LSA 1st Division 1996
| P | W | L | FF | RF | RA | GB | Pts | |
| East | ||||||||
| *Wild Turkey Warriors | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Oddsox Green | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | ||
| – Flyers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 22 | ||
| – Ten AM | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10.5 | 13 | ||
| Central | ||||||||
| *Dodder Dynamoes | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Batpak | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 33 | ||
| Oddsox Blue | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 22 | ||
| – Fat Cats | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7.5 | 19 | ||
| West | ||||||||
| *Marlay Martyrs | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Oddsox Red | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | ||
| Avid Angels | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | ||
| – Blazzers | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Relegation Playoffs | ||||
| 1996 | Blazzers | 4 | Ten AM | 7 |
| 1996 | Flyers | 5 | Fat Cats | 9 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1996 | Marlay Martyrs | 7 | Oddsox Red | 6 |
| 1996 | Wild Turkey Warriors | 2 | Dodder Dynamoes | 15 |
| Championship | ||||
| 1996 | Marlay Martyrs | 25 | Dodder Dynamoes | 3 |
LSA 1st Division 1997
| P | W | L | FF | RF | RA | GB | Pts | |
| East | ||||||||
| *Batpak | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| *Marlay Martyrs | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | ||
| – Oddsox Blue | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7.5 | 16 | ||
| – Axemen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Central | ||||||||
| *Dodder Dynamoes | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| *Angels 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Fatcats | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | ||
| – Fumballers Blue | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4.5 | 18 | ||
| West | ||||||||
| *Oddsox Red | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Oddsox Green | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | ||
| Warriors | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 | ||
| – Blazzers | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Demotional Playoffs | ||||
| 1997 | Oddsox Blue | 32 | Blazzers | 10 |
| 1997 | Fumballers Blue | 7 | Axemen | 0 # |
| Playoff | ||||
| 1997 | Dodder Dynamoes | 7 | Angels 1 | 4 |
| Divisional Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1997 | Oddsox Red | 2 | Marlay Martyrs | 8 |
| 1997 | Batpak | 12 | Dodder Dynamoes | 7 |
| 1st Division Final | ||||
| 1997 | Marlay Martyrs | 6 | Batpak | 11 |
LSA 1st Division 1998
| P | W | L | FF | RF | RA | GB | PCF | Pts | |
| Primary Conference | |||||||||
| **Marlay Martyrs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Oddsox Green | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Batpak | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Oddsox Red | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Dodder Dynamoes | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Angels 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Secondary Conference | |||||||||
| Warriors | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ||
| Oddsox Blue | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ||
| – Reindeer Bucks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| – Fat Cats | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| = Flyers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 2 | 9 | ||
| = Fumballers Blue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1st Half East | |||||||||
| +Batpak | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| +Angels | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| +Oddsox Red | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Warriors | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Fat Cats | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Reindeer Bucks | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1st Half West | |||||||||
| +Marlay Martyrs A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
| +Oddsox Green | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |||
| +Dodder Dynamoes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Oddsox Blue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 8 | |||
| Flyers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Fumballers Blue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Relegation Playoffs | ||||
| 13.09.1998 | Fat Cats | L | Blazzers | W |
| 13.09.1998 | Reindeer Bucks | W | Jammy Dodgers | L |
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After First Half the top 3 teams in each section played in the Primary Conference and the bottom 3 played in the secondary conference. r – Automatic Relegation. rp – Relegation Playoff. |
LSA 1st Division 1999
| P | W | L | FF | RF | RA | GB | PCF | Pts | |
| Primary | |||||||||
| **Marlay Martyrs A | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | ||
| Los Banditos | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | ||
| Dodder Dynamoes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 2 | 31 | ||
| Oddsox Blue | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 | 3 | 29 | ||
| Oddsox Red | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Oddsox Green | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Warriors | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | ||
| ++Diamond Dogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Secondary | |||||||||
| ++Batpak | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | ||
| AIB Loan Homers Barney | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | ||
| Blazzers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 28 | ||
| Kiely’s Kegs | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 2 | 28 | ||
| rp – Big Al’s Flyers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 27 | ||
| rp – Jammy Dodgers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | ||
| =Troops | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 18 | ||
| =Underpant Gnomes | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8.5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Stage 1 East | |||||||||
| +Marlay Martyrs A | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||
| +Dodder Dynamoes | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |||
| +Warriors | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | |||
| +Diamond Dogs | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | |||
| Batpak | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | |||
| Kiely’s Kegs | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Underpant Gnomes | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | |||
| Jammy Dodgers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Stage 1 West | |||||||||
| +Oddsox Blue | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| +Los Banditos | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | |||
| +Oddsox Red | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | |||
| +Oddsox Green | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | |||
| Loan Homers Barney | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 23 | |||
| Blazzers | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Big Al’s Flyers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | |||
| Troops | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Relegation Playoffs | ||||
| 1999 | Big Al’s Flyers | 6 | Slammers | 12 |
| 1999 | Jammy Dodgers | 13 | Marlay Martyrs B | 12 |
| Premier 1/2 Playoff | ||||
| 1999 | Diamond Dogs | 20 | Batpak | 2 |
Note:
** Champions / * Qualify for Playoffs / ++ Playoff for place in Premier 1 Division 2000 / + Qualify for 2nd Half Primary Conference / – To Relegation Playoff / = Relegated.
Report
The Irish Softball Association was formed in 1989 and started the Leinster Softball League the following year. By 1996 the league had grown to 5 Divisions or Levels and 60 teams.
The 1st Division was the top Division and where some of the oldest teams in Ireland fought it out, including the original team Dodder Dynamoes, Marlay Martyrs and Oddsox. Each Division was divided into East, Central and West Conferences with Inter-Conference play and end-of-season playoffs to decide the title.
All of the teams in this period were based in Dublin, with the Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, based Martyrs beating Dodder Dynamoes 25-3 in the 1996 Final. The 1997 Final saw BatPak, based in the Northside defeat Marlay Martyrs 11-6 to win the Championship.
For the 1998 season the League was divided into an East and West Section with the Top Half of each Section qualifying for the second-half Primary Conference and the bottom half playing in the Secondary Conference. Marlay Martyrs A would win the title back that season, with Oddsox in second. A Similar format was followed for the 1999 season with the number of teams expanded to 16. Marlay Martyrs A would again be the Champions finishing 3 points ahead of Dodder Dynamoes.
Following the 1999 season the league was re-organised with the Primary Conference and Secondary Conference making up two Separate Divisions: Premier 1 & Premier 2, with the lower divisions renamed Senior, Junior and Minor.
References
Websites
[2] Oddsox – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2000) Past Seasons – 1996-1997-1998-1999 – 1st Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20001204203200/http://www.oddsox.ie [Accessed 25 December 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Austin Purton and Ciaran Columb, Marlay Martyrs.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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