| SOUTHERN SUNDEVILS 
Based: Mountbatten Stadium, Portsmouth (2000 to present), Lordshill,
Southampton (1995-1999)
Career record (senior kitted): 60-43-0
Colours: Yellow shirts, black pants, yellow helmets
Website: www.southernsundevils.org.uk
Honours: BSL Division One A champions 2004. BSL Division Two champions 1998. Conference
champions 1998. Youth Kitted National Champions 2002, 2001.
Youth Kitted Conference champions 2004, 2002, 2001, 1993
Senior Kitted
2004 BSL Division One A Southern Conference 7-3-0*
2003 BSL Division Two South Western Conference 7-3-0*
2002 BSL Division One Southern Conference 3-7-0
2001 BSL Division One Southern Conference 7-1-0*
2000 BSL Division One Southern Conference 2-6-0
1999 BSL Division One Central Conference 7-2-1*
1998 BSL Division Two South West Conference 7-1-0*
1997 BSL Division Two South East Conference 6-4-0*
1996 BSL Division Three South West Conference 5-5-0
1995 BAFA Division Three Southern Conference 3-7-0
Southern Sundevils v. London O's
Courtesy of N.Payne
Youth Kitted
2002 BYAFA English Southern Conference 5-0-0* Won
BYAFA English Championship 18-12 against Lancashire Wolverines
2001 BYAFA Southern West Conference 6-0-0* Won BYAFA National Championship 62-0 against
Handforth Hammerheads
2000 BYAFA Southern Conference 3-1-0* Won 3rd/4th place playoff
42-26 against Norwich Devils
1999 BYAFA Southern Conference 0-6-0
1998 BYAFA Western Conference 3-3-0* Lost 36-0 to Farnham Knights in quarter-finals
1996 BYAFA Southern Division 0-2-0* Lost 42-0 to London Capitals in quarter-finals
1994 BYAFA Western Division 1-6-1
1993 BYAFA Western Division 5-1-0* Lost 42-0 to Heathrow Jets in quarter-finals
Anthony Stitt runs against the PA Knights in July 2001
Photo: BritballNow
Team notes: Started off as the
Eastleigh Royals, then Devils. Had influxes of players from
disbanded teams in Bournemouth, Winchester and Portsmouth. Won
the 1998 BSL Division Two bowl with a 22-16 win against Lancashire Wolverines. Now
competing in Division One. Noteable players:Cliff
Boddington - QB - Played professionaly in Austria for Oscar Dinos, has also played for
Great Britain, captained team to Division 2 Championship win. Mark
Penfound - LB - Division 2 Championship MVP, has also played for Great Britain. Dave
Fredericks - WR - Carreer team leader in receptions. Kirk O'Field - OL - Played for Irish
National Team. Rob Hart - K - Played for London Monarchs and Scotish Claymores.
Rob Hart in an NFL pre-season game playing
for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Miami Dolphins
Courtesy of T.Wagner@Buccaneers.nfl.com
Russ Hewitt - DE - Played for Irish National Team.
Paul Brady - WR - Played for Irish National Team. The Sundevils have always been a very
under-rated club. Since Jim Roberson joined in 1997 the club has only failed to make
the play-offs twice and has lead it's respective division in
scoring in 1998 and 1999. Won the 1998 Division 2 championship. Finished
runners-up to the O's in the Div 1 Southern Conference in 2001, and reached the
semi-finals in the playoffs. After a disappointing 2002 season in
Division One, they elected to be demoted to rebuild in Division Two. In 2003, they made
the playoffs with a 7-3-0 record. Youth Kitted side won the BYAFA National
championship in 2001 (with a 62-0 win against the Handforth
Hammerheads) and 2002 (18-12 against Lancashire
Wolverines).
In 2004, the Sundevils were the first team back in training and that paid off as they
clinched the Southern Conference title in Division One A, and then crushed Staffordshire
48-3 in the semi-finals, and then Bristol Aztecs 32-0 in the final.
 
MVP Corie Savage in Southern's 2004 Bowl game. Photos Nigel Payne
Sundevils on their way to a score in their win
versus Bristol Aztecs
Photo courtesy of BritballNow
 
Action from the 2002 BYAFA English
Championship game between Southern Sundevils Jnrs and the Lancashire Wolverine Colts
Game notes
10th June 2001 - Stitt
totalled 272 yards in a club record performance vs London Mets
27th May 2001 - Anthony Stitt had 227 yards of total offense and scored 3 TDs vs Essex
Spartans
10th August 1997 - Cliff Boddington threw for 359 yards vs Kent Exiles |
