London Blitz
| Sport(s): | American Football |
| Telephone: | 07834 350641 |
| Website: | http://www.londonblitz.com/index.php |
| Activities: | American Football |
| Comments: | American Football Club based in the heart of London. Have won 3 of the last 5 American Football UK Championships as well as made it to all 5. The Blitz field a senior team in the BAFA Community Leagues Premiership as well as youth teams. The roster has included both local players as well as players from North America, Jamaica, South Africa and Uganda. The team remained in the Premier division following the 2007 BAFL re-alignment. The play their home games at Finsbury Park Stadium. The team was formed in 1995 after a merger between pre-existing sides: the Ealing Eagles (1984–1994) and the Woking Generals (1988–1993). The Blitz rose from the lower divisions of the then-British Senior League to the Premier Division. They won the British national championship, BritBowl XXI, in 2007, defeating Coventry Cassidy Jets 14-6. They returned to defend the title in 2008, missing out to a field goal with 4 seconds left on the clock to go down 32-33 against Coventry Cassidy Jets in a repeat of the 2007 match up. In 2009 and 2010 the Blitz have cemented their place as the premier team in the UK by winning back to back BritBowls. In 2009 at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster they defeated the Coventry Jets 26-7 in BritBowl XXIII, then in 2010 at Sixways Stadium in Worcester facing the Coventry Jets for the fourth consecutive final they won 34-20 in BritBowl XXIV. For recruitment enquirires, please contact Robin Pierce. |
