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 BAFL
have released their divisional alignments and fixtures for the 2009
season. Gateshead, East Kilbride and Birmingham have dropped into
Division 1,
with Sussex Thunder being promoted to the Premier. BAFL 1 has expanded
to 19 teams from 12 in 2008, and BAFL2 sees 4 new sides competing in
2009 - Highland Wildcats, Clyde Valley Blackhawks, London Olympians and
the Gloucester Banshees.
BAFL Youth has also expanded from 17 teams in 2008 to 23 teams in 2009.
Click on the link below to go to their site to see them
BAFL website: 2009 alignments
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starting the British Alltime Allstars article some time ago,
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British Alltime Allstars article
Kenny Lettman sadly passed away on the 21st November.
Kenny played for many years as an outstandingly
talented and effective Tight end for Ealing Eagles , London Gators and
finally being involved at Farnham Knights as both a player , then as a
coach. Kenny won several national titles at both the Eagles and the Knights.
He was also involved with the back office staff at London Monarchs in the
inaugral season of the Monarchs.
Besides being a talented player , his
smile and good humour lit up the room and brought strength always to his
friends/team-mates. Our
thoughts at this sad time go out to his family , his many friends and his
former team-mates from all 3 teams he played for with distinction.
Under the floodlights of the National American Football Academy Stadium in
Amiens, the Great Britain Lions pulled off another amazing victory against the
French national team on Saturday evening.
The Great Britain Lions have an
outstanding record against the French team, having won all five of the meetings
between the two nations. Despite this, France came in to the game highly
favoured having recently defeated the current European Champions, Sweden, in a
similar friendly fixture.
France opened the scoring on their first
possession when quarterback Paul Durand connected with receiver Jeremy Larroque
for a thirty-yard touchdown pass. The ensuing extra-point kick was blocked by
Tom Barker. The Lions responded in the second quarter with a long drive capped
by Gareth Dauley's four-yard touchdown run. But Ian Jacquet's extra-point kick
sailed
Defense dominated the third and most of the fourth quarter
until the stalemate was finally broken just four minutes from time. Great
Britain quarterback, Stuart Franklin, scrambled to his right and fired a
twenty-five yard pass to the endzone where receiver Ian Jacquet made an
outstanding catch under pressure. Jacquet then kicked the extra point to make
the score 13-6.
France had two more opportunities to win the game but the
Lions defense stopped both possessions on fourth down to give the Lions a
historic victory.
Great Britain Head Coach, Riq Ayub, said, "I am very
honoured to be part of the achievement of this team. The players and staff have
been a privilege to work with and it's their hard-work and dedication that has
made this result possible. What we must do now is build on this achievement as
we work towards the next European Championships in 2010."
BAFA National
Programme Lead Director, Jim Messenger, said, "Head Coach, Riq Ayub, and his
team have achieved amazing results with very limited resources. The dedication
and resourcefulness of everyone has been outstanding. We are very lucky to have
such skilled and committed volunteers. With the European championship just
twenty months away, we will all be working hard to give the team the best
opportunity to win in Frankfurt."
It is with greatness sadness that The Rockingham Rebels announce the passing
of Head Coach and founder, Robert E Lee on October 5th 2008.
Bob originally was
the first coach of The Northants Stormbringers back in 1983, and along
with ex players formed The Rebels in 84. Bob led the Rebels to the
inaugural BAAF Bowl in 1985, and continued as Head Coach until the club
hung their helmets up in 95.
He will be sadly missed by all players, supporters and friends.
He leaves behind his widow Peggy and his sons Gary and Warren
Coventry
Jets won a thrilling Britbowl 33-32 against the London Blitz with MVP
Dax Michelana throwing for a Britbowl record 308 yards and 2 TDs.Sussex
Thunder won the Division One championship 20-18 against the
Redditch Arrows, while the London Cobras secured the Division Two title
with a 30-6 win over Tamworth Phoenix.
The German American Football Federation
have won the right to host the 2010 European Championships. The Commerzbank
Arena will play host to the final, along with two other unnamed stadia. Great
Britain will play in Pool B along with Sweden and France. Pool A sees Germany
take on Finland and the winner of the 2009 qualification tournament.
7th September - The 2008
Britbowl will be a repeat of 2007 as the London Blitz and Coventry Jets
overcame tough opponents in the semis. The Jets edge Bristol 31-28,
whilst the Blitz won 28-15 against the Farnham Knights, In Division One, Redditch Arrows and Sussex Thunder both secured final
slots with wins over Southern Sundevils and Yorkshire Rams
respecitively. In Division Two, two rookie teams have made the final as the London
Cobras continued their fine season with a crushing 32-0 win against
Cambridgeshire, whilst the Tamworth Phoenix shocked Nottingham Caesars
16-10.
31st August
- Two rookie
teams continued their fine progress in the Division Two playoffs at the
weekend. The London Cobras maintained their unbeaten season by
winning their
Division Two quarter-final against the Cornish Sharks 42-3. The
Tamworth Phoenix were impressive 12-0 victors away to the Merseyside
Nighthawks. In other
quarter-finals, Cambridgeshire won 21-7 against the South Wales
Warriors and Nottingham saw off the challenge of
Lancashire 49-23.
27th
July - London Blitz qualify for the BAFL Premier Division playoffs with
an impressive 39-20 home win over the Bristol Aztecs.
13th
July - Berlin Adler win EFAF Cup with a 29-0 shut out win over Parma
Panthers.
6th July -
Tyrolean Raiders win Eurobowl XXII with 28-24 win over Vienna Vikings
in front of a crowd of 5,600 in Innsbruck.
22nd
June - The
Bristol Aztecs inflicted a second straight defeat on the Farnham
Knights, coming away with a 33-9 victory. The win lifts the Aztecs into
playoff contention with a 2-2 record, whilst the Knights drop to 2-2.
Also in the Premier, the East Kilbride Pirates came away from the north
east with a 46-12 win over the Gateshead Senators.
15th
June - Coventry Jets preserve their 100% regular season record by
winning 28-22 away to Farnham Knights, suriving a late Knights
fightback and recovering an onside kick in the last minute.
8th
June - Coventry Jets defeated the Bristol Aztecs 28-15 away from home
on the back of Kofi Campbell's 99 yards and 2 TDs as the Jets stayed
unbeaten. More
2nd June - BritballNow completes it's list of the
top 250 british games of all-time. Click here to view the list
1st
June - Parma Panthers will contest the EFAF Cup final against the
Berlin Adler after defeating Hohenems Blue Devils 33-29. Adler
qualified for the final by winning their semi-final 25-21 against the
Prague Panthers.
31st
May - Eurobowl XXII will be an all-Austrian affair after the Vienna
Vikings won their semi-final 43-7 against the Seinajoki Crocodiles, and
the Tyrolean Raiders defeated the Graz Giants 56-49.
13th April - The
2008 British American Football season has now kicked off with Coventry Jets opening the
season
with a 36-16 Eurobowl win over the Valencia Firebats.
More
11th April -
Top 250 Britball games of alltime updated. Now games right down to
number 11 listed. The top 10 to come next week! Click here to view |
