The Scottish Flag
Football Champions were crowed on Saturday 30th
September the Glasgow Hornets lifted the Cadet
Championship while the Grangemouth Broncos and
the Inverness Rockets Lifted the Junior and
Youth Championships respectfully.
The sun shone on
Inverness on Saturday signalling the start of a
great day for all attending this climax to the
Scottish Flag Football Association's season.
The day kicked
with the first of the play off games. At Cadet
the Inverness Rockets played the Glasgow
Hornets. The Hornets winning comfortably 48-12.
At Junior the Inverness Rockets played the
Glasgow Tigers. The Tigers winning comfortably
63-12. At Youth the C.V. Predators played the
Inverness Rockets. The Rockets winning
decisively 31-19.
In the Second
playoff games. At Cadet the Glasgow Tigers
played the Lochardil Buccaneers. The Tigers
winning comfortably 52 - 14. At Junior the Glen
Urquhart Gladiators played the Grangemouth
Broncos. The Broncos winning in the final minute
38 - 31. At Youth the Aberdeen Oilcans played
the Glasgow Tigers. The Tigers winning 47-34.
The scene was now
set for a worthy set of championship matches
with the Glasgow Tigers winning through at all
age levels to face three very strong teams the
Glasgow Hornets, the Grangemouth Broncos and the
Inverness Rockets. Six well coached and well
drilled squads poised to play to the final
whistle in an attempt to lift the Wallace
Trophies and the all important Scottish Titles.
However before
these games were played out there was a matter
of the 3rd/ 4th places to be decided. The
Inverness Rockets played the Lochardil
Buccaneers at Cadet, with the Buccaneers coming
out clear winners 44 -8. The Inverness Rockets
played the Glen Urquhart Gladiators at Junior.
With the Rockets winning 39-32 in a tightly
contested match. The C.V. Predators played the
Aberdeen Oilcats at Youth, with the Predators
winning in overtime 45 -39.
All three finals
were exceptional and each team were relentless
in their pursuit for the 2006 titles. The crowd
were served up three nail biting encounters that
could have gone either way throughout the 40mins
of playing time. However there had to be a
winner and Champion in each age group and
therefore a looser too.
In the cadet game
old rivals the Tigers and the Hornets battled
out in an end to end tussle that saw both teams
fight with all they had to gain the title.
However it was the Hornets who managed to come
out on top and despite a relentless onslaught
from the Tigers, held their lead to Win 39-30
and be crowned Cadet Scottish Flag Football
Champions. A terrific achievement for the club
and the coaches.
The Junior title
match was no different as old rivals the Tigers
and Broncos met to decide the Junior Champions.
Despite taking an early lead the Tigers
struggled to maintain it and the Broncos got
themselves back into the game and began to hold
their own. Both teams matched each other on
scores throughout the rest of the match, forcing
the game into overtime. 19 -19 The Broncos put
up a brilliant defence and prevented the Tigers
from scoring then managed to get that important
TD to become the 2006 Scottish Champions 25 -19
in o/t and lift the Wallace trophy.
The Youth game
saw the Tigers meet the Rockets at this level
for the fist time in a competitive match. The
Tigers struggled to stop the Rockets offence but
stayed in touch with their own offence which
eventually pulled them in front with the PAT
attempts. The lead see sawed between both teams
until the Tigers threw an untimely interception
which set-up another Rockets score, which opened
a decisive lead. Despite a late rally which saw
the Tigers reduced the Inverness lead back to 5
the time ran out. Leaving the Rockets Youth
Scottish Champions 45 - 40.
