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Iniscealtra Community Cup 2019 – Polonia Retain the Cup!

Polonia Limerick successfully held on to the trophy at this year’s tournament… but they were pushed all the way, and ended up winning in dramatic style. Eight teams competed, and there were many great games of football.

Mixed Bag were running the event for the 12th year, and raised €800 for Ennis and Clare Samaritans. (See samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-ennis-and-clare) Continue reading “Iniscealtra Community Cup 2019 – Polonia Retain the Cup!”

Iniscealtra Community Cup 2019 – The Details

The venue is the Scarriff GAA all-weather pitch on Saturday May 25th.

There will be two groups of teams. Each team will play the other teams in their group in a league. Standard points allocation applies. The top two teams from each group will progress to the knock out stages (semi-finals, final).

Registration of teams and payment in full must happen before start of play. A liability waiver form must also be signed by EACH member of the team, before start of play.

Refreshments available locally.

Changing facilities, toilets and water are available – but please bring your own bottles. All teams are also asked to bring their own first aid equipment, as Mixed Bag United cannot provide first aid facilities – all teams are responsible for their own safety.

Currently there are two groups of four teams. If more teams join then there will be a maximum of five teams in each group.

Registration for Group 1 will take place between 9.30am and 9.45am; Group 1 matches will kick off at 10.00am. Continue reading “Iniscealtra Community Cup 2019 – The Details”

8-a-side tournament – Iniscealtra Cup 2019

This year sees Mixed Bag United host the Iniscealtra Community Cup for the 12th time. This promises to be another exciting event… and it could be your team’s name etched n the cup. Interested? Read on…

The action will be taking place on Saturday May 25th  2019. The venue for this charity event will be the all-weather pitch at Scariff GAA Club.

There will be a maximum of ten teams, so places are limited – apply early to avoid missing out. The teams will be divided into two leagues. In the first stage the teams will play the other teams in their league. Matches will last approximately 15 or 20 minutes (depending on the number of teams in the group). The top two teams in each league will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi finals and a final. The winning team will be presented with the Iniscealtra Community Cup – which is to have their team name engraved upon it, and which they can display in a public venue of their choice for a year. A full set of rules will be posted on this website at a later date, with all the details of teams and groups.

If you would like to enter a team then contact Phil on 087 2368777.

Iniscealtra Community Cup 2018 – Polonia Take the Title!

Presentation of the Cup

This year’s 8-a-side tournament saw new entrants Polonia Limerick emerge victorious, after an enthralling day’s action. Six good teams contested on the day, and margins were tight enough, but in the end it was fair to say the best team won.

This event formed a part of the Mountshannon Arts Festival, and was running for the 11th time. All proceeds went to our chosen charity, and a total of €610 was raised for Ennis and Clare Samaritans to help fund their invaluable work. (See samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-ennis-and-clare) Continue reading “Iniscealtra Community Cup 2018 – Polonia Take the Title!”

Iniscealtra Community Cup 2018 – The Details

The venue is the Scarriff GAA all-weather pitch on Sat June 9th.

There will be two groups of three teams. Each team will play the other teams in their group in a league. They will play each other twice, changing ends. Standard points allocation applies. The top two teams from each group will progress to the knock out stages (semi-finals, final).

Registration of teams and payment in full must happen before start of play. A liability waiver form must also be signed by EACH member of the team, before start of play.

Refreshments available locally.

There are no changing rooms this year, and no water supply, so please bring your own water. All teams are asked to bring their own first aid equipment. A toilet will be provided.

Registration for Group 1 will take place between 10am and 10.15am; Group 1 matches will kick off at 10.30am. Continue reading “Iniscealtra Community Cup 2018 – The Details”

8 a side soccer tournament, 2018

Mixed Bag United are running a football tournament once again, as part of the Mountshannon Festival of Arts (see mountshannonarts.net). This year’s festival has the theme ‘Borders’, and we’re keen to reach out to teams near and far… you’re welcome to join in and express yourselves on the football field! This will be our eleventh year running the tournament, which has become a popular feature on the local football calendar. There’s a trophy for the winners, and a fantastic day of football for everybody! Interested?… places are limited, so get a team together and get in touch! Details below…

Battle for the Ball

 

Mixed Bag United are running this charity 8 a side tournament on Saturday June 9th 2018. The venue will be the all-weather pitch at Scariff GAA Club. There will be a maximum of ten teams, so places are limited – apply early to avoid missing out. The teams will be divided into two leagues of four or five teams. In the first stage the teams will play the other teams in their league. Matches will last approximately 15 or 20 minutes (depending on the number of teams in the group). The top two teams in each league will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi finals and a final. The winning team will be presented with the Iniscealtra Community Cup – which is to have their team name engraved upon it, and which they can display in a public venue of their choice for a year. A full set of rules will be posted on this website at a later date, with all the details of teams and groups.

