January saw the first training session for the Bulls of the year, and was the first time all the Bulls had been back together since about October last year. Some good sessions to start with and with quite a few outgoing and incoming players the dynamics of the team has changed so we will have to train more this year (to be fair though any training would be more than last year!!).
Kirkcaldy Bulls are holding their first training session of the new 2010 Flag Football season and are opening up the session to anyone over the age of 18 wanting to come along and give it a try.
Reminder – voting closes 8th January
Voting can be done by competing completing the voting form in this week’s Fife Free Press, or by texting FFP SPORT NEIL to 81800 (texts charged at 60p plus you standard network charge).
Players, coaches and staff would like to thank everyone for their support and commitment in 2009 and wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2010.
BAFL British Champions (14-0)
BAFL Scottish Champions
Bull Run – 2nd place finish
Flag Oceane, France – 5th place finish
Superbowl Saturday III Tournament Champions
3 players selected to play for Scotland Flag Team
4 players selected to play for GB Flag Team
Now that 2009 is drawing to a close Bulls Head Coach Neil Arnold takes time to reflect on what they achieved in what was a fantastic year.
He started: ‘We have had a fantastic year with many highlights and I am extremely pleased that the club continues to be so successful. The big positive for me this year was retaining our British title for the second year of the new British league, and not only retaining it but doing so with an unbeaten record. We are now unbeaten in every game (34) in the British league since it formed in 2008, and it also means that we have retained our Scottish title for the 7th consecutive year since we first entered competition in 2003.
We started the year well by also retaining our title as the ‘Superbowl Saturday’ champs by remaining unbeaten in the 2-day event, and making it 3 years in a row as champs. We had a much depleted squad for this event so it was an even better achievement considering this.
Following on from Stevie Bramwell’s retirement, The Bulls will retire Stevie Bramwell’s jersey number. The long serving player and coach stood down from his Headcoach position and retired as a player at the clubs agm last month to concentrate on his family commitments following the birth of his son.
Stevie commented “Over the last seven years my wife has supported me with my playing and coaching career, now it’s time for me to support Vickie in her new role as a mother. I see this as a new coaching opportunity for myself and look forward to being there to teach my son the lessons of life.” he continued “It’s been a great experience for me over the years and we’ve achieved so much as a club. I’ll be keeping in touch and wish the club every success in the future.”
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Bulls Neil Arnold, is through to the last six in this year’s Kirkcaldy Area Sports Council’s ‘Sports Personality of the Year’. Voting has now commenced and the winner will be announced in February next year.
The award is to recognise an outstanding sports person in 2009, and with the Bulls having an incredible season this year there could have a number of players nominated, however it was Neil achievements both on and off the field this year that has set him apart from the rest.
Voting can be done by competing completing the voting form in this week’s Fife Free Press, or by texting FFP SPORT NEIL to 81800 (texts charged at 60p plus you standard network charge).
The season for the Bulls will officially commence on Sunday 10th January when they will hold their initial 3-hour indoor training session of the new campaign. Players will be put through a wide range of drills to start preparing them for the first tournament in February of the year hosted by Carluke Cobras.
Following this years AGM, Bulls Chairman Bob Wylie would like to welcome back Neil Arnold into the post of Head Coach for the 2009 / 2010 campaign.
Neil has commented how pleased he is to be back at the helm of such a prestigious club following on from his difficult decision last year to step back to focus on other things. This has paid off for him as he was able to commit to Scotland and GB squads and also for Kirkcaldy as Stevie [Bramwel] has done a great job bringing the Bulls to their second British title in as many years.
Congratulations to Tommy McGeorge for picking up Players Offensive MVP and Coaches MVP at this years’ awards day.
Congratulations also to John Guthrie (Players Defensive MVP) and Sean Mackenzie for picking up the Kirkcaldy Bulls Achievement award 2009.
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