Grangemouth Broncos - May EXTRA Report

LACK OF NUMBERS AT JUNIOR LEVEL FORCE A TOUGH DECISION - 26th May 2007
Coach Ewing had a tough decision to make this weekend.
After considering all possible option Jonathan has decided that there is not enough regular Juniors
available to allow the Broncos to commit to a full SFFA Season.
Therefore the four regular eligible Junior Squad members will move up to play Youth football in 2007.
We unfortunately lose the services of Daniel Ward who like many players before him has performed
exceptionally well for the Broncos Organisation.
Jonathan will continue as Head Coach with everyone else retaining their existing coaching positions.

ELEVEN BRONCOS ATTENDED FIRST SDS FLAG PRACTICE - 26th May 2007
The Broncos are represented at SDS Cadet, Junior and Youth levels.
The practice was held at Stirling University Campus.
Cadets ... Callum Findlay, Fraser Thomson, Kevin Woods and Daniel Yuill.
Juniors ... Scott McKenzie, Martyn Paterson and Callum Woods.
Youths ... David Ewing, Blair Gallacher, Grant Isdale and Kevin Simpson.

SDS FLAG PRACTICE TO BE HELD IN STIRLING UNIVERSITY - 26th May 2007
SDS Head Coach Adam Donaldson expects all selected SDS players to attend first practice.
Cadet, Junior and Youth practices are all being held at Stirling University Campus this Saturday.
2007 SDS Diary Dates
26th May ... Practice @ Stirling University - 11am until 4pm
25th Aug ... Practice @ Stirling University - 12:30pm until 5pm
13th Oct ... Practice @ Stirling University - 12:30pm until 5pm
4th Nov ... Four Nation Event @ Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry
For further information visit ... SFFA Website.

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS JUST FALL SHORT AT UK FLAG FINAL - 19th May 2007
On Saturday, both the Royal Academy Buccaneers and St Johns High Eagles travelled down to
Woodham (England) together for the UK Finals.
The event was played in dry, but very windy conditions.
UK Final Results
Scottish Final ... Buccaneers 18 v Eagles 14
English Final ... Woodham 'A' 33 v Woodham 'B' 0
3rd / 4th Place ... Eagles 13 v Woodham 'B' 7
UK Final ... Woodham 'A' 42 v Buccaneers 6
Woodham 'A' will now travel to Frankfurt, Germany on World Bowl weekend (22nd / 24th June) to
face the best of Europe hoping to progress to the 2007 World Flag Football Championships.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING - 16th May 2007
Completed Registration Forms handed in and Initial Fees paid should be a priority of all Club Members.
If we are to fulfil all our commitments we need everyone to work together to kick start our season.
With over £270 raised at the Grangemouth 2K Fun Run the Broncos Committee have decided to earmark
these funds for shorts and socks to go with our new tops.
Charlie Ewing has placed an order for new Broncos Merchandise and will be on sale possibly in June.
Mobile phones will not be provided to Coaches as they feel it is not essential. If the cost of calls become
excessive the Club would consider re-imbursing business use on a case-by-case basis.
Coach Thomson will sit down with all Coaches to arrange fixtures.
The Club would like all Club Members to meet at the changing rooms every Saturday before training
commences. The use of the Car Park further up Inchyra Road (opposite the changing rooms) may be
more appropriate for dropping off and collection.
Recruitment through media and posters is still on-going.
A Club Newsletter is still being discussed and hopefully issued in time to sell our latest merchandise.
Emergency Contacts for all Coaches is still on-going.
List given ot all Coaches of those players registering for the 2007 Season.
Committee was saddened to hear that one of our finest (Scott Halbert) is to take up the circle sport (soccer)
and will be missed in 2007.
Agreement was reached that if a non-paid Coach decided to register as a Broncos Player he/she would not
be asked to pay a quarterly subscription fee.

