EXTRA Report - February 2010

COACH ANNOUNCES NEW 2010 COMMITTEE
The Committee for the Broncos has been elected.
Chairman / Manager - Jimmy Thomson
Treasurer - Paul Fleming
Secretary - Dave Mooney Snr ?
Committee Member - Andrew Hamilton
Trust Member - Stephen Cumming

BAFL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGREE TO COMMUNICATE WITH BAFA - 14th February 2010
At a BAFL Board of Directors meeting in Doncaster on Saturday, 13th February,
the BAFL Board of Directors agreed to write to BAFA extending the seven day notice of
withdrawal the NGB to encompass the aforementioned forthcoming meeting between the two.
The BAFL has also recommended a format for the meeting and a prompt timeline to
ensure the BAFL member clubs can be fully informed of the outcome on or before the BAFL AGM.
Member clubs will have the opportunity to discuss BAFL actions at that forthcoming AGM
being held at Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster on 6th March 2010.
For more information ... Click Here.

MISSED ALL THE NEWS ABOUT YOUR FUTURE IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL ?
If you have then here's a quick catch up.
BAFA to meet BAFL to discuss way forward ... Click Here.
New BAFL CEO Ken Walters talks frankly ... Click Here.
Reasons for BAFL leaving ... Click Here.

BRONCOS FINISH THIRD AT COBRAS SUPER BOWL EVENT - 6th February 2010
On Saturday, the Broncos won one of their three games at Cobras Superbowl Saturday IV.
Kirkcaldy Bulls once again proved too strong for the Cobras, Broncos and Hornets.
For more information ... Click Here.

COBRAS HOST EVENT THIS WEEKEND - 6th February 2010
Cobras Superbowl tournament (Superbowl Saturday IV) is on this Saturday.
First kick-off is 10am @ Carluke.
Be at the park for 09:30am.
The pitch is grass.
Bring your gum-shield, packed lunch and to be on the safe side bring boots (no metal studs).
There may be a small charge per player.
Teams taking part will probably be ... the Cobras, Hornets, Bulls and the Broncos.
The weather will be cold ... bring extra layers to keep warm between games.
Contact Coach Thomson if you require a lift.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
6th Feb - Cobras Superbowl tournament - Superbowl Saturday IV
13th Feb - Scotland trials/training (possibly)
20th / 21st Feb - GB Camp at Doncaster
6th or 20th Mar - Broncos Flag Jam (re-arranged)
13th Mar - Scotland trials/training (possibly)
May - Bull Run 2010

JETS HOPING TO MAKE A SCOTTISH TRIP FOR SOME FRIENDLIES IN MARCH
According to BAFL Forum the Coventry Jets Senior Flag team hoping to play friendlies in Scotland.
The trip has been pencilled in for prior to the start of the 2010 BAFL season ... possibly late March ?
I am sure Coach Thomson would see this as an opportunity to face new opposition.

IMPORTANT NEWS - BAFL WITHDRAW FROM BAFA - 7th February 2010
After due consideration and unanimous agreement of the BAFL Board of Directors,
Gridiron Football League Limited (trading as the British American Football League (BAFL))
has withdrawn the BAFL from the National Governing Body (NGB)
– the British American Football Association (BAFA) – citing the consistent poor delivery
of business critical services as its primary reason.
As a result of the immediate withdrawal of the BAFL from BAFA,
the status of the BAFL is now as a single independent, members association that provides
competition for the wider community in both the contact and non-contact disciplines of
American Football for all age groups – the BAFL is not nor is attempting to become a
new NGB for American Football in Great Britain.
This responsibility remains with the BAFA.
To deliver future services, the BAFL will generate revenue from its membership fees and services
to members – as well external public and private sector funding.
The BAFL Board also confirmed the appointment of Ken Walters as their Chief Executive Officer
with immediate effect to deliver business critical services.
For full announcement ... Click Here.

ARE YOU READY TO TRY AGAIN AND BUY NFL TICKETS - 5th February 2010
On Monday, NFL UK gave everybody who signed up to the Registry of Interest the chance to buy tickets
to the 2010 Pepsi Max NFL International Series game (49ers vs Broncos) - Sunday 31st October.
All members of the Registry of Interest had a four-day exclusive window of opportunity.
The general public now get their chance to buy any remaining tickets (Friday @ 10am).
You must go to the Ticketmaster’s website.
Club Wembley tickets are already on sale (28th January).

CLUB BAFL REGISTRATION FEES
Coach Thomson would like to remind players that the £10 fee is now due.

MONEY DUE FOR NEW STRIPS
Coach Thomson would like to remind certain players that they still owe money for their new strips.

