The schedule for the 2010 BAFACL Flag season has been released – and it’s not going to be an easy one for the Sharks.

Due to a late start to the season to resolve the fall out from the BAFA / BAFL split and availability of other teams, the Sharks now face the daunting prospect of playing six away tournaments in just six weeks. Starting with the last weekend of May, the Sharks will travel to Leicester (x2), Basingstoke, Coventry (x2) and St. Albans, resting through July, before ending the season with two home tournaments in Chichester.

It should make for an interesting and exciting season!

Full Fixtures:

Sun 09/05/2010 – Woodham

Jets vs Woodham White

Woodham White vs Woodham Black

Woodham Black vs Eagles

Eagles vs Jets

Sun 23/05/2010 – Wales

Rebels vs Wales

Rebels vs Kings

Kings vs Wales

Sun 30/05/2010 – Leicester

Woodham Black vs Sharks

Woodham White vs Eagles

Woodham White vs Woodham Black

Eagles vs Sharks

Sun 30/05/2010 – London

Horde vs Jets

Horde vs Rebels

Jets vs Rebels

Sun 06/06/2010 –Basingstoke

Sharks vs Horde

Kings vs Wales

Rebels vs Sharks

Horde vs Kings

Wales vs Rebels

Sun 13/06/2010 – Coventry

Woodham Black vs Sharks

Woodham White vs Wales

Woodham Black vs Jets

Sharks vs Woodham White

Wales vs Jets

Sat 19/06/2010 – St Albans

Horde vs Jets

Horde vs Kings

Jets vs Kings

Sun 20/06/2010 – Leicester or Coventry

Woodham White vs Sharks

Woodham White vs Rebels

Woodham Black vs Wales

Woodham Black vs Rebels

Sharks vs Wales

Sun 27/06/2010 – Coventry

Wales vs Sharks

Wales vs Jets

Sharks vs Jets

Sat 03/07/2010 – St Albans

Eagles vs Sharks

Eagles vs Kings

Sharks vs Kings

Sun 11/07/2010 – Leicester or Coventry

Woodham White vs Horde

Woodham White vs Kings

Woodham Black vs Horde

Woodham Black vs Kings

Sun 18/07/2010 – Leicester or Coventry

Woodham White vs Rebels

Woodham White vs Horde

Woodham Black vs Rebels

Woodham Black vs Horde

Sun 25/07/2010 – Woodham

Woodham White vs Eagles

Woodham White vs Jets

Woodham Black vs Eagles

Woodham Black vs Jets

Sun 01/08/2010 – Chichester

Horde vs Rebels

Horde vs Sharks

Rebels vs Sharks

Sun 01/08/2010 – Coventry or Leicester

Woodham White vs Wales

Woodham White vs Kings

Woodham Black vs Wales

Woodham Black vs Kings

Sun 08/08/2010 – Wales

Eagles vs Horde

Eagles vs Wales

Horde vs Wales

Sat 14/08/2010 – Leicester

Jets vs Rebels

Jets vs Eagles

Rebels vs Eagles

Sat 21/08/2010 – Chichester

Jets vs Kings

Jets vs Sharks

Kings vs Sharks

Sun 29/08/2010 – Basingstoke

Wales vs Horde

Eagles vs Horde

Wales vs Eagles

Sat 04/09/2010 – London

Eagles vs Rebels

Rebels vs Kings

Eagles vs Kings

Finals TBC 18/19 or 25/26 September

photo credit: Anderson Mancini

This coming Sunday sees the Sharks begin the first leg of what could be a difficult four week run of 8 BAFL Flag fixtures.

Due to the late start of the season this year, we have a stockpile of games to play mid-season, starting with 2 away games this Sunday in Cardiff. We’ll be playing against league new boys South Wales Warriors and the old ‘enemy’ the Leicester Eagles.

The next three weeks will then see us travel to Winchester and London, before playing the first of 2 August home tournaments in Chichester.

View the full schedule.

Check back after Sunday to see how the Sharks fared.

Finally, after much work by Neil coordinating with other teams, we now have a finalised fixture list for the 2008 BAFL Flag football season.

The Sharks will play each of the following teams twice this season:

Coventry Jets
Kent Exiles
Leicester Eagles
Mildenhall Mayhem
North Devon Dogs
St. Albans Kings
West Kent Wing Dings

We have already kicked off the flag football season with a narrow loss to Mildenhall and the victory over St. Albans, but here is the Sharks’ fixture list in full (home team in bold):

Sun 6th April – vs Mildenhall Mayhem + St. Albans Kings
Sun 20th April – vs West Kent Wing Dings + Kent Exiles
Sun 11th May – vs North Devon Dogs + St. Albans Kings
Sun 13th July – vs Leicester Eagles + Coventry Jets
Sun 3rd August – Home vs North Devon Dogs and Kent Exiles
Sat 16th August – vs Coventry Jets + West Kent Wing Dings
Sun 24th August – Home vs Leicester Eagles and Mildenhall Mayhem

Our next match is just a week and a half away, with a trip to Kent to take on the two local teams.

The other flag football teams competing in the BAFL Flag league this year are in the Scottish conference. They are:

Aberdeen Oilcats
Carluke Cobras
Dundee Storm
East Kilbride Pirates
Glasgow Hornets
Glasgow Tigers
Grangemouth Broncos
Kirkcaldy Bulls
Lanarkshire Steelers
West Coast Trojans

We won’t be meeting them in regular season play, but there is a chance to go up against them if we make it to the playoffs in September.

Please make sure you’re free to play in all our regular season matches!