BRISTOL BULLETS
Based:
Filton WISE, Bristol. Also played at British Aerospace Welfare
Association, Southmead Road, Bristol
Colours: Black helmets; black jerseys with red numbers; red pants;
white socks
Website: www.bristolbullets.co.uk
Honours: Divisional champions 2001/2002, 2004/2005

Bath Killer Bees @ Bristol Bullets 99/00. #30
Richie Olaneye is the Ball carrier
Picture courtesy of C.Wilson
1992/1993 BCAFL Southern Conference 1-7-0
1993/1994 BCAFL Southern Conference 4-3-1
1994/1995 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 1-3-4
1995/1996 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 0-8-0
1996/1997 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 1-6-1
1997/1998 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 0-7-1
1998/1999 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 0-7-0
1999/2000 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 2-4-2
2000/2001 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 4-4-0
2001/2002 BCAFL Southern Conference
Western Division 7-0-0*
2002/2003 BCAFL Southern Conference
Western Division 4-4-0
2003/2004 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 6-2-0
2004/2005 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 6-2-0
2005/2006 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 6-2-0
2006/2007 BCAFL Southern Conference Western Division 4-2-2
2007/2008 BUAFL Western Division 5-3-0*
Team
notes: Bristol Bullets are administered at Univeristy of the West of
England (UWE) but also Bristol University. Formed in 1991 at what was then
Bristol Polytechnic, the Bullets played their first two games in March
of 1992, losing two Challenge Bowl Trophy games to Cambridge and
Cardiff. In 1992-93, the Bullets' first full season in the BCAFL had a
slow start, but the season ended on a high note, with a 20-6 victory
against Reading. With the continuing guidance of head coach Albert
Lambert, and led on the field by halfback Terry Robinson, Bristol
joined the ranks of the League's better teams in 1993-94, going 4-3-1
and hosting the Southern Conference plate competition. Teething
problems caused by a new set of coaches and adverse weather conditions
that allowed the Bullets to complete only half of their games were the
major low points of a disappointing 1994-95 season. The next year, the
Bullets had problems from the beginning, as they could not confirm a
venue until three days before the season opener. In that game,
defensive star Tom Wolfram suffered a knee injury and was knocked out
for the season. Bristol never got untracked and lost every game. The
next two seasons were more of the same, as the Bullets won only one
game in 1996-97, defeating Reading 30-0, and couldn't get a single
victory in 1998-99. 1999 saw a change in coaching staff and a new and
improved Bullets. No longer the black sheep of the traditionally strong
South West, the Bullets pulled together a couple of wins and remained
unbeaten into Y2K, capping the season off with a comfortable victory
over Plymouth Blitz in a post-season friendly. The 2000-01 season
opened slowly with close losses to Reading and Southampton but soon got
back on track. In the second year under the new coaching programme,
Steve Jones managed to take the Bullets to a .500 record and their
second best season in club history. The Bullets barely missed out on
their first ever trip to the playoffs, and would have hosted the
Southern Plate Competition but for bad weather. Changed
their name to the David Chorley Bullets to reflect new sponsorship in
the 2001/2002 season. What an effect it had. They recorded only their
second winning record in their history, and an unbeaten regular season
at that! Unfortunately they lost out in the quarter-finals to the
Oxford Cavaliers. Finished with a decent 6-2-0 record in 2004, and were
unlucky to miss out on the playoffs.
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