Walney Terriers VS West Coast Trojans

I recently photographed this American football match, and one of the players kindly wrote a write up of the match for me. 

Here is the write up and the pictures.

Game write-up for match held on 22/09/13 @ Hawcoat Sports Club – Kick-off 14:00pm
 
With a long delay from their previous match (away to the Durham County Presidents) the Walney Terriers finally got their chance for another affiliate game.
 
For those not aware; the British American Football National League (BAFANL) requires “Associate Teams” such as the Walney Terriers, to participate in at least 3 full games prior to the end of 2013. These matches are reviewed by the officiating referees, the opposition and a league representative whom decide whether the team should be granted admittance to the full leagues for the forth-coming season.
 
This particular game was always going to be a tough ask for the Terriers; facing the formidable ‘West-Coast Trojans’ from Troon in Scotland who played last season in the BAFANL Premier Division.
 
With the Trojans having a lengthy 4 hour commute, tired legs after a long season and a relatively small squad of players, the Terriers were optimistic of a good performance.
 
Around 100 supporters showed up to watch the game and with good weather to match, the Terriers set out for an entertaining display of Football. Despite losing to the score of 0-48, the local team had some good plays on offense and in the second half, managed to slow down a potent Trojans attack.
 
Highlight plays came from “Cameron Arnold” who plays both Line-backer and Punter, who made some good stops on defense and on a punt play which had the ball thrown over his head, was able to recover the ball and run it back an astonishing 26 yards through a wall of Trojans to keep possession of the ball.
 
With the Terriers chasing for much of the game Wide Recievers “Joe Allington” and “Liam Bradbury” made some acrobatic catches to keep the game alive.
 
But it was on Defense in the second half that the Terriers finally picked up stride; Defensive Most Valuable Players “Matt Scott” and “Gareth Trufitt” made some good stops in the Trojans backfield along with constant pressure from “Paul Bulmer” and “Steven Soulsby” to force some wayward passes from the Trojans quarterback.
 
Sweeping up at the back of the Defense was a very active performer in Terriers safety “Lyam Denney” rounding out some good performances despite the final score-line.
 
The Terriers next fixture on October 13th is against another ‘associate’ team, the Burnley Tornadoes’ which promises to be a much tighter contest.
 
The Walney Terriers want to thank everyone for their continuing support and hope to see you all again on the 13th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading