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Chichester Sharks!!!Sharks beat Voodoo 31-29 in a come from behind thriller!More details to come.Well done guys :)

The final tournament of 2007 will be held this Sunday in Chichester. The venue is our usual training ground and kickoff is 11 a.m.We had hoped to arrange a venue with changing facilities, but despite lots of last minute ringing around we were unable to sort something.I will be in touch with each of you today to find out your availability for Sunday - please reply by text or post your intention here in the comments.Subject to the number of teams attending there may be some qualifying games for some teams to start the day, but Chichester have a bye to the Semi-finals by merit of finishing with the 2nd best qualifying record.Hope to see you all there :)

This weekend Team England are playing a friendly against Wales in Cardiff. It is part of the development programme, to give experience to the new expanded England squad. Chichester are well represented with Team England, with a good number travelling this weekend. The downside of this is we're left with limited numbers for training on Sunday, so we've decided to take this weekend off - so no training.It's been quite some time since we've missed a Sunday, so that'll be weird! Good luck to all the guys playing this weekend.The following weekend is scheduled to be the Finals tournament. We are currently trying to organise a venue after a late change of plans. More details to come soon.

The last tournament of the year before the finals takes place this coming weekend. Hosted by the Voodoo, the tournament will take place at Winchester Rugby Club.Kick off is at 11 a.m. and it takes about 50 minutes to get there so cars will be leaving the car park in Chichester at 9.30 a.m.As some of you live on the way to Winchester we need to work out who is traveling from where.Please put your start point in the comments below or text me. Those from Chichester can meet at the car park. Neil I expect will go from Hedge End, Thierry and Ewan maybe can get a lift from Neil...Lets ensure we get a good turn out as there will only be one more chance to compete after this…

There is a horrible trend forming here - Billy is topping the table for two weeks running now!Is it his immense knowledge of the NFL or is he just plain lucky? hmmm...Here are the scores this week (out of 16). The figures in brackets are the overall scores.1. Billy 12/16 (24/36)2. Steve 11/16 (22/36)3. Jon 10/16 (22/36)3. Shaun 10/16 (21/36)5. Gary 10/16 (19/36)5. Matt 10/16 (18/36)5. Thierry 10/16 (18/36)8. Neil 7/16 (18/36)

Four players from the Chichester Sharks represented Great Britain this past weekend at the European Flag Football Championships in Italy.QB Neil Henderson, WR Pete Steel and defenders Dayle Kirby and Dave Lee trained with the GB squad throughout the year in anticipation of competing in the 9 nation tournament in Sestola, Italy.They were joined by teams from Austria, Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark, Spain and Italy for the 2 day event.Great Britain were drawn against Denmark, Germany and Italy in Pool B. It was a tough draw for the Lions, pitting them against the 3 runners up from the last 3 major tournaments (Germany 2004, Italy 2005 and Denmark 2006).Once the guys return from their trip, we'll post up all the scores and a report on how they got on.The…

Following a wild opening weekend of the 2007 season - a weekend with many upsets (that's my excuse anyway) - here is the league table of Chichester Sharks & Makos pickers.The top spot is shared by Billy Bromley and Jon Steele-Mills, who somehow managed to predict 12 out of 16 matchups correctly. A fluke I say! I think there must have been a technical error along the way as I seem to have only managed to score 9. I'm sure that will be rectified Week 2!1. Billy 12/161. Jon 12/163. Neil 11/163. Shaun 11/163. Steve 11/166. Billy2 10/167. Gary 9/168. Matt 8/168. Thierry 8/16There are no early games this week, so guys, remember to get your picks in before kickoff on Sunday.

...guys, it was a lot of fun - if a little knackering!Thanks to Dayle for running the agonising warm-up - 'dynamic stretching' all the way from now on! Thanks also for running the new drills, I think we all got a lot from them. Nice to learn some new stuff about technique.Well done to Billy, Shaun and Pete on taking some snaps at QB too - it was good to mix it up like that.As discussed at training, we'll be focusing more on developing our technique at the different positions over the next few months - thanks for the feedback. If you have any other suggestions/comments, do let us know.*********************Quick reminder - don't forget to sign up to our Pigskin Pick'em. The season starts this Thursday, so get in quick!*********************

The NFL season is just days away, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to launch the 2007 Chichester Sharks & Makos Pigskin Pick'em!If you've not done one of these before, a Pigskin Pick'em is a weekly competition where you get to predict the winners of each NFL game throughout the 17 weeks of the regular season.I've set up a league on ESPN for Sharks and Makos players. Prior to the games starting each week, you'll need to make your selections as to who you think will be the winner of each match-up. If you cannot make your predictions in time or you forget, your picks will default to the team playing at home.The Pigskin Pick'em Champion will be the player who correctly guesses the most victories.If you're…

Guys, can you have a think about what you like about training, what you dislike and anything new you'd like us to do. Seems like a good time to review things.So, more/less drills? More/less scrimmages? More D training - zone vs man, what exactly is a Cover 2? More fitness training? Mini-tournaments? Timed drills (40 yd sprint, 3 cone shuttle, etc).Have a think about it this week and we'll have a chat about it at training on Sunday.Have a good week