2009 BAFL season

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The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on 27 September 2009.

## Schedule[edit]

### Regular season[edit]

#### Formula[edit]

Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2009 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:

Division | Teams

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BAFL Premier  | 5
BAFL 1 North Conference  | 7
BAFL 1 South East Conference  | 6
BAFL 1 South West Conference  | 6
BAFL 2 Central Conference  | 6
BAFL 2 East Conference  | 4
BAFL 2 North Conference  | 4
BAFL 2 Scottish Conference  | 4
BAFL 2 South East Conference  | 4
BAFL 2 South West Conference  | 5

## Regular season standings[edit]

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points for, PA = Points against

Clinched playoff seeds are shaded in green.

### BAFL Premier standings[edit]

BAFL Premier

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
London Blitz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 304 | 43
Coventry Cassidy Jets | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 145 | 142
Bristol Aztecs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 180 | 186
Farnham Fast Lane Knights | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 133 | 231
Sussex Thunder | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 64 | 224

### BAFL Division 1 standings[edit]

| BAFL 1 – North

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
East Kilbride Pirates | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.850 | 311 | 117
Doncaster Mustangs | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 356 | 257
Gateshead Senators | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 170 | 190
Yorkshire Rams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | 230 | 188
Dundee Hurricanes | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | 133 | 209
Merseyside Nighthawks | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 180 | 242
West Coast Trojans | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 119 | 203
| BAFL 1 – South East

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
London Cobras | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.950 | 322 | 51
Kent Exiles  | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 362 | 253
Cambridgeshire Cats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 373 | 281
Ipswich Cardinals | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.364 | 213 | 233
Peterborough Saxons | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 140 | 259
Norwich Devils | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.056 | 84 | 417
| BAFL 1 – South West

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Tamworth Phoenix | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 317 | 52
Oxford Saints | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 192 | 91
South Wales Warriors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 194 | 86
Birmingham Bulls | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 92 | 123
Nottingham Caesars | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 73 | 213
Redditch Arrows  | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 20 | 323

### BAFL Division 2 standings[edit]

#### Northern section[edit]

| BAFL 2 – Scottish

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Glasgow Tigers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 191 | 66
Clyde Valley Blackhawks  | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 307 | 117
Edinburgh Wolves | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 186 | 137
Highland Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 31 | 442
BAFL 2 – North
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Manchester Titans  | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 364 | 52
Lancashire Wolverines | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | 232 | 193
Chester Romans  | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 107 | 178
Hull Hornets | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 92 | 294
BAFL 2 – Central
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Staffordshire Surge  | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 251 | 58
Leicester Falcons | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | 294 | 87
Shropshire Revolution | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | 300 | 117
Lincolnshire Bombers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 18 | 464

#### Southern section[edit]

| BAFL 2 – East

Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Colchester Gladiators | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.950 | 431 | 54
Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 203 | 73
Watford Cheetahs | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 157 | 197
Milton Keynes City Pathfinders | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 32 | 406
BAFL 2 – South East
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
East Kent Mavericks | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.850 | 322 | 45
London Olympians | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 274 | 94
Essex Spartans | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | 64 | 237
Maidstone Pumas | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.050 | 44 | 441
BAFL 2 – South West
Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA
Hampshire Thrashers | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.900 | 371 | 62
Cornish Sharks | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | 295 | 65
Gloucester Banshees | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 158 | 259
Berkshire Renegades | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 142 | 289
Plymouth Admirals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 68 | 476

## Playoffs[edit]

The playoffs are scheduled to be played on 5/6 September 2009. BritBowl XXIII will then be played on 27 September 2009 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

### BAFL Premier Playoff[edit]

Seed | Teams

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1 | London Blitz
2 | Coventry Jets
3 | Bristol Aztecs
4 | Farnham Knights

#### BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl[edit]

| Semi-finals | | | BritBowl |

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| 1 | London Blitz | 33 | |
| 4 | Farnham Knights | 13 | | | 1 | London Blitz | 26 |
| 2 | Coventry Jets | 28 | | | 2 | Coventry Jets | 7 |
| 3 | Bristol Aztecs | 14 | | | |

