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YOUTH | League Alignment and 2017 opponents updated

Blackhawks
08 Mar
Michael Dilley All News, Youth Football , , , , ,

Following a review by the British American Football Association (BAFA) the Blackhawks will now play in the BAFA Regional U17 Outer London Conference.

They are joined in the updated Conference by Berkshire Renegades, Buckinghamshire Wolves, Cobham Cougars Blue and Farnham Knights.

After receiving feedback from a number of teams concerned about large travel distances and associated costs, BAFA have removed all inter-conference games from the schedule. As a result of that change, the Young Hawks will just face their divisional opponents in a number of mini tournaments that make up the regular season.

The full schedule will be published here once confirmed by BAFA.

BAFA Regional U17 Outer London Conference

Bedford Blackhawks
Berkshire Renegades
Buckinghamshire Wolves
Cobham Cougars Blue
Farnham Knights

YOUTH | League Alignment and 2017 Opponents Confirmed

06 Feb
Michael Dilley All News, Youth Football , , , , , , , , , ,

The British American Football Association (BAFA) have confirmed that the Blackhawks Youth Team will play in U17 Conference E in the 2017 season.

They are joined in the Conference by Buckinghamshire Wolves, Cobham Cougars, Cobham Cougars Varsity and Farnham Knights.

The Young Hawks will face their divisional opponents in a number of mini tournaments that make up the season, and will also come up against Kent Exiles Rebels, Essex Spartans, Sussex Thunder and Cornish Sharks during the regular season.

The full schedule is expected to be confirmed by BAFA in the next couple of weeks.

FLAG | Blackhawks Preseason Schedule confirmed

Blackhawks
27 Jan
Michael Dilley All News, Come and Try, Flag Football , ,

The Blackhawk’s 2017 preseason schedule has been confirmed, and includes come and try sessions, training camps and warm-up games.

‘Come and Try’ sessions for new players will take place at Sunderland Road, Sandy this Sunday (29th January) and Sunday 12th February, either side of friendly games against Aylesbury Vale Spartans and Northampton Phantoms in Aylesbury.

Three training camps (location to be confirmed) will take place on 19th February, 12th March and 2nd April.

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 Outlaw Flag League

Outlaw Flag League
06 Mar
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football , , ,

The Blackhawks will be playing in the Outlaw Flag League (OFL) this autumn and winter.

Newly established in 2016 and based in Northamptonshire, the OFL aims to be one of the largest flag football leagues of its kind in the United Kingdom.

The league’s mission is to provide “free to play, competitive flag football that will continue to attract players, teams and fans from all over the U.K.”

League Members

There are currently nine teams confirmed for the 2016 season, which will run between September and November:

  • Bedford Blackhawks
  • Cheshire Cavalier
  • Chichester Sharks
  • Coventry Panthers
  • Manchester Crows
  • Mansfield Honey Badgers
  • Northants Titans Atlas
  • Northants Titans Oceanus
  • Staffordshire Surge Academy

The teams will be split into two conferences; the Exile Flag Conference (EFC) and Bandit Flag Conference (BFC), the final make up of which will be confirmed once all league members have been announced.

Schedule

The final schedule will be confirmed once all league members have been announced, but regular season games are currently scheduled for the following dates:

  • Sunday 11th September 2016
  • Sunday 25th September 2016
  • Sunday 9th October 2016
  • Sunday 6th November 2016

The Outlaw Bowl Playoffs are currently scheduled for Sunday 20th November 2016.

Outlaw Flag League

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Blackhawks to play in SEC North

Blackhawks
20 Feb
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football , , , , , , , , ,

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.

Blackhawk Bowl

16 Feb
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football , , , , ,

The Blackhawk Bowl Flag Tournament takes place this Sunday 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

Flag football is the fastest growing format of the game in Great Britain encompassing schools, colleges, universities and community football.

Flag is non-contact version of American Football where tackles are made by pulling a flag off an opposing player. The game retains the same principles as the contact form but in a 5v5 non-contact arena, and is a tremendous way to increase passing and catching fundamentals.

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.

JennaLou Photography will also be in attendance on the day.

 

Blackhawks Merchandise

01 Feb
Michael Dilley All News, Flag Football , , ,

The club are very excited to reveal the new 2016 Bedford Blackhawks merchandise via our Football America Team Store.

Designed by the club with assistance from our friends at Football America, the gear is all new for this year and features the Blackhawks logo and updated club colours of purple, white and silver.

There are a number of t-shirts available starting at £13 each, hoodies starting at £20.50 each and a number of other items available such as hats, shorts, jackets and polo shirts including the designs below:

You can check out the full range by clicking here and visiting the Team Store. All profits made from the sales of merchandise go towards funding team equipment.