Sunday October 6th 2002 - BSFL 5-on-5 Tournament at Chichester

The Bournemouth Raiders won the BSFL 5-on-5 title with a dominating display. We won 3 games out of 3. Matt Heasman threw for 5 TDs (and caught one!), Mark Houston threw for 4 TDs whilst Houston caught 3TD's, Daniel Nehorai scored 4 TD's. Allen Gilbert scored a TD and 4 PATs, and Bene Lewis also scored his first TD for the Raiders. Nehorai and Heasman both caught 2 interceptions, and Vincent Gurrea caught one.

Results:

Bournemouth Raiders 21-13 Leicester Eagles Blue
Bournemouth Raiders 20-8 Leicester Eagles Red
Bournemouth Raiders 25-6 Chichester Sharks

BOURNEMOUTH RAIDERS 21-13 LEICESTER EAGLES BLUE

The Bournemouth Raiders opened the tournament with a tight victory over the Leicester Eagles Blue team. The Raiders took an early lead, when QB Matt Heasman connected on a short pass to Mark Houston who raced in for the score. The Eagles hit back, when QB John Pimperton completed an out pattern to James Hossack who was wide open to tie the scores. Just before half-time, the Raiders re-took the lead, when Heasman hit Allen Gilbert on a pass over the middle to put the Raiders 13-6 up at the half. Early in the second half, James Pimperton intercepted Heasman, and from the turnover the Eagles tied the scores at 13-13 when John Pimperton passed to Alan O'Sullivan. With 10 seconds to go in the games Raiders took the winning lead when HB Houston passed deep into the Eagles endzone where Daniel Nehorai jumped highest and came down with the ball. Elliott added the 1PAT on a pass from Heasman. On the final play of the game, Marcus Gambrill was intercepted by Vincent Gurrea to seal the win.

BOURNEMOUTH RAIDERS 20-8 LEICESTER EAGLES RED

The Raiders proved the team to beat, when they defeated the second Leicester Eagles team 20-8. Eagles QB Chris Wild completed to Andy Gambrill to open the scoring on blown coverage. The Raiders came right back, and a pass from QB Matt Heasman to Mark Houston brought the scores level, with Heasman passing to Allen Gilbert for the PAT. Raiders extended their lead to 13-6 when Heasman hooked up with Houston again. At the start of the second half, Andre Clarke tackled Houston for a safety to close the score to 13-8. Chris Wild was then intercepted by Daniel Nehorai, and Nehorai then caught Heasman's 3rd TD to close the scoring at 20-8

BOURNEMOUTH RAIDERS 25-6 CHICHESTER SHARKS

The last game of the Chichester tournament was played in the fading light and it appeared the Sharks chances of a victory had faded too, thanks
mainly to the blitzing of the Raiders Mark Houston and his LB partner Matt Heasman. It was their speed that caused the up to now effective passing game, to stall and force a few changes. The Raiders took the lead on the first play of the game when Daniel Nehorai intercepted Nick Watson and ran it back 8 yards for the TD. On the Raiders next drive, Raiders extended the lead to 13-0 when Nehorai scored his second TD of the game on an option pass from Mark Houston. In the second half, Houston passed to Heasman on an option gain to give the Raiders an unassailable 19-0 lead. For first time in the day and trailing late in the game back up Quarterback Julian Simms handed the ball off to Neil Henderson who ran for a 50 yard touchdown, spinning away from the entire Bournemouth defense to score and take his personal TD tally for the tournament up to 5.  Towards the end of the game, Houston completed his 3rd TD pass to Bene Lewis who scored his first TD of an 11 year career to round off the scoring. The Raiders with the win that also clinched them their first ever title.

Bournemouth Raiders team photo at the BSFL 5-ON-5 tournament in Chichester- October 6th 2002
Back row (left to right): Daniel Nehorai, Dan Mitchell, Mark Elliott, Mark Houston, Allen Gilbert
Front row (left to right): Vincent Gurrea, Bene Lewis, Matt Heasman

TEAM:

HEASMAN, ELLIOTT, SMITH.B, HOUSTON, MCKEON, WELLS, LEWIS, O'FIELD, JENKINS, COUTTS, TOLLERVEY, GURREA,

STATS

PASSING

HEASMAN 5 TD's
HOUSTON, MARK 4 TD's

RECEIVING

HOUSTON - 3TD's
NEHORAI - 3 TD's
HEASMAN - 1 TD
LEWIS - 1 TD
GILBERT - 1TD

SACKS

HOUSTON 7.0
HEASMAN 2.0

INTERCEPTIONS

HEASMAN 2-12
NEHORAI 2-8-1
GURREA 1-0