Category: World Sports

Marn Grook (Australian Aboriginal Football)

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An Australian Aborigine game where the objective is to keep the ball in the air as long as possible. It includes the idea of the ‘mark’ whereby a player who catches the ball in the air can have a ‘free kick’. Tom Wills, who has Irish connections incorporated the idea into English Public School Football Codes, along with Gaelic Football like scoring to codify Australian Football in the 1840s.

adult happy sportsman hitting ball with head
Photo by Yogendra Singh on Pexels.com

References

Internet Archives

Aboriginal Football Wayback Machine (2006) Marn Grook [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512152437/http://www.aboriginalfootball.com.au/marngrook.html (article)

Images

Photo by Yogendra Singh on Pexels.com

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Martha

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Last Updated: 25 March 2021

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UCD Sepak Takraw Club 2014-Present

UCD Sepak Takraw Club [Reference: 1]

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The Sepak Takraw Club in University College Dublin has been playing a match amongst its own members each week since September 2014. [Reference: 2]

UCD Sepak Takraw Club Team Photo September 2018
UCD Sepak Takraw Club Team Photo September 2018 [Reference: 4]

About Sepak Takraw

Sepak Takraw is a version of Volleyball played with every part of the body except the arms and is Native to Malaysia and Thailand, both of whom claim to have invented it and where the game is a National Sport. It is popular throughout South East and East Asia.

UCD Sepak Takraw Club in Action from October 2018
UCD Sepak Takraw Club in Action from October 2018 [Reference: 3]

References

Logos

[1] UCD Sepak Takraw Club Facebook (2019) Profile Picture [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCDSepakTakrawClub/photos/a.856655207680172/856655271013499/ [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Social Media

[2] UCD Sepak Takraw Club (Facebook) (2019) Page [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCDSepakTakrawClub/ [Accessed 27 June 2019]

Images

[3] UCD Sepak Takraw Club Facebook (2019) Photo, October 6, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCDSepakTakrawClub/photos/a.2156936830985330/2156936084318738/ [Accessed 26 November 2020]

[4] UCD Sepak Takraw Club Facebook (2019) Photo, September 26, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCDSepakTakrawClub/photos/a.856696377676055/2143736898971990 [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Paul Hui (Trinity College Dublin) & Eoghan Murphy.

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Last Updated: 26 November 2020

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International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup 2003

Polocrosse World Cup 2003 Banner [Reference: 8]

Venue: Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 28 April – 4 May 2003

Final Standings

PosCountryPWDLFA
1Australia550014442
2New Zealand540112585
3South Africa530211394
4Zimbabwe520310997
5USA53027180
6Ireland510454101
7United Kingdom520310680
8Canada50058171
International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup 2003 [Reference: Compiled from 1-6]

Group Stage Results

DateTeam 1 Team 2 
 Group   
28.04.03USA5Australia29
28.04.03Ireland9South Africa29
29.04.03Ireland5Australia26
29.04.03South Africa26USA9
01.05.03Ireland11USA15
01.05.03South Africa7Australia26
 Group   
28.04.03Canada1New Zealand42
28.04.03Zimbabwe23United Kingdom15
29.04.03New Zealand15United Kingdom14
29.04.03Canada0Zimbabwe41
01.05.03Canada5United Kingdom31
01.05.03Zimbabwe14New Zealand24

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Final Group Standings

PosCountryPWDLFA
 Group      
1Australia33008117
2South Africa32016244
3USA31022966
4Ireland30032570
 Group      
1New Zealand33008129
2Zimbabwe32017839
3United Kingdom31026053
4Canada30036114
International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup 2003 [Reference: 1-3

Knockout Stage Results

DateTeam 1 Team 2 
Semi-Finals(3rd & 4th Division)
02.05.2003US26Canada1
02.05.2003United Kingdom15Ireland16
Semi-Finals(1st & 2nd Divsion)
03.05.2003Zimbabwe12Australia31
03.05.2003New Zealand31South africa24
4th Division Final(7th & 8th Places)
03.05.2003Canada1United Kingdom31
3rd Division Final(5th & 6th Places)
04.05.2003USA16Ireland13
2nd Division Final(3rd & 4th Places)
04.05.2003South Africa27Zimbabwe31
World Cup Final
04.05.2003Australia32New Zealand13
International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup 2003 [Reference: 4-6]

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Ireland finished in sixth place in the inaugural International Polocrosse Council Polocrosse World Cup in 2003, losing to USA 13-16 in the 3rd Division Final, having lost all their matches in the Group Stage, but then defeating United Kingdom 16-15 in the 3rd & 4th Division Semi-Finals.

About Polocrosse

Australian Sports played in Ireland include Polocrosse, first played in Australia. Polocrosse is similar to Polo except the players use a Lacrosse stick rather than a Mallet. 

References

Logos

[8] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2003) navTop3 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20031203042841im_/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/images/navTop3.gif [Accessed 25 July 2018]

Internet Archive

[1] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Monday, 28 April [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040305233815/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_28.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[2] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Tuesday, 29 April [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201724/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_29a.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[3] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Thursday, 1 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201551/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_1.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[4] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Friday, 2 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201617/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_2.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[5] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Saturday, 3 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040308201809/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_3.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[6] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Results – Sunday, 4 May [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040306000801/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/results_4.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

[7] Polocrosse World Cup 2003 – Wayback Machine (2004) Overview – Welcome [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040204112450/http://www.polocrosse.com.au:80/worldcup/overview_welcome.htm [Accessed 25 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Winters and David Marlborough.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 16 November 2020

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Playing Stickball Choctaw Nation 2018

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Stickball is a Native American (Choctaw) sport similar to Baseball. The Choctaws gave Ireland a consignment of grain during the famine as they could identify with the starvation. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar paid the first ever visit by a sitting Taoiseach to the Choctaw Nation on St. Patrick’s Day 2018, and played a bit of Stickball.

References

Online Newspapers

[1] Irish Times (2018) “Choctaw Generosity to Famine Ireland Saluted by Varadkar” [Internet] Available from:  https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/choctaw-generosity-to-famine-ireland-saluted-by-varadkar-1.3424542 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kimmage Development Studies Centre @ The Holy Ghost College, Dublin 6W.

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Federation of International Polo European Championships 2016

Federation of International Polo Logo [Reference: 1]

XI FIP European Championship 2016

Berlin (Germany) August-September 2016

7th Place   
Poland6.5Slovakia4
5th Place   
Italy6Netherlands4
3rd Place   
Austria6Germany5
Final   
Ireland7France4

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Ireland won the 11th Federation of Internatonal Polo European Championships in Berlin in 2016, defeating France 7-4 in the Final.

Websites

[1] Ocasia (2016) Logo Federation of International Polo [Internet] Available: https://ocasia.org/Images-OCA/Logo-Federation-of-International-Polo_176760002121.jpg [Accessed 17 November 2016]

Newspapers & Magazines

[2] Anon. (2016) “European Championship”. Hurlingham Polo Magazine. Winter 2016. pg. 65

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Clodagh Doyle & Jillian Kingston.

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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 12 November 2020

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