Tag: Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers

PREVIEW | Blackhawks at full strength for round four

24 Jun
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football, Previews , , , , , ,

The Blackhawks travel to Hertfordshire this weekend for their next round of BAFA Flag Southeastern Conference games.

The matches, which take place tomorrow, are hosted by the Ware Wolves and as well as the Blackhawks feature the Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers and Victoria Park Panthers.

The Blackhawks have their full squad available and will at full strength for the first time all season.

Jed Parisi and Jake Cooper come up against their old teammates the Wolves for the first time, and Parisi is looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces:

The lads are all excited for this weekend’s games, no-one more than me and Jake as it’s our first game back against our team Ware.

This game day is critical if we are to qualify for the play-offs this season.

Schedule

The first game of the day will kick off at 10am, and pairs the hosts with the Panthers. The full schedule for the day is:

  • Ware Wolves vs Victoria Park Panthers
  • Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers vs Bedford Blackhawks
  • Ware Wolves vs Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers
  • Bedford Blackhawks vs Victoria Park Panthers
  • Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers vs Victoria Park Panthers
  • Ware Wolves vs Bedford Blackhawks
Directions

The games will take place at Freman College, Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, Hertfordshire SG9 9BT.

Directions are below, but please drive right to the end of Bowling Green Lane and into the school, straight ahead through to a small car park at the far end of the school. Walk alon side the gym onto the playing field:

Game Coverage

If you can’t make it to Buntingford to watch the games, we will be providing regular updates via the Blackhawks Twitter and Facebook pages.

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Blackhawks 2016 Schedule Confirmed

24 Mar
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Blackhawks 2016 regular season schedule has been confirmed, and sees them kicking off against Victoria Park Panthers, West Essex Showboats and Aylesbury Vale Spartans on Saturday 14th May in a round of matches hosted by the Panthers.

They are followed up three sets of matches in June on Saturday 4th, 11th and 25th hosted by Aylesbury Vale Spartans, Victoria Park Panthers and Ware Wolves.

Then comes two rounds of matches hosted by the Blackhawks, on Saturday 2nd July featuring Aylesbury Vale Spartans, Chichester Sharks, , Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers and London Barracuda, and on Saturday 16th July featuring the HighFlyers, Ware Wolves and Victoria Park.

The regular season is rounded off with games against Reading Lions and Solent Thrashers on Saturday 30th July, in a round of matches hosted by Aylesbury Vale Spartans that also feature Bishop’s Stortford.

The Blackhawks are back in training this Friday evening at Sandy Upper School. The session starts at 9pm, and is expected to cost around £4 per player. If you are interested in attending please get in touch either via Facebook, Twitter or the Contact Us page.

Bedford Blackhawks (Flag) 2016 Regular Season Schedule (hosts in brackets)
Saturday 14th May (Victoria Park Panthers)
  • vs Victoria Park Panthers
  • vs West Essex Showboats
  • vs Aylesbury Vale Spartans
Saturday 4th June (Aylesbury Vale Spartans)
  • vs London Rebels
  • vs Reading Knights
Saturday 11th June (Victoria Park Panthers)
  • vs West Essex Showboats
  • vs Aylesbury Vale Spartans
Saturday 25th June (Ware Wolves)
  • vs Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers
  • vs Victoria Park Panthers
  • vs Ware Wolves
Saturday 2nd July (Bedford Blackhawks)
  • vs London Barracuda
  • vs Chichester Sharks
      • Saturday 16th July (Bedford Blackhawks)
      • vs Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers
      • vs Ware Wolves
      Saturday 30th July (Aylesbury Vale Spartans)
      • vs Reading Lions
      • vs Solent Thrashers

      Kick off times for all games are to be confirmed.

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Blackhawks to play in SEC North

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20 Feb
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BAFA have confirmed that the Blackhawks will be playing in the South Eastern Conference (SEC) North Division for the 2016 season.

The newly-formed ‘Hawks will go up against Aylesbury Vale Spartans, Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers, Victoria Park Panthers, Ware Wolves, West Essex Showboats and Westcliff Storm.

The season kicks off week commencing Monday 4th April, and the schedule will be released by BAFA this Tuesday, 23rd February.

The regional championships will be on 13th August for the south and 14th August for the north, and the date of the final itself is yet to be confirmed.

SEC North

Aylesbury Vale Spartans
Bedford Blackhawks
Bishop’s Stortford HighFlyers
Victoria Park Panthers
Ware Wolves
West Essex Showboats
Westcliff Storm

For further details on the 2016 alignment, including details of the play-off structure and tie-breakers, check out the full article on Pulling the Flag.

The Blackhawk Bowl Flag Tournament takes place this tomorrow (Sunday 21st February) at Bedford International Athletics Stadium, sponsored by Bul-1 Civil Engineering.

The tournament is the Blackhawks’ first taste of competitive action and sees them up against three other teams who are confirmed as attending:

– Aylesbury Vale Spartans
– Northants Phantoms
– Northants Titans

The first game is scheduled to kick-off at 9.30am, the tournament will run until around 2pm and there is free admission for all.

A trophy and medals will be up for grabs for the winning team, and a trophy will also be presented to the runners up.