Sunday June 23rd 2002 - BSFL fixture

Bournemouth Raiders 36 Chichester Sharks 8

In the opening game of the 4-team tournament in Bournemouth, it was the hometown Raiders who got their season off to a great start with a convincing win against the Sharks, who were playing their first ever game off flag football.

The Raiders, with a new look O-Line, scored on their first 3 possessions, with QB Brad Smith running in all 3 TD’s as the Raiders went into the break leading 22-0.  Mark Elliott ran in 2 2-PAT’s, and Lee Eatly caught a further one from Brad Smith. The Sharks came back into it early in the second half with some impressive passing plays, and scored on a tipped pass from QB Nick Watson to WR Krystian Sordyl. The 2 PAT was added by Nick Watson to close the scoreline to 22-8.

RB Mark Elliott follows the O-Line on a sweep

The Raiders, however, kept up their relentless ground game. QB Brad Smith ran in another TD from distance, as he and RB Mark Elliott both racked up 100 yard games. The Raiders defense tightened their grip in the second half with notable contributions from Vincent Gurrea and Jon Wells (who caught an interception).

WR Patrick Pflander catches the final TD from Brad Smith

Smith fired in a TD from 35 yards out to WR Patrick Pflander to round off the scoring as the Raiders ran out 36-8 winners.

TEAM:

HEASMAN, ELLIOTT, SMITH.B, EATLY, FORREST, WELLS, HEMSLEY, O'FIELD, JENKINS. TOLLERVEY, GILBERT, SMITH.T, GURREA, PFLANDER

STATS

PASSING

SMITH, BRAD 5-6-77-0-2 TD
HEASMAN 1-2-2-0-0
O'FIELD 0-1-0-0-0

RUSHING

ELLIOTT 6-124
SMITH, BRAD 6-112-3TDs
SMITH, TIM 1-17
HEMSLEY 1-16
WELLS 1-8

RECEIVING

SMITH.T 3-44-1
PFLANDER 1-20-1
WELLS 1-13
EATLY 1-2

SACKS

NONE

WELLS 1-0

PUNT RETURNS

NONE