Eirball.sport – Polo, Water Polo & Polo Sports in Ireland Statistics Archive

Eirball.sport – Irish Water Polo, Polo, Polocrosse, Canoe Polo, Bicycle Polo, Underwater Hockey and Quidditch Statistics Archive

The Eirball.sport Water Polo, Canoe Polo, Polo, Bicycle Polo, Underwater Hockey, Robot Football, Tractor Football & Quidditch Archive is primarily focused on those team sports in Ireland plus Robot Football and Rocket League. The archive, however, also includes some Horse Sport Point-to-point, Equestrian, Harness Racing, Country & Western Sports Greyhound Racing, Ploughing, Rodeo, Bike Sports Road Cycling, Cyclo-cross, Mountainbiking, BMX, Motorsports Formula Racing, Rallying, Autocross, Stock Car Racing, Karting, and Other Motorsports Motorbike Racing, Powerboat Racing, Hot Air Ballooning, Drone Racing

Featured Image Credit: Dublin, Ireland – 2016: Cricket/Polo game on Phoenix Park. Credit: Sonia Ricco

Ireland Water Polo Men’s

Ireland Water Polo Women’s

FINA International Water Polo

Schools & Colleges Water Polo

Leinster Water Polo

Water Polo Tournaments

Scottish Water Polo

Water Polo Teams

Swim Ireland

The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of an Athletes career and Irish Swimmers have been winning Medals at the Olympic Games since 1924. The Irish Open Swimming Championships are one of the highlights of the Irish Swimming Calendar.

Open Sea Swimming

The Dublin City Liffey Swim was first raced in 1920 and was the first of its kind in the World.

Polo

Polo originated in Iran and was introduced to Britain and Ireland by the British Army after it was discovered there.

Polocosse

Polocrosse is a version of Lacrosse played on Horseback. It was invented in Northern Australia in the 1970s and the first World Cup was played in 2003.

Featured Image Credit: Ireland v Zimbabwe player riders horse action play at world cup polo-cross championship games at Shongweni equestrain fields outside Durban. ©chrisvanlennephoto/123RF.COM

Canoe Polo

Canoe Polo is a team ball game similar to Water Polo, with the difference that players are in canoes. Players try to pass the ball to each other and score in a goal at the defending teams end while navigating around the pool by canoe.

IMAGE REFERENCE

[3] Contributor: filippo giuliani (2022) canoe polo competition Item ID: 1360429004 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/canoe-polo-competition-1360429004 [Accessed 20 February 2022]

Munster Polo League

Munster Polo League The Munster Polo League Division 2 is the top level Canoe Polo League in Munster (South of Ireland) and Division 3 Nationally, below the Premier League.

Canoeing

Powerboat Racing

Underwater Hockey

Underwater Hockey, as its name suggests, is a team sport where players push a puck along the bottom of a pool with the goal of scoring at their opposing teams end. Players wear snorkel gear and come up for air at timed intervals.

Below you will find links to the Results & Tables of competitions in Ireland:

Surfing

Ireland Hosted the first European Surfing Championships in 1972.

Quidditch

Quidditch is a team sport based on the sport portrayed in the Harry Potter books & films, whereby players on Broomsticks attempt to score through a vertical hoop at either end of the pitch.

Below you will find links to the results & tables of various competitions in Ireland:

Country & Western Sports

Country Sports included on eirball.rodeo are Tractor Football and the National Ploughing Championships, while Western Sports included are Cowboy Polo, Rodeo, Pack Burro Racing and Dog Mushing

Tractor Football

Tractor Football made it’s debut in Ireland at the 2016 National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Ploughing

Rodeo and Western Sports

There are a few different American Sports such as Rodeo in Texas which are Official State Sports. Others include Alaska Dog Mushing (racing with a Husky and Sled), Colorado Pack Burro Racing (racing a donkey with supplies up a mountain), and Cowboy Polo (originally started in New Mexico but now only played in Montana).