NFL AT WEMBLEY ... TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE - 16th May 2007
Tickets for the NFL regular season game at Wembley (Dolphins vs Giants) are on sale to
those lucky NFLuk members who registered their interest to buy seats.
The NFL sold 40,000 tickets in 90 minutes.
From 7th May onwards, an e-mail was sent out to registrants, confirming details ...
ie on-sale date and procedure.
Prior to 16th May, the first group of registrants to get lucky in the lottery for tickets received a
further e-mail giving them details of the next steps they have to take. Notification included
details on pricing and how many tickets individual applicants are able to buy.
Those who missed out in the first round lottery will have the opportunity to be selected to
participate in the next sale in June.
For more information visit the NFL London 2007 Website.

ST JOHNS WIN DUNDEE QUALIFIER AND NOW TRAVEL TO UK BOWL - 5th May 2007
St Johns High won the Dundee Schools Final and will now join the Inverness Royal Academy Buccaneers
in their quests to defeat the best in England and face each other in the UK Final later this month.
Final score ... St Johns High 36 v Dundee High 'A' 32.

BUCCANEERS REPRESENT NORTH OF SCOTLAND AT SCHOOLS UK BOWL - 5th May 2007
The Inverness Schools Final brought together the Inverness Royal Academy Buccaneers and
the Inverness Royal Academy Pirates.
Final score ... Buccaneers 49 v Pirates 19.
The Buccaneers will now go down to represent the North of Scotland at the UK Bowl in Woodham,
England and will compete to see which team will go on to play for the NFL European Schools
Championship later in the year.

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS FACE QUALIFYING ROUNDS FOR NFL WORLD EVENT - 5th May 2007
Two separate Qualifying Rounds of the 2007 NFL World Flag Football Championships were held
this Saturday in Inverness (Bught Park) and Dundee (St Johns High).
In Inverness ... Inverness Royal Academy Buccaneers, Charleston Academy Rockets,
Culloden Academy Dragons, Culloden Academy Panthers, Glenurquhart Academy Gladiators and
Inverness Royal Academy Pirates all competed against each other.
In Dundee ... St Johns High, Dundee High A, Dundee High B and Braeview Academy
all competed against each other.
Both tournament winners will face each other at the Scottish Schools Final on the 12th May in Perth ?
All teams are school based, and have a maximum of six Players and one chaperone
(co-ed teams are allowed to bring seven players plus one male and one female chaperone).
All players must be born between 1st September 1992 and 31st December 1995.
For further information visit ... SFFA Forum.

BRONCOS NOT THE ONLY ONES BIG IN FALKIRK - 5th / 6th May 2007
On Saturday and Sunday ... Scotland's National Street Arts Festival ...
Big in Falkirk returns to Falkirk District ... and again ... it will be FREE !
The Main Event takes place at Callendar Park, Falkirk where a chart-topping line-up of Star Acts
will perform on stage including the Human League and Heaven 17.
Big in Falkirk is a partnership between Falkirk Council, BP Grangemouth and UZ Events.
Others include ... Real Radio and The Scottish Sun who are both National Media Sponsors AND
the Falkirk Herald their Local Media Partner.

ARE YOU A FIRST-TIMER ? ... THEN VOTE SCOTLAND - 3rd May 2007
The next elections for both the Scottish Parliament and Local Councils were held on Thursday.
Elections give you, the voter, the chance to have your say on who you would like to represent you
for the next four years.
Voting is the single most important thing you can do to make your voice heard in Scotland.
The votescotland website aims to give you the information you need to feel confident to use your vote.

BAFA EGM VOTES SGA OFF BOARD
The BAFA Board of Directors have not accepted the provisos requested as part of the SGA's offer to
resign from the their position on the board and therefore have not accepted the SGA's 'invited' resignation.
Instead the BAFA Board have decided to 'remove' the SGA by vote instead.
For more information visit the SFFA Website.

