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| Sport | American Football |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| First season | 2013 |
| League | American Football Ireland |
| Based in | Mullingar |
| Home ground | Shay Murtagh Park |
| Colours | Purple, White, Black |
| Chairman | Paddy Lally |
| Divisions |
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| League titles |
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| Division titles |
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| Playoff berths |
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| Website | westmeathminotaurs |
The Westmeath Minotaurs are a amateur American football club based in Mullingar. The Minotaurs compete as a member club of American Football Ireland. The team plays its home games at Shay Murtagh Park at the Mullingar Rugby Club. It sponsors Senior and Youth tackle football, as well as flag football.
The Minotaurs were founded in 2011[1] and began Senior kitted football play in 2013[2] as a member of Division 1. They won promotion to the Premier Division in 2022 with a Division 1 Bowl win over the University of Limerick Vikings.[3]
The flag football team began play in 2014, and won the first ever Emerald Bowl to become Irish flag football champions in 2015.[4] In 2022 they won Glas Bowl III to win promotion back to the flag Premier Division.[5]
The club celebrated its tenth anniversary competitive season in 2022.[6]
In 2022, the Senior Kitted Team defeated the Philadelphia Blue Flame by a score of 15-8 in an international friendly.[7][8]
Seasons
editSenior Kitted
edit| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Pct | The team's winning percentage for the season |
| † | Shamrock Bowl champions |
| ‡ | Division 1 champions |
| * | Division championship appearance |
| ^ | Playoff appearance |
| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | Head coach | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | W | L | T | Pct | ||||||
| 2013 | AFI | Division 1 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 1 | .188 | Paddy Lally | ||
| 2014 | AFI | Division 1 | 3rd | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | |||
| 2015 | AFI | Division 1 | 6th | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | |||
| 2016 | AFI | Division 1 | 4th^ | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | Forfeited Semifinal (at Admirals) | Diarmaid Hyland | |
| 2017 | AFI | Division 1 | 5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | Paddy Lally | ||
| 2018 | AFI | Division 1 | 3rd^ | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | Lost Wild Card (Rhinos) 13-3 | Conor Brennan | |
| 2019 | AFI | Division 1 | 2nd* | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | Won Semifinal (Eagles) 27-22
Lost IAFL-1 Bowl (vs. Cowboys) 28-27 |
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| 2020 | AFI | Division 1 | - | - | - | - | - | Bill Dougherty | [A] | |
| 2021 | AFI | Division 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | [B] | ||
| 2022 | AFI | Division 1‡ | 1st‡ | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | Won Semifinal (Vipers) 41-6
Won Division 1 Bowl (vs. Vikings) 16-13 |
[C] | |
| 2023 | AFI | Premier Division | 6th | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |||
| 2024 | AFI | Premier Division | 8th | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | Adam Corcoran | ||
| Totals | 39 | 49 | 1 | .444 | All-time regular season record (2013–2024) | [9] | ||||
| 3 | 3 | — | .500 | All-time postseason record (2013–2024) | ||||||
| 42 | 52 | 1 | .447 | All-time regular & postseason record (2013–2024) | ||||||
Flag
edit| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Pct | The team's winning percentage for the season |
| † | Emerald Bowl champions |
| ‡ | Glas Bowl champions |
| * | Championship appearance |
| ^ | Playoff appearance |
| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | W | L | T | Pct | |||||
| 2014-15 | AFI | Midlands^ | 1st^ | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | Lost Semifinal (Rebels) 25-15 | |
| 2015 | AFI† | South† | 1st† | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | Won Semifinal (at Cowboys) 37-31
Won Summer Final (at Eagles) 27-25 Won Emerald Bowl I (vs. Eagles) 19-13 |
[D] |
| 2015-16 | AFI | Midlands* | 1st* | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Wild Card (Elks) 39-7
Won Semifinal (Reapers) 27-19 Lost Emerald Bowl III (vs. Cowboys) 36-0 |
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| 2016-17 | AFI | West | 2nd | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | ||
| 2017 | AFI | Premier Division | 2nd^ | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | Lost Semifinal (at Eagles) 41-26
Won 3rd Place Game (Cowboys) |
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| 2018 | AFI | West | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | ||
| 2019 | AFI | Premier Division | 9th | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | ||
| 2020 | AFI | Premier Division | - | - | - | - | - | [E] [F] | |
| 2021 | AFI | Division 1 South | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | ||
| 2022 | AFI | Division 1 South‡ | 1st‡ | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | Won Divisional Final (Crusaders) 45-18
Won Glas Bowl III (vs. Knights) 46-12 |
[G] |
| 2023 | AFI | Premier Division South | 5th | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 33 | 1 | .665 | All-time regular season record (2014–2024) | [9] | |||
| 8 | 3 | — | .727 | All-time postseason record (2014–2024) | |||||
| 74 | 36 | 1 | .671 | All-time regular & postseason record (2014–2024) | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
- ^ Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. Two friendly games were scheduled when restrictions were lifted.
- ^ Promoted to Premier Division after season.
- ^ For this season, the winners of the Winter and Summer finals played each other in the Emerald Bowl.
- ^ Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
- ^ Relegated to Division 1 after the season.
- ^ Promoted to Premier Division after season.
References
edit- ^ "Westmeath Minotaurs AFC". American Football Ireland. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "History of the Westmeath Minotaurs - Westmeath Minotaurs". 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "Westmeath Minotaurs claim first championship victory". Westmeath Examiner. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "EBC2014". American Football Ireland. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "divone22". American Football Ireland. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Westmeath Minotaurs mark tenth anniversary season". Westmeath Independent. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ English, Jimmy (2022-03-04). "Minotaurs to face Philly First Responders". Gaelic Gridiron. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Minotaurs defeat Blue Flame 15-8 - Westmeath Minotaurs". 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b "Schedule - Westmeath Minotaurs". 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
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