Britbowl

BritBowl is the championship game of the British American Football Association Community Leagues, and formerly the British American Football League (BAFL) in the United Kingdom. It is the most prestigious of the league's three bowl games that constitute BritBowl Weekend. Only teams in the Premier Division of BAFL are eligible to compete in BritBowl. The lower divisions have their own championship games.

To mark its 20th anniversary, Roman numerals were introduced to identify the game. The 2006 Championship became known as BritBowl XX. The previous nineteen championship games were redesignated as BritBowl I to BritBowl XIX respectively.

Since BritBowl XX the winning team has been presented with the Boston Trophy. The current champions are London Blitz, who defeated London Warriors 37-21 in BritBowl XXVI on 26 August 2012, recording their fourth consecutive BritBowl success in the process. BritBowl XXVI was a repeat of BritBowl XXV, with London Blitz also winning on that occasion.

It has been announced that the 2012 BritBowl will be held at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield.

BritBowl Championships

BritBowl	Year	Date	Winning Team	Result	Losing Team	Venue	MVP
XXVI	2012	26 August 2012	*London Blitz	37-21	London Warriors	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	Fred Boyle
XXV	2011	24 September 2011	*London Blitz	18-0	London Warriors	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London	Fred Boyle
XXIV	2010	18 September 2010	*London Blitz	34-20	Coventry Cassidy Jets	Sixways Stadium, Worcester	Pete Sochart
XXIII	2009	27 September 2009	*London Blitz	26-7	Coventry Cassidy Jets	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster	Gareth Dauley
XXII	2008	21 September 2008	*Coventry Cassidy Jets	33-32	London Blitz	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster	Dax Michelena
XXI	2007	23 September 2007	*London Blitz	14-6	Coventry Cassidy Jets	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	Lennox Johnson
XX	2006		*London Olympians	45-30	London Blitz	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	Michael Andrew
XIX	2005		*London O's	21-19	Personal Assurance Knights	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XVIII	2004		*Personal Assurance Knights	28-14	London O's	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XVII	2003		*London O's	35-7	East Kilbride Pirates	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XVI	2002		*London O's	42-15	Personal Assurance Knights	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XV	2001		*London O's	37-20	East Kilbride Pirates	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XIV	2000		*London O's	34-26	Birmingham Bulls	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
XIII	1999		*London O's	9-6	Birmingham Bulls	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
XII	1998		*London O's	20-0	Sussex Thunder	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
XI	1997		Redbridge Fire	26-7	Nottingham Caesars	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
X	1996		Leicester Panthers	10-6	Milton Keynes Pioneers	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
IX	1995		Birmingham Bulls	34-30	London O's	Norman Green Stadium, Solihull
VIII	1994		*London Olympians	24-23	Birmingham Bulls	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
VII	1993		Bournemouth Buccaneers	42-34	Bedford Bombardiers	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
VI	1992		Clydesdale Colts	30-26	Farnham Knights	tbc
V	1991		London Capitals	52-7	Clydesdale Colts	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
IV	1990		Ipswich Cardinals	34-22	Clydesdale Colts	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
III	1989		Norwich Devils	18-9	Ipswich Cardinals	Moorways Stadium, Derby
II	1988		Woking Generals	20-14	Mersey Centurions	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
I	1987		Mersey Centurions	20-16	Leicester Huntsmen	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester	Jeffrey Kelly

* denotes British Champion

Note:
Undesignated, 1987–1988
National Division, 1989–1993
Division 1, 1994–1998
Division 1 National, 1999
Division 1, 2000–2006
Premier Division, 2007

