*The Soldiers have been on a break for the past month due to the Leaving Cert and a rest period before they head into a busy summer.

*The Soldiers will be involved in several events during the summer including:

                       -Hosting an International Underage Flag Football Blitz at Soldier Field in Mullingar.

                        The event will take place between the 19th and 22nd of July;more info soon.

                       -The Senior team will participate in various events such as an 8-a-side blitz,                          involving several teams from across Ireland.We will keep you posted.

                       -The flag team are hoping to play in flag tournements sometime in July.

*The Soldiers are also close to signing new sponsership deals.Also, several fundrasing events will be held over the summer in Mullingar, and these shall be notified here and hopefully in the newspapers.

Last Saturday the 27th the Soldiers played host to a flag football tournament in Mullingar. Teams from Roscrea and Edenderry came down to play , and also a brand new team from Dublin , the 86er's . A great day was had by all, with the Soldiers coming out on top . The Soldiers would like to thank all the teams for coming down and playing , with particular thansk to the 86er's ! We wish them every success in the future .

Just to give you the heads up that we have now added a location page with the location of the harbour field in Google Maps, as well as a phone number, email address and address incase you get lost! 

We've also added an IM feature to the website, so you can chat with other members who are online on the website!

Have fun!

It has been a busy few weeks for the Soldiers.Here's some of the lastest news updates.

*The Clonmel Bowl was a success and an experience that will prove valuable. A word of thanks to the Clonmel Warriors for having us and we wish them luck in the future . Another flag tournament is planned in the coming months in Tralee. We will keep you posted on any info regarding that .

*In two weeks one of our players Eoin Coates will be celebrating his 18th birthday.As part of this we hope to have a team paintballing session the weekend of March 13th.Once again more info will be posted here , but we look forward to some spirited and light-hearted fun! All players are reminded to expend any leftover paintballs at the lower body of Jo Coyne.

*As always training continues at the Harbour Field @ 2pm . All welcome .

The Mullingar Soldiers travelled to Clonmel to play in a four team Flag Football Tournament last Saturday. The weather was warmer than expected and some players were nursing the flu.

We lost our 1st game against the Roscrea Falcons despite leading by two scores going into the closing minutes of the game.A freak touchdown and then a great catch by Ed Rowe of the Falcons in the dying seconds sent the Soldiers crashing to defeat. In the 2nd game , with the Soldiers still down after the manner of their defeat in the 1st game and the fact that we had to play a second 48 minute game on the back of this against the rested Clonmel Warriors , meant the Soldiers got off to a slow start in what was a poor first half . However the second half exploded into life when the Clonmel running back didnt take kindly to the physical nature of Soldiers WR/CB Beglan. This event seemed to wake the rest of the team from their slumber and they produced a storming finish to rally back and take the lead . A great INT by QB/CB Brennan in the endzone to keep the Warriors from making it a two score game late in the 4th led to a long TD on a pass from Brennan to Beglan on the very next offensive play. With a one point lead the Soldiers seemed destined to win . However , controversial time-keeping by the Clonmel players/referrees led to Clonmel scoring a winning TD in the dying seconds to break Soldiers hearts.

In spite of the manner of the defeats Mullingar fought hard and never gave up all day. A special word of mention should be given to Dean Boyce , Alan Beglan , Eoin Coates , Conor Brennan ,and Sean Allen for the way they battled on and came from behind twice late only to suffer cruel defeats.

Highlights include:

                                   * Dean's amazing TD catch in the corner of the endzone , keeping two feet in bounds on a laser from Brennan.

                                   * Brennan throwing 6 TD's and rallying the Soldiers on two go-ahead TD drives in the 4th Q.

                                   *Sean Allen's magical 50 yard TD run .

                                   * Alan Beglans 55 yard TD catch in the 4th Q against Clonmel.

So its back to the training ground for the Soldiers as they look to build on this valuable experience that we will all benefit from in the months ahead.

Go Soldiers!

This Saturday (27/02/09) the Mullingar Soldiers will be travelling to Clonmel to compete in the Clonmel Flag Bowl. We will be playing teams from Tralee, Clonmel, and Roscrea, and all people are welcome to come and watch to support the Soldiers!

The IAFA has just released the schedule for the upcoming 2010 season . The season begins on the 14th of March and the regular season runs right up until July 4th , with the playoffs beginning thereafter. The Soldiers encourage all members to go to these games to gain valuable experience of what competitive action is like .View the full schedule on the IAFA website.

The new IAFA website is now up and running . Check it out for information regarding all the news and goings on around the league .http://www.irish-american-football.org/

Things are progressing nicely for the Soldiers . Training has been held every week this year and we are starting to see real development from a playing stand-point . Here are some of the main updates regarding the team :

* The Soldiers will be participating in a Flag Football Tournament in Clonmel on the 27th of Feb . We will be playing the Roscrea Falcons and Clonmel Warriors , with the GMIT Giants also expected to play . This will be a great opportunity to build team chemistry under a competitive circumstance. Players are welcome to invite friends and family to come and watch .

*The past few weeks have seen a steady rise in the number of new players coming down to training and seeing what we have to offer. We hope that those players will decide to keep going and become part of our team . As always feel free to come down to the Harbour Field ( Opposite Loreto College ) at 2pm every Saturday if you are interested . No experience required!

*One of our members David Healion recently had his long-awaited surgery on his ankle injury . Best wishes from all of the Soldiers family on his recovery , and hopefully he'll be back at training in just a few weeks.

Training this Saturday as per usual at 2pm.  Bring 2 euro for the pitch rental