Author: Gary

A grand? three? five?How about 5 years in prison?That's exactly what it cost the brother of Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone Carter. The guy had been caught driving with a suspended license and was due to report to prison on Jan. 6 for a six month term.Except his brother told him the Steelers had a good chance of going to the Superbowl. So he went on the run for a few weeks, before turning up to watch the Superbowl from great seats at the 50 yard line. He also then partied with Snoop Dogg after the game.Apparently the judge wasn't too impressed and extended the 6 month sentence to FIVE YEARS!He said after the hearing,"Even knowing what I know now, I would do it again. It was the greatest game in…

On the 1st April we're hoping to not look like Fools, as the Chichester Sharks play host to the new flag team from Brighton Tsunami for a series of friendly scrimmages.The Tsunami are a University kitted team looking at the possibility of playing flag in their off-season. Organised by our very own Jut Handley (a student somehow??), the team will be visiting Chichester on Saturday 1st April to play a few games against the Sharks.This is not a league tournament, just an opportunity for both sides to get some friendly game experience. It is hoped that if the day proves popular we can host regular scrimmages with our neighbours throughout the year.For Shark players this is an ideal opportunity to run the new playbook in a game situation before we…

No, not Devon, the real dogs...Sean has suggested that we arrange a night out for the team - anyone up for it?His suggestion was going to the Dogs in Portsmouth or out somewhere for a meal. And not just a p*** up either! Maybe even something where other halves could come if they want to (or if they exist!)Post your interest below - preferably with a suggestion of where we could go and any dates that might be ideal.Just nobody tell Jut... ;-)

Those of you that follow the off-season of the NFL know that we're getting very close to the annual Draft of top college prospects. Each year every aspect of the players are measured with meticulous detail - everything from the 40 yd sprints to number of bench press repetitions.One other test they do is called the W0nderlic test, which measures the intelligence of players and their ability to process information. It's out of 50 and very few players tend to get above the 30s. Its not uncommon for quarterbacks to score highly in the test, due to their need and ability to run offenses and read defenses.The controversy this year is that QB Vince Young, one of the projected top picks in April, apparently scored a measly 6! Now this…

7 degrees, sunny and a light southeasterly breeze. Ideal football weather everyone. We're expecting a good turnout this weekend so see you all there at 10.30am!

Training is back ON tomorrow - 26th February. Hopefully it will be good weather again like today, so we want a good turn out.See you ALL there at 10.30am!

Bad news on the international front chaps. Due to a change in circumstances our American naval friends are unable to attend the game on Saturday. The game will rearranged shortly.Not wishing to waste the planned day in Chichester, the day will now be devoted to training - the session starting at 11am.As there will be no game on Saturday, there is a possibility that we can run Shark training on the Sunday. An email will be going round in a day or two to assess everyone's availability.If you're already a definite yes, let me know here by leaving a comment.cheersGary

Just to clarify the situation with training...Sunday 19th February: Training is ONSaturday 25th February: England vs USA Sunday 26th February: Training is OFFThere will be a number of Sharks in the England team against the USA on the 25th, so if you're free that afternoon why not come down and support your fellow Sharks? Game starts at 1pm.

It's been a slow week on the football front, especially with no training this weekend (due to the England training on the 11th). Looking for something to do to amuse me, I took a look at the stats available with this site. Seems the number of people visiting has gone a little through the roof - and most of them seem to be american. In the last 48 hours we've had people from 21 different states (yes, I counted). They are:IndianaMinnesotaVirginiaGeorgiaCaliforniaFloridaMassachusettsNew MexicoOregonIllinoisFloridaOklahomaMichiganNorth CarolinaNew JerseyVirginiaMinnesotaNew YorkPennsylvaniaMissouriTexasThey have some cool place names too - Englishtown, Rio Rancho, Corpus Christi, Independence and Stone Mountain.And what on earth do you think could have brought them all here? Yup, Madden. Seems everyone wants to play now the real football is over.Perhaps we should set up…

Well done all the guys who attended Sunday's tournament in Ruislip - it was a long, physical day and I think we should be pleased with our performance.For those not in the know, we drew an unfavourable schedule that resulted in a 2 and a half hour wait between Games 1 and 2, then 3 back to back games to win the group and advance to (but unfortunately not progress past) the quarter-finals.Results on the day were:Chichester Sharks 35 - 0 Bournemouth RaidersChichester Sharks 0 - 6 UA2Chichester Sharks 19 - 6 Fen HarriersChichester Sharks 0 - 20 Eastbourne CrusadersCongrats to UA2 for taking the title on the day and a special mention to Eastbourne for reversing their fortunes and making it to the final.The six Sharks in attendance were:Neil…