BRONCOS HOPE TO RE-SCHEDULE FLAG JAM SOON
The Broncos Flag Jam was due to be held in early January.
Due to poor weather the Fun Event was cancelled.
Coach Thomson would like to re-schedule it for February or March.
The Flag Jam is an open invitation to come and play Flag Football for a day.
There is no entry fee, no medals, no T-Shirts, just bragging rights until next year.
54 players turned up at the last event (6 teams) with everyone playing five games of Flag Football.
If you are still interested please let Coach Thomson know, so that he has an idea of numbers.
Please send Coach Thomson an email so that he has your contact details in case of any
last minute changes (e.g. due to adverse weather conditions).

FIRST BATCH OF KIT ON ORDER
Coach Thomson has just ordered the first batch of the new kit.
Jimmy thinks the delivery date is at the beginning of February 2010.
Coach Thomson will try to e-mail everyone to confirm what you have ordered,
how much you have paid and any outstanding money due.

BRONCOS ARE IN THE HOUSE
The NFL have announced that the San Francisco 49ers will host the Denver Broncos
in an International Series game set to be played at Wembley at 5pm on Sunday 31st October 2010.
For more information visit NFLuk.com
If you are interested ... Click Here.

BEHIND THE SCENES ... THE WAY FORWARD IN 2010
People on the last Broncos Committee and many Senior players (past and present)
have been sent an email from Coach Thomson.
We need to look at organising the Committee for the club and to sort out the finances.
One good reason for this is that we need to submit a BAFL Application for this year's league
before the end of January.
Coach Thomson does not think there is much point calling an AGM as there are so few people
who would attend this Event.
Jimmy is proposing that the Club Constitution be changed to represent the fact that we have a
much smaller pool of people to elect a Committee and Office Bearers from.
If the people on the previous Committee could please agree with the changes (see attachment),
Coach Thomson will take that as a mandate to take to the current playing members to elect
a NEW Committee.
For those playing members reading this, please consider applying for one of these posts.
(We are only talking about three posts at the minute, given how few players we have).
As for the Trust Member position proposed ...
Jimmy would like to see one of the past Committee Members taking that role.
One of their jobs would be to see that the Broncos act responsibly with the cash left over from 2008.
The majority of that cash was generated by the kids playing members.
The Trust Member would ensure that this money is spent wisely on all age ranges.

UPDATE - COST OF NEW SHIRT RISES DUE TO VAT AND DELIVERY COSTS
Prices previously quoted for the new Kukri Kit unfortunately excluded VAT and Delivery.
This now means that there is an additional cost of £4.55 per shirt and £2.30 per set of shorts.
Players could save money by going for Heavy mesh shorts at £11.75 including VAT and delivery
rather than the dazzle shorts at £15.28.
Please let Coach Thomson what you would like to do.

LIKELY COSTS FOR PLAYING SENIOR BAFL FLAG IN 2010
As promised, here is an idea of how much it is going to cost to play the 2010 season for the Broncos.
BAFA Registration
Last year the registration cost £32. (This was a one off cost).
If you were already registered via a tackle team you did not have to pay that again.
This fee includes the bare minimum of Public Liability insurance.
BAFA Team Deposit
This was £100 last year.
The deposit was to guarantee that teams played all of their games.
We lost our deposit last year because we forfeited at least two games.
This year, assuming the people who are coming to training are going to play the season ...
Coach Thomson is proposing to take £10 per player to cover it.
That should end up with us having a bit of surplus (used to buy game balls etc).
Team Uniforms
Some people have expressed an interest in a new shirt.
We do have at least a few people who still have their game tops and we do have a few extras.
Ideally, we should have a change strip.
Last year, we had to play at least one game in our old orange tops.
Coach Thomson has looked into new strips from Kukri.
Some print-outs will be available this weekend to discuss.
The cost of a Flag game shirt would be £23 with numbers front and back,
plus your name on the back. (Min. order 10).
This excludes an costing for the Broncos logo.
We could get shorts that would match game shirt (in terms of colours and design) for £13.
(Min. Order 10)
To summarise cost ...
For someone playing Flag only ...
Registration (£35), Team Deposit (£10), Game Shirt (£23) and Game Shorts (£13).
Total = £81.
On their website under garments (compression gear) are similar prices to Under Armour stuff but they do
thermal tops which are more reasonably priced ... long sleeve (£12) and short sleeve (£10) - (Min. order 10)
We also do have a limited amount of Broncos branded merchandise for sale.
Christmas Specials ... Black Woolly Hats, Orange Woolly Hats, Black Beanies, Orange Boot bags and
Kids Hoodies ... all only £7.
If demand is there we could order Adult Hoodies ?
Track Suit top £20 and bottoms £15.
Polo Shirts are a mere £17.