GRACEFUL RETIRAL FOR MR PATFIELD SENIOR
The Broncos Organisation would like to thank Iain Patfield for all the commitment he has given
the Club over the past few years.
Coach Thomson believes that you need to have good people around you that you can count on ...
Iain is one of those unique individuals.
The door is always open for Iain to return in any capacity ... once a Bronco always a Bronco !
We wish Iain and his family all the best in the future.

GET READY FOR THE FIRST BAFA CONVENTION
The Convention will feature many topics that are key to the development of the sport in Great Britain.
The Inaugural Weekend will be held at the University of Leicester between 30th June and 2nd July.
Attendance is free for all BAFA members however numbers will be limited due to the facilities
at the venue.
A room has been set aside to discuss Scottish issues at the BAFA Convention on the 30th June @ 3pm.
The room holds 70 people.
For more information ... Click Here.

ALISTAIR KIRKWOOD ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT NFL IN THE UK
Tickets for the Dolphins vs Giants in London ... Click Here.
All other questions ... Click Here.

WEBSITE NUMBERS FOR APRIL
The website statistics are similar to the previous month ...
120 average daily visits (169), 3,615 monthly visits (5,087) and 13,218 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 Daniel Yuill, Scott Halbert, Daniel Ward and Callum Findlay.
Also to Past Players ... Chris McKerral and Kris Procek ... who are ALL celebrating a birthday this month.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR MAY
5th May ... Normal Training
12th May ... Normal Training
19th May ... Normal Training
26th May ... No Training - SDS

BRONCOS IN THE SFFA
The results so far ... Click Here.

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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR MAY
5th May ... Normal Training
12th May ... Normal Training
19th May ... Normal Training
26th May ... No Training - SDS

BRONCOS IN THE SFFA
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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR MAY
5th May ... Normal Training
12th May ... Normal Training
19th May ... Normal Training
26th May ... No Training - SDS

BRONCOS IN THE SFFA
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TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR MAY
5th May ... Normal Training
12th May ... Normal Training
19th May ... Normal Training
26th May ... No Training - SDS

BRONCOS IN THE SFFA
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BAFL WEEK 8 ... RESULTS - 27th May 2007
East Kilbride Pirates 0 @ Bristol Aztecs 20
Staffordshire Surge 6 @ West Coast Trojans 52

BYAFA YOUTH TACKLE WEEK 6 ... RESULTS - 27th May 2007
Glasgow Tigers 16 @ Gateshead Senators 14
Lancashire Wolverines 0 @ Clyde Valley Hawks 37

2007 EFAF CUP (GROUP STAGE) - 26th / 27th May 2007
This weekend teams competed in the 2007 EFAF Cup ...
the Coventry Cassidy Jets were the only UK team playing in the competition but never unfortunately
progressed to the Semi-Final stage.
Berlin Adler, Graz Giants, Hohenems Blue Devils and Winterthur Warriors won their respective Groups.
Semi-Final fixtures ...
Berlin Adler (D) vs Hohenems Blue Devils (A)
Graz Giants (A) vs Winterthur Warriors (CH)
Home right has not been decided yet.
Group Games ... weekends 28th / 29th April, 12th / 13th May and 26th / 27th May.
Semi-Finals .. weekend 23rd / 24th June.
Final .. weekend 21st / 22nd July.
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NFLE WEEK 7 ... RESULTS - 25th / 26th May 2007
Cologne Centurions 30 @ Amsterdam Admirals 7
Berlin Thunder 7 @ Hamburg Sea Devils 17
Rhein Fire 10 @ Frankfurt Galaxy 23

BYAFA YOUTH TACKLE WEEK 5 ... RESULT - 20th May 2007
Clyde Valley Hawks P v Lancashire Wolverine Colts P

BAFL WEEK 7 ... RESULTS - 19th / 20th May 2007
Glasgow Tigers 20 @ Edinburgh Wolves 28
Redditch Arrows 16 @ West Coast Trojans 8

