There’s a big week-end ahead for the Border City Centurions – Carlisle’s successful American Football side.
On Saturday at the Richard Rose Central Academy in Carlisle, the Centurions will be battling for top spot in the British League’s NFFL Division 1 Highlands/Scotland and North England A.
Nick Weston, Centurions head coach, said: “It’s great to be so near the top of the mountain, especially in our first ever NFFL season – but we can be under no illusions, there is a storm coming at us from the northern teams this week-end.
“We’ll need to capitalise as best we can on the homefield advantage, our leading opponents are averaging 46 points per game right now – that’s a touchdown juggernaut we need to de-rail somehow.”
On Saturday there will be a total of nine games being played over two, fully astroturf surfaces at Richard Rose Central Academy in Carlisle.
The Centurions are involved in three of them. Currently lying second in the table, their toughest test will be against the League leaders Renfrewshire Raptors.
They are also set to meet Moray Distillers from the Highlands and West Lothian Chargers.
The day also features a showcase Under 14’s game between Carlisle and Dumfries. First games start at 10am and with 20 degrees of sunshine forecast it looks to only be raining touchdowns.
Flag Football is a rapidly growing, high-skill based format of non-contact American Football. Embraced by both the NFL and now the International Olympic Committee who have cleared it for immediate inclusion for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Flag has been taking the sports world by storm over the past decade.
The mercurial growth of the game is chiefly a result of the world seeking alternative pathways for the future of contact sports, due to increasing awareness of the links between the impacts of repetitive concussions and the long-term head traumas in traditional sport formats.
Consequently, today Flag is one of the fastest growing sports in both Europe and the Americas.
Founded in 2022, Centurions Border City Centurions are a Carlisle based Flag American Football Team, with club members and players from across Cumbria and South Scotland. Sponsored by Denton Tyres, part of Team Protyre, the Centurions are affiliated to the British American Football Association and play in the UK’s National Flag Football League’s Division 1.
With a senior adult team established now in the league, a junior team rapidly developing and a women’s side starting up in June ’23 the future of the sport looks in good hands.
