27-12