PRESSING NEWS ABOUT THEM BRONCOS
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WEBSITE NUMBERS FOR JANUARY
The website statistics were as follows ...
72 average daily visits (270), 2,249 monthly visits (8,104) and 13,857 hits last month (31,927).
Record to beat is in (brackets).
Thank You to all of our new and regular visitors !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !
Many Happy Returns to Fraser Thomson and Coach Adam Donaldson.
Also to ex-Bronco players ... James Muir, Claire McDevitt and her twin brother Gavin McDevitt.
They ALL celebrate their birthday this month.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY
6th Feb ... No Training
13th Feb ... Normal Training
20th Feb ... Normal Training
27th Feb ... No Training - Weather

BRONCOS IN THE BAFL
The results last year ... Click Here.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY
6th Feb ... No Training
13th Feb ... Normal Training
20th Feb ... Normal Training
27th Feb ... No Training - Weather

BRONCOS IN THE BAFL
The results last year ... Click Here.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY
6th Feb ... No Training
13th Feb ... Normal Training
20th Feb ... Normal Training
27th Feb ... No Training - Weather

BRONCOS IN THE BAFL
The results last year ... Click Here.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY
6th Feb ... No Training - Cobras Super Bowl Event
13th Feb ... Normal Training
20th Feb ... Normal Training
27th Feb ... No Training - Weather

COBRAS SUPER BOWL ... BRONCOS 12 @ BULLS 58 - 6th February 2010
Match Report

COBRAS SUPER BOWL ... BRONCOS 13 @ COBRAS 31 - 6th February 2010
Match Report

COBRAS SUPER BOWL ... BRONCOS 31 @ HORNETS 28 - 6th February 2010
Match Report

BRONCOS IN THE BAFL
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ARENA FOOTBALL BACK IN APRIL 2010 - 17th February 2010
After a one-year hiatus, the Arena Football League (AFL) is poised for a triumphant
return, according to league executives who unveiled details of the revitalized league
The league announced plans for the upcoming season, advanced progress toward expanding
into the Philadelphia, Southern California, Denver and Pittsburgh markets and details
of its contract with the NFL Network to broadcast AFL games in 2010.
The regular season will kick off with a full slate of games the weekend of 2nd / 4th April.
The 15-team league will play a 16-game schedule leading into the Play-offs and the
Arena Bowl the third weekend in August.
The AFL's legacy teams are the Arizona (Phoenix) Rattlers, Cleveland Gladiators,
Chicago Rush, Dallas Vigilantes (formerly the Desperados), Orlando Predators,
Tampa Bay Storm and Utah (Salt Lake City) Blaze.
The new cities and teams with an opportunity to compete for an ArenaBowl championship
are the Alabama (Huntsville) Vipers, Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings,
Iowa Barnstormers, Jacksonville Sharks, Milwaukee Iron, Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz,
Spokane Shock and Tulsa Talons.
For more information ... Click Here.

SAINTS WIN SUPER BOWL XLIV - 7th February 2010
The ultimate underdogs are now Super Bowl champions.
Brees and the Saints rallied to upset Peyton Manning and the Colts 31-17 on
Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.
For more information ... Click Here.

THE WORLD AWAITS SUPERBOWL XLIV - 7th February 2010
The New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts at Sun Life Stadium
in South Florida this Sunday.
Super Bowl XLIV will be shown live on TV in the UK (BBC One, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports HD1).

NFL LIVE ON SKY SPORTS IN FEBRUARY
Super Bowl XLIV
7th Feb - Saints 31 v Colts 17
For more information ... Click Here.

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2010 ANNOUNCED - 6th February 2010
Russ Grimm (G), Rickey Jackson (LB), Dick LeBeau (CB), Floyd Little (RB), John Randle (DT),
Jerry Rice (WR) and Emmitt Smith (RB) ...
make up the Class of 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees.
The seven-man class was elected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Selection Committee
who met today in South Florida.
The newest members of the Hall were selected from a list of 17 finalists.

CFL ANNOUNCE GREY CUP HOLDERS 2010 SCHEDULE - 1st February 2010
The Canadian Football League unveiled today its 2010 game schedule,
with the Montreal Alouettes opening their season in Saskatchewan in a
Grey Cup rematch with the Roughriders on 1st July.
The Alouettes will open the season with three-straight road games as the
final touches are put onto the brand new Percival Molson Stadium,
which is being expanded by 5,000 seats to a new total of 25,000.
Montreal will open its home schedule with a pair of games in late-July,
hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on the 22nd and the Toronto Argonauts
a week later, on the 29th.
Last season the Alouettes were a perfect 9-0-0 at home.
Full Montreal Schedule.

WHERE TO FIND ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON MY FAVOURITE NFL TEAM IN 2010
Click Here and select 'News' option from the list of teams.

WHAT'S THE LATEST NEWS COMING OUT OF DENVER ?
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