### BAFL 1 Playoff[edit]

Seed | Teams

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1 | London Cobras
2 | Tamworth Phoenix
3 | East Kilbride Pirates
4 | Oxford Saints
5 | Cambridgeshire Cats
6 | Gateshead Senators
7 | Kent Exiles
8 | Doncaster Mustangs

#### BAFL 1 Championship Game[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | London Cobras | 66 | | |
| 8 | Doncaster Mustangs | 0 |
| | 1 | London Cobras | 22 |
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| | | 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 6 |
| 4 | Oxford Saints | 13 |

| 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 25 |
| | 1 | London Cobras | 8 |
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| | | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 0 |
| 2 | Tamworth Phoenix | 27 | |

| 7 | Kent Exiles | 20 |
| | 2 | Tamworth Phoenix | 0 |
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| | | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 25 |
| 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 28 |

| 6 | Gateshead Senators | 0 |

### BAFL 2 Playoff[edit]

The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the conferences champions from each of the East, South East and South West. The Northern half includes conferences champions from the Scottish, Northern and Central conferences. There is a wild card team from each of the North and the South.

Seed | Southern Section | Northern Section

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1 | Colchester Gladiators | Manchester Titans
2 | Hampshire Thrashers | Staffordshire Surge
3 | East Kent Mavericks | Glasgow Tigers
4 | Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | Leicester Falcons

#### BAFL 2 Championship Game[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Manchester Titans | 15 | | |
| 4 | Leicester Falcons | 39 |
| | 4 | Leicester Falcons | 7 |
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| | | 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 6 |
| 2 | Staffordshire Surge | 0 |

| 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 12 |
| | 4 | Leicester Falcons | 33 |
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| | | 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 32 |
| 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 41 | |

| 4 | Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | 16 |
| | 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 49 |
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| | | 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | 20 |
| 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | 24 |

| 3 | East Kent Mavericks | 6 |

## See also[edit]

* BritBowl

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| Premier Division North|

* East Kilbride Pirates
* Edinburgh Wolves
* Leicester Panthers
* Manchester Titans
* Merseyside Nighthawks
* Tamworth Phoenix

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Premier Division South|

* Bristol Aztecs
* Cambridgeshire Cats
* Kent Exiles
* London Blitz
* London Warriors
* Solent Thrashers

BAFANL Division 1|

| NFC 1 Scotland|

* Aberdeen Roughnecks
* Clyde Valley Blackhawks
* Dunfermline Kings
* Glasgow Tigers
* Inverclyde Goliaths
* Highland Stags

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NFC 1 Central|

* Darlington Steam
* Halton Spartans
* Lancashire Wolverines
* Northumberland Vikings
* Scunthorpe Alphas
* Yorkshire Rams

NFC 1 South|

* Birmingham Bulls
* Chester Romans
* Northants Knights
* Nottingham Caesars
* Sandwell Steelers
* Sheffield Giants

SFC West 1|

* Bournemouth Bobcats
* Bristol Apache
* Hertfordshire Cheetahs
* Oxford Saints
* Rushmoor Knights
* South Wales Warriors

SFC East 1|

* Essex Spartans
* London Blitz B
* London Hornets
* London Olympians
* Norwich Devils
* Wembley Stallions

BAFANL Division 2|

| NFC 2 West|

* Crewe Railroaders
* Leigh Miners
* Lincolnshire Bombers
* Shropshire Revolution
* Staffordshire Surge

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NFC 2 East|

* DC Presidents
* Doncaster Mustangs
* Gateshead Senators
* Humber Warhawks
* Wakefield District Raiders

SFC 2 West|

* Cornwall Monarchs
* Portsmouth Dreadnoughts
* Somerset Wyverns
* Torbay Trojans

SFC 2 Central|

* Berkshire Renegades
* Hereford Stampede
* Ouse Valley Eagles
* Swindon Storm

SFC 2 East|

* Colchester Gladiators
* East Essex Sabres
* East Kent Mavericks
* Ipswich Cardinals
* Sussex Thunder

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