If you would like to enter a team then contact Phil on 087 2368777. You can guarantee your place with a €50 deposit (non-refundable) to be received before Friday 18th May. You can have up to 10 players in your squad. The cost of entry is €10 per player.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TO THE ENNIS AND CLARE BRANCH OF SAMARITANS

8 a side soccer tournament, 2017

Mixed Bag United are running a football tournament once again, as part of the Mountshannon Festival of Arts (see mountshannonarts.net). This year’s festival has the theme ‘From Home’… the perfect occasion to head out from home with your team to glorious East Clare, and don’t forget to bring your silky skills with you! This will be our tenth year running the tournament, which has become a popular feature on the local football calendar. There’s a trophy for the winners, and a fantastic day of football for everybody! Interested?… places are limited, so get a team together and get in touch! Details below…

 

 

Mixed Bag United are running a charity 8 a side tournament on Saturday June 3rd 2017. The venue will be the all-weather pitch at Scariff GAA Club. There will be a maximum of ten teams, so places are limited – apply early to avoid missing out. The teams will be divided into two leagues of four or five teams. In the first stage the teams will play the other teams in their league. Matches will last approximately 15 or 20 minutes (depending on the number of teams in the group). The top two teams in each league will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi finals and a final. The winning team will be presented with the Iniscealtra Community Cup – which is to have their team name engraved upon it, and which they can display in a public venue of their choice for a year. A full set of rules will be posted on this website at a later date, with all the details of teams and groups.

If you would like to enter a team then contact Phil on 087 2368777. You can guarantee your place with a €50 deposit (non-refundable) to be received before Friday 12th May. You can have up to 10 players in your squad. The cost of entry is €10 per player.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TO THE ENNIS AND CLARE BRANCH OF SAMARITANS

Mixed Bag Christmas get-together 2016

Once again we met up at Christmas to play a great game, enjoy a slap-up meal and keep our brain cells active with a quiz and a few brain teasers. If you want to have a go… (answers below the pics):

Christmas Quiz 2016

  1. How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have?
  2. What is converted into alcohol during brewing?
  3. Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet?
  4. If cats are feline, what are sheep?
  5. Which is the financial centre, and largest city, of Switzerland?
  6. What is the policeman’s name in the Noddy stories?
  7. What is the third major Balearic Island, along with Majorca and Minorca?
  8. What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?
  9. What do the Irish call the vegetables that Americans call zucchini?
  10. In which bay is Alcatraz?
  11. Who had a 1981 hit with Once in a Lifetime?
  12. Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?
  13. In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?
  14. Which TV character said, ‘Live long and prosper’?
  15. What is the other name for Wildebeest?
  16. What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back to The Future?
  17. How old is a horse when it changes from a filly to a mare?
  18. Where is the Sea of Tranquillity?
  19. Freddie Bulgara was better known as which lead singer?
  20. Which city stands on the banks of the Bosphorus?
  21. What organisation uses the motto Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity?
  22. What is the flavour of Pernod?
  23. John Ronald Reuel are the Christian names of which author?
  24. Siam is the former name for which country?
  25. The Zloty is the currency of what country?
  26. Robert Zimmerman is better known as whom in the music world?
  27. Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Germany was reunified. Which year was it?
  28. What Olympic sport prohibits the wearing of a beard?
  29. How many teeth in a full adult set?
  30. Name the 10 parts of the human body spelt with three letters (no slang)

Brainteasers

  1. Three playing cards have been removed from an ordinary pack of cards and placed in a horizontal row. To the right of a King there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Queen there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Heart there are one or two Spades. To the right of a Spade there are one or two Spades. What are the three cards?
  1. Pronounced as one letter,

And written with three,

Two letters there are,

And two only in me.

I’m double, I’m single,

I’m black, blue, and grey,

I’m read from both ends,

And the same either way.

What am I?

 

  1. A vintner recently passed away. In his will, he left 21 barrels (seven of which are filled with wine, seven of which are half-full, and seven of which are empty) to his three daughters. However, the wine and barrels must be split so that each daughter has the same number of full, half-full and empty barrels. There are no measuring devices handy – how can the wine and barrels be evenly divided?
  1. A man is condemned to death. He must choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room should he choose?
  1. A cowboy rode into town on Monday, stayed three days and nights and rode out on Monday. How can this be?

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Quiz Answers

 

  1. TEN (there are varying definitions of tentacles/arms for squids – generally a squid is considered to have two tentacles and eight arms – whatever, there are ten of them in total)
  2. SUGAR
  3. MONTAGUE & CAPULET
  4. OVINE
  5. ZURICH
  6. PC PLOD
  7. IBIZA
  8. PANTHER
  9. COURGETTES
  10. SAN FRANCISCO BAY
  11. TALKING HEADS
  12. SUGAR LOAF
  13. POSEIDON
  14. MR SPOCK (Star Trek)
  15. GNU
  16. DE LOREAN
  17. FOUR YEARS
  18. ON THE MOON
  19. FREDDIE MERCURY
  20. ISTANBUL
  21. B.I.
  22. ANISEED
  23. TOLKIEN
  24. THAILAND
  25. POLAND
  26. BOB DYLAN
  27. 1990
  28. BOXING
  29. 32
  30. TOE, EAR, RIB, ARM, LEG, HIP, EYE, GUM, LIP, JAW

 

Brainteaser answers

  1. King of Spades, Queen of Spades, and the Queen of Hearts
  1. An eye
  1. Four half-full barrels are dumped into two of the empty barrels. This results in nine full barrels, three half-full barrels and nine empty barrels. These can be divided by three.
  1. In with the lions – they’d be dead!
  1. His horse was called Monday.