Lower Division Championships

Year	Bowl	Champion	Result (Opponent)	Venue
2012	Division 1	Sussex Thunder	Won 10-07 (West Coast Trojans)	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
	Division 2	Sheffield Predators	Won 39-33 OT (Peterborough Saxons)
2011	Division 1	East Kilbride Pirates	Won 62-23 (Leicester Falcons)	Crystal Palace National Athletics Stadium, London
	Division 2	South Wales Warriors	Won 48-20 (West Coast Trojans)
2010	Division 1	Tamworth Phoenix	Won XX-XX (East Kilbride Pirates)	Sixways Stadium, Worcester
	Division 2	London Olympians	Won 35-13 (Manchester Titans)
2009	Division 1	London Cobras	Won 8-0 (East Kilbride Pirates)	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
	Division 2	Leicester Falcons	Won 33-32 (Colchester Gladiators)
2008	Division 1	Sussex Thunder	Won 20-18 4OT (Redditch Arrows)	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
	Division 2	London Cobras	Won 30-6 (Tamworth Phoenix)
2007	Division 1	Farnham MH Knights	Won 47-7 (Ipswich Cardinals)
	Division 2	Norwich Devils	Won 26-12 (Dundee Hurricanes)
2006	Division 1A	Coventry Cassidy Jets	Won 52-20 (Bristol Aztecs)
	Division 2	Dominos Oxford Saints	Won 29-28 (West Coast Trojans)
2005	Division 1A	Bristol Aztecs	Won 7-0 (Chiltern Cheetahs)
	Division 2	Coventry Jets	Won 30-26 (Kent Exiles)
2004	Division 1A	Southern Sundevils	Won 32-0 (Bristol Aztecs)
	Division 2	Doncaster Mustangs	Won 32-16 (Chiltern Cheetahs)
2003	Division 2	Bristol Aztecs	Won 32-15 (Nottingham Caesars)
2002	Division 2	Norwich Devils	Won 17-14 (ASAP Yorkshire Rams)
2001	Division 2	Ipswich Cardinals	Won 47-15 (Norwich Devils)
2000	Division 2	Personal Assurance Knights	Won 41-7 (Ipswich Cardinals)
1999	Division 1 (Regional)	Gateshead Senators	Won 7-2 (Bristol Aztecs)	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
	Division 2	Chester Romans	Won 24-22 (Tiger Bay Warriors)
1998	Division 2	Southern Sundevils	Won 22-16 (Lancashire Wolverines)
1997	Division 2	Bristol Aztecs	Won 27-6 (Chiltern Cheetahs)
1996	Division 2	London O's	Won 32-7 (Birmingham Bulls)
	Division 3	Winchester Rifles	Won 48-0 (Redditch Arrows)
1995	Division 2	Cambridge Cats	Won 28-14 (Plymouth Admirals)	Norman Green Stadium, Solihull
	Division 3	Oxford Saints	Won 14-6 (Gwent Mustangs)
1994	Division 2	Milton Keynes Pioneers	Won 18-6 (Bedford Bombardiers)	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
	Division 3	Cambridge Cats	Won 25-14 (Crawley Raiders)
	Division 4	London Olympians II	Won 48-6 (Trent Valley Warriors)
1993	Premier Division	Tiptree Titans	Won 17-9 (Croydon Kings)
	First Division	Lincoln Saints	Won 51-14 (Redbridge Fire)
1992	Premier Division	Merseyside Centurians	Won 23-20 (Crawley Raiders)	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
	First Division	Tiptree Titans	Won 20-6 (Bath Gladiators)
1991	Premier Division	Plymouth Admirals	Won 26-16 (Sutton Coalfield Royals)	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester
	First Division	Glasgow Cyclones	Won 30-21 (Basildon Chiefs)
1990	Premier Division	Duchy Destroyers	Won 31-19 (Cumbria Cougars)
	First Division	Barnsley Bears	Won 40-34 (Barracudas)
1989	Premier Division	Kingston Thames Pirates	Won 66-8 (Redditch Arrows)	Moorways Stadium, Derby
	First Division	Rugby Rollers	Won 27-23 (Duchy Destroyers)

Note:
There were no lower divisions prior to 1989

BritBowl Appearances

Num	Team	W	L	%	Notes
11	London Olympians	9	2	0.818	6 wins & 2 losses as London O's
4	Birmingham Bulls	1	3	0.250
4	Farnham MH Knights	1	3	0.250	1 win & 2 losses as Personal Assurance Knights
3	Clydesdale Colts	1	2	0.333
5	London Blitz	3	2	0.667
2	Ipswich Cardinals	1	1	0.500
4	Coventry Cassidy Jets	1	3	0.333
2	Mersey Centurions	1	1	0.500
2	East Kilbride Pirates	0	2	0.000

The following teams have 1 win from 1 appearance:
Bournemouth Buccaneers, Leicester Panthers,London Capitals, Norwich Devils, Redbridge Fire, Woking Generals

The following teams have 1 loss from 1 appearance:
Bedford Bombardiers, Leicester Huntsmen, Milton Keynes Pioneers, Nottingham Caesars, Sussex Thunder

Lower Division Championship Appearances

Num	Team	W	L	%	Notes
6	Bristol Aztecs	3	3	0.500
3	Norwich Devils	2	1	0.667
3	Ipswich Cardinals	1	2	0.333
3	Chiltern Cheetahs	0	3	0.000
2	Cambridge Cats	2	0	1.000
2	Coventry Cassidy Jets	2	0	1.000	1 win as Coventry Jets
2	Farnham MH Knights	2	0	1.000	1 win as Personal Assurance Knights
2	London Olympians	2	0	1.000	1 win as London O's & 1 win as London Olympians II
2	Southern Sundevils	2	0	1.000
2	Sussex Thunder	2	0	1.000
2	Tiptree Titans	2	0	1.000
2	Duchy Destroyers	1	1	0.500
2	Plymouth Admirals	1	1	0.500
2	Crawley Raiders	0	2	0.000
2	Redditch Arrows	0	2	0.000

The following teams have 1 win from 1 appearance:
Barnsley Bears, Chester Romans, Doncaster Mustangs, Gateshead Senators, Glasgow Cyclones, Kingston Thames Pirates, Lincoln Saints, Merseyside Centurians, Milton Keynes Pioneers, Oxford Saints, Rugby Rollers, South Wales Warriors, Winchester Rifles

The following teams have 1 loss from 1 appearance:
ASAP Yorkshire Rams, Barracudas, Basildon Chiefs, Bath Gladiators, Bedford Bombardiers, Birmingham Bulls, Croydon Kings, Cumbria Cougars, Dundee Hurricanes, Gwent Mustangs, Kent Exiles, Lancashire Wolverines, Nottingham Caesars, Redbridge Fire, Sutton Coalfield Royals, Tiger Bay Warriors, Trent Valley Warriors

See also

• British American Football League
• Boston Trophy