 BRONCOS
COMPLETE UK GRAND SLAM
Following a successful end to the domestic season
the Grangemouth Broncos were invited by the NFL to take part in
this years NFL Five Trophy.
This tournament is run jointly by the NFL and Channel
Five and includes the very best teams from throughout the UK. Channel
5 as part of their normal NFL coverage then airs highlights of the
tournament.
The Broncos met the Chorley Buccaneers in their first game and
came away clear winners 19 - 0. Jonathan Ewing opened the scoring
with the first touchdown (TD) and the Broncos never looked back.
A further TD from Jonathan, and a last from Steven Giannandrea allowed
the Broncos to run out clear winners.
The Second game was against the London Olympians and always had
the making of a superb game. The London O's narrowly missed the
England Title earlier this year and were keen to show how good they
really were against the reigning UK Champion Broncos.
In a very closely fought game the Broncos ran out 6-2 winners.
A single TD from Jonathan Ewing was all that split the teams. The
2 point safety for the O's just wasn't enough to close the gap and
after a very hard fought defensive battle the Broncos came away
with the win.
The Final was a rematch of the UK Championship Final with the Broncos
facing the Selhurst Snipers who were looking for revenge after losing
46-40 in the last meeting between the teams.
Broncos Head Coach Charlie Ewing made a number of changes to the
defensive set up of the team to try and minimise the strong offence
of the Snipers. Ross Keir and Scott Keir double marked Snipers star
player Corey White and the rest of the side stepped up to close
man on man marking for the duration of the game. The ploy worked
and the Snipers were held to only 7 points. Mark O'Donnell showing
the way by taking on the Snipers formidable Centre and marking him
out of the game.
The Broncos offence had a field day with four touchdowns. Jonathan
Ewing scored 1 TD, and threw deep passes to allow Steven Giannandrea
to score 2 others. The game was put beyond the Snipers when Giannandrea
intercepted for his third touchdown late in the
game.
The Broncos
were in complete charge now and David Ewing showed excellent control
of the football running it up the park on the last drive to ensure
that possession stayed with the Broncos until the final whistle
blew and the Broncos won the title 25-7.
Steven
Giannandrea was awarded the Most Valuable Player award for his superb
performance in the Final.
This victory
completes a remarkable season for the Broncos as they are the first
Scottish Team ever to complete the Grand Slam
of National and NFL Five Titles.
Pic C/O Grangemouth
Broncos
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