Author: Gary

This is it. The last tournament of the 2006 season and the chance to become champions.There will be two tournaments Sunday. The semi-finals of the Final Four will start at 11 a.m. with Chichester vs Liberty, followed by Leicester vs Barbarians. The winners of these matches will play for the title of ESFL League Champion 2006.At the same time the Beach Bowl will start on the other pitch(es). The Thespians will be part of that tournament.Can everyone get there between 10 a.m. and 10.30 a.m please?Due to it getting dark quickly this time of year - and there being no floodlights - we need to be prompt with starting games. If you are late your team will have to forfeit - so no slacking!Don't forget to bring food, money, water,…

Good news Thesps, your shirts have arrived!I shall bring them to training this weekend, so make sure you turn up :)

VOTE PETE!Time to put Pete 'Man of' Steel into the Hall of Fame!It has become a tradition within the league to honour the great contributors to our game in an annual induction into the ESFL Hall of Fame. That time is upon us once again and I'm pleased to say that Pete has been shortlisted again.Pete reached the final stage of voting last year, narrowly missing out to former Chichester QB Nick Watson. This year Pete joins the illustrious company of the following nominees:Richard Cleveland (current ESFL Chairman, Bournemouth Raiders)Justin Handley (former Shark, current Baba/'player' for hire)Dayle Kirby (Barbarians)Ty Metcalfe (Voodoo)Alan O'Sullivan (current ESFL Treasurer, Leicester Eagles)Pete Steel (Chichester Sharks)Only TWO from the above group will make it into Hall of Fame this year. So make sure you VOTE FOR…

We've made it to the big time, fellas.We're obviously so famous that we're now the answer to a Trivia Question - 'In sporting terms, who are the Sharks?'(scroll to the bottom of that page)OK, so we're not alone in sharing that honour but it was nice of someone to think of us :)It won't be long before the record number of TDs caught by Pete in one season becomes the £250,000 question on 'Who wants to be a Millionaire'...

The (likely) final tournament to be held in West Ruislip, saw some great football but very, very bad weather. The Sharks had the misfortune of kicking off their first match against Voodoo in a torrential downpour, which pretty much set the tone of day and kept us wet and grumpy too.The London Liberty, who hosted the tournament, are soon to be posted back to the States and so wanted one last home tournament before they swapped the drizzly grey skies of the UK for the glorious blue skies of Florida. They pretty much wanted to kick our butts too, which they managed to do going unbeaten on the day.There was no G-TV camera crew available for this tournament so I don't have the luxury of giving you a blow by…

This Sunday is the penultimate tournament of the 2006 season. The tournament is to be hosted by London Liberty at West Ruislip.It kicks off at 11 a.m., so we'd need to leave the car park at 8.30 a.m.Please let me know here, text or email if you are coming or not - plus if you are able to drive.I must know numbers asap so let me know as soon as you know.cheers

OK, so it took a while, but one small cable off ebay later, I've finally been able to edit the first video from the Halloween Bowl - Chichester vs Chatham - the battle of the Sharks (though we know is the original...).For the first time I left every play in there - so you can watch the whole game uninterrupted. It has bit of everything, 3 scores on O and great D - check out how few completions they make - great work guys.Here it is.The rest will have to wait until I'm back from the Big Apple. Go Bears!!

There are two tournaments left this season and we would like to send 2 teams to both.The first is in TWO weeks time on the 26th November in Ruislip, London.The second is the Beach Bowl Finals in Westergate on the 17th December. This tournament is not just for the Final Four teams, there will be another tournament running alongside, which the Thespians can enter.Please ensure you are available for both dates.

There are a number of discussions going on over at the league forum that concern the future of our league.Please, please do go visit, register and join the discussion. It is important that as many people get involved as possible. You have an opportunity to shape the game we all love to play.Please take a look now.

I've updated the Roster page to reflect the many recent additions to the Thespians and the return of JP to the fold.Check it out hereEDIT: Unfortunately, Luke Nash broke his knee cap on Sunday, in a collision at training. He'll be out now for 8 weeks, which will end his season. Hopefully, he'll be ready to go for the Thespians at the first tournament of 2007.