The World Dodgeball Federation extends its sincere thanks to TAFISA, the organizers and volunteers in Limerick, and the Irish Dodgeball Association (IDBA) for providing an outstanding opportunity to showcase dodgeball at the 3rd TAFISA European Sport for All Games, held in Limerick, Ireland, from 7–10 August 2026.

Bringing together traditional, emerging and recreational sports alongside cultural activities from across Europe and beyond, the European Sport for All Games are built around the premise that all sport should be accessible and inclusive.

Throughout the Games, the Irish Dodgeball Association welcomed children, families and participants to experience the sport—many for the first time in an organized setting. The response was extraordinary. Sessions quickly filled with young participants, with games continuing as children returned to play again and again.

For many, dodgeball was already familiar from school. The opportunity to experience the sport in the welcoming environment of the Games demonstrated how easily that familiarity can become genuine enthusiasm for participation.

By the later sessions, the dodgeball activation had become one of the busiest areas of the programme, attracting not only visitors but participants and representatives from neighbouring activities who joined the games themselves. Even as other activities began to finish for the day, children continued asking to play.

Dodgeball requires very little introduction. A ball, a space to play and an invitation to participate can quickly bring together people of different ages, backgrounds and levels of sporting experience. It can be competitive, but it can also simply be fun. That accessibility makes dodgeball particularly well suited to community sport, schools and the broader Sport for All movement.

The WDBF is especially grateful to the Irish Dodgeball Association and its volunteers for representing our sport with such energy and professionalism throughout the Games. Their work created an environment where participants could discover dodgeball in exactly the way we hope people experience it: welcoming, active, social and fun.

We also extend our thanks to TAFISA for continuing to create platforms where established, emerging and traditional sports can come together around the shared goals of participation, inclusion and community. As a member of the TAFISA family, the WDBF is proud to contribute to that vision.

Finally, our thanks go to Limerick and the local organizing team, including Pat and the many staff and volunteers who supported the programme and worked so closely with the Irish Dodgeball Association.

The 3rd TAFISA European Sport for All Games provided another reminder of the power of accessible sport. For dodgeball, it also demonstrated something we see in communities around the world: when people are simply given the opportunity to play, they rarely need much convincing.

Thank you, Limerick. Thank you, TAFISA. And congratulations to the Irish Dodgeball Association on a tremendous showcase for our sport.