BritBowl
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BritBowl is the Division 1 Championship game of the British American Football League (BAFL) in the United Kingdom. It is one of three Bowl games that constitute BritBowl Weekend, an event held annually at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on the last weekend of September.
To mark it's 20th Anniversary, the 2006 Championship became known as BritBowl XX.
The current Britbowl Champions are London Olympians, who defeated London Blitz 45-30, to win their second consecutive BritBowl title and their ninth in total.
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[edit] BritBowl Championships
[edit] Division 1
| BritBowl | Champion | Result (Opponent) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | *London Olympians | Won 45-30 (London Blitz) | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield |
| 2005 | *London Olympians | Won 21-19 (Personal Assurance Knights) | |
| 2004 | *Personal Assurance Knights | Won 28-14 (London O's) | |
| 2003 | *London O's | Won 35-7 (East Kilbride Pirates) | |
| 2002 | *London O's | Won 42-15 (Personal Assurance Knights) | |
| 2001 | *London O's | Won 37-20 (East Kilbride Pirates) | |
| 2000 | *London O's | Won 34-26 (Birmingham Bulls) | |
| 1999 | *London O's | Won 9-6 (Birmingham Bulls) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| 1998 | *London O's | Won 20-0 (Sussex Thunder) | |
| 1997 | Redbridge Fire | Won 26-7 (Nottingham Caesars) | |
| 1996 | Leicester Panthers | Won 10-6 (Milton Keynes Pioneers) | |
| 1995 | Birmingham Bulls | Won 34-30 (London O's) | Norman Green Stadium, Solihull |
| 1994 | *London Olympians | Won 24-23 (Birmingham Bulls) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| 1993 | Bournemouth Buccaneers | Won 42-34 (Bedford Bombardiers) | |
| 1992 | Clydesdale Colts | Won 30-26 (Farnham Knights) | tbc |
| 1991 | London Capitals | Won 52-7 (Clydesdale Colts) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| 1990 | Ipswich Cardinals | Won 34-22 (Clydesdale Colts) | |
| 1989 | Norwich Devils | Won 18-9 (Ipswich Cardinals) | Moorways Stadium, Derby |
| 1988 | Woking Generals | Won 20-14 (Mersey Centurions) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| 1987 | Mersey Centurions | Won 20-16 (Leicester Huntsmen) |
* denotes British Champion
Note: Division 1 was known as 'National Division' from 1989-1993, and as 'Division 1 National' in 1999
[edit] Lower Divisions
| BritBowl | Bowl | Champion | Result (Opponent) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Division 1A | Coventry Cassidy Jets | Won 52-20 (Bristol Aztecs) | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield |
| Division 2 | Dominos Oxford Saints | Won 29-28 (West Coast Trojans) | ||
| 2005 | Division 1A | Bristol Aztecs | Won 7-0 (Chiltern Cheetahs) | |
| Division 2 | Coventry Jets | Won 30-26 (Kent Exiles) | ||
| 2004 | Division 1A | Southern Sundevils | Won 32-0 (Bristol Aztecs) | |
| Division 2 | Doncaster Mustangs | Won 32-16 (Chiltern Cheetahs) | ||
| 2003 | Division 2 | Bristol Aztecs | Won 32-15 (Nottingham Caesars) | |
| 2002 | Division 2 | Norwich Devils | Won 17-14 (ASAP Yorkshire Rams) | |
| 2001 | Division 2 | Ipswich Cardinals | Won 47-15 (Norwich Devils) | |
| 2000 | Division 2 | Personal Assurance Knights | Won 41-7 (Ipswich Cardinals) | |
| 1999 | Division 1 (Regional) | Gateshead Senators | Won 7-2 (Bristol Aztecs) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| Division 2 | Chester Romans | Won 24-22 (Tiger Bay Warriors) | ||
| 1998 | Division 2 | Southern Sundevils | Won 22-16 (Lancashire Wolverines) | |
| 1997 | Division 2 | Bristol Aztecs | Won 27-6 (Chiltern Cheetahs) | |
| 1996 | Division 2 | London O's | Won 32-7 (Birmingham Bulls) | |
| Division 3 | Winchester Rifles | Won 48-0 (Redditch Arrows) | ||
| 1995 | Division 2 | Cambridge Cats | Won 28-14 (Plymouth Admirals) | Norman Green Stadium, Solihull |
| Division 3 | Oxford Saints | Won 14-6 (Gwent Mustangs) | ||