BYAFA JUNIOR TACKLE ... RESULTS - 19th May 2007
Fife Fire hosted the Kingdom Bowl.
Results ...
Group 'A'
Fife Fire 44 v West Coast Trojans 19
West Coast Trojans 6 v Highland Wildcats 43
Highland Wildcats 24 v Fife Fire 27
Group 'B
Glasgow Tigers 44 v Northern Wildcats 0
Northern Wildcats 12 v Clyde Valley Falcons 51
Clyde Valley Falcons 12 v Glasgow Tigers 35
5th / 6th Place Play-Off ... West Coast Trojans 25 v Northern Wildcats 28
3rd / 4th Place Play-Off ... Clyde Valley Falcons 49 v Highland Wildcats 27
Final ... Fife Fire 45 v Glasgow Tigers 63
Tournament Winners ... Glasgow Tigers
Tournament MVP ... Alan Steen (Glasgow Tigers)

NFLE WEEK 6 ... RESULTS - 18th / 20th May 2007
Hamburg Sea Devils 31 @ Amsterdam Admirals 41
Rhein Fire 17 @ Cologne Centurions 20
Berlin Thunder 7 @ Frankfurt Galaxy 35

BAFL WEEK 6 ... RESULTS - 13th May 2007
West Coast Trojans 8 @ Doncaster Mustangs 6
Birmingham Bulls 13 @ East Kilbride Pirates 0

BYAFA YOUTH TACKLE WEEK 4 ... RESULT - 13th May 2007
Glasgow Tigers 14 v Gateshead Senators 12

EAST KILBRIDE LOSE FIRST HOME GAME OF NEW BAFL SEASON - 13th May 2007
Pirates played their first home game on Sunday at Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds but lost to the Bulls.

NFLE WEEK 5 ... RESULTS - 12th / 13th May 2007
Amsterdam Admirals 17 @ Hamburg Sea Devils 24
Frankfurt Galaxy 24 @ Rhein Fire 27
Cologne Centurions 24 @ Berlin Thunder 10

JETS LOSE IN EUROPE ! - 12th May 2007
UK's sole representatives in the 2007 EFAF Cup ... the Coventry Cassidy Jets travelled to
Herrenriedstadion Hohenems to play their second match in Group C against Hohenems Blue Devils.
Coventry Jets 19 @ Hohenems Blue Devils 34

BYAFA YOUTH TACKLE WEEK 3 ... RESULT - 6th May 2007
Clyde Valley Hawks 14 v Glasgow Tigers 0

BAFL WEEK 5 ... RESULTS - 5th / 6th May 2007
Chester Romans 0 @ West Coast Trojans 56
Dundee Hurricanes 28 @ Manchester Titans 0
East Kilbride Pirates 0 @ Gateshead Senators 5
Merseyside Nighthawks 16 @ Glasgow Tigers 12

NFLE WEEK 4 ... RESULTS - 5th / 6th May 2007
Berlin Thunder 31 @ Cologne Centurions 28
Frankfurt Galaxy 17 @ Amsterdam Admirals 19
Rhein Fire 9 @ Hamburg Sea Devils 34

CFL ... CANADIAN DRAFT DAY - 2nd May 2007
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ALOUETTES AND THE 2007 CFL DRAFT - 2nd May 2007
Round 1 - Richard Yalowsky (OL/LO) Calgary
Round 2 - Darryl Conrad (T/BL) Manitoba
Round 3 - Chris Van Zeyl (DL/LD) McMaster
Round 3 - Brian Jones (OL/LO) Windsor
Round 3 - Donovan Alexander (DB/DD) North Dakota
Round 4 - James Judges (DE/AD) Buffalo
Round 6 - Braden Smith (QB/Q) UBC
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LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN-TEEN FOR NFL
Although talks are extremely preliminary, the NFL is investigating adding a 17th Regular Season game
and playing it outside America. The extra game would take the place of one in the pre-season,
allowing every team to play once abroad without sacrificing a home game.

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