Bantasaurus Make it Two in a Row!

John from Samaritans presents the cup.

 

This year’s tournament saw the Iniscealtra Community Cup retained by the reigning champions BantasaurusRekt. Once again the standard throughout was high, but in the end it was fair to say the best team won.

The tournament formed a part of the Mountshannon Arts Festival. It was a charity event, and all proceeds – €1060 in total – were donated to Ennis and Clare Samaritans to help fund their invaluable work.

Group 1

The Wooden Boys
The Wooden Boys
Sean Bean Sex Machine
Sean Bean Sex Machine
Mixed Bag Athletic
Mixed Bag Athletic
Chops FC
Chops FC
Bantasaurus Rekt
Bantasaurus Rekt

 

Group 1 Scores
Mixed Bag Athletic 0 1 Sean Bean Sex Machine
Bantasaurus Rekt 2 0 Chops FC
The Wooden Boys 1 0 Mixed Bag Athletic
Sean Bean Sex Machine 0 0 Bantasaurus Rekt
Chops FC 0 2 The Wooden Boys
Mixed Bag Athletic 0 2 Bantasaurus Rekt
Sean Bean Sex Machine 0 1 Chops FC
The Wooden Boys 0 0 Bantasaurus Rekt
Mixed Bag Athletic 1 2 Chops FC
Sean Bean Sex Machine 0 0 The Wooden Boys

 

Group 1 League Table
Pos Teams Pl W D L GF GA GD Pnts
1 Bantasaurus Rekt 4 2 2 0 4 0 4 8
2 The Wooden Boys 4 2 2 0 3 0 3 8
3 Chops FC 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
4 Sean Bean Sex Machine 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 5
5 Mixed Bag Athletic 4 0 0 4 1 6 -5 0

Group 2

Clare Corinthians
Clare Corinthians
Misfits Utd
Misfits Utd
Spice of Life Boys
Spice of Life Boys
The Wolf Pack
The Wolf Pack

 

Group 2 Scores
The Wolf Pack 2 0 Misfits Utd.
Spice of Life Boys 1 0 Clare Corinthians
Misfits Utd. 0 2 Spice of Life Boys
The Wolf Pack 1 1 Clare Corinthians
Misfits Utd. 0 5 Clare Corinthians
The Wolf Pack 0 0 Spice of Life Boys

 

Group 2 League Table
Pos Teams Pl W D L GF GA GD Pnts
1 Spice of Life Boys 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 7
2 The Wolf Pack 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5
3 Clare Corinthians 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 4
4 Misfits Utd. 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0

 

Knockout Stage

Scores

The Wolf Pack 0 2 Bantasaurus Rekt
The Spice of Life Boys 2 2 The Wooden Boys
penalties 5 4
Bantasaurus Rekt 4 1 The Spice of Life Boys

 

Acknowledgements

This enjoyable charity event could not have happened without several key contributions. Sincerest thanks go to:

Scarriff GAA Club for providing the venue

Referees Clive and Julian

Fiona, for handling the admin on the day

Ella, for acting as ball boy

Matthew for the photography

Eamonn, for taking over when Phil had to leave and tidying up

The Red Cross, for their expert medical care

Phoenix, for the delicious food and drinks

…and of course all the players who made the event such a lively and enjoyable one! See you next year…

8 a side Soccer Tournament 2016

Once again Mixed Bag United are running a football tournament, as part of the Mountshannon Festival of Arts (see mountshannonarts.net). This year’s festival has the theme ‘Season of Magic’, so it’s the perfect occasion for spellbinding skill and wizardry on the field to take centre stage. This will be our ninth year running the tournament, which has become a popular feature on the local football calendar. There’s a trophy for the winners, and a fantastic day of football for everybody! Interested?… places are limited, so get a team together and get in touch! Details below…

Action from the final
Action from the final

Mixed Bag United are running a charity 8 a side tournament on Saturday June 4th 2016. The venue will be the all-weather pitch at Scariff GAA Club. There will be a maximum of ten teams, so places are limited – apply early to avoid missing out. The teams will be divided into two leagues of four or five teams. In the first stage the teams will play the other teams in their league. Matches will last approximately 15 or 20 minutes (depending on the number of teams in the group). The top two teams in each league will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi finals and a final. The winning team will be presented with the Iniscealtra Community Cup – which is to have their team name engraved upon it, and which they can display in a public venue of their choice for a year. A full set of rules will be posted on the website at a later date, with all the details of teams and groups.

If you would like to enter a team then contact Phil on 087 2368777. You can guarantee your place with a €50 deposit (non-refundable) to be received before Friday 13th May. You can have up to 10 players in your team. The cost of entry is €10 per player.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TO THE ENNIS AND CLARE BRANCH OF SAMARITANS