| 1994 | Division 2 | Milton Keynes Pioneers | Won 18-6 (Bedford Bombardiers) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| Division 3 | Cambridge Cats | Won 25-14 (Crawley Raiders) | ||
| Division 4 | London Olympians II | Won 48-6 (Trent Valley Warriors) | ||
| 1993 | Premier Division | Tiptree Titans | Won 17-9 (Croydon Kings) | |
| First Division | Lincoln Saints | Won 51-14 (Redbridge Fire) | ||
| 1992 | Premier Division | Merseyside Centurians | Won 23-20 (Crawley Raiders) | tbc |
| First Division | Tiptree Titans | Won 20-6 (Bath Gladiators) | ||
| 1991 | Premier Division | Plymouth Admirals | Won 26-16 (Sutton Coalfield Royals) | Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester |
| First Division | Glasgow Cyclones | Won 30-21 (Basildon Chiefs) | ||
| 1990 | Premier Division | Duchy Destroyers | Won 31-19 (Cumbria Cougars) | |
| First Division | Barnsley Bears | Won 40-34 (Barracudas) | ||
| 1989 | Premier Division | Kingston Thames Pirates | Won 66-8 (Redditch Arrows) | Moorways Stadium, Derby |
| First Division | Rugby Rollers | Won 27-23 (Duchy Destroyers) |
Note: There were no lower divisions prior to 1989
[edit] BritBowl Appearances
[edit] Division 1
| Num | Team | W | L | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | London Olympians | 9 | 2 | 0.818 | 6 wins & 2 losses as London O's |
| 4 | Birmingham Bulls | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | |
| 4 | Personal Assurance Knights | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 1 loss as Farnham Knights |
| 3 | Clydesdale Colts | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | |
| 2 | Ipswich Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Mersey Centurions | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | East Kilbride Pirates | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
The following teams have 1 win from 1 appearance:
Bournemouth Buccaneers, Leicester Panthers, London Capitals, Norwich Devils, Redbridge Fire, Woking Generals
The following teams have 1 loss from 1 appearance:
Bedford Bombardiers, Leicester Huntsmen, London Blitz, Milton Keynes Pioneers, Nottingham Caesars, Sussex Thunder
[edit] Lower Divisions
| Num | Team | W | L | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bristol Aztecs | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | |
| 3 | Chiltern Cheetahs | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | Cambridge Cats | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Coventry Cassidy Jets | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 win as Coventry Jets |
| 2 | London Olympians | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 win as London O's & 1 win as London Olympians II |
| 2 | Southern Sundevils | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Tiptree Titans | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Duchy Destroyers | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Ipswich Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Norwich Devils | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Plymouth Admirals | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Crawley Raiders | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | Redditch Arrows | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
The following teams have 1 win from 1 appearance:
Barnsley Bears, Chester Romans, Doncaster Mustangs, Gateshead Senators, Glasgow Cyclones, Kingston Thames Pirates, Lincoln Saints, Merseyside Centurians, Milton Keynes Pioneers, Oxford Saints, Personal Assurance Knights, Rugby Rollers, Winchester Rifles
The following teams have 1 loss from 1 appearance:
ASAP Yorkshire Rams, Barracudas, Basildon Chiefs, Bath Gladiators, Bedford Bombardiers, Birmingham Bulls, Croydon Kings, Cumbria Cougars, Gwent Mustangs, Kent Exiles, Lancashire Wolverines, Nottingham Caesars, Redbridge Fire, Sutton Coalfield Royals, Tiger Bay Warriors, Trent Valley Warriors
[edit] See also
British American Football League
[edit] External Sites
- Official BritBowl site
- British American Football League Official site
