The Biggest & BEST Super Bowl Party In Belfast Is Back! In partnership with Amarc Catering and Events, the Annual Belfast Trojans Super Bowl party, which has been a fixture on local NFL fans’ calendars for the past decade, & after a year off for COVID, is back BIGGER & BETTER at The Botanic Inn […]
Come join us this Sunday 29th of April at Belfast Harlequins to support your Belfast Trojans as they play their first home game of 2018 against high flying UCD.
The Belfast Trojans are recruiting new players for our Flag Football squad this Saturday, July 10th at Deramore Park, Belfast Harlequins Club.
Captains have been chosen, teams have been selected, the Belfast Trojans Rookie Games are BACK!
Join us THIS SUNDAY from 3pm at Deramore Park for one more event to watch our Kitted, and Women’s Flag Rookie Class of 2024, participate in a series of competitions for the ultimate bragging rights and the 2024 Rookie Games crown! 👑
Team Green 🟢 and Team White ⚪️, lead by Dave Shaw and Jamie Baird have selected Rookies to take part in a pro-bowl style 6 game competition where skill, athleticism, brawn and brains will be tested to the max. 💪🧠🏈
Which team will win in 2024?! 👀😅
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Rookie games have definitely progressed over the years 😂
Well done'Oran 👏👏👏😘⭐️
Good luck everyone!!!! Go Team ⚪️
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💥 Top 10 Plays of 2024 💥
Take a look back at some of our key, and favourite moments from our 2024 @americanfootballireland season! ⚔️
What was your highlight of the 2024 Season?
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Our @flagapalooza MVPs! 👏 Including some words from Head Coach, Mo Ramadan 🎤
Offensive MVP ⚔️ Kelly Dwyer
“Does what she does best and that’s ball at tournaments. Multiple touchdowns and key catches. Consistent throughout the day. An OC’s dream!”
Defensive MVP 🛡️Amy Sheridan
“One of the most instinctive players the coaches have ever seen, Amy progressed from second string at the start of the tournament, and with consistent tackling and tight coverage, to Nick not wanting to take her off by the end, with a casual game winning INT in the middle.“
Overall MVP 🏈 Helen Smyth
“From roaming the streets of Gloucester at 4am looking for a place to stay, to throwing touchdowns at 9am, Helen embodies the definition of captain. Playing 90% of snaps both ways for six games on no sleep, and not just playing but balling is well worthy of MVP status.”
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Incredible girls, well done! 🙌🏼
Coffee with the Coach ☕️
Following the conclusion of the inaugural Claddagh Bowl, @steven.boucher.777 had a chance to sit down for a cuppa with Women’s Flag Head Coach Mo Ramadan to discuss all things Women’s Flag Football. ⚔️🎤
Steven (SB): So Mo, the inaugural ladies flag football season has come to an end. How do you feel it went?
Mo Ramadan (MR): Nothing but a monumental success. When we started up we thought we’ll gauge interest after 3 sessions, and if there’s none then we’ll call it. Then we knew we’d have a couple of veterans coming in, and on the first day we had 11 or 12, and it grew to 26 or 27 members of the team. Evertything went quick, we announced the team in February and the Claddagh league was starting in April, so we had 7-8 weeks to install a playbook and teach the new recruits the rules and techniques of the game. The veterans were a massive help supporting the rookies. The “We Run The World” event in March was a great learning experience, and we scored a lot of touchdowns. The Claddagh league then couldn’t have gone any better, bar winning the whole thing.
SB: What is your impression of the Claddagh League on the whole after it’s maiden season?
MR: Not a bad word to say about any of it. Alan Barnwell and Kelly Dwyer worked tirelessly to organise everything, we basically just had to show up and play. The venues were great, including a fun gameday at the Trojans’ home Deramore Park. The pitches were properly marked, the refereeing was quality, the timing of the events ran seamlessly. I’ve honestly never been part of any league that has ran so smoothly and efficiently. 10 or 12 years ago we’d have given anything to have just a properly marked pitch. Given this was just the inaugural season, I can’t wait to see where things will go from here. Hopefully next year we might have more teams and more gamedays.
SB: So you didn’t really see any teething problems that you might expect from a “league in development”?
MR: Not from my point of view, no. Even when Belfast were hosting we were brilliantly supported from the committee and other teams. Every gameday ended with smiles on 60+ faces, and really that’s the whole goal, isn’t it?
SB: So the Belfast Trojans team managed to go all the way to the Claddagh Bowl, but came up just short. How did that feel?
MR: Coach Gray and co at the Panthers run a tight ship, and I’ve learned a lot from him, we exchange coaching notes and chat a lot. There’s absolutely no bad blood but a healthy on field rivalry there. A lot of the Trojans and Panthers players play together for the Irish Wolfhounds, so watching them play against each other was a lot of fun. I think we probably didn’t perform quite to our potential in the final, while the Panthers were pretty much flawless, playing extremely good flag football. I think the better team won on the day. The Panthers and Coach Gray are setting the standard, but I think over the course of the season we were closing that gap, and we’ll look to keep that up.
SB: So tell me about Flagapalooza, this weekend in Cheltenham.
MR: It takes place at the Cheltenham Sevens festival, a traditional rugby sevens event, but they’ve included mixed and women’s flag football tournaments this year. On Saturday there is a one-day women’s tournament, where we’ll play the Panthers, the Huskies, the Amazons, and the greatest flag football team name ever Flagging Ball Z. We’ll get to meet new people in the flag football community, and after the sport there’ll be music, food, and fun together. It’s our first tournament away from home, so this will be a trial run for us, before we hopefully travel to more tournaments around the world.
SB: How proud are you that the Trojans have contributed 6 players and 2 coaches, including yourself, to the Irish Wolfhounds squad for the World Championships?
MR: All credit to the players, as coaches I see us as facilitators. Nick and myself are learning flag football as well, so our approach is really to just give the girls a platform to go do their thing. Particular shout out to Monique Heasley who had never played before this season, came in wide-eyed at the start, but after one year is now a reserve for the national team. As far as the others, Helen, Hannah, Heidi, Sophie - all these girls are ballers. All I have to do is give them opportunities, the equipment, the reps that they might not have gotten in mixed teams before. Every Wolfhound coach was at every game, which is a great thing too. Having a proper league gave these players the audition space for the Ireland team, and I’m really glad we can provide that now.
SB: What is your aim for the World Championships?
MR: Win the whole thing! Look, we’re grouped with USA, as well as Sweden, Australia, France, who are all very good teams. I think we can win 2, if not 3 games. And we can make a statement against the States. Some people may call it cocky or silly, but I gameplan to win against them. And if not we will leave a mark, score points, get sacks. We already did some of that at the We Run The World event, and we’ve come a long way since then. The Irish aren’t just here for participation, we are here to stay.
SB: Thanks Mo, and take all the best wishes from Belfast with you to Flagapalooza.
�MR: Thank you.
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Were all the other coaches busy?
What a day for this team! ⚔️
Advancing out of the group to the semi-final of @flagapalooza against the @southdublinpanthers and giving absolutely everything they had until the last despite the challenges of cancelled flights, missing bags, and little to no rest!
We’re incredibly proud of everything this group has achieved in such a short space of time! Now, go get some sleep! 😴 💪
Let’s go Trojans!
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