Jugger is like a cross between American Football and Medieval Combat. It is a team Sport where the objective is to get a skull from the middle of the field into a zone at the opposing teams end. There are five players on each team, four of whom are paired off fightning each other with padded weapons such as swords.
When a player is ‘killed’ in these fights he has to kneel down and is out of the game for that particular round. The Fifth person is the Qwick. His job is to get the skull from the middle of the field past the opposing Qwick into a zone at their opponents endzone. He can only advance the skull once the other teams fighters are all dead. The team which scores the most skull touchdowns is the winner.
Below you will find links to Tournaments involving Irish Teams:


Jugger Turniere
JT
Jugger Turniere Season 2019
Jugger Turniere Season 2018
Jugger Turniere Season 2017
Jugger Turniere Season 2016
International Tournament of Spain 2016
Metallsvenskan Jugger Turnering 2016
Jugger Turniere Season 2015
Paintball
Paintball and Airsoft are Team Combat sports where pellet guns are used to ‘kill’ an opponent. There are usually a number of objectives to be met i each game, which can score points for the team completing the objective. The sport is usually played in a number of scenarios such as World War II Village, Desert Town, Woodlands, Wild West etc.
The main difference in the guns used are paint guns for Paintball and Woodsball, and hard pellets for Airsoft. Paintball was invented in New England, USA and Airsoft in Japan. Below you will find links to various tournaments and leagues in these sports


Paintball & Woodsball
IPL. IWL
Paintball
Millennium European Paintball Series (Seasons):
Irish Paintball League (Overviews):
Irish Paintball League 2008-2010
Irish Paintball League (Seasons):
Woodsball
Irish Woodsball League (Seasons):
Laser Tag games were invented in Texas, USA, and the most recognizable to Irish readers would be Quasar. The sport is one where two teams engage each other in combat in an indoor arena using Laser Guns. Points are scored for ‘killing’ an opponent and meeting objectives such as capturing bases.
Below you will find links to various Tournaments held in Ireland, or involving Irish Teams and Players:


Quasar Stats
QS
Quasar Stats
Quasar Stats End of Year Team Rankings (Years):
Quasar Stats UK & Ireland Tournaments
QS UK & Ireland: Whitstable 17 March 2018
Picture Credit: Photo by Laserblast Laser Tag Equipme
Fencing is a renaissance sword-fighting sport. Gladiating is the ancient version revived for TV in Gladiators and Armoured Combat is the medieval version of sword-fighting.
Gladiating
Gladiating is a fun version of the ancient Roman military combat as was seen on US and British TV Programs from the 1990s onwards. Various types of combat or adventure-like tasks are engaged in by teams of players.


Gladiating
ITV Gladiators
Irish Gladiator Contestants:
Audrey Garland Irish-born Gladiators Contestant 1997
Irish Gladiating Weekend Venues
There are a couple of venues in Ireland where people can engage in Gladiator Weekends:
Adventure Park (Watergrasshill, Co. Cork): https://www.adventurepark.ie/
Team Building Ireland (Kippure, Blessington, Co. Wicklow): https://teambuildingireland.com/corporate
Fencing is a renaissance sword-fighting sport. Gladiating is the ancient version revived for TV in Gladiators and Armoured Combat is the medieval version of sword-fighting.
Medieval Armoured Combat


Medieval Armoured Combat
Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland
MACI Claregalway Castle Group Fights (Internationals)(Years):2017
Fencing


Fencing Ireland
Fencing Ireland
Fencing Ireland
FI Medal Winners (Major Tournaments) (Seasons):
FI Rankings Men’s Epee (End-of-Season):
FI Medal Winners Men’s Epee (Seasons):
Fitness
Cross-Fit Games (Fitness), Ireland’s Fittest Family are examples of Fitness Sports.
Cross-Fit Games
fashion woman posing in orange fitness top and pants in city street Photo by Bruno Castrioto on Pexels.com
The Cross-Fit Games is the World Championship for the sport of Fitness whereby contestants compete over gruelling courses and obstacles.

Ireland’s Fittest Family
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Ireland’s Fittest Family is a TV Gameshow whereby family compete over a number of gruelling courses and obstacles.
