Money shotz title to lose

Tonight's Training session was all about getting ready for the forthcoming tournament in Dublin this weekend. In truth it was really a practice game for the money shotz who were near enough at full strength, (the cobras and dodge had a poor showing,) as they breezed through most of the games against a side that was  mashed together.


To be fair to the mixed team they played really well at times and held their own as they won a couple of games and drew a few but the power of the money shotz team was too much for them. The shotz were clearly brimming with confidence and one would have to have them as clear favorites  this weekend.

Leading on to the tournament, we have 3 teams taking part in a 10 team tournament in Dublin and hopes are high for a least a medal here. The blue cobra's attended this last year with special guest Bonjo Thompson and finished second after a hard fought final with Kapow. Kapow themselves seem to have added to their team so it will be interesting to see how they fair out but on paper i think Money shotz will have the strongest team and at this stage it is their tournament to lose.

Below are the 3 groups that were drawn today, Looking at these i would be quietly confident that all 3 teams can qualify for the quarter final but in truth we do not know much about queens or Belfast avengers s fingers crossed all 3 teams will progress.

	Group I	Group II
	A - Money Shotz	F - Carpe Dodge
	B - Queens 3	G - Belfast Avengers
	C - Reservoir Dogs	H - Queens 1
	D - Kapow	I - Queens 2
	E - Dodgesaurus	J - The Blue Cobras
	Court I - Group 1	Court II - Group 2
12	Money shots v Queens 3	carpre dodge v belfast avengers
12.18	Reservoir dodge v kapow	queens 1 v queens 2
12.36	Dodgesaurus v money shotz	the cobras v carpe dodge
12.54	Queens 3 v Reservoir dodge	belfast avengers v queens 1
13.12	Kapow v Dodgesaurus	queens 2 v the cobras
13.3	Money shotz v reservir dodge	carpre dodge v queens 1
13.48	queens 3 v dodgesaurus	belfast avengers v the cobras
14.06	Money shotz v kapow	carpre dodge v queens 2
14.24	reservoir dodge v dodgesaurus	queens 1 v the cobras
14.42	Queens 3 v kapow	belfast avengers v quens 1
15	Last Man Standing Competition
	Knock-Out Rounds
	Cup Quarter Final 1	Cup Quarter Final 2
15.2	2nd in G1 v 3rd in G2	3rd in G1 v 2nd in G2
	Plate Semi Final 1	Plate Semi Final 2
15.45	5th in G1 v 4th in G2	4th in G1 v 5th in G2
	Cup Semi Final 1	Cup Semi Final 2
16.1	1st in G1 v Winner CQ2	Winner CQ1 v 1st in G2
	Plate Final	Cup 3rd Place Final
16.35	Winner PS1 v Winner PS2	Runner-up CS1 v Runner-up CS2
	Cup Final
16.5	Winner CS1 v Winner CS2
17.2	Awards Ceremony

Stay tuned to twitter and facebook.for updates on how the games are going throughout Saturday.




Last man standing tonight was interesting., The winner  Derek English made it look so easy :),  it must be said he had an absolute shocker of a night tonight but somehow managed to fend off  David White in the final showdown and now joins Lee at the top of the table. Aine again was the last women standing..YAWN.. do you want your trophy now Aine?

P.s Nice Pic of Brian above,  he has hardly got knocked out again !!

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Last person Standing

 

Pictured above is our Club Secretary handing Andy"twinkletoes" Nolan his trophy for winning last man Standing in the first quarter of the year.  After coming second at the back end of last year when loosing only in a dodge off, it has to be said that Andy deserved this title this time around is is definitely the one to watch this time around.

That said week 1 was dominated by a newcomer in the form of Lee Halligan. Lee is fairly new to the game but has taking to it like duck to water with some fine performances in our games and from memory i think this is his second time winning last man standing in a short space of time and will definitely be one player to keep an eye on this time around.  Hopefully Lee can get together with some of the other new players and start a new team in our up and coming Premier League.The last women standing has been dominated by Aine fewer in what seems like forever and this week proved to be no different with Aine nearly coming second overall and was the last women standing.Well done to both Lee and Aine!!

Date	Last man standing	Points	Last women standing	Points
19/03/2014	Lee Halligan	1	Aine Fewer	1

The Waterford Dodeball Premier League will be starting on the 30th of April. The main aim of this league is to provide a competitive edge to Dodgeball in Waterford which will in turn improve our players at national tournaments or even when they step up to national level. So far we currently have 3 teams entered.

 1. Moneyshotz - 

 The shotz are spearheaded by Waterfords most capped  Irish player in the form of Conor Cullen.  Conor has put together powerful team with no less than 5 internationals in their side and will no doubt be favourites to win the title this year. The favourite tag is further backed up by the fact that money shotz won the last league title in Waterford some 2 years ago and they will certainly prove to be the team to beat this time around.

2. Reservoir Dodge

 Reservoir dodge are captained by Ed Purcell who is famous for 3 things. His beard, his blue pants and his dodgeball skills.  Any team with Ed in it has a strong chance in any league but back that up with 4 internationals, a Jesus lookalike and a mayo man and it is not hard to see that this team will be serious contenders to lift the crown to become champions. These guys will be definitely be the one to watch and if they can all click on the court at the same time than they will be incredible hard to beat.

3. Blue Cobras

The cobras led by Sam Bachelor will be going into this league currently as the underdogs. Currently in a bit of a transitional period in terms of their name (formerly the toddlers) and also personnel as most of the original toddlers have now moved on. Although they have the tags of underdogs, the Cobras cannot be ruled out if their tournament form is anything to go by. Unbeating against the shotz (p2, w2) came 1st in the irish open B tournament in 2012, 3rd in the irish open in Belfast last year and 2nd in the tournament haven in Dublin last year also. The Cobras will find it tough going this time around but can pull off a shock if their experienced players gel quickly.


We are hoping to add more teams to the league over the next few weeks. Registration cut-off is  Friday 18th of April and the league itself will start the following Wednesday.
There is €10 registration fee and €30 deposit is required . Don't worry this will be returned to the team for attendance of all matches. On match day the cost is €5 per person or €30 per team, so if you have more than 6 players it will cost less than €5 each and you will be guaranteed 18 games of dodgeball.
I mentioned earlier we have some very good new players who has came down recently and hopefully they can put in a team. If anyone else would like to enter a team or would like more information on the league than leave a comment below or email Derek@dodgeball.ie and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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International Expierence (with Videos)

It has been a busy couple of weeks here for Waterford dodgeball Players. As most of you would of heard by now we had a few members of our club who took part on the international scene for the 6 nations.


Whether the tournament itself was a success is a matter of opinion (i think it was) but the boys and lady from our our club can hold their heads high as they did their bit to help beat Scotland and France and also put in some excellent performances against the bigger teams. They also gained some valuable experience which no doubt will only benefit our club.


Graham Coady ( Money Shotz ),   
Aidan Bolger (Money Shotz ) 
Darren Buggy (Reservoir Dodge) 
Aidan O' Neill (Reservoir Dodge) 
Dave Walsh (Reservoir Dodge)
Ed Purcell (Reservoir Dodge)
Conor Cullen (Money Shotz)

Derek English (Blue Cobras)
Andy Nolan (Money Shotz,)
Aneta Biedel (Money Shotz)

Below are some of the games our members played in.  If you think you would be good enough to represent your country at dodgeball than why not come down and give it a go

MENS A TEAM



MENS B TEAM

WOMENS TEAM



Look out for our boys and girls at the euros later this year

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Dodgeball Youth League

Waterford Sports Partnership and Waterford Dodgeball Club held the first ever Dodgeball Youth League for Community Youth groups in Waterford City on Friday 7th March. Teams from Children's Group Link, Manor St. John YP, Northern Suburbs CYP, Ballybeg CYP, BALL and SHY Youth projects entered the league. The league will take place every 2nd Friday, over a period of 8 weeks and caters for two age sections- U-12 and U-15.

This fast paced, high energized activity began with great excitement as the young people dived, ducked, jumped, slipped - and of course, dodged their way to an hour of fun exercise.

After the first week, Children's Group Link hold 1st and 2nd place. While hot on their heels are Shy, Children's Group Link, Manor St. John and BALL. Northern Suburbs and Ballybeg have not got out of the blocks as quick, but expect these teams to be pushing up the table as the weeks progress if commitment is anything to go by.

Waterford Sports Partnership would like to thank Children's Group Link and Manor St. John for the use of thier facilities. The next Blitz takes place on Friday 21st March from 5pm-6pm at Children's Group Link and Manor St. John.

TEAM                       Points (Week1)

GCL-1                             7

GCL-2                             6

SHY                                6

GCL-3                             5

Manor St John- 1             5

BALL                              5

Ballybeg- 2                      3

Manor St. John- 2            3

Northern Suburbs            3

Ballybeg- 1                      2

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Dodgefather returns

A huge thank you to everyone who showed up tonight, It was good to see so many new players playing although it was hard to tell who was new and who wasn't as the standard was pretty high from all the newbies.

We also welcomed our friends from Beat 102/103 down tonight aswell and i think it is safe to assume that the guys enjoyed their time with us. It was good to see them get involved and it looked like they picked up the game very well.I will let you all know when we are on air for you to keep an ear out but in the meantime we hope we will see you all back next week, including special guest Colin Brett who after a 2 year sabbatical came back to grace the home of Dodgeball with his presence.  For those who don't know him ( unlikely as he knows everyone) Colin was one of the founders of Dodgeball which eventually led to our club been set up so it is great to see the "dodgefather" back on the court.

Well done to Niall Kinsella, who was this weeks winner of the last man standing. This moves "big red" onto the leaderboard but it also means that Andy is now the overall winner for this quarter. A huge congrats to Andy as this is well deserved.


 
Lastly A quick mention for the Irish Mens and Womens teams who are playing in the 6 nations this weekend in Leicester.  Our Club has no less than 9 people traveling over between the 3 teams. We would like to wish them all the very best of luck and look forward to hopefully have some medals coming back home to Waterford dodgeball club :)

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Upcoming Events

 

Some Interesting events coming up in Waterford Dodgeball Club ...
 




First of all we are running a special offer for all students for the month of March, the cost of Playing will only be €1, that's less than a bottle of coke for an hour and a half of fun so what more cold you want.  Also remember your first night is free so for €3 you can play for 4 weeks.  If you are a student or know a student get their asses down











                                                 

On Wednesday the 5th of March we welcome Stephen Long From Beat 102/103FM down to play with us.  Beat are running a show in March where they review unusual sports in Ireland and luckily Waterford Dodgeball club was pick as the sport from Waterford. This should be a good night so if anyone is around please feel free to drop down.
                                                 

Behind this scenes our very own Brian Gaule has been working very hard with Brian O Neill from the Waterford Sports Partnership in setting up a youth Dodgeball league around the county.  This Hard work is paying off as we are please to announce that this is due to start on the 7th March. The Final details are still been ironed out but a huge thank to both Brian's for all their efforts and we look forward to this league commencing.


Last but not least is one of our now famous nights out...  This night out will be held on the 15th of March (Paddys weekend) In the Masion house. Here will be giving out the prizes to the last man/woman, while getting up to our ususal shenanigans. I am sure the Macrena might pop its head out again. Hope to see you all there :)

Thats all for now,  remember to check back again soon for more announcements!!!!

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