2009 BAFL season

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

Formula

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

Division	Teams
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

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

Clinched playoff seeds are shaded in green.

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

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

Northern section 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 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

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

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

BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl

	Semi-finals					BritBowl
	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

Seed	Teams
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

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	London Cobras	66
	8	Doncaster Mustangs	0
						1	London Cobras	22
						5	Cambridgeshire Cats	6
	4	Oxford Saints	13
	5	Cambridgeshire Cats	25
											1	London Cobras	8
											3	East Kilbride Pirates	0
	2	Tamworth Phoenix	27
	7	Kent Exiles	20
						2	Tamworth Phoenix	0
						3	East Kilbride Pirates	25
	3	East Kilbride Pirates	28
	6	Gateshead Senators	0

BAFL 2 Playoff

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
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

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Manchester Titans	15
	4	Leicester Falcons	39
						4	Leicester Falcons	7
						3	Glasgow Tigers	6
	2	Staffordshire Surge	0
	3	Glasgow Tigers	12
											4	Leicester Falcons	33
											1	Colchester Gladiators	32
	1	Colchester Gladiators	41
	4	Bedfordshire Blue Raiders	16
						1	Colchester Gladiators	49
						2	Hampshire Thrashers	20
	2	Hampshire Thrashers	24
	3	East Kent Mavericks	6

See also

• BritBowl