Primary schools fly the flag
for American Football

Date 15th June 2007

After a lot of hard work from both Valley Primary and Torbain Primary Schools, the Fife Fire American Football Club in partnership with Fife Council's Active Schools staged the first "Fife Fire Primary Schools Trophy" flag football games.

After home and away games for both teams, it was the Valley Vipers that came out with the win over the Torbain Tornados.

The first game in the 2 day event was hosted at Valley Primary School, and saw the home team win 34-18 over a smaller Tornados squad. The return game was much closer with Torbain leading for almost the whole game, only to be edged out in the last minute of play. Another win for the Vipers 28-24 saw them crowned as over all winners, with a combined scoreline of Valley Vipers 62 - 42 Torbain Tornados.

Active Schools co-ordinator Andrew Lane was very pleased with the way the games were played. "Both teams were a credit to their schools and played very well. Some of the children have only been playing for 6 weeks, and the standard was very impressive."

Fire Headcoach Mark Bramwell was equally impressed, "The young boys and girls did very well and showed some real potential for the sport. Both games were played in very good spirit, and although there had to be a winner and a loser, all the kids had a lot of fun and really enjoyed themselves."

Event organisers are looking forward to making this a regular fixture, and hope to see the Vipers have a chance to